What is your claim to fame?

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Dr_Deathweed

Dr_Deathweed

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Just about everyone gets their 5 minutes of fame, and while going through some old files on the computer I found some pictures and videos of mine that I decided to share. :)

In 2003 I founded the team "Bevo Burger" at the Redbull Flugtag contest in Austin TX.
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We built a 15' tall, 25' long replica of the University of Texas' mascot, Bevo, de-horned it, and rode it off of a 30' tall runway into Austin's Town Lake in front of a crown of 40,000+ booing people throwing beer bottles and the like at us. It was an incredible experience :D I made multiple local TV and radio appearances and interviews, and clips were shown on Good Morning America and Sports Center.

I will try and post a better video later with interviews, clips, and the whole "flight" if anyone wants it, but there is a brief clip at about 16 seconds in embeded in this video:
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So everyone share your moment in the spotlight, pictures and video a must! :D
 
I appear for about 5 seconds on the 10th Anniversary edition of The Big Lebowski. It is in the extras disk where they are talking about Lebowskifest they show some video of me and a buddy in the Seattle one from a couple years ago.

Nothing huge but it was pretty cool to see myself there.

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Got a couple more videos:

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Don't know about fame but I was a quad bike stunt rider in a film.
It didn't have a title at the time so I can't find a clip.
It had a cast and crew of over 600 on the days I was there.
 
I've been on TV a bunch of times. Some of you have probably seen me and don't know it. No video that I'm aware of, other than a few tapes my wife did when it was a big deal. Now she doesn't even tune in.
 
shecky said:
I've been on TV a bunch of times. Some of you have probably seen me and don't know it. No video that I'm aware of, other than a few tapes my wife did when it was a big deal. Now she doesn't even tune in.
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Are you Vince from Shamwow? :p
 
Let's see, I've worked on in countless movies and TV shows, had my artwork featured on Coast To Coast AM, been a published photographer, published author, have a fungus named after me, I'm a respected figure in the hot sauce industry, ummm....there's more but I'd have to really think about it for a while.... OH ya! I've worked on alot of video games and am credited in them....

I took my 15 minutes and ran with it, lol.
 
shecky said:
I've been on TV a bunch of times. Some of you have probably seen me and don't know it. No video that I'm aware of, other than a few tapes my wife did when it was a big deal. Now she doesn't even tune in.
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Find them, post them on youtube, or it didn't happen! :D
 
I was interview on radio when I was captain of my trampoline club. Then we had the presenter bounce live on air... Pretty sure it's the only case of radio broadcast trampolining!
 
My 15 minutes haven't arrived yet, but you guys are lucky because you'll be able to say, "Hey, I knew StunnedMonkey way back when before he went nuts and killed all of those hookers with an antique teaspoon and an old stale Peep."
 
shecky said:
I know, I know. But my computer knowledge has been proved inadequate, so you'll just have to believe it didn't happen.

I swear it did. I swear. :D
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No problems, I found ya!!

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I was interviewed by a local news station for binge drinking on college campuses. If I recall the saw me chugging a beer and filmed that before the interview started.
 
StunnedMonkey said:
My 15 minutes haven't arrived yet, but you guys are lucky because you'll be able to say, "Hey, I knew StunnedMonkey way back when before he went nuts and killed all of those hookers with an antique teaspoon and an old stale Peep."
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I had to make sure I saw the he, because I remember telling a female friend I expected to see her name in the news with McDonald's, automatic weapons and multiple deaths
15 years and she's still not in prison(I think)
 
My favorite...I was a kid, a stunt double for a dog in a Brothers Grimm movie. Yup. The scene went, the evil step-parents stuffed the girl into a sack, but she somehow switched herself out with a dog, and the big giant father (really giant in real life, by the name of Bart) tied the sack up and proceeded to beat the sack with a big wooden club...a branch, actually. Well, I was supposed to double for the dog in the sack. The giant dude, Bart, got into the scene a bit too much and ended up accidentally cracking me on the spine with his big club as I was suspended in a burlap sack from the ceiling. I spent a few days soaking in epsom salts and vowed never again to let myself be tied up in a sack and hung from the ceiling again...especially not when 6'8" dudes named Bart are about. And especially not when they have clubs.
 
Evan! said:
I spent a few days soaking in epsom salts and vowed never again to let myself be tied up in a sack and hung from the ceiling again...especially not when 6'8" dudes named Bart are about. And especially not when they have clubs.
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Well....this looks quotable....

And twisted, just twisted...:D
 
I'm on TV fairly frequently...anything there's something big happening at my job, I look up and there's a camera. :drunk: Gets really annoying.

But about 10 years ago I was playing bass for a band in the Baltimore-DC area. One of the shows we played was a bar in Delaware and a radio station was broadcasting live from there to NJ, MD, and PA. Called SWMBO and she was listening to it on the internet. :rockin:
 
Not sure this is a claim to fame but it was pretty neat, I'm sure I'll catch **** from a few of ya! This was taken at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo just a couple of months prior to 9/11/01.

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Oh one other almost claim to fame, our son was cast for a part in George Clooney's recent movie, LeatherHeads. He wasn't filmed but it was his very first paying job so I would say he's off to a good start!

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He's the one on the right!
 
My name has appeared in the local newspaper countless times. Some are positive, but a lot of them negative. Our reporters suck and 9 times out of 10, they'll over-dramatize the story. One story in particular said that I was "bickering" with the Councilmen. I was disagreeing with the Council and it was a civilized discussion but in no way was I bickering with them.

Anyways, despite my name being in the newspaper a lot, I've never had my picture in there. I always shied away from photo opps because I didn't want my picture printed with a negative story. A month ago, my picture was printed on the front page (below the fold) on a story about young professionals (20 and 30-somethings) being the leaders of tomorrow. I got tons of phone calls and congratulatory handshakes.
 
My dogs think I'm the most awesome person EVER! I don't have any video because Lucy and Emma like to chew on whirring things.

Oh, and I won a bowling trophy when I was eleven.
 
I've been in the police blotter a time or two in more than one town/city.

My name has been in Navy Times a few times as well.
 
I've been in TV numerous times and my voice has been used in commercials. My biggest odd claim to fame was probably singing God Bless the USA on stage with Lee Greenwood when I was a kid. Granted there were about 30 of us and we were just brought out to sing the last chorus, but it was kinda neat at the time. Was back in the 80's.
 
ok, you guys can't tell anyone this but I'm Batman.

Yes, Batman. No, you can't drive the Batmobile.

<rushes away to the BatBeerCave>
 
My photo was in the Cleveland paper when I was young. The story was about the county fair about start and they caught a picture of me trying to drag my sisters calf down to the wash station for a bath. The calf was quite stubborn and they put up quite a tug of war.

Not exactly a huge amount of fame. Still i could care less if i am known so it works out fine for me.

Craig
 
I've had 30 seconds of fame. Twice.
The first was 1997 when the Red Wings won the cup, ending the drought.
We were on our way out of the Joe and walked right into an interview.
I was DUNK AS FRUCK, yet, they still shoved a mic in front of my face and asked whats the greatest thing about this cup victory.
In my drunken stupor, I paused, looked up at the sky and got teary eyed. Then grabbed the microphone from the chick and said very calmly "Its for the Captain. This one was for Stevie".. Then, as she pulled the mic back, I fought her, pulled it to my mouth and live on Detroit WDIV news said "F*CK YEAH BABY, THIS IS FOR YZERMAN".
Within seconds my phone blew up, my friend laughed so hard that he pee'd himself and we were escorted to the Old Shillelagh valet bus. I'm a tard, I know.

The second was only about 10 seconds, but my wife and I were standing in front of Dick Clark's American Bandstand restaurant, looking at a menu while they were filming "Bowling for Columbine". There's my fat ass, right on camera, looking for something to eat. Ugh.
 
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