Revive someone's 15 minutes of fame

[Philosophocles]

Make 'em famous again, for a few seconds, on this thread. The more inconsequential and brief their "accomplishment" the better.

For example: That shirtless "Soy Bomb" dude who jumped on stage while Bob Dylan was performing and danced until security figured out what was going on...he was trying to make some sort of "artistic statement". :rolleyes:

[DMark]

Kato

Tiny Tim

Tom Arnold

Nina (99 Luftballoons)

[Already in Use]

Gavrilo Princip?

And whatever has happened to Linda Tripp?

[Doomtrain]

Yahoo Serious

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Huey Lewis and the News

[Eutychus]

Lazlo Toth

[widdershins]

Fawn Hall

Mathias Rust

the remaining Milli, or Vanilli

Captain Midnight (1980s cable TV hijacker/pirate/something)

Tiffany Brissette - the robot girl from Small Wonder.

Peter and David Paul (the Barbarian Brothers)

According to his official website, Tiny Tim died (www.cmgww.com/music/tim/index.html) November 30, 1996. His fame clock has run out, permanently.

[yme]

Lorenzo Llamas (sp?), just because he wasn't even given 15 minutes, it was more like 9.

[Doomtrain]

Hey, Renegade was cool!

Alright, no it wasn't.

[Skerri]

The Spice Girls


Ok, yes, the Boyfriend and I were talking about them the other day, prompting me to watch the movie AND find a picture of them to put on my desktop at work. Hee hee!

[Profane]

El Debarge

[Laughing Lagomorph]

The former Iraqi Information Minister (now what was that guy's name again...?)

Gary Numan

Ross Perot

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Oooo, oooo! I forgot one:

The guy that won Survivor the first time and then apparently fell off the face of the earth, thank God, and not a minute too soon. Talk about a non-celebrity.

Also, Bobby McFerrin.

[tomndebb]

clara peller

[Payton's Servant]

Adrian Zmed

[Llama Llogophile]

Dick Cheney

[Eutychus]

Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph
The guy that won Survivor the first time and then apparently fell off the face of the earth, thank God, and not a minute too soon. Talk about a non-celebrity.

Maybe for you. He's from Rhode Island so we get to hear about it every time he sneezes. :: gag ::

[Improv Geek]

The apple girl who did the switch commercial while she was on cold medicine.

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Originally posted by Eutychus
Maybe for you. He's from Rhode Island so we get to hear about it every time he sneezes. :: gag ::

Geez, my sincere condolences. He actually had a morning radio gig in Boston for about six months or so...part of one of those "whacky" morning zoo shows. They made a big deal about it when they got him, then quietly dropped him a few months later. He brought nothing at all to the table, aside from being famous for being famous.

ronincyberpunk, I was just thinking about that Apple girl the other day. Wish I had thought of her for this thread.

[noddygrrl]

Hey, Nena is still a big star in Germany. A few months ago she put out a new single called "Old School Baby" with Westbam, one of the biggest German DJs. Not bad either.

Yahoo Serious.

[Otto]

Rockwell. "I always feel like somebody's watching me!" Not any more they're not.
Baby Jessica down the well.
Opal. (sorry)

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Otto, you reminded me of Rick Rockwell, the millionaire with the police record from Who Wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire.

The guys that Tonya Harding got to try to break Nancy Kerrigan's leg.

[Sassy]

Andy Warhol

[jackelope]

Dang it, widdershins, I was going to say "Mathias Rust"; I was proud of myself for remembering his name. Anyway:

Tina Yothers

[mrweebles]

In the Boston area at least;

Matt Young

[Earl of Sandwhich]

Yahoo Serious

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Originally posted by GMRyujin
Yahoo Serious...


Originally posted by noddygrrl
...Yahoo Serious


Originally posted by Earl of Sandwhich
Yahoo Serious


Do people even read other people's posts?

mrweebles, who is Matt Young? A Red Sock?

[Mr. Hand]

Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

Here's how to revive someone's fifteen minutes of fame. You encourage them to do more things that will accrue fame and increase their celebrity status. Here's my suggestion:

SDMB Book* of the Month and Celebrity Birthday Party Club
Each month, Dopers in each city will convene to (1) discuss the book of the month, duly chosen at the close of the prior month's meeting; (2) eat nachos**; and (3) celebrate the celebrity who's celebrity stock you'd like to rise -- who celebrates their birthday during that month -- by having them chair the discussion.

C'mon, how great would it be to have Bobcat Goldthwaite read aloud his favorite passages from The Old Man and the Sea? Surely the experience would inspire him to seek the limelight further...

Just my humble suggestion. I hereby apologize for the interruption.

* Substitute Horror Movies or Psychoactive Drugs as desired
** Bring Your Own Nachos.

[Phax]

Mr. Bill, Mr. Hand!

[Pixiesnix]

Kajagoogoo

Ray Parker, Jr.

AH-HA

Joe Piscipo

[DMark]

Originally posted by noddygrrl
...still a big star in Germany...


