Your claims to embarrassing or minor fame

"one CNN in" = "on CNN"

My band was on Request Video, a local MTV-substitute in the 90s.

I've been behind the scenes in a few films as crew in the 90s.

I got cast for the reality TV show "Dream House" on A&E in 2003 and had to turn them down to accept a new job.

just out of interest, which one was it?

-- C('ing on)urt1sss (curtis.stephens@gmail.com)

CNNing on your TNNs?

I hope these qualify as "minor" enough.

I was part of a crowd scene in Restless Natives, but I haven't seen myself, so think even my attempt at being an extra was destined for the cutting room floor.

(it so should get a DVD release! I love it, and not just because I am maybe in it)

There was a somewhat poor article about my band in a recent issue of hippie-mag Dirty Linen.

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When we were leaving one of the production crew said it was the funniest thing he'd ever seen, while another one, obviously not so impressed, tried to kick me up the arse. And for a few weeks we became Norfolk's most famous homosexuals, behind Steven Fry obviously (though not literally).

Neither of us are gay, by the way.

I was the kid caught in the hot-box between home and third, for those keeping score.

I did a short voice-over for a CBC documentary on rural China. I was the translators voice for a peasant farmer. I never saw it though.

I'm in the video for INXS' "Devil Inside" - towards the end of the song there's a very brief shot of a line of people standing against a wall. It's actually a line of people (including me) waiting to get into the midnight showing of Rocky Horror at the Balboa Theater (the video was shot at the old Balboa fun zone across the street)

At age 11, I sang the boy soprano solo in Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

In high school I was an audience member on BET's Teen Summit. They wanted some white kids because they were doing a show on racism or diversity or something like that. I made a comment and sounded dumb.

SHUT. UP!

Also I ended up on the cover of the weekend section of the Newark Star Ledger once, and since I was wearing a WFMU t shirt at the time, my picture ended up hanging on the bulletin board on the 3rd floor of the station for way too long.

They're wearing tuxedos in it. I think it might've been "Keep On Loving You," but might be wrong.

She didn't. This would be one of the embarrasing claims here.

Oh, I was also in the Melody Maker being interviewed about having 'the most rock'n'roll chalet' at the Bowlie weekend. I told a story about how we bent some spoons! (Not with psychic means, but hands, yes, our own twee hands.) Refused to get my picture taken, though, so they printed one of B3n Cl4ncy hiding under the duvet with a can of beer raised aloft.

At least I think that's how it went. Unfortunately my memory isn't that good, as I consumed mountains of ALE with Tim Hopkins, Tag, Chris Leonard and others.

i've had "sexual relations" with at least three women that have appeared on either change of heart or blind date.

my girlfriend was a child actor.

i have taped multiple appearances for tv pundit shows and i've never been used on-air.

I've been on TV once, as a child I had to ask a question on a kids gameshow, I lost the chance to actually appear on the show as a contestant after we did loads of tests and all kept doing really well and it ended up in a draw. I was crying for ages I remember! My sister took me aside and said "you think this is bad now but when you're older you'll be so glad you didn't do this". She was right!

Other than that I don't have many claims to fame. Not yet : )

Although a good friend of mine is the son of the actor, Brendan Gl*eson. I got sick on his floor once. I'm making a cd for his ex-girlfriend right now.

I was on GTV news here back in April; around the same time I ended up in Ghana's answer to Hello! photoed flirting heavily with an older sometime-friend.

Katherine Jackson (MJ's mum) came round for Scrabble once. I immediately abstained from playing. She's good.

I've had "sexual relations" with someone who would later be nominated for an Oscar. But I don't think that's much of a claim to fame for me. Not compared to the Moose Jaw thing, anyways.

It's normally a backhanded admission by the user of the quotes that they're embarassed to admit their participation in said relations. Or they're no longer sure it actually happened.

Years and years later, I slowly realized that the dude probably wasn't Grizzly Adams at all. Every once and awhile, I'd ask my grandfather who that guy was, and he would tell me that he had no idea what I was talking about. "You know, stocky guy with a big bushy beard?" "Yes, I know who Grizzly Adams is, but I never had any friends who looked like him."

