# Are you famous? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 8, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570 "2005-07-08T07:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/61 "2005-07-10T13:21:03Z")
You guys have seen _Topgun_ right? Tom Cruise movie from the mid 80’s? You know the scene where they fly by the tower and the guy inside spills coffee on himself? Then he goes down and starts yelling at the officers while Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards are standing at attention outside. He then storms out and runs into a guy carrying a tray of coffee. The person carrying that tray? Me. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/62 "2005-07-10T13:53:35Z")
**Evil One** Very cool. In your own way you are indeed quite famous. I own TG and will check you out again soon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/63 "2005-07-10T14:02:11Z")
That was filmed twenty years ago this summer if you can believe that. I was in the Navy at the time and stationed at Miramar NAS where they filmed much of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/64 "2005-07-10T18:13:50Z")
Not yet. But eventually I’ll be bigger than Stephen King. Eventually. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/65 "2005-07-10T18:24:29Z")
> [@flamingbananas](#): > > Not yet. But eventually I’ll be bigger than Stephen King. Eventually. Good luck. He’s about 6’4". ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/66 "2005-07-10T18:25:49Z")
Not famous by a long shot. My name has appeared in print millions of times, but nobody reads down the credits far enough to get to the indexer (unless they are related). If you shot in the N-SSA, you might know me, but that’s just my personality, not my skill. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/67 "2005-07-10T18:50:25Z")
I used to have a column in _Movieline_ (back in the '90s, before it was taken over by trained chimps), and have written five books on old movie and stage stars, which have a tiny but devoted readership. So I guess I’m “famous lite.” ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/68 "2005-07-10T20:15:16Z")
I so hate to see **Eve** sell herself short. She is a tremendously talented writer, who has taken subjects of the Great Fame Machine given little due, and illuminated their importance, with beaucoups of fine show-biz history as well. In the process, she’s been brushing wings/in the trenches with the legendary Fam-ed, and has an amazing overview of the GFM from the turn of the century onward. Old time SD folks know all this, but thought I’d bring it up for new folks. And, Eve, weren’t you in a John Waters film or two? ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/69 "2005-07-10T21:52:48Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > Good luck. He’s about 6’4". Oh fudge muffin. Well, it’s only just over a foot to grow. It could happen!! ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/70 "2005-07-10T22:05:05Z")
I had roughly 15 minutes of fame in the music industry a few years ago when I got a very large record distributor shut down after I blew the whistle on their criminal activities. Got a one paragraph write up in Billboard and a local industry rag. Now I’m just a piece of faded music industry history. But a few people still remember me as the guy who got PCOS shut down. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/71 "2005-07-10T22:50:02Z")
Well, I recently passed the audition for _Who Wants to Be a Millionaire_, so you’ll have a chance to see me if I make it onto the show. ---
**Author:** ![Isabellnecessaryonabicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/87869e/32.png) [@Isabellnecessaryonabicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabellnecessaryonabicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/72 "2005-07-10T22:54:31Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > Would I be likely to have heard of you in real life? And if so, why? > > The more specific answer you’re willing to give, the better. E.g., “I’m a professional athlete” is good, “I’m an NBA player” is better, and “I’m Shaq” is the best. But only if you’re actually Shaq. I’m mildly famous amongst British teenage girls around the ages of 13 to 17 as I write novels for them. The most famous thing I do is go into schools and talk about my books to encourage kids to write… I do the odd writing workshop too. Beyond that, you wouldn’t know me unless your penchant was for teenage literature. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/73 "2005-07-10T23:24:00Z")
The kids at my son’s and daughter’s schools know me. It’s like having an Ooompa-Loompa fan base, really. ---
**Author:** ![WaryEri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ea666f/32.png) [@WaryEri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WaryEri)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/74 "2005-07-11T03:46:42Z")
I’m no one notable, but my husband is the author of a reasonably popular webcomic, so I guess I’ve got connections to some minor online fame. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/75 "2005-07-11T06:31:01Z")
Wow, thanks for all the interesting answers, everyone. There’s actually a few of you whose names I probably would recognize, or at least would have a friend or two who would recognize you. As for myself, I’m utterly unfamous, but someday I may manage to make a name for myself in certain academic circles. ---
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/76 "2005-07-11T07:12:11Z")
I film August 13th for a show on MTV. I’m not sure when it’s going to air yet, but I do know that they are coming to my hometown for ten days to recreate and interview on my role in a high school prank I did. Looks like they are centering the show on my role in the prank since I planned it and thought it up. Does that make me famous? Probably not. It will make me cocky for about five days after it is on tv… then, I’ll probably never speak of it again. I’m just doing it for the fun anyways. (I recorded the prank! If anyone wants to see it firsthand and unedited, get in touch with me and I’ll send it to you.) ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/77 "2005-07-11T14:09:20Z")
What was it? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/78 "2005-07-11T15:12:58Z")
Only in my own mind. I’m not in Wikipedia or the IMDB (I just checked). You _can_ Google my name and get lots of hits. I edit for a scientific magazine and regularly publish columns there. i’ve published in lots of places, but if you didn’t know me before it’s unlikely that you’ve heard of me. ---
**Author:** ![7aliens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/5daacb/32.png) [@7aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7aliens)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/79 "2005-07-11T17:06:03Z")
I write books for children, you may have one of my books on your bookshelf right now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/80 "2005-07-20T22:53:30Z")
> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > If you row or follow certain websites dedicated to rowing, you know EXACTLY who I am. > And you likely hate me. Sally? I was at theMasters SW Regionals when this thread was active so I missed it. I didn’t think anyone else on this board rowed. I have no idea who the heck you are (although I’m really shitty with names) but if you’re all that, we probably know some of the same people… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570.md?page=5)