# 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:** 2
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/21 "2003-04-12T21:39:50Z")
**Otto** , you reminded me of Rick Rockwell, the millionaire with the police record from _Who Wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire._ The guys that Tonya Harding got to try to break Nancy Kerrigan’s leg. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/22 "2003-04-12T22:52:47Z")
Andy Warhol ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/23 "2003-04-12T23:11:31Z")
Dang it, **widdershins** , I was going to say “Mathias Rust”; I was proud of myself for remembering his name. Anyway: Tina Yothers ---
**Author:** ![mrweebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@mrweebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrweebles)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/24 "2003-04-12T23:25:01Z")
In the Boston area at least; Matt Young ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/25 "2003-04-13T02:34:42Z")
Yahoo Serious ---
**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 13, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/26 "2003-04-13T02:42:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*Yahoo Serious… > \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by noddygrrl \* > \*\*…Yahoo Serious > \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Earl of Sandwhich \* > \*\*Yahoo Serious > \*\* Do people even _read_ other people’s posts? **mrweebles** , who is Matt Young? A Red Sock? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mr.Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Hand)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/27 "2003-04-13T04:44:17Z")
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. Here’s how to revive someone’s fifteen minutes of fame. You encourage them to do _more_ things that will accrue fame and increase their celebrity status. Here’s my suggestion: _SDMB Book of the Month and Celebrity Birthday Party Club_\* Each month, Dopers in each city will convene to (1) discuss the book of the month, duly chosen at the close of the prior month’s meeting; (2) eat nachos\*\*; and (3) celebrate the celebrity who’s celebrity stock you’d like to rise – who celebrates their birthday during that month – by having them chair the discussion. C’mon, how great would it be to have Bobcat Goldthwaite read aloud his favorite passages from _The Old Man and the Sea_? Surely the experience would inspire him to seek the limelight further… Just my humble suggestion. I hereby apologize for the interruption. - Substitute Horror Movies or Psychoactive Drugs as desired \*\* Bring Your Own Nachos. ---
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/28 "2003-04-13T05:14:31Z")
Mr. Bill, Mr. Hand! ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/29 "2003-04-13T06:39:02Z")
Kajagoogoo Ray Parker, Jr. AH-HA Joe Piscipo ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/30 "2003-04-13T07:38:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by noddygrrl \* > \*\*…still a big star in Germany… > \*\* Thanks for reminding me. David Hasselhoff ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/31 "2003-04-13T10:38:30Z")
Jessica Hahn. That kid who did the Hershey’s Syrup comercials… messy Marvin. Crazytown. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/32 "2003-04-13T12:48:27Z")
Speaking of “town” – O Town. ---
**Author:** ![noddygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@noddygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noddygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/33 "2003-04-13T13:43:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph \* > \*\*Do people even _read_ other people’s posts? > > \*\* :smack: Sorry, I didn’t realise Yahoo Serious had already been posted, but he was the first person who came to mind when I saw this thread. OK. I’ll try again–what about Jacko. Not Michael Jackson, but the beefy blond battery-advert guy. Another Aussie, wasn’t he? Do these guys still get work down there or were they too embarrassing to have careers in their homeland to begin with? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/34 "2003-04-13T13:54:51Z")
Lucky Vanous. ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/35 "2003-04-13T14:30:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph \* > \*\* > > Also, Bobby McFerrin. \*\* Come on, Bobby McFerrin was only universally famous for a while, but he doesn’t count here. He is hugely accomplished and respected in the music world. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/36 "2003-04-13T15:26:34Z")
Heck, Bobby McFerring is still touring! He gave a concert earlier this semester at the Center for Performance Arts in Gainesville, Fl. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/37 "2003-04-13T16:02:28Z")
And the guy that’s cooler than you think: Wil Wheaton ([www.wilwheaton.net](http://www.wilwheaton.net)) ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/38 "2003-04-13T19:55:10Z")
How about those two Coreys who were briefly popular around 1990? Or maybe Adam Ant. ---
**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 13, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/39 "2003-04-13T20:31:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KarlGrenze \* > \*\*Heck, Bobby McFerring is still touring! He gave a concert earlier this semester at the Center for Performance Arts in Gainesville, Fl. \*\* Yes, and I believe Yahoo Serious is still making movies. Doesn’t make him famous, though. The thread is “Revive someone’s 15 minutes of fame”, not “Revive someone’s 15 minutes when they were accomplished and respected”. ---
**Author:** ![IDemandBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e57/32.png) [@IDemandBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDemandBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revive-someones-15-minutes-of-fame/168227/40 "2003-04-13T21:20:59Z")
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