# Revive someone's 15 minutes of fame **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227 "2003-04-12T07:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/1 "2003-04-12T07:43:09Z")
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: ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/2 "2003-04-12T08:12:42Z")
Kato Tiny Tim Tom Arnold Nina (99 Luftballoons) ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/3 "2003-04-12T10:44:26Z")
Gavrilo Princip? And whatever has happened to Linda Tripp? ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/4 "2003-04-12T10:58:00Z")
Yahoo Serious Dexy’s Midnight Runners Huey Lewis and the News ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/5 "2003-04-12T11:05:27Z")
Lazlo Toth ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/6 "2003-04-12T11:41:41Z")
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 November 30, 1996. His fame clock has run out, permanently. ---
**Author:** ![yme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/35a633/32.png) [@yme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yme)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/7 "2003-04-12T13:00:53Z")
Lorenzo Llamas (sp?), just because he wasn’t even given 15 minutes, it was more like 9. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/8 "2003-04-12T13:03:45Z")
Hey, Renegade was cool! Alright, no it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/9 "2003-04-12T14:59:54Z")
The Spice Girls [sub]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![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/10 "2003-04-12T15:18:55Z")
El Debarge ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/11 "2003-04-12T15:46:13Z")
The former Iraqi Information Minister (now what _was_ that guy’s name again…?) Gary Numan Ross Perot ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/12 "2003-04-12T15:49:39Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/13 "2003-04-12T15:52:57Z")
clara peller ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/14 "2003-04-12T16:09:12Z")
Adrian Zmed ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/15 "2003-04-12T16:33:26Z")
Dick Cheney ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/16 "2003-04-12T17:32:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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 :: ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/17 "2003-04-12T17:34:22Z")
The apple girl who did the switch commercial while she was on cold medicine. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/18 "2003-04-12T20:40:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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. ---
**Author:** ![noddygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@noddygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noddygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/19 "2003-04-12T21:05:52Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/20 "2003-04-12T21:21:50Z")
Rockwell. “I always feel like somebody’s watching me!” Not any more they’re not. Baby Jessica down the well. **Opal**. (sorry) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227.md?page=2)