# Whose the most famous Doper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130 "2001-03-15T20:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/1 "2001-03-15T20:15:37Z")
I think the title of the thread is pretty much clear. How close have you come to fame? Is anyone or has anyone ever been famous? The closest thing I can say is that Michael from Survivor goes to church right by me and I went and saw him last Sunday. That’s about it. I have a _secret_ plan to change my state in the works, however. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/2 "2001-03-15T23:26:55Z")
Well, I’m the Queen of the Underworld. Does that make me famous? There’s a writer or two here on the boards, and one Aging Rock Star. But I’ll let them speak for themselves, if they want. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/3 "2001-03-16T00:08:47Z")
Cecil Adams ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/4 "2001-03-16T00:09:02Z")
I’m famous, but if I told y’all my name I’d be mobbed by autograph seekers. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/5 "2001-03-16T00:22:20Z")
louie ---
**Author:** ![Doubleclick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Doubleclick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubleclick)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/6 "2001-03-16T00:23:39Z")
## I’m still kinda new here, but I’ll put a vote in for Satan. (Rest his soul.) I personally know a couple of famous people in real life. (Famous in certain circles: An Indy LIGHTS driver and an ex-Toronto Maple Leaf.) Does that make me famous now? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/7 "2001-03-16T02:12:38Z")
Thirty-five years ago I’d have said **aha**. **Opalcat** and **Eve** were the only ones, besides Ed and Cecil, I had heard of before I started here, although **Calmeacham** ’s real name sounds familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/8 "2001-03-16T03:27:14Z")
I thought it was Wally. Well, besides Cecil and Little Ed. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/9 "2001-03-16T03:34:18Z")
Who is the most famous? _Who’s the only one with a smily named after him?_ :wally ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/10 "2001-03-17T00:08:58Z")
The most infamous would be Jack Dean Tyler, would it not? ---
**Author:** ![trose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@trose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trose)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/11 "2001-03-17T01:17:04Z")
My name is misspelled in the closing credits of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (known by other titles too numerous and silly to mention). That’s the one with future heartthrobs Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zellweger. I made GatorAde. ---
**Author:** ![Shiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/12 "2001-03-17T01:28:22Z")
Me. Hey, there are 800 million practicing Hindus. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/13 "2001-03-17T05:51:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by trose \* > \*\*…Matthew McConaughey… \*\* He went to my high school. neal McCoy lives here in town and goes to my aunt’s restaurant a lot. See? I have my connections…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/14 "2001-03-17T06:23:59Z")
There’s only two dopers here I had heard of for activities outside of this board: Eve and aha. There was also a third person, who no longer posts here and whose username I don’t recall, who was a science fiction author. And of course, manhattan, who in real life is Winona Ryder. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/15 "2001-03-17T07:16:42Z")
I’m gonna get shit for this . . . New TV show! “Everyone loves **Falcon!** ” Yup. Something like 4k some odd posts. . . Tripler ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/16 "2001-03-17T16:44:47Z")
I think the OP means famous; BUT not on the board-famous but bumped-against-someone-famous. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/17 "2001-03-17T18:21:51Z")
Now why would I give you shit for that, Trip? And I’m blushing, dammit. _hugs and a smoooch_ ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/18 "2001-03-17T18:24:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > \*\*I’m famous, but if I told y’all my name I’d be mobbed by autograph seekers. \*\* Give it up, **Gunslinger**! Nobody remembers your days on Gunsmoke anymore. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 17, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/19 "2001-03-17T23:52:56Z")
There’s a picture of my bloodied head in a story about the German autobahn in March 2001’s issue of Car and Driver. OK, not quite fame, but getting there … one injury at a time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-doper/58130/20 "2001-03-17T23:58:09Z")
Well I knew **The Bad Astronomer’s** web site long before I found out he posted here sometimes.