I am fascinated by the question of why some celebrities from the past seem to be more enduring than others. How many American celebrities who were famous before, say 1975, do you think you could identify? My interest in this is not to judge you in any way or to see how aware you are of the past. I simply want to find out how much relevance or interest there is in particular celebrities with younger people, especially those that have gone to, or are attending, college. I am particularly interested in finding out how much younger women know about them, as I've received much more feedback from men on this and would like to balance it out with more female responses.

These are famous people, mostly movie/TV stars, politicians and world leaders, whom almost anyone around at the time could have easily identified. All of the pics are from actual photographs of the celebrities in their prime- not drawings or caricatures. They were all at the top of their game in show business or politics and were very talented at what they did. Your parents and grandparents would, for the most part, have no problem instantly naming many of them. I don't expect that you can identify all of them (there are over 100 of them) and maybe you won't even care who they were - but that's cool - it isn't a test - (I promise I won't keep track of your answers!) You might recognize some them, but won't be able to think of their names.

What I want to find out is: How relevant or memorable are they to the younger generations? Also, if you do know who any of them are, I'd be interested in finding out in what way or how you are familiar with them. Your responses are important to me because they will help me identify which celebrities from these eras are still widely known and which ones are not. I may use this input in the future to create a new website dedicated to celebrities from the past.

We'll need to arrange to meet in a coffee shop or mall somewhere. I'll scroll through the pictures on a laptop and you tell me who the celebrities are (or say that you don't know.) So, what's in it for you? In appreciation of your time that you graciously spend on this (which might be about 45 minutes or so), I'll buy you a gift certificate to Caribou/Starbucks, Target or other store. It is my way to say "thank you" for participating.

If you are interested and willing to give it a shot, contact me! Thanks, Brett 

P.S. In the extremely unlikely event that you aren't familiar with the pictured celebrities on the home page, they are Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland (as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz") and The Three Stooges - Curly, Larry & Moe (nyuk nyuk nyuk!)