It’s been ten years. Does anyone remember The Naked Guy, a student at Berkely who went to class wearing only a backpack and a smile?
No, Earl. Do you have a cite?
I remember seeing something about him in Playboy years ago.
Here’s an interview with him.
Sure. I always figured, if I was that tan, fit, and muscley, I’d run around naked too. 
My friend used to carp about his waving his patriarchy in her face, and there were a lot of jokes about the unfortunateness of being in the class after his.
(Now, to nitpick, he did usually wear a little bandanna tied with string around his waist to class.)
At the time, I was on the board of the student group for my church. We went to a regional meeting, and knowing that everyone would quiz us about the Naked Guy, we just put the Daily Cal newspaper up on our table with the front page being a photo of the Nude-in. A relatively discreet photo, of course. Golly, we were obnoxious (not just for that).
So, where is he now? He’d be about 30…
I don’t know him personally, but I read about him someplace. I’m 24, FYI.
Cal grad here. The thing that cracked me up was during the winter when he would wear a sweatshirt and nothing else.
I used to see him around now and then.
There’s a page devoted to him here.
MODS: the linked page has one clothed photo, and one small nude photo that shows a wee bit of wee wee. The page contains links to photos that contain nude images. Please delete the link if it violates SDMB policy; it’s not porn, but it is still a naked guy.
FWIW, shortly after he got booted from Berkeley, a friend of mine who was attending the school told me about how Mr. Martinez was sleeping in a public park outside his apartment window.
Things weren’t going so good for him at that point… I kind of wonder what happened to him.
So relieved he was good looking. How about this:
*AMSTERDAM — Police arrested on Friday morning a 59-year-old man who was riding naked on a moped in a Rotterdam street.
The “streaker” was wearing only a helmet and white sports socks while riding his moped in the Vlietlaan. He was arrested after police set out in pursuit of him, newspaper De Telegraaf reported
It is alleged the man had been drinking, and he admitted undressing before taking to the road.
After being ordered to dress himself, the man was released from police custody with a fine. He was forced to leave his moped where it stood. *
Went to Cal the same time he was there & saw him once. Profs made him cover up his privates so I think that’s when he started the bandana thing. I always thought it would be gross to sit in the chair after him. Yuck.
Think I was at Cal at the same time as him (think I was a freshman during his last year there, maybe). Never saw him, though–but heard lotsa stories.
[hijack] Any other cal alums remember the Hate Man, Rick Star, and all the other campus characters? Ahh, the good old days. Actually, they’re probably still there. [/hijack]
I knew Andrew before he became TNG. I was the Hall Coordinator (an R.A. supervisor) in his dorm his Freshman year. He didn’t wear much clothes even then (usually just shorts whenever he was lounging around). I think he became TNG his sophomore year (maybe junior; either way, it was after he moved from my building). Saw him around periodically and we’d exchange "Hi"s, but never really followed the case too closely (I was immersed in my Honors thesis at the time). Never heard what happened to him. Hope he’s OK; he was a really nice guy.
Here’s the latest on Rick Starr (2 r’s):
I still drop by the campus regularly but admit to not having seen some of the old characters in a while (though I’m there mostly evenings & weekends)
I went to Cal at the same time as The Naked Guy. Never saw him once, although I did have a friend who had a class after him. No one ever sat in the chair he had previously occupied – in fact, people who came late were warned away.
I remembered Hate Man, but had forgotten all about Rick Starr until available light mentioned him. That guy was great.
Anyone remember Hoyt Sze (sp?) an irritating columnist in the Daily Cal? We used to make fun of him, if for no other reason than his picture making him look like he had no neck.
Heh. Just the other day, mr. genie commented that a quote from a book I had read him was worthy of Hoyt Sze. We giggled.
I remember Hate Man and Rick Starr and all the others. Ah, for the good days, when Rick was loved, and we just grinned as he tossed oddball comments at us… Anyone remember the really elderly guy with green (or another color) hair who would show up once in a while, doing wacky political commentary? His name is on the tip of my tongue; something like Grouchy, only not.
So if there were a bunch of us at Cal at the same time, did we cross each other’s paths? Should we have a ‘do you remember’ thread about Yablo’s O and the tortilla chips at La Burrita?
Holy Cow, I knew Hoyt personally, too! Not well, but we did work together briefly (he was an RA up at Bowles). Nice enough guy, but a little clueless, and thoroughly inept at satire (as one infamous column proved–something he never really recovered from I think).
Yeah, I was trying to remember his name to put in my last post. I seem to recall it as a pun off a famous personality or character.
Speaking of Andrew TNG, I just remembered that Playboy issued a Girls of the Pac 10 edition around that time, and not only did my acquaintance Andrew appear, but I knew one of the Cal girls represented (Hmpf, always suspected she wasn’t a natural blonde).
This year’s my 10-year reunion, though I’m not planning on going. I took the 5-year plan (double major + 2 jobs), so most of the people I entered with left before I…
I had Andrew in a Black History class the year before he became TNG. Wore shorts and nothing else, no matter what the weather. Later, I was at an end-of-the-year party, bombed off a 40 of St. Ides and some unknown punch, staring into space, when some male genitalia danced in front of my face. Took a second to register - is that what I really think it was?! It was the soon-to-be-world-famous Andrew dancing naked at the party. In the immortal words of Seinfeld, naked male dancing is “bad naked.” Fortunately, he convinced a few women there to join him.
It was fun to walk down Sproul with him around. You could instantly tell the tourists (pointing, taking pictures in amazement) from the students (ignoring him). I saw him speaking once at a Legalize Marijuana rally once (yes, that’s naked dope smoking in front of the administration building…ah, Berkeley) and he didn’t seem very bright or sane. His speech went something like, “I really like to smoke weed…so it should be legal. Cause I like it.”
I still see Rick Starr in downtown Oakland every now and again. Without his microphone, he just looks like another sad homeless person. My favorite Sproul celebrity was Y’Shua Dave, the preacher with the cool Y’Shua t-shirt who tried to spread the word about Jesus Christ’s given name. He’d speak in tongues and dance around with the spirit and the Hate Man would be messing with him non-stop. Good times.
I want to say the green-haired comedian was named “Smokey” but I’m pretty sure that’s wrong. I spent way too much time lazing about on Sproul, I guess.
Nope, it wasn’t Smokey, but it might have been Stoney. Only I don’t quite think so.
I liked Y’Shua man too. You gotta love a guy whose entire theology consists of “Jesus’ real name is Y’Shua, and if you don’t call him that, you’re going to hell.”
Those guys with the blue and yellow hats who yelled “Jesus” and so on across courtyards at each other just freaked me out, though.
That’s it! Stoney Brooks! His shtick got a little old, railing against tenured faculty and all. I remember Y’Shua Dave, too. Plus, my favorite (real) musical act was The Spirit of '29.