I'm still confused. Nice guy, though.

interviewed on phone by Neil Strauss for New York Times front page story on popularity of bootlegs, also by ILM's own Janus for Danish radio (dread to think how i sounded) and MTV

full page ad i designed (cute 'new media industry = Pacman' motif) published in a popular new media mag

good ones:

DJ'd on XFM for 20 mins - 'blue peter' job tho i'm ashamed to say, was also asked on air about Busta Rhymes 'Light Yo Ass On Fire' ("ooh yes I'm definitely feeling that one!" or words to that lame effect, heh)

the ones that got away:

turned down two invitations to feature on a panel discussion at music conferences in New York and Milan. i am a goat.

Oh and also how did I forget that I was interviewed by Japanese MTV after a Charlatans gig (token gaijin, natch), and DJ'd for a few months in Tokyo, getting recognised around town for the first and only time which was bizarre.

I reviewed Throwing Muses and the Sundays for Record Mirror yonks ago, and you may have seen my 13-page tennis review of the year 2003 on Ceefax last Xmas which the bastards took off after just four days.

this led to all my local bartenders teasing me and giving me free drinks

Wait, what? What had you done to prompt that comment from him?

(stretches out them old, weary, typed-out knuckles for ol' storytime...)

Allrightie, back in 1982 or 1983, my folks thought it would be "really cute" if I went on a game show. Being a fan of game shows at the time, I was quite excited. And living in westside Los Angeles, there were plenty of easily driveable opportunities to do just that. Unfortunately, there was only room for a taping of a pilot of a rehash of "The Dating Game". At that point, I became more apprehensive, but my folks goaded me into doing it, saying "Oh, come on! Didn't you always want to be in TV?"...

Don't ask me why, but given the scarce amount of participants, I somehow made it past the screening processes, being shy and socially inept for an 11-year-old and all. Fast forward to day of taping, skipping all the silly details in between..

Taping happens, blah blah. It's looking pretty obvious that Bachelor #2 (me) was obviously cast as the token "dork" bachelor, as the wishy- washiness of my answers would make Charlie Brown seem like Mr. T.

Anyway, the bachelorette. Oh yes, the wonderful little prissy princess that was the bachelorette. Keep in mind -- valley girl has struck it BIG in America as a big trend -- so out comes our little Tarzana sweetheart... introduction is made, etc. etc. etc.

Her name: Tunia Flambe.

Yes. Pronounced "Toonya Flambay"... Single hair clip, glittery shoes, fake gum chewing maneuvers and all... but with a disingenuous Tina Yothers quality to her.

I refuse to go into detail on what may still possibly be the most embarrassing moment of my life, but I do remember one of her questions to Le Bachelors: "Ok, so like we're going out getting ice cream.. and, like, this BIG DUDE, like, comes and threatens to steal me away and make me his.. would you, like,.. fight for me?"

Well, obviously, I didn't win.. that, ahem, lucky honor went to the Jason Hervey/Jason Batemen/Ricky Schroeder wannaba guy to my left. But of course, what's the staple consolation on any episode of "The Dating Game"? Right, you have to walk over, have some announcer guy bellow out a cheap 17-word bio on you, you walk over and hug the bachelorette.

Well I did that. Except that the hug was obviously too ambitious, as she slightly jerked, quickly whipped her hair back, and made a little "I'm annoyed" breathing sound, followed by "like... my hair."

The pilot never made it to TV. The next version (that would have Jeff MacGregor as the host) would actually become popular, but not mine.. which is easily the best thing to result from all of this.

That would end my fascination with valley girls for a long time to come -- until I'd realize, years later, that Moon Unit Zappa was still a cutie.

I'm more surprised that this wasn't a Roger Fidelity post.

I was riding the other way, home from work.

It's normally a backhanded admission by the user of the quotes that they're embarassed to admit their participation in said relations. Or they're no longer sure it actually happened.

Well, the one guy was fun and I still call him regularly. The other guy was fun too but then we grew apart in part due to my neurotic behavior and THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM, the details of which are not really appropriate to share here. I'm not embarrassed about the sex involved, either way.

No, it was some journalistese for "namedropping," or something. But I guess my name isn't big enough to namedrop, so this is the verb the reporter came up with.

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