Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 12:08     Subject: Re:Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
When I was a nurse working on a pediatric unit, one of the families contacted a local TV station about how happy they were with the care their child received. I was one of the nurses mentioned and we were interviewed for the evening news.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 12:01     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
Anonymous wrote:I was on Jeopardy.


Me too! I lost horribly. You?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 11:22     Subject: Re:Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
I was on the cover of USA Today as a kid for nothing other than being cute (it was a random holiday). The teacher brought it in to show the class and mom probably bought 20 copies.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 09:32     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
Anonymous wrote:I was a Cappy Dick national prize winner. I won a set of World Book encyclopedias. Anybody here old enough to remember Cappy Dick?


Was that the "draw this" feature in the Sunday comics?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 09:30     Subject: Re:Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
I was the girl Shamu the whale kissed at a Sea World show.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 07:51     Subject: Re:Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
Anonymous wrote:only if being on NPR with Susan Stamberg and a couple morning new shows, cable shows counts.


It doesn’t.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 07:48     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
Anonymous wrote:Ooh...what scene in DD? The infamous club scene??


I was in a table in the club.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 07:40     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
My husband and I were on an episode of a silly HGTV show. I didn’t tell a lot of people about it, but it still airs occasionally at 3am. The next day someone will call or text...”what did I watch on tv last night? Was that you?”
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 07:37     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
Ooh...what scene in DD? The infamous club scene??
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 07:18     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
A few times:

1) I was an extra in Dirty Dancing

2) I was sitting in row 1 at a college basketball game. My mom saw me on TV (espn).

3) in Grad school, my picture made it into the paper -- I was featured. Got a stalker out of that.

4) I was quoted in a Washington Post Magazine story a few years ago (about baseball, from a fan perspective). I also was shown on the NBC4 news (background).

5) Last year, in the 11th inning, With Bryce on 1st, Murphy hit a double into the Gap (against the Phillies). Bryce scored from first. I was standing near the MASN boom camera, and was shown on TV celebrating.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 03:24     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
Anonymous wrote:I want Wonder Woman to post.


DS told me that I forgot I came from the Amazon I would be Wonder Woman. Does that count? ?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 00:44     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
I was a Cappy Dick national prize winner. I won a set of World Book encyclopedias. Anybody here old enough to remember Cappy Dick?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 00:44     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
I have. I look back on it with fondness because I embraced my 20s/ early 30s. I had a lot of fun times. I could never do it now, for many reasons.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 00:43     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
Back when it was a whole 30-minute episode after the 11o'clock news, ABC's Nightline did a story about my blog. It was pretty awesome. I didn't actually tell anyone in my family that I was going to be on national TV because I had no idea how it was going to turn out and I was blogging about politics, which I don't discuss with my very large extended family. It turned out really well and I was bummed that most of my family didn't see it, but an elderly paternal uncle was watching and bragged about me for the next decade, which was gratifying. I have it on VCR somewhere. ?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2018 00:41     Subject: Have you had 15 minutes of fame?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Visiting Vegas, first time to Cirque De Soleil and I was greeted by a clown who asked to see my ticket and offered to escort me to my seat. It took me about 5 minutes to figure out that that a spotlight was on me, he took my tickets, ripped them up and then escorted me and my friend to our seats, which was a circuitous route that included a trip across the stage. My friend took the trip across the stage willingly, but I being a bit neurotic needed a lot of coaxing and refused to go at first out of genuine stage fright... the audience was roaring since they thought it was all staged... I reluctantly crossed, only after much encouragement from the audience and the clown was pulling on my arm. Turns out I am a comedic natural... the entire crowd was roaring, with laughter... My 15 minutes of fame! The actual show it self was a snooze fest. I think I fell asleep about 20 mins into the show... but before that it was a true great time!


I've always wondered if things like this are staged. I saw something like this in Vegas as well. I remember thinking thank goodness I didn't get picked if it happened to be real.


No, we went to a show in Vegas and one of us got put on stage. They didn't allow recordings.