Tiger the biggest celebrity ever to come to Tulsa?

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaTV

quote:Originally posted by mr.jaynes

And didn't Eric clapton get himself arrested in Tulsa back in the 1970s?

Yes he did; see a photo here: http://tulsatvmemories.com/rocknock.html

Then again, so did Donnie Van zant of 38 Special; seems that Tulsa was in some ways quite puritanical!

[Rowdy]

quote:Originally posted by Johnboy976

Let's see...

Francis Ford Coppola
Sofia Coppola
Tom Cruise
The Sex Pistols
Jay Leno
Donna Reed (she had a house here)
Billy and Franklin Graham
Paul Harvey
Pillar (a VERY popular Christian band who is from here)
Roy Clark
Gene Autry
Brad Pitt (has many relatives from here too)

Actually Pillar is not from here. They came here from Kansas.

[Conan71]

How does Gene Simmons rank?  His celeb has to have gone up since he got his own show on A & E.

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

How does Gene Simmons rank?  His celeb has to have gone up since he got his own show on A & E.

Well, he's just rank....

Seriously, he stays in the limelight in his own unique way-he won't disappear from view for very long.

[RecycleMichael]

There just has to be a better measure of celebrity than google hits.

My daughter and grandmother never go to google anything yet they know Tiger.

They also know some of the people listed in the above posts, but just different ones. Of all the people listed, Tiger is the only one they both would recognize.

[AMP]

Updates on the Celebs that visited Tulsa list

Here are the Google search results, for whatever they are worth:

God 479,000,000
Jesus 146,000,000

Elvis 48,300,000
U2 45,300,000
Hanson 29,700,000
Spider Man 25,800,000
The Animals 23,000,000
Tiger Woods 12,300,000
Tom Cruise 12,100,000
Caruso 10,700,000
Kinks 7,190,000
Hillary Clinton 5,240,000
Led Zeppelin 3,200,000
Jimi Hendrix 2,960,000  
Bon Jovi 2,730,000
Francis Ford Copolla 2,720,000
Frank Sinatra 2,690,000
Marilyn Monroe 2,680,000
Jay Leno 2,590,000
Eric Clapton 2,550,000
Jethro Tull 2,480,000
Beach Boys 2,480,000
Alice Cooper 2,370,000
Al Yankovic 2,340,000
Billy Joel 2,310,000
Willie Nelson 2,240,000
John F. Kennedy 2,220,000
Elizabeth Taylor 2,220,000
Bad Company 2,100,000
Neil Diamond 2,080,000
Lucianno Pavarotti 2,040,000
Oral Roberts 2,030,000
Carrie Underwood 2,000,000
Oprah Winfrey 2,000,000
Garth Brooks 1,930,000
Joan Jett 1,920,000
Will Rogers 1,860,000
Ronald McDonald 1,860,000
Dennis Hopper 1,850,000
Howard Hughes 1,830,000
Gene Aurty 1,820,000
Tony Stewart 1,800,000
Jeff Gordon 1,790,000
Sofia Coppola 1,670,000
Matt Dillon 1,650,000
Mickey Rourke 1,500,000
Ted Nugent 1,460,000
Sammy Hagar 1,170,000
Amelia Earhart 1,140,000
Peter Frampton 1,130,000
Sonny & Cher 1,040,000
Rob Lowe 1,030,000
Charles Lindbergh 845,000
Gary Busey 707,000
Evel Knievel 670,000
Roy Clark 583,000
Leon Russell 544,000
Bob Wills 491,000
Donna Reed 449,000
John Force 184,000
Hamburglar 120,000
Jane Mansfield 92.000
John Zink 73,600
Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney 38,600

Elvis still remains on the top of the Google Popularity Counter  

"Elvis is King" Among the Mortal

Tulsa Concert Source: http://www.concertpiks.com/concerts.htm

[AMP]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

There just has to be a better measure of celebrity than google hits.

My daughter and grandmother never go to google anything yet they know Tiger.

They also know some of the people listed in the above posts, but just different ones. Of all the people listed, Tiger is the only one they both would recognize.

To clairfy the Google Search used to generate these numbers.

The Search Engine results are the number of instances the full name in quotes appears online on web pages URLs that are searchable by the search engine.  Not how many people have searched for that name.  

If you do not use quotes the search engine will located both words separatly.

Guess the best way to put is the popularity number seems to be measured by how many articles, blogs, reports, stories, ads, products etc. have been placed online.

Unless the name is very unique, there may be additional names that are the same, so there is no perfect way to determine an accurate number, however it may be close to accurate in some cases.  It is just for fun.

[shadows]

Other than the cow pasture pool games, that we have just completed in the elite's converted cow pasture, we have been visited by many people of the day such and presidents and others.

At present we have a mayor, that donates her time, cleaning up the trash for the visiting sports dignitaries.

Yes there are some opposing views by some negative naysayer's.  Especially those on very very limited incomes who search the food adds in order to sustain a very limited existence but the first pennies paid are reserved for sales taxes to support these events.  If in the check out one is short 8 cents on the total then they are told to put something back.

Did 2025 include building pedestals for sports dignitaries?  Since no one seems to know what was voted I suppose a statue could be erected at the gate of the club with "He played here".

 

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by AMP

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

There just has to be a better measure of celebrity than google hits.

My daughter and grandmother never go to google anything yet they know Tiger.

They also know some of the people listed in the above posts, but just different ones. Of all the people listed, Tiger is the only one they both would recognize.

To clairfy the Google Search used to generate these numbers.

The Search Engine results are the number of instances the full name in quotes appears online on web pages URLs that are searchable by the search engine.  Not how many people have searched for that name.  

If you do not use quotes the search engine will located both words separatly.

Guess the best way to put is the popularity number seems to be measured by how many articles, blogs, reports, stories, ads, products etc. have been placed online.

Unless the name is very unique, there may be additional names that are the same, so there is no perfect way to determine an accurate number, however it may be close to accurate in some cases.  It is just for fun.

How many hits do you find for Ronald McDonald or Hamburglar?

[AMP]

One of my early promotions held at Tulsa Intl Raceway in early 1970s were the annual All Motorcycle Drag Races I produced with Gerald Pritchard.

Vicki Farr and Harvey Cheek came up with some costumes of the famous Cookie Monster and the Hamburglar.  They held a special Match Race between the two, using Mini Bikes.  I invited however many kids would fit in Ruffin Snow's buses from the Eastside Baptist Church and filled the stands with them. They all got in for free.  

The biggest hit of the day for those kids and the crowd was the Match Race between the Cookie Monster and the Hamburglar.  About 1/2 way down the track Cookie Monsters head spun sideways causing a visual problem.  

The Hamburglar became a good sportsman and waited for CM to get his eyesight back.  The finish was side by side and the crowd went absolutely bonkers. Although CM won the race, the Hamburglar got the biggest cheers for being such a sportsman during the race.  They were both winners that day.  

Here are the results of the search:

Hamburglar 120,000
Cookie Monster 1,220,000
Ronald McDonald 1,870,000

[Aa5drvr]

I also recall that Frank aka The Chairman of The Board was here a couple of times.

The last time was kind of sad, he lost his place singing the songs and referred to a teleprompter to catch up.

[TulsaEx]

I think Oprah was in town a year ago handing out wedding gifts.

[Wrinkle]

 ...on a Sunday no less.

The Year was 1970. Google: 3.9 million (right between Hillary and Led Zeppelin). Three months before he died.

[Wrinkle]

1956

[AVERAGE JOE]

Elvis, Sinatra, Pavarotti. Pick one.