Queen Natalie the Wicked

By Dan on Dec 6, 2009 in Blog

Blog Free Springfield will return soon with another round of trivia. Until then, here’s another fun little game you can try at home.

The Jeremy game is played by finding famous people whose names can be sung to tune of the final chorus of the Pearl Jam song, Jeremy.

For example: "Valerie Harper. Harper-er-er. Valerie Harper. Harper-er-er. Valerie Harper class today."

I thought this was better than having a picture of Valerie Harper.

Of course, when singing you must mimic Eddie Vedder’s quivering and somewhat bombastic baritone, much like many lame lead singers of faux-indie bands in the 90s did.

"Stephanie Seymour. Seymour–our-our. Stephanie Seymour. Seymour–our-our, Stephanie Seymour class today."

When coming up with names of your own, please note that valid names will have three syllables in the first name and a two-syllable last name, both with the accent on the first syllable.

So Natalie Portman is a good Jeremy name, but Lucinda Williams is not.

Jessica Tandy, yes. Marilyn Monroe, no

Here are some others:
Abigail Breslin
Jennifer Hudson
Emily Watson
Tiffany Darwish

Male names are a little harder to come by, but here are a few:
Timothy Leary
Theodore Bundy
Oliver Cromwell

Now that you know how to play, come up with some Jeremy names of your own!

(Yes, I was bored.)

16 Comment(s)

  1. Deborah Gibson
    Christopher Walken
    Garrison Keillor
    Barbara Streisand
    Pamela Beasley (fictional)
    Anderson Cooper

    nancy | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply

  2. I can’t believe I included Tiffany Darwish, but didn’t think of Deborah Gibson. I guess she’ll always be Debbie to me.

    Dan | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply

  3. Anthony Kiedis
    Anthony Hopkins
    Pablo Picasso (syllables are off, but the emphasis would work)
    Timothy Dalton
    Monica Seles

    nancy | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply

  4. Dagnabit. Nancy took my Anderson Cooper. Just for that, I’m going to cry foul on her “Barb(a)ra” Streisand. No middle A means no middle syllable. Here’s what I got in the five minutes I took before questioning my sanity:

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN
    Darius Rucker
    Balthazar Getty
    Zachary Efron
    Belinda Carlisle
    Meredith Baxter
    Gloria Gaynor
    Julian Lennon
    Jeremy Irons
    Jonathan Winters
    Gennifer Flowers
    Salvador Dali
    Christopher Atkins
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Katherine Hepburn
    Aleister Crowley
    Cameron Diaz
    Ferguson Jenkins
    Jennifer Tilly

    Russ | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply

  5. Russ, all are acceptable except Belinda Carlisle and Mahatma Ghandhi. The accents don’t line up on the first names.

    Dan | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply

  6. Horse feathers. I just say Belinda and Mahatma differently than most people.

    Russ | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply

  7. If you’re (Russ) denying my Barbara (Barbra), I’d like to challenge Katherine. Even though the letters are all there, that second syllable is rarely pronounced.

    nancy | Dec 8, 2009 | Reply

  8. Bless you all for giving Silly Joel reams of names from which to choose when we next segue into “Jeremy.”

    Nick Rogers | Dec 8, 2009 | Reply

  9. Joshua Durham

    jdurham | Dec 8, 2009 | Reply

  10. Nicholas Rogers, I presume?

    nancy | Dec 8, 2009 | Reply

  11. What about fictional names?

    DUDE – JEFFREY LEBOWSKI
    Buckaroo Bonzai
    Gloria Bunker
    Jiminy Cricket
    Robinson Crusoe
    Eleanor Rigby
    Yuri Zhivago (if Nancy gets Picasso, I get Zhivago)
    Nicholas Bradford
    Theodore Cleaver
    Christopher Griffin
    Mallory Keaton
    Benjamin Seaver
    Marilyn Munster
    Caroline Ingalls
    Elliemae Clampett
    Rubeus Hagrid

    Ok, I’ve embarrassed myself enough.

    Russ | Dec 8, 2009 | Reply

  12. Ooooh Fun!!!

    Jennifer Marlo
    Herbert R. Tarlek
    Cynthia Brady
    Theodore Mosby
    Monica Gellar
    Father Mulcahy (that doesn’t work, does it? Damn)
    Christopher Partridge
    Meredith Palmer
    President Bartlet
    Samuel Seaborn
    Allison Janney (real, but in keeping with the West Wing)

    Seriously? I’m doing this???

    nancy | Dec 8, 2009 | Reply

  13. Jeffey Lebowski is off.

    nancy | Dec 8, 2009 | Reply

  14. Nancy: Why, nobody calls me that unless they’re mad at me or from the government. Coincidentally, my name and my wife’s name are the only two among the Silly Joel members that would work for this game.

    NICHOLAS Rogers | Dec 9, 2009 | Reply

  15. Curses! Foiled by syllables again. (If I had a nickel)

    I blame sleep deprivation, and lack of education.

    Still, I’d belt out “Jeffrey Lebowski claaaaasss todaaaaay.” at Karaoke any day.

    Russ | Dec 9, 2009 | Reply

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