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Becoming “Internet Famous” can be a blessing leading to fame and fortune (in most cases temporary); or a curse leading to unwanted attention at best, public ridicule at worst.
For better or worse, here are a few of my most and least favorite Internet Famous people:
MUHAMMAD SAAED AL-SAHAF (OR “BAGHDAD BOB”)
Saddam Hussein's Information Minister Al-Sahaf could've become a target of hatred due to his anti-American rhetoric spouted at his frequent press briefings during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. Instead, “Bob's” lost-in-the-translation malaprops earned him a certain degree of mocking affection on the Internet and a website called “welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com”, where his quotes were freely posted. Eventually, these earned him his other nickname, “Comical Ali” (not to be confused with “Chemical Ali”, Saddam's cousin, known for launching a deadly chemical attack against Iraq's Kurdish population).
Here are some of “Bob's” more notable quotes during the invasion:
“Who are in control. They are not in control of anything. They don't even control themselves.”
“God will roast their stomachs in hell.”
“We have destroyed two tanks, fighter planes, two helicopters, and their shovels.”
“I am not talking about the American and the British people. I am talking about those mercenaries. They have started throwing those pencils, but they are not pencils.”
“We will welcome them with bullets and shoes.”
“We will kill them all … most of them.”
Muhammad Saeed Al-Sahaf now appears on the news on Abu Dhabi television. And his website lives on.
MAHIR CAGRI
Some say that comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat character was inspired by Mahir Cagri, an Internet Famous personality from the nineties. Like “Baghdad Bob”, badly translated and unintentionally hilarious English malaprops was what drew visitors to this resident of Turkey's site. Mahir's obvious reason for his page was to attract women. Quotes from his original 1999 site include: “I KISS YOU!” “I like sex.” “I like music, I have my music enstremans. My home I can play.” “I like to take foto-camera (animals, towns, nice nude models, and peoples.” “Who is want to come TURKEY. I can invitate. She can stay my home.”
FUNTWO
At the beginning of 2006, a mysterious video first appeared on YouTube. It showed a young man sitting on the edge of his bed and playing guitar … and his performance was stunning enough to give Eric Clapton cause for pause. As a result, the video attracted millions of viewers, but the man's true identity remained unknown. His face was obscured by a baseball cap. The video was only credited to the pseudonym “funtwo.”
In August 2006, New York Times reporter Virginia Heffernan tracked the mysterious guitarist to Seoul, Korea. Jeong-Hyun Lim is a 23-year-old self-taught musician who's more a fan of Bach than Led Zeppelin. Despite his online fame, funtwo has no desire to become a professional musician.
HARRY KNOWLES
Knowles is the film geek's film geek; the kind of guy that you'd find at a comic book convention watching ten back-to-back Roger Corman B-movies. He's overweight, bearded, and wears clothes that might come out of Michael Moore's hamper. In 1996, when he launched his film geek and pop culture website, Ain't It Cool News, Knowles had no idea that it would make him a media pundit, making numerous guest appearances on “Siskel and Ebert's At the Movies” and on HBO's “Politically Incorrect.”
PEREZ HILTON
Love him or hate him, “Perez Hilton's” blog (originally called “PageSixSixSix”) has made him a celebrity gossip columnist to reckon with. His real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.
Although his celebrity gossip blog has only been around for two years, his “scoops” have attracted millions of gossip-loving visitors. His first major scoop happened in February 2007 after finding out that Britney Spears had shaved her head and entered rehab. During the blog's two years, “Perez” has been the target of numerous lawsuits charging everything from copyright infringement to defamation of character. He's also “outed” closeted celebrities against their will, giving him more notoriety and an even higher media profile.
SOURCES:
“Videos that made YouTube famous”, John Giuffo, Forbes, URL: (http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/30/youtube-videos-hits-ent-cx_jg_07networks_0430tube_slide.html?partner=links)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_phenomena
“Top Ten Web Fads”, Molly Wood, CNET, URL: (http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6268155-1.html?tag=bottom)
Iraqi information minister http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/
“Don't I know you from the Internet?”, Catherine Holahan, Business Week, URL: (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2006/tc20061029_067558.htm)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15643423/
http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2006/0703/156.html
“Web Celeb 25″, David Ewalt, Forbes, URL: (http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/23/internet-fame-celebrity-tech-media-cx_de_06webceleb_0123land.html)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Naomi
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/214938/ask_a_ninja_gets_a_book_deal.html
“Web guitar wizard revealed at last”, Virginia Heffernan, New York Times, URL: (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/arts/television/27heff.html?ex=1179028800&en=553b18000364354c&ei=5070)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Knowles
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On Saturday morning before the S6 premiere on the beach, I was invited on a private press tour of Lost filming locations on Oahu, led by executive producer Jean Higgins. With ABC’s permission, I am now allowed to share these photos with you.
We all know that Ajira flight 316 landed on the island in S5, but that plane was pure CGI. The following photos are of a completely new Ajira plane that the amazing Lost construction and design crew built from scratch! This is considered a spoiler because, given the lengths and expense they went to in order to create such an enormous prop, the plane and its passengers must feature prominently in this final season. Frankly, after just finishing episode 6.01 (LA X), I wouldn’t be surprised if a certain someone attempts to fix the plane in the near future, in order to leave the island. And don’t forget that both Ben and Captain Lapidus know the coordinates to do so…
Over on the Lens blog this morning, our colleague David Gonzalez joins the search for Lance Cpl. Edwin Marrero, formerly of the South Bronx, who, while stationed in Vietnam 40 years ago, gave two family albums to his Marine buddy, Mike Torres, to carry home to the States. Mr. Torres’s widow is trying to find Mr. Marrero so that she can return the albums.
Read the full story, and view the slide show, on Lens, for a poignant window into Puerto Rican family life in the Bronx in the late 1960s.
Doug Flutie
Another productive day down here in South Florida for Super Bowl XLIV. Today was much calmer than yesterday, which was the big media day.
I spent the morning chatting it up with a lot of Saints players about the swarming media this week, their thoughts about the game and experiences they've had this season.
Then I went to Tazon Latino IV down in South Beach. Translation: Flag football game hosted by the NFL and the Telemundo Network.
An odd session to attend but I couldn't pass it up when I saw a few former Chiefs were participating.
- Marcus Allen
- Warren Moon
- Tony Gonzalez
TG was actually the coach of one team while Greg Camarillo of the Dolphins was the coach of the other.
Check out my work today on SBNation.com. I'll be up late posting more stuff tonight so check back again in the morning.
After the jump, a bunch of photos I took on my fancy pants Sprint Palm Pre today.
Reggie Bush talking to the media…
The cameras before Reggie Bush got in the room….
Jonathan Vilma's nameplate…
Sean Payton at his press conference…
Drew Brees at his press conference…
Jahri Evans…
Mark Brunell….for you Missouri fans, Chase Daniel is to my left in this picture.
Marques Colston….
Garrett Hartley, NFC Championship Hero….
Back of Harltey…(Why? I don't know)…
Jonathan Vilma…
Mike Bell…
You can't really tell, but that's TG in the background (Blue shirt, with a hat)…
From left: Martin Gramatica, Tim Brown, Marcus Allen (snapping the ball) Doug Flutie (QB)…
Someone scored a touchdown…