Ben Stein rocks. He is ONE celebrity that I would be thrilled to meet.
I've heard him as a guest on Loveline a couple of times. Brilliant and intelligent guy.
Other interesting fact is he was badly injured in a Civil Rights protest in Cambridge, MD in the 1960s...some redneck hit him with a truck and he ended up with a badly injured...rear end.
I always sort of wondered why he didn't run for elective office but as it turns out he had some pretty serious long term problems with drug abuse he discussed on Loveline (now beaten) that would probably cause him problems in a campaign.