18 July 2010: In and Out of Bed with Zsa Zsa Gabor

Before Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, celebrities who are celebrated for doing nothing well or worthwhile except to promote themselves as celebrities, there was Hungarian-born Zsa Zsa Gabor, former beauty queen, socialite and occasional actress who starred in such howlers as Queen of Outer Space and Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood. There’s news this morning that the 93-year-old lady was watching Jeopardy in bed last night with her 9th husband, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, when the phone rang.  She reached for the phone, fell out of bed, and broke her hips and several other bones.  At her age, this is no joking matter.  But, unlike Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, Zsa Zsa Gabor is capable of laughing at herself.  According to the tabloids, she once claimed that she was a good housekeeper because every time she divorced, she kept the house.  I hope the lady recovers and mends quickly.