You have just learned that you and your family will be shipped off to a deserted island. Nevermind why. Just know you get to take one celebrity with you. Who would you take? A famous chef to make delicious island treats? A well-known nanny to help with the kids? Maybe someone skilled at survival?
Hundreds and hundreds of you answered this exact question in our recent travel survey and the results were...interesting. Here are the top five responses from Macaroni Kid readers who answered the question, If you were stranded on a desert island with your family and one celebrity, which celebrity would you choose?
#5 It's a tie. Elmo & Paula Deen. Happy kids equal happy parents. Many of you wanted to make sure a little red monster tagged along with you! And one can only eat so many coconuts … tied for 5th place is Chef Paula Deen.
#4 Mickey Mouse. Hundreds of you wanted to bring the world's most popular mouse to your island. Makes sense: while the kids are entertained by Mr. Mouse, mom and dad are free to enjoy some much needed R&R.
#3 Just my family, please. A big number of you planted a "No Celebrities Allowed" sign firmly in the sand. This group believes they would be perfectly content living the island life with just their family and no guest star.
#2 Ellen DeGeneres. Start the day with some dancing and spend the rest of it laughing. Ellen DeGeneres was the second most popular response from our participants.
And the #1 most popular response was...Oprah! Brilliant, always positive, and beloved; you know she'll have some great stories, and the paparazzi would find her for sure, which means rescue!
We saw all kinds of great responses. Here are some great runner-up answers that we just have to share:
- MacGyver
- Jesus
- Mary Poppins
- Tom Hanks (he already knows what to do)
- Super Nanny
- "With Apologies to my husband, Hugh Jackman"
- Bear Grylls
