Whose 15 Minutes of Fame Should Expire in 2013?
If you want them to just go away quietly, we probably have listed them in our poll. Vote or add a name we haven't thought of in the comments section.
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Pop culture fame can arrive in a flash. For some, it lasts decades; others see it expire in Andy Warhol’s proverbial 15 minutes.
Many of the iconic names in pop culture from 2012 will be long forgotten by the end of 2013. Who are you most rooting for to land in the “Where Are The Now?” file?
You can’t watch a commercial during a football game this season without an appearance by Pitbull, whose fame appears entirely attached to appearing in commercials during NFL games. That still exceeds the fame of Kim Kardashian, which appears tied to … well … something.
The contest for Biggest Earworm of 2012 is almost a dead heat between “Call Me Maybe” from Carly Rae Jepsen and “Gangam Style” from Psy.
Last on our list is Honey Boo Boo, the “Toddlers and Tiaras” star.
Vote in our poll, and add any choices we’ve missed in the comments.
Bob McBride
9:59 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Pitbull and KK will be with us for 2013 and beyond. Carly Rae Jepsen has about 2 minutes left (that may be generous), Psy has about 3. Honey Boo Boo is on her last 6 or 7.
Donald D Lyons
9:59 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
boo boo someone slap her fat face
LMB52
9:59 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
1 vote for Van Wangaard
John Zywicke
10:26 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
His 15 minutes of fame was up after the last election...Scott Walker and Ron Johnson's 15 minutes of fame will be up in 2014.
John Zywicke
10:58 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Put Glen Grothman on the list.
Mike Itzenhuiser
10:31 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Justin Bieber should be on that list.
Mike Itzenhuiser
10:33 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Or has the kid already expired?
Steve ®
10:35 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Unfortunately no.
Sarah Millard
9:58 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
I admit, I like the kid!
WPN1488
10:34 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Whose 15 Minutes of Fame Should Expire in 2013? Trayvon Martin's Mother. She's a profiteering ghoul and scumbag extraordinaire.
ben burton
2:35 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Hm, did not know this. Thought after the actual photo of Zimmerman was finally released, that media-created travesty would dry up and die!
Jenny
10:55 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Segwey boy
Nuitari
12:25 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
His mooching has no time limit.
Carol
10:59 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
I am so sick of hearing about Honey Boo Boo! She is a spoiled brat but her mother is even more annoying. Can't see using your child like this. And as far as Kim Kardashian goes, I'm tired of hearing about her too. She's not even divorced & now pregnant with someone elses baby? Forget her.
USAF ret
11:02 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Anyone with the last name of Kardashian.
Honey BooBoo
Anyone associated with Jersey Shore
JustMe
11:23 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
IMO everyone on that list needs to go!
Joe Peterlin
12:22 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
All of the above; with the exception of Van Wanggaard. Don't think he quite qualifies as famous in the context of this article.
Nuitari
12:29 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Kim and Kayne's little Armenian-African has his/her 15 minutes started.
Slick Willy
12:42 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Honey BooBoo should not be on this list. A new series starts tonight @ 8 PM. I can't wait.
Donald D Lyons
1:18 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
sick willy are you in your right mind? and i ask with all fairness,,if as a grown man your into a show like honey boo boo.. than you do need help!!
Ryan Custer
1:01 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Serious help. Just from the constant previews I can tell that this show embodies almost everything that is wrong with society.
John Zywicke
10:46 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The country would be in better shape, if we had more Honey Boo Boo's.
Bren
12:55 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
I like Psy, Oppa Gangnam Style is very tongue-in-cheek. I think 2013 will be the break-out year for the K-Pop invasion. American pop is very tired, it must be given how fans fall all over One Direction, who are certainly not the most talented singers ever to come out of Great Britain. America is definitely ready for the demented, high energy style of Big Bang, 2NE1, Psy, Super Junior, XO, Girls Generation, etc.
As to who should go off that list, I'd beg for Honey Boo Boo to go (now that I know who she is). Before she becomes completely immersed in the international consciousness of being the typical American child/family.
Donald D Lyons
1:20 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
oh God save this world from people like Sick Willy
ben burton
2:33 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Actually, it's GangNam style, but he's the one I voted off the stage after learning of his words a few years ago, which were: " Kill those bleeping yankees have been torturing on Iraqi captive. Kill their daughters, mother daughters-in-law and brothers."
Now that he has made a fortune - thanks, in large measure to us Yanks - he has seen fit to apologize, hoping to parley his success into greater wealth. Not from this Yank (though, to be honest, I really love that stupid video!).
Nuitari
3:08 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Funny how that works. Just like so many other musicians and the majority of Hollywood. Bash America and capitalism yet make your living off us.
Bren
3:54 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Here's the full story, an anti-war song written by the Korean group N.E.X.T. was performed in 2004 by anti-Iraq protesters including Psy. He has apologized: http://www.examiner.com/article/psy-korean-rapper-apologizes-for-singing-about-killing-american-soldiers
For the record, I was also against the invasion of Iraq as it was abundantly clear that the proffered excuses were myths: 1) Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11 (False); 2) Saddam Hussein was amassing weapons of mass destruction (False); 3) Saddam Hussein was in league with al Quaida (False). 100,000 civilians dead and maimed as a result. The death tolls were sanitized in this country but were reported by international agencies to the rest of the world. Obviously suggesting that U.S. soldiers and/or families should be tortured/killed is highly inappropriate but should be interpreted as an expression of fury against the actions of the Bush administration, against a populace that was already suffering because a recent past war and the actions of its leader. The Bush administration had no interest in following the advice of the international community and lost a lot of respect as a result. (The Abu Ghraib torture and abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers didn't help either.)
Nuitari
4:31 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Bren's at 15:01...
ben burton
4:55 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
I'm sure I agree with you, Nuitari, though I've no clue as regards 15:01. One thing is certain though. Bren is a spoon-fed lib to the core. No doubt, she voted for the guy who is restoring the original wonderful feelings all those places had for US, until that doggone Bush wrecked everything, including the first 4 years of the obamao administration. I'm confident the Bush error mistakes will still be costing us these next 4 years, as we plummet to depths (and debt!) never before imagined.
Bren
10:19 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
ben, you should be more certain of what you are "certain of."
Thanks for the chuckle!
Barb Vee
8:22 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
Right on, ben burton!
Luke
8:28 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Bob McBride,
Sorry, I accidentally deleted both our comments.
No, I'm not sporting a Skrillex shave on the LEFT side of my head.
Bob McBride
5:28 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Luke nice of you to add a pic, but it's "Psy", not "psycho".
Dicks Deli
9:21 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Pitbull's and Karly Rae Jepsen's 15 min. haven't started yet with me. Who are they?
Gregory Kluck
10:55 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Justin Bieber
Kanye West
Britney Spears
Anything Jersey Shore (JWOWW)
The Kardashians
Fatty Boo Boo
and all the rest of the pop culture stars. I've been listening to older music and rockabilly and some things from foreign artists like Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes who are amazing and are from Australia.
michelle
2:56 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
Come on now Honey Boo Boo is very funny. How all have to see it to beleive it.
John Zywicke
10:41 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
She's like the relative family members hide in the closet during social party's; That's why they put her on the list.
Kathy
6:23 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
Please...make the entire Kardashian clan fade away! Gawd!
Honey Boