Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
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Anonymous
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Once I appeared in a national newspaper, drunk and happy, after my home team won the Superbowl. Did an interview and everything, then forgot about it until a coworker sent me a link to the article.
That’s about it. |
Anonymous
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I worked in the media. My level of being in the public eye was only like a sidekick type, as I mostly did production. But once at a bar a guy knew who I was, and once taxi driver figured it out. I would occasionally (a few times a year) get fan mail or people contacting me for my own advice.
I was also part of event planning for the organization, and sometimes the crazy public who attended events also wanted specifically to talk to me or get my autograph. So odd. I know it was mostly because of the actual minor celebrities I was working with, and I was just more available and accessible, but I admit it was fun. |
Anonymous
DCUM weekend of fame is what you had. |
Anonymous
| I work with a lot of famous people from politics to Hollywood in a firmly behind the scenes role. It's sort of a rule of the job to never be the one photographed or filmed. I'm doing my job well if the public doesn't think I exist. But my accidental 15 minutes of fame was ending up in a front-page New York Times photo helping one of my clients with something. The client was gracious, but I took a lot of heat from industry friends for that one. |
Anonymous
| When I was a kid, I wrote a letter to Dear Abby that was published and received a lot of attention. Abby did a follow up column on me and sent me my “fan” mail. Several newspapers and TV stations did mini profiles on me. I was a pretty shy kid and hadn’t even told my parents I’d written the letter, so they were pretty surprised. |
Anonymous
| In the mid 90s I was lead role in a play at a theater in Hamburg Germany (in English). Its a small city and I couldn't go on the subway or to bars without being approached. It was lovely because everyone was friendly and so excited to meet me. That was for about 4 months. It never happened again and I changed career a couple years later. |
Anonymous
Omg you are back! So nice hearing from you? Are you married yet? |
Anonymous
| When I was 10 I had my name listed in Stickers Magazine as someone looking for a pen pal. I ended up getting 500 letters (full of stickers) from all over the US. I lived in California, so I think girls thought it was glamorous. The mailman left bags of mail and wasn't pleased. My mom and I tried sending form letters back, but it got to be too much. |
Anonymous
| I don't know if this counts, and it certainly wasn't 15 minutes, but I made out with Dave Matthews. I was at UVA when he was playing TRAX every Tuesday night. Boyd Tinsley worked out at my gym when I came back for grad school. The kissing was in front of a bunch of people, and I was "that girl" for awhile. Wasn't necessarily welcome attention. |
Anonymous
Sober support? |
Anonymous
BC girl- yes, we got married in August and things are great. |
Anonymous
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I'll go against the grain and say that I've accumulated maybe 1.5 minutes of fame. I'm fine with this.
I was in an industrial film that was required viewing at new employee orientation for a worldwide company in the 1990s. Had a few people recognize me or ask me about it! The film ran for five years! |
Anonymous
| None of these count, people. Snooze. |
Anonymous
| Byline in WaPo and major papers. Invited to speak at a few conferences. |
Anonymous
| Nope. I work hard to stay out of the pubic eye. No desire. |