Who has had the biggest 15 minutes of fame?

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I'm talking about people long gone but never forgotten by those who were there.

I'm talking about people whose name is instantly recogniseable to your generation, but just draws blank stares from the younger generation.

Someone who's name was discussed at every water cooler in the office at the time, but is never mentioned these days.

I think if you look at my nomination you'll get the idea.







My nomination? - Lorena Bobbit!
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  • Billy Ray Cyrus?

    Lorena who?

    Sumit.
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    • You mean Miley's dad? He's still pretty popular.

      I'd say Vanilla Ice.
  • D.B. Cooper
  • My first wife got her hair done by Lorena Bobbit just a week before the "incident." When Lorena's picture came out on the news, she went "OH MY GOD THAT'S MY HAIRDRESSER" and ran off to call everyone she knew.

    Anyone else remember Max Headroom?
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    • Where in Va were you at the time?
      I have two Lorena "incident/moments".
      1: She tossed the infamous item about two blocks from where my little brother lived at the time.
      2: When I was going to court to finalize me divorce, the place was overrun with the media,TV,radio,satellite dishes, etc etc.
      Turns out that was one of the days Lorena was appearing in court.
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    • I think she gave husband John a makeover too!

      I remember Max Headroom - also Homer Simpson's alter ego "Max Power"

      Steve - definite "yes" for Barry Sadler. Now there's a name from the past!
    • LOL! Totally. There was a TV show too, right (aside from the "hit song")?

      For some reason, that reminded me of Herbie Hancock's Rock It

      What about Nena? 99 Luft Balloons!

      I love the 80s.
  • Patty Hearst
    Cheech & Chong
    Rachel Welsh
    Mikhail Gorbachev
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    • I think Mikhail had longer than 15 minutes!
  • Al Jolson
    Debbie Reynolds
    Nellie Melba


    Yes I do remember Max Headroom...my that takes me back....:-}
    before all those extra TV channels, cable & sky.
  • Bert Reynolds
    Frank Sanatra
    Dean Martin
    Red Skelton
    Tony Stewert
    Bing Crosby
    God

    Hope I spelled them all right?

    Have a Great Day!
    Michael
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    • Tony Stewert?

      He's smack in the middle of his fifteen years of fame.

      At least at my house...

      KJ
  • Steven, I shook Oliver North's hand the other day at the airport...lol

    Michael
  • I met RUN DMC once when I was a kid. Got an autograph and everything
  • One of those weird coincidences - I hadn't thought of the Bobbits in years, but John Wayne got a mention in something I was reading just hours ago.

    A few weeks back I mentioned Torville and Dean, the ice skaters, to my sons (twenty and twenty-one) and they both asked 'Who?'! This is not the kind of moment that reminds me of someone else's fifteen minutes of fame, but the kind of moment that makes me feel geriatric I've vague memories of Evel Knieval being a 'Who?' to them as well.
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    • Another coincidence ; I was watching TV last night and there was a biography of John Wayne Gacy - he might qualify for this thread

      What is it with these John Wayne people?

      My favourites so far in this thread, and most qualified to be in it:

      D.B. Cooper - an inspired choice!
      Monica Lewinsky - it wasn't only her character that was stained
  • I don't recall.
  • Spud Webb?
  • Harry Whittington.
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    *The guy Dick Cheney shot.
  • Monica Lewinsky, Jessica McClure, Jim Jones

    I'm scratching my head at some of these answers. I won't point any out, but there are definitely some lifetime achievement awards thrown in here w/ the 15 minute people.
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    • Yeh, I was thinking the same thing.
  • Our fellow Warrior Paul Hartunian was featured on the Johnny Carson show...

    YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.
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    • I had seven minutes one time, and another five minutes another time.

      They still owe me the remaining three minutes, and I'm going to get it goddammit.
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  • Joe Isuzu
  • Plaxico Burress...!!
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    • The title of this thread is "Who has had the biggest 15 minutes of fame?"

      I can think of the biggest 15 minutes of all, even though it was more like 2-3 hours. It was so famous in fact that everyone in the world who saw it can remember what they were doing at the time.

      Nowdays he leads a quiet life, and is hardly ever seen in public, refuses all autographs and interviews.

      What did he do?

      He climbed down a ladder and took one small step.
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