I want to be a WHO?

As proof of our increasing stupidity as a nation, "I Want To Be A Hilton" premeires tonight on the National Broadcasting Company.

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to be a Hilton. They're rich all right, but they don't seem to be too bright. Plus their hotels are kind of mediocre (Although I admit an eduring fondness for the Palmer House, Waldorf-Astoria, and Beverly Hilton. Two of those hotels still have Trader Vics. Guess which ones.)

On the positive side, they are kind of a sleazy family - Any family that has Zsa Zsa Gabor and Elizabeth Taylor in it HAS to be a little fun-loving. But they also have Paris, who takes the fun out of sleazy and just makes it creepy.

But it WOULD be better to be a Hilton than a Marriott. The Marriott family is way too Republican for me, plus they are Mormon (Not that there's anything wrong with being a Mormon, I just wouldn't be a very good one. Although the underwear IS kind of sexy) And their hotels are across-the-board dreary. Except for the Ritz-Carltons, which I think they still own.

If I wanted to be in any hotel family, I would want to be a Pritzer. They are the people that own Hyatt. (At least I think they still own Hyatt. Look it up and get back to me, would you?)

Hyatts are freaky hotels. One of my favorite hotels in the world is the Embaradero Hyatt in San Francisco. It's the hotel that Gene Wilder stays in in "High Anxiety", and they also used it for some of the shots in "The Towering Inferno". They are also rumored to be heavily into sexual harrassment as a company (as if any hotel company isn't) and that can be a lot of fun. On occassion.