Bo Jackson did it, but many probably didn’t realize he didn’t do it to be a dick, but because he stuttered pretty heavily on the word I, but no on Bo.
You’re forgetting one thing. I’m Captain Jack Sparrow.
This is James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise …
Leave everything to me…POWDERED TOAST MAAAAAAAAAAN!
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I don’t think they’re really illeists, they’re just famous for frequently introducing themselves. Bond saying “James Bond wants a vodka martini” would be illeism.
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Now I have this bizarre mental image of a cross between James Bond and Elmo.
And I’m disappointed one of my favorite illeists isn’t on the Wikipedia list- Chester A. Arthur’s Head from Futurama. “Oh, Chester A. Arthur fall down!”
“Hello fellow swingers, Percy Dovetonsils here.”
[QUOTE=Little Nemo]
Ray J. Johnson Jr.
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Oh you dont’ have to call me Johnson,
You can call me RAY; or you can call me JAY…
[QUOTE=BMalion]
You can call me RAY; or you can call me JAY…
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I’m sick of him already.
Yoo-hoo, it’s me, my name is Pinky Lee!
[QUOTE=pravnik]
For good measure, wikipedia ariticle on well-known illeists.
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Odd that they list Richard Nixon for referring to himself by his title, not his name, and ignore his famous line, “You won’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore.”
Omar Little? Indeed.
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I’m sick of him already.
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I hear ya’.
However, he’s always fascinated me in a weird way. Back in the day, it seemed, one annoying routine could be made in an entire career on TV. Hell, he was practically a regular on Sanford & Son.
Hi there, I’m an apteryx, a wingless bird with hairy feathers.
“Adair, Daisy Adair!” from “Dead Like Me”
[QUOTE=Student Driver]
I do believe Yosemite Sam also made a habit of announcing his name.
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“Yosemite Sam of Outer Space!”
It’s HEDLEY, Hedley Lamar.
“Doctor Frahnkensteen, are you all right?!”
“The name . . . is FRANKENSTEIN!”