Rick Springfield

If you'll recall, Rick Springfield had a problem.  He wished he had his friend's girl.  It just wasn't working out well.   It seems his luck hasn't changed much.  Now he's doing everything for a different girl, but she's done nothing for him.  Poor Rick Springfield.  Guy can't catch a break.

Ricky Bobby

Dear Lord Baby Jesus...

Rick Dees

I remember listening to Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 when I was younger (Dees Sleaze, anyone?).  That's probably where most people know him from.  However, I also happen to recall having seen Rick Dees' name somewhere earlier.  I'm pretty sure there was a copy of Disco Duck in my house.  If you've never heard of it, it's um..well, it's a novelty song.  Here, figure out how to describe it for yourself:

I also must note here that Rick Dees has the first hit on many search engines if you simply type in "rick."  His rick.com site is where you can keep track what's going on in entertainment (and there are recipes, too)

Danica Patrick

Danica Patrick drives cars really fast.  She does those GoDaddy.com commercials that are sometimes a bit annoying.  She was also in the SI Swimsuit Issue in 2009:

I'm sure this will take care of those fears that Rick Show doesn't appreciate women...

Patrick Stewart

(ed. note:  Pat"rick"?  Yep.  I'm going there)

Patrick Stewart is knighted.  Don't forget that.  He's classically trained.  He has done a lot of Shakespeare.  Then he did a lot of Star Trek.  Then you know him from the X-Men movies.  He's also done a lot of voice work because, well, his voice is pretty darn good.  He also stopped by to help the Count out:

I can't...sorry...oops...

Maybe I should make an effort to keep this place up-to-date in regard to what's happening in the Rick-news world.   And now I have:

He's just giving Ricks a bad name here.  For Rick's sake, get it together, man!

Ricky Williams

Ricky Williams.   I'm not sure exactly what to write, so I'll keep it simple.  He won the Heisman at the University of Texas in 1998.  He was drafted by the Saints.  He played some football.  He got traded to the Dolphins, tested positive for drugs and decided to retire.  Then he came back to the team, played a bit more and tested positive again for drugs.  He went and played in the CFL.  Then the NFL took him back and he played for the Dolphins again.  Now he's playing with the Ravens.  Honestly, I forgot he was still playing.   This is the strange journey of Ricky Williams.

It was interesting enough to be the subject of an ESPN "30 for 30" show.   The trailer for it and a clip:

Ricardo Montalbán

I can't recall exactly why I know Ricardo Montalbán, but his name just came to me recently when I was pondering Ricks.  So then I looked around and found this clip from Sombrero.  If only there were more female readers of this blog.  I'm sure they would be swooning.

"the melon you steal is always the juiciest."  

Richard Dreyfuss

Per the request of the gents over at Rock Show, Richard Dreyfuss is our subject today.  This guy.  He's been in a lot of stuff.  Movies.  TV.  Broadway.  American Graffiti?  Jaws?  Close Encounter of the Third Kind?  Yes, Yes and Yes.  Mr Holland's Opus did pretty well.   Maybe a bit of newer stuff you didn't know about.  He got together with some other "old" people and made Red last year.  He went crazy in What about Bob?:

And for a special bonus video, I'll include the well-known Apple commercial that he was the voice-over man for:

Richard Simmons

I used to watch "Whose Line is it Anyway?" regularly when it was on.  It had some pretty good moments.  I recall the episode when Richard Simmons was the special guest.  Good stuff.