# Har Mar Superstar - Mailman!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-mar-superstar-mailman/928592>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-mar-superstar-mailman/928592 "2020-12-22T02:53:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-mar-superstar-mailman/928592/1 "2020-12-22T02:53:31Z")

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I’ll admit it - I’d never heard of him until today, when this story showed up on my Facebook feed. Wiki makes it sound like he’s rather, ahem, colorful.

> **[Why Har Mar Superstar Became a Mailman](https://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/har-mar-superstar-becomes-mailman/)**
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> When you’re a flamboyant, internationally touring rock star and life throws a pandemic at you, you don’t sit at home and wallow. You start delivering the mail.

He can’t do his usual shtick right now, so he might as well perform a needed public service and make some money at the same time, correct?

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**Author:** ![allyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-mar-superstar-mailman/928592/2 "2020-12-22T09:29:28Z")

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I remember Har Mar Superstar mainly for the weird name. I don’t think I’ve heard any of his material…maybe I’ll look him up on Youtube…

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**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-mar-superstar-mailman/928592/3 "2020-12-22T12:28:01Z")

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He did the theme song for the new MST3k

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-mar-superstar-mailman/928592/4 "2020-12-22T13:11:36Z")

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I think I got the name mixed up with Nardwuar the Human Serviette.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-mar-superstar-mailman/928592/5 "2020-12-22T16:46:04Z")

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Looks like he picked up the name from the nearby Har Mar Mall. I thought the mall might have been owned/named by local entrepreneurs Harvey Ratner and Marv Wolfenson (original owners of the Minnesota Timberwolves), but it looks like it was named after a different owner and his wife, Harold and Marie Sawik.