Thanks for reminding me.

David Hasselhoff

[Tristan]

Jessica Hahn.

That kid who did the Hershey's Syrup comercials... messy Marvin.

Crazytown. *sigh*

[twickster]

Speaking of "town" -- O Town.

[noddygrrl]

Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph
Do people even read other people's posts?



:smack: Sorry, I didn't realise Yahoo Serious had already been posted, but he was the first person who came to mind when I saw this thread.

OK. I'll try again--what about Jacko. Not Michael Jackson, but the beefy blond battery-advert guy. Another Aussie, wasn't he? Do these guys still get work down there or were they too embarrassing to have careers in their homeland to begin with?

[twickster]

Lucky Vanous.

[JRootabega]

Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph


Also, Bobby McFerrin.


Come on, Bobby McFerrin was only universally famous for a while, but he doesn't count here. He is hugely accomplished and respected in the music world.

[KarlGrenze]

Heck, Bobby McFerring is still touring! He gave a concert earlier this semester at the Center for Performance Arts in Gainesville, Fl.

[Unintentionally Blank]

And the guy that's cooler than you think:

Wil Wheaton

(www.wilwheaton.net)

[KRC]

How about those two Coreys who were briefly popular around 1990?

Or maybe Adam Ant.

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Originally posted by KarlGrenze
Heck, Bobby McFerring is still touring! He gave a concert earlier this semester at the Center for Performance Arts in Gainesville, Fl.

Yes, and I believe Yahoo Serious is still making movies.

Doesn't make him famous, though. The thread is "Revive someone's 15 minutes of fame", not "Revive someone's 15 minutes when they were accomplished and respected".

[IDemandBeer]

Vanilla Ice.

MC Hammer

--IDB

[Tripler]

Soupy Sales

Wolfman Jack

Max Headroom

Tripler
The above name was just me 'signing off'. I've never been famous.

[KarlGrenze]

Laughing: thing is, he's still respected. I just can't seem to place Bobby McFerrin in the same category as Kato Kaelin. Most of the others mentioned have tried to comeback, while McFerrin just doesn't care.

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Originally posted by KarlGrenze
...Most of the others mentioned have tried to comeback, while McFerrin just doesn't care.

A distinction the relevance of which escapes me. Either a person is famous, or they aren't. When McFerrin had a song in the top 40 (top 10?) with a video in heavy rotation on MTV, I suspect he wasn't biding his time for the day when he could headline in Gainesville.

[matt_mcl]

Penelope Cruz?

[Soul Brother Number Two]

Matt Young is one of the few pitchers to ever pitch a no-hitter and lose. Cleveland won, 2-1. Young walked Kenny Lofton twice, who stole second twice, was advanced to third twice, and sacrificed home, twice.

[Jenaroph]

Humpty Hump.

Joey Buttafuoco.

Right Said Fred.

In a few years, we'll be adding "Steve the 'Dude, yer gettin' a Dell' Guy".

[Baker]

Jimmy "DY-NO-MITE!" Walker

[zoogirl]

Originally posted by Tripler
Wolfman Jack

Uh-uh, Tripler, no way no how.
The Wolfman rocked for a good thirty years that I know of and somewhere he's still crankin' 'em up, spinnin' 'em out and howlin' loud.

If there's a party in Heaven, Wolfman brought the tunes.

Oh yeah, and my contribution,

That guy who's wife cut off his pecker. I think he want on the become a porn star. Guess you could say it was a "short" career! :D

[j_kat_251]

Remember that Jesus fella, caused a ruckus down Bethlehem way some years back. Ain't been hearin' too much 'bout him of late.

[Max Torque]

Khrystyne Haje.

I admit it, I've stayed up late and caught a few "Head of the Class" reruns on Nick at Night. Remember her? She played Simone, the ultra-hot redhead who unfortunately sat at the back of the class, so you didn't see her nearly often enough.

Mmmm, seeing her again has rekindled that old high-school crush o' mine....

[Derleth]

Satan.

(I mean, you try to get your neighbor's cow to give curdled milk these days, let alone sell your soul for material wealth!)

Mithra.

[Doomtrain]

Paulie Shore! Thank Og, by the way.

[AmbushBug]

The time: Late '70s.

The man: Raymond J. Johnson Jr. (played by Billy Seluga)

Hey, JOHNSON!
... Oh, you doesn't have to call me Johnson.
You can call me Ray,
or you can call me Jay,
or you can call me Johnny,
or you can call me Sonny,
or you can call me RayJay,
or you can call me RJ,
or you can call me RJJ,
or you can call me RJJ Jr.,
but you doesn't have to call me Johnson!

[RTFirefly]

Not exactly in the spirit of this thread, but Arland Williams (http://www.citadel.edu/pao/newsreleases/archives/sy00-01/arlandwilliams.htm).

[Zenham]

Sheena Easton.

Jessica Hahn.

Grace Jones.

Arsenio Hall.

[twickster]

Richard Moll (Bull on "Night Court")