What was YOUR 15 minutes of fame (or flame)?

[SueMermaid]

Been on TV a few times.
Nothing horribly embarrassing, except one live news spot where I was supposed to teach a guy how to milk a cow. (it was Jerry from Ben and Jerry's, they thought it would be quaint. Or. Something.)
The cow was large and hungry. She wasn't standing still for no-body, no-how. She fidgeted and danced and mooed and pooped for the whole 2 minute spot. 2 minutes is a really long time. She was a moving target. We were under her 1400 lb bulk, messing with her udder. It was a miracle nobody got
a) hurt
b) pooped on.
The news guy said it worked out well. I don't think we ever got any actual milk from the cow.

 

[cyklon_300]

local tv crew following the annual lake clean-up dive...our team had hauled out a collection of junk auto parts and a large kitchen appliance...

Surprisingly, they edited out the part where I called people who intentionally dump crap in the water 'a$$holes'...

 

[wedivebc]

OK so we had a TV crew from the Canadian TV series 'Truth,Duty,Valor' doing a shoot at the fire school. I was not involved with the course so thankfully avoided the limelight, yet one afternoon the lead instructor had to deal with a personal issue and asked me to step in. I discovered after seeing the film clip that my nomex coveralls are only tight in the middle section. Hmmmm, time to hit the gym.

 

[mania]

As a former journalist I've been on TV so many times - including my own show there so it doesn't count. But a fame - an award given by the US president for coverage of the first Moscow putch (the one done by Jelcyn when Gorbachov was arrested). And when Gorbachov was finally released he said that he knew what was going on in Moscow only from Voice of America coverage. At that time I was the only VOA correspondent there. So I was invited to the oval gabinet and presented with the award by G. Bush Sr. That was fun and I felt proud.
Mania

 

[MaxBottomtime]

While walking to school one day I heard some screams from below the overpass I was on. Five kids were sinking in the 30 feet+ mud in the freeway construction below. I ran down there, grabbed a nearby stick and got dirty. The mud was like quicksand, sucking me in. I managed to keep my footing enough to pull all the kids out. I was amazed none of them sank before I got there. I was covered head to toe in thick mud, so I went back home to clean up. My Mom had to hose me off in the back yard before she would let me in the house. While I was changing clothes, she called the school to tell them I'd be late. In the middle of third period the Principal announced over the intercom that all students were to assemble immediately in the auditorium. We thought it was some sort of fire drill or something. When we got there, the Principal called me onto the stage and told everyone about the rescue. I was embarrassed.
A year earlier I was fishing from a pier just south of the Golden Gate Bridge. A little girl fell into the water and everyone seemed to be running around asking what to do. Without thinking, I dived off the pier, grabbed the girl and swam her to a wooden ladder on the pier. I handed her up to someone who had climbed down the ladder. I climbed back up, freezing! The San Francisco Bay is some of the coldest water I have ever been in. A woman left to call the police and reporters. I left before they could arrive.

 

[Walter]

Mania,

That was an exciting time to be in the Soviet Union. I arrived a week after it ended and lots of changes were still going on. No fame for me, I was merely there to dive.

 

[mania]

Walter
It was exciting especially to be there as a journalist. But honestly - there were also moments that i was scared as it was not clear whether this revolution would be peacefull or not.
So you were diving there? That's also interesting. But I don't want to hijack this thread....
There were so many interesting and horrible things I covered as a journalist - enough for a life time experience of several people not just one small girl
Mania

 

[nurse H2O]

One of my daughters won a model search and did a runway for 17 Magazine. I was interviewed on tv as the mother of the model.

 

[SterlingDiver]

While walking to school one day I heard some screams from below the overpass I was on. Five kids were sinking in the 30 feet+ mud in the freeway construction below. I ran down there, grabbed a nearby stick and got dirty. The mud was like quicksand, sucking me in. I managed to keep my footing enough to pull all the kids out. I was amazed none of them sank before I got there. I was covered head to toe in thick mud, so I went back home to clean up. My Mom had to hose me off in the back yard before she would let me in the house. While I was changing clothes, she called the school to tell them I'd be late. In the middle of third period the Principal announced over the intercom that all students were to assemble immediately in the auditorium. We thought it was some sort of fire drill or something. When we got there, the Principal called me onto the stage and told everyone about the rescue. I was embarrassed.
A year earlier I was fishing from a pier just south of the Golden Gate Bridge. A little girl fell into the water and everyone seemed to be running around asking what to do. Without thinking, I dived off the pier, grabbed the girl and swam her to a wooden ladder on the pier. I handed her up to someone who had climbed down the ladder. I climbed back up, freezing! The San Francisco Bay is some of the coldest water I have ever been in. A woman left to call the police and reporters. I left before they could arrive.

........way to go Max!!! Two times even.

This a great thread. I'll never look at some of guys the same ever again.

Dave

 

[SterlingDiver]

As a former journalist I've been on TV so many times - including my own show there so it doesn't count. But a fame - an award given by the US president for coverage of the first Moscow putch (the one done by Jelcyn when Gorbachov was arrested). And when Gorbachov was finally released he said that he knew what was going on in Moscow only from Voice of America coverage. At that time I was the only VOA correspondent there. So I was invited to the oval gabinet and presented with the award by G. Bush Sr. That was fun and I felt proud.
Mania

Very interesting, I am glad you are our friend on the board to share it with us.

Thank You,

Dave