The thick-haired Latino actor from New York City who went on to international fame and glory between the years 1977 and 1983 as the thick-haired Latino motorcycle cop from Los Angeles has been honored with his own star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. The questions, “why,” and “who gives a damn” spring to mind.
C’mon. It’s Ponch. Yes, he’s been on two seasons of MTV’s The Surreal Life, and somehow managed to not come off as a total douchebag, especially compared to the likes of similarly washed up has-beens Vanilla Ice, Gary Coleman, and Chyna. Then there are his real estate infomercials, endlessly aired on late night television. These things do not a relevant celebrity, nor a Walk Of Famer make.
If we’re acknowledging Estrada in such a fashion, elevating his clout to that of other Walk Stars, such as Jack Nicholson, Joan Crawford and Gene Kelley, why not give Flava Flav his star, or Suzanne Sommers, or even Ron Popeil?
‘CHiPs’ Actor Erik Estrada, 58, Gets a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [ap.org]
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Howard Stern has said for years that “anyone” ( I think he means anyone famous) can actually buy a star on the Walk of Fame. This kind of seems like it might be the case.
Actually, there is a petiton process. You do it through the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. You tell them which star you want to have a star on the walk of fame, they give you a petiton, you bring it back with the required number of signatures, and they give the person a star. There may be some other loose requirements so that not anybody can have one, but that’s basically how it works.
http://hollywoodchamber.net/icons/nomination.asp
if you’re really interested…
$15k and it’s yours.
http://ask.yahoo.com/20051025.html
I’d give it to him just for doing Sealab.
Ditto on the Sealab gig. Marco was probably one of my favorite characters on that show.