Utah Celebreality

 A swing and a miss - Thurl makes the mighty Goliath come to life...

Utah Celebreality

May 1, 2006--Since Utah doesn’t really have any real celebrities, we have to settle for news reporter [see Shauna Thomas Disappears], creepy Mormon recording artists [think Kurt Bestor] or senators who think it’s a great idea to blow up music file sharers [please don’t vote for Orrin Hatch, please].  Oh, and old basketball stars.

I interviewed ex-Utah Jazz star Thurl Bailey for Utah Business Magazine a couple of weeks ago.  Big T now has his own clothing line (cleverly called the Thurl Bailey Collection) in addition to his career as a Mormon music artist, his film career which includes such roles as Goliath in a seminary movie, a Jazz commentator and the owner of a fertilizer company (whah?!). 

I must say it was very cool to check the messages on my cell phone and hear, in the deepest voice imaginable, “Hey, Spencer.  This is Thurl Bailey.”  But the funny part was that he was calling to tell me that his email response to me kept getting sent back to him.  I gave him two other addresses, but still no luck.  I started thinking that Thurl wasn't such a superstar in the email department.  He called me again and told me he’d fax it to me.  Yes, Thurl Bailey printed off the email and faxed it to me.  I couldn’t help thinking of Kip singing at the end of Napoleon Dynamite, “Yes, I love technology.  But not as much as you, you see…”