MY 15 MINUTES OF FAME
Did you ever have an event in your life that gave you a brief burst of fame, no matter how insignificant? Reddit asked, “What was your 15 minutes of fame moment?” Some of the responses:
– “When I was about ten I was the hula hoop champ of the summer school.”
– “I had a starring role on the corner of 15th and K St. in Washington, DC on Google Street View.”
– “I was on the FBIs missing persons list for half a day, while also simultaneously being on their list as a suspected domestic terrorist.”
– “I accidentally cut the power to an entire town in New Jersey for an hour.”
– “I’m one degree from Kevin Bacon, having been a paid extra in a movie scene with him.”
– “I once tweeted ‘Danny DeVito was the worst thing to happen to ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,’ and I won’t take it back because it’s the truth’ and he retweeted it.”
– “David Spade liked my TikTok comment.”
– “I went into a home daycare that was on fire. Helped carry the kids to a neighbor’s house, I was written up in a couple newspapers and got a citation from the mayor.”
– “I was in LA for the Super Bowl a few years ago and got interviewed by the local news. I was drunk out of my mind for the interview.”
* PHONE TOPIC: You get the idea. What was your 15 minutes of fame moment? And you CAN’T say, “I’m on your radio show right now.”








