# I am the most famous doper... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867 "2004-11-03T23:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/41 "2004-11-04T01:54:51Z")
I’m famous, and so’s my wife! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/42 "2004-11-04T02:08:55Z")
My real life identity is such a secret that if I knew who I was, I’d have to kill myself – matter of national security, y’know. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/43 "2004-11-04T02:17:54Z")
I just want to reinforce that famous does not always equal rich. The John 3:16 guy never had any money, did he? There’s also the Tourist of Doom, Kato Kaelin, former stars that haven’t had work in years like Kid and Play or countless one hit wonders and cultural icons from the 80s, etc. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/44 "2004-11-04T02:37:41Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > He does, it’s true. But I have been in (depending on where I’m working) up to 40 pubs a month. > > This year alone my name will appear in 18 books and 12 magazines. Ooo…the suspense is killing me… But I think there must be several journalists or people who work in publications who can outdo those credentials. Not this year, but last year my name must have appeared in at least 30 publications, including several times in one publication with a readership of 7 million people a month. I’m sure you can outdo me, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there whose name appears much more in print. Unless your name is a variant of Hachette-Filipachi or McGraw-Hill. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/45 "2004-11-04T02:42:31Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I just want to reinforce that famous does not always equal rich. The John 3:16 guy never had any money, did he? Just enough to buy copious amounts of marijuana, alas for him. Btw, “Rockin’” Rollen Stewart was his name, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Miabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Miabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miabella)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/46 "2004-11-04T02:47:01Z")
My guess is Curt Schilling of the Red Sox. He loves message boards! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/47 "2004-11-04T03:03:42Z")
My guess is that he _wasn’t_ famous before this thread, but is using it as a self-fulfilling prophecy to _make_ him famous among us. It’s working! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/48 "2004-11-04T03:10:47Z")
Careful consideration of all the facts reveals that the OP is Ann Coulter. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/49 "2004-11-04T03:21:18Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > But I have been in (depending on where I’m working) up to 40 pubs a month. Hell, I know a girl whose name appears nightly in thousands of pubs. “For a good time, call Linda 555-1234” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/50 "2004-11-04T03:24:43Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Ooo…the suspense is killing me… But I think there must be several journalists or people who work in publications who can outdo those credentials. Not this year, but last year my name must have appeared in at least 30 publications, including several times in one publication with a readership of 7 million people a month. I’m sure you can outdo me, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there whose name appears much more in print. Unless your name is a variant of Hachette-Filipachi or McGraw-Hill. Note how I phrased the original statement. I made no claim to fame…just that my name had appeared in more pubs than anyone. My big advantage is that I’m on the business side (mostly). My name ALWAYS goes in each pub regardless of content. I’d guess my time at BNN would be the highest capacity. 3 daily pubs with my name in each multiple times. So call that over 1000 times that year. Plus some freelance stuff and my online pub (my own work) that updates daily. I might have hit 1500 a year from 1998-2000. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/51 "2004-11-04T04:05:56Z")
Ooh, can I play? I think it’s Vanilla Ice or whatever his name is. That would make me laugh. Oh hey, Vanilla dude, I really liked that one song you did. You know? Ice Ice Baby. Sang it all the time. Still do! Catchy tune there. Queen’s pretty cool, don’t ya think? Hey, by the way, isn’t Tammy Faye Bakker the sweetest thing you ever met? She was pretty nice to you even though you sucked when you made Gary Coleman so mad. That was pretty cheesy, dude. You just don’t pick up small men, ya know. Incidently, I’ve always wanted to tell you that I think you look much better now than you did in the 80s. I never really like seeing pictures of myself from the 80s either. That hair, man. Ya gotta hate that, huh? Anyway, I really think you should re-release Ice Ice Baby cuz that was the coolest song you ever did. Someone told me you really hate that song, but I can’t imagine why. So original. So upbeat. Makes me wanna dance. Rock on, dude! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/52 "2004-11-04T05:12:33Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Note how I phrased the original statement. I made no claim to fame…just that my name had appeared in more pubs than anyone. So which one are you, Bud Weiser or Michel Oeb? I don’t know if I appear in more photographs and videos than any other Doper, but I’d say I’m probably in the top 10. Natural result of performing a few hundred weddings, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/53 "2004-11-04T05:53:01Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Note how I phrased the original statement. I made no claim to fame…just that my name had appeared in more pubs than anyone. > > My big advantage is that I’m on the business side (mostly). My name ALWAYS goes in each pub regardless of content. > > I’d guess my time at BNN would be the highest capacity. 3 daily pubs with my name in each multiple times. So call that over 1000 times that year. Plus some freelance stuff and my online pub (my own work) that updates daily. I might have hit 1500 a year from 1998-2000. Yeah, but most Dopers don’t realize that your RL name is “Copyright”! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/54 "2004-11-04T06:06:43Z")
I had never planned to mention this, but I am in fact very well known in the Waking. I’d rather not reveal who, exactly. Alright, I’ll tell you, stop whining. I just hope you are ready for the news. I am the late Dan Blocker returned to Earth. Some have asked “How is it that you can be the late Dan Blocker returned to Earth when in fact you were born before he died”. The answer is complicated and involves two lesbians, a cat and some string and I’d tell you but your petty mortal minds could never grasp it, so all I can say is BOW TO ME MORTALS! I AM THE HOSS-MAN OF THE APOCALYPSE! ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/55 "2004-11-04T06:06:44Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Hey, **newcrasher** , ya got me to look. > In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242907), dated 03/02/2004 you say: > > and then go on to complain about the raw deal your getting from your crappy little employer. > > In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4684448#post4684448), date 03/25/2004: > > followed by details. > > As for your claim to fame, I call a big BULLSHIT! Yah, but that was _before_ he married Britney. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/56 "2004-11-04T06:07:49Z")
Actually, Todd Bridges is a Christian Republican with a small son who I wouldn’t be surprised works for a small employer. ---
**Author:** ![AmbushBug](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ambushbug/32/4600_2.png) [@AmbushBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbushBug)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/57 "2004-11-04T06:32:14Z")
You’re Jayson Blair. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/58 "2004-11-04T06:35:07Z")
The OP is “famous” yet has posted a cry for attention on a message board. Which leads me to believe the OP’s fame must be fading away. The OP is either Britney Spears or Ashlee Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/59 "2004-11-04T06:37:49Z")
Or Christina Aggravator. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/60 "2004-11-04T06:47:17Z")
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