Yet Another Gift that Didn’t Make It: Jason Priestley
Jason Priestley, one of 1991 and 1992’s People magazine 50 Most Beautiful People in the World, is most famous for his stint as Brandon Walsh in the Fox hit series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1998. A professional racer as well, the Vancouver boy almost died in a practice run in August 2002 in the Kentucky Speedway. His car crashed at almost 180 mph.
Beautiful person though he may have been, the Vancouver Metroblogging team, after gruelling hours arguing the merits of various Vancouver alumni, opted instead to put David Suzuki and Terry Fox among our seven gifts to the world.
Sorry, Jason. We promise you’ll be our 2007 gift to the world.
Michael J. Fox (arguably a better actor, though I dare you to find his role to match Priestly in “Gods and Monsters”) and Greg Moore (inarguably the best racer to come out of the Lower Mainland, but his worst racing accident was fatal) are going to be annoyed they weren’t even Honourable Mention gifts.
On the other hand, Ryan, we need to save someone for the 2008 gifts to the world.
Thank you for NOT nominating Bryan Adams.
That was an oversight, not good taste.
We apologise for any convenience,
Jason Priestley wasn’t in Gods and Monsters: are you thinking of Brendan Fraser? It may make me a bad Vancouverian, but Brandon Walsh is a gift to no one.
Brenda: aw crumbs, you’re right. The best excuse I can think of is I got it confused with Love and Death on Long Island.
And of course, natives of this fair city are “Vancouverines.”
Vancouverines? Sounds delicious. Either that or I feel like I should be wearing some kind of uniform…
Here’s the uniform for enlisted soldiers. Commissioned officers wear this.
The special forces wear Lululemon,
MaikoPunk: Bryan Adams is the 2010 gift - we’re saving the best for the Olympic crowds.
Brenda: Are you bitter about your brother? A little sibling rivalry? C’mon, you were the rebellious one!
Ryan: This city already has enough bad taste. Don’t encourage the Vancouverines. ;)