Unocal 76
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Post by Unocal 76 on Oct 21, 2011 22:50:42 GMT -5
Remember those people who were famous for a brief period of time (a year or a few years) and faded away as quickly as they rose?
Andy Warhol once said "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."
What I am getting at is that people that were famous- and then not famous- for that short run were said to have had their 15 minutes of fame.
Who are some of the people you recall that fall under this 15 minutes of fame category?
I'll start with the one I recall very well:
Jessica Hahn- This is the first name I remember when hearing about 15 minutes of fame. She was involved in an infamous affair, posed in Playboy a few times, and was considered a hot babe from roughly the late 80s to the mid 90s.
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Post by Shy Guy on Oct 21, 2011 22:54:29 GMT -5
the real runaway bride
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Oct 21, 2011 22:56:14 GMT -5
Darva Conger
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Post by Cam on Oct 21, 2011 22:59:50 GMT -5
John Wayne Bobbit.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Oct 21, 2011 23:00:08 GMT -5
Darva Conger The fact she also posed for Playboy shows they've been clueless for a long time now
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Post by Lupin the Third on Oct 21, 2011 23:04:41 GMT -5
PANTS ON THE GROUND! PANTS ON THE GROUND! LOOKIN' LIKE A FOOL WITH YO PANTS ON THE GROUND!!!
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Post by celticjobber on Oct 21, 2011 23:07:45 GMT -5
The balloon boy and his wacked out family.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Oct 21, 2011 23:13:04 GMT -5
Bubb Rubb of "The Whistles go WHOOOOO" fame.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Oct 21, 2011 23:22:21 GMT -5
William Hung.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2011 23:26:23 GMT -5
John Mark Karr, the freaky dude that falsely confessed to murdering JonBenet Ramsey for some reason.
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King Ghidorah
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Post by King Ghidorah on Oct 21, 2011 23:31:31 GMT -5
Noooo, I saw the thread title and came in here to post that you bastid.
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Post by crabnebula on Oct 21, 2011 23:50:32 GMT -5
Jesse Camp, winner of the first Wanna Be A VJ contest on MTV. video jockeys have kind of gone the way of the dinosaur as well, which makes it even more obscure
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on Oct 21, 2011 23:54:34 GMT -5
Jesse Camp, winner of the first Wanna Be A VJ contest on MTV. video jockeys have kind of gone the way of the dinosaur as well, which makes it even more obscure Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Oct 22, 2011 0:39:04 GMT -5
Divine Brown, the prostitute that Hugh Grant was caught having sex with back in 1995.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2011 0:43:27 GMT -5
These chicks.
You can thank me for reminding you of this later...pleas keep all sharp objects away from me at a minnimum distance of 5000ft.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Oct 22, 2011 1:29:29 GMT -5
The first guy that won the million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire...uhh....can't remember his name...but you know...he was awesome!
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Oct 22, 2011 7:18:14 GMT -5
LEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKINS!!!
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Post by Sicho100 on Oct 22, 2011 8:46:45 GMT -5
The first guy that won the million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire...uhh....can't remember his name...but you know...he was awesome! Not only do I remember John Carpenter, I remember the million dollar question (US president to appear on Laugh-In? Richard Nixon.)
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Oct 22, 2011 8:54:54 GMT -5
Darva Conger Yep.
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Post by Doctor Of Style on Oct 22, 2011 9:01:22 GMT -5
LEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKINS!!! He may not be famous anymore, but at least he has chicken.
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