NationStates Jolt Archive

I'm not going to lie to you, there have been many "not-so-funny" nutjobs throughout history. But every so often we stumble upon someone whose madness is on the edge of genius, and whose lifestyle just makes us laugh.

Take my favorite for instance. Sigmund Freud, who, while being THE pioneer of psychology, was a sex-maniac (which is odd, because with all he talked about it, he really didn't get much) alienated all of those around him, AND was a borderline coke-head. I could write pages on this guy!

So...Who's your favorite eccentric celebrity (living or dead)?

Yeah, we should all agree by now on what "eccentric" is... Because, of course, we're all at the center...

Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd. He was an amazing guitar player, who did some drugs, but he wwas already in messed up in the head, so he went insane and now lives alone. He saved his eyebrows once like it was completely normal. But he played guitar in Pink Floyd, and wrote "Interstellar Overdrive", so he can be a psychotic as he wants.

Oscar Wilde.

Yeah, we should all agree by now on what "eccentric" is... Because, of course, we're all at the center...

Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm far from "normal". In fact, I am a living contradiction, being both extremely optimistic and cynical at the same time.

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of America and Protector of Mexico.

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Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm far from "normal". In fact, I am a living contradiction, being both extremely optimistic and cynical at the same time.
No, I don't mean that your thread is contradoctory in that particular way. But consider that the very distinction between eccentric and mainstream doesn't exist unless we already have the same taste and logic on the issue. And, even if we do agree, how are you guaranteed that those in the middle weren't more extreme or odd than people who voluntarily placed themselves on the outskirts.

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of America and Protector of Mexico.

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:D

Ah, stole my guy!

Johnny Depp. He is pretty damned loopy, and nobody seems to notice.

Gary Busey'nuff said.

It was nearly Eutrusca but the I remembered Lunatic Goofballs.

Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd. He was an amazing guitar player, who did some drugs, but he wwas already in messed up in the head, so he went insane and now lives alone. He saved his eyebrows once like it was completely normal. But he played guitar in Pink Floyd, and wrote "Interstellar Overdrive", so he can be a psychotic as he wants.

Actually, Interstellar Overdrive is my favorite Pink Floyd song, if it can be called a song.

Yeah, Syd was a bit out there. Anyone that could write a song called "Effervescing Elephant" would require several years of light speed travel to return home.

Henry Cavendish, the British scientist. He was so shy that any servant of his he actually saw, was fired.

The Duke of Edinburgh

The Swedish Chef
http://www.ladyofthecake.com/muppets/MeatballTennis.mov

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of America and Protector of Mexico.

That's the one...

Syd Barrett ... wrote "Interstellar Overdrive", so he can be a psychotic as he wants.

'co-wrote', surely?

Doctor Emmette Lathrop Brown. Famous across no less than 47 universes...yet here, he's just a character in a movie. :(

I was thinking, most of the people I dig have a bent towards the eccentric, though it's the work that I'm into and don't care as much about thier lives outside of it except in how it relates to the work.

William S. Burroughs and the Beat writers.
Jazz musicians (I started a list, but c'mon...)
Terry Gilliam, Kubrick, etc...

Now, as I said, I get into the work before I know anything about them and a lot of them turn out to be eccentric. Just puttin' that out there...

Ol' Dirty Bastard.