to wonder if MN can actually agree on there being a person in the public eye who we all admire?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Is there any celebrity well known person that is admired/deemed acceptable by the whole of MN?

I doubt it.

I'll start by throwing Lauren Laverne and Timmy Mallet into the mix.

David Attenborough is predictable because he's been consistently good since before many of us were born.

He annoys me (mp) I'm afraid!

Rolf Harris, David Bellamy, johnny ball!!!

Yes, how did we miss Michael Palin?

stephen fry. how can you not love him? he is witty and intelligent and not at all up himself. stephen fry for PM

David Bellamy? Hasn't he got a notoriously bad temper?

I'm going with an early answer: the Fonz.

Surely it's got to be Joanna Lumley? Just ask any Ghurka.

Joan Bakewell.

Sigourney Weaver.

I can only think of those two.

Tim Minchin.

Who wouldn't adore him? hehas a beautiful voice, and is pant-inducingly intelligent.

And he undoes his shirt sometimes

Does he? Oh well back to David Attenborough then!

No to Johnny Depp. He looks like a pretentious wanker, I have noo idea why so many women find him sexually appealing.

Yes to David Mitchell, Charlie Brooker and Dolly.

I read a interview with Fry and his love of cocaine- apparently it made crosswords more palatable.

I have a feeling he could be correct in his findings...

Still a bit of a arse for publicly condoning drug use though but hey ho,he's awful posh and intelligent so gets away with it.

And yes to Gordon Brown.

But the Fonz ain't real!

Fry is a pompous bore by all accounts.

And Brown is a twat.

Come on, ladies. Try harder.

Cate Blanchett.

OBVIOUSLY.

Mark Thomas

Monty Don?
Nigel Slater?

Gwyneth

No to Lumley and Fry. Charlie Brooker's voice is too shrill

Joanna Lumley.

Caroline Aherne
Marion Keyes

Oh dammit. How could you disagree before I posted?! Magical.

Hmmm

Dawn French?

No, not shit chick lit authors.

Needanewname Thu 24-Mar-11 21:30:05

"But the Fonz ain't real!"

Henry Winkler then! (Who personally addressed me when he came on MN!)