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    15 Minutes of Fame?

    Inspired by the 'What famous people have you met' thread...

    So who has had their '15 minute of fame' then?

    Myself - I was played by an actor on crime watch, as i was the last person to see someone before they were murdered. I was also interviewed on Australian TV news for a piece of eating habits. It was very random!

    Spill the beans then

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    i think my mum still has a tape of me on local TV for Haloween. I was in primary 1, so that would be about...20 years ago!

    I've been name checked a couple of times on 6Music too. Tom Robinson even read out an email verbatim at the start of the year. Yes i did record the play it again stream for posterity

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    I've had two letters published in Bike, and one in the Independent, when I was a teenager. Erm- that's it.

    I still plan to write a Eurovision winning song at some point- I have a load of holiday coming up this month, better get down to it....

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    I'm in a Slayer documentary somewhere, Blue Meridians tour dvd along with a few others but thats my only speaking role . I was on C4's Download coverage extremely briefly in a shot which also involved slight lesbianism, been name checked on the radio a few times aswell.

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    Front page of the Sunderland Echo for doing a parachute jump.
    Appeared on TV in Sweden for a program on Scottish Dancing in Hong Kong (my parents dragged me along while I was there visiting them, and yes, the female presenter was very hot).
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    Was in the Middlesbrough local newspaper 2 days ago if that counts? Was a quick street interview asking "Would you ever fly in a plane which was piloted by a computer, and had no human pilot"

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    On the day that the first Gulf War started in January 1991 the Independant newspaper front page was a picture of me writing home to my wife from Bahrain.

    I have also made an album (I think it sold about 5 copies) - it was when I was in the school choir - not telling you when and where in case some of you still hold it against me
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    I produced the "Jake Thackray Project" double CD. 74 tracks lifted off vinyl, cleaned up in Cool Edit Pro, and released as limited edition of 300 copies. Got a mention on Mike Harding show as producer of said CDs. Got my name and that of my studios mentioned in the sleeve notes in a further JT CD EMI/HMV release. All happened in 2002/03. Jake sadly died Xmas Eve 2002, knowing he had a huge active fan base.
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    I was an extra in two films. The first was called The Love Child and the second was Fever Pitch. I also had my photo used in a local news paper for taking part in a swimming gala.

    My brother has out done me though. He was an extra in The Love Child and Fever Pitch. He also had a picture with Charles Kennedy that was in a national news paper afaik. Finally, he was in a ikea advert that was shown in Sweden.

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    Forgot to mention that i won Letter Of The Month in both PC format and PC Gamer a few years back.

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    I appeared on Newsround when Sutton Utd beat Coventry in the FA cup back in the late 80's. At the age of 5 I drew an advert for smarties that appeared in Norway. Oh the heady heights.
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    The back of my head was on TV on Thursday! I was in the audience of the Late Edition. Free tickets here (God Bless the BBC)

    Quote Originally Posted by g8ina View Post
    I produced the "Jake Thackray Project" double CD. 74 tracks lifted off vinyl, cleaned up in Cool Edit Pro, and released as limited edition of 300 copies. Got a mention on Mike Harding show as producer of said CDs. Got my name and that of my studios mentioned in the sleeve notes in a further JT CD EMI/HMV release. All happened in 2002/03. Jake sadly died Xmas Eve 2002, knowing he had a huge active fan base.
    Jake Thackray is a legend, I first heard "on again on again" on Mike Harding and never looked back. I'll definately keep my eyes open for a copy of the Jake Thackray project.
    They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by htid View Post
    Was in the Middlesbrough local newspaper 2 days ago if that counts? Was a quick street interview asking "Would you ever fly in a plane which was piloted by a computer, and had no human pilot"
    I hope your answer was 'No'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TeePee View Post
    I hope your answer was 'No'.
    I said if it had be thoroughly tested for a few years and proven to be safe then I would

    Quote Originally Posted by McClane
    I was an extra in two films. The first was called The Love Child and the second was Fever Pitch
    Wasn't that the one with Sean Bean, about Sheffield United (boo hiss)

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    Hmm a few years in a TINY school band (only local though) but then I went with a chinese society on a trip for 4 days to a British Army Camp, got to play with the guns, do marching etc (and a hell of a lot of press ups) and had 2 chinese reporters follow us.

    Ended up in a journal/paper thing and a 10 minute TV program.
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    Quote Originally Posted by htid View Post
    I said if it had be thoroughly tested for a few years and proven to be safe then I would



    Wasn't that the one with Sean Bean, about Sheffield United (boo hiss)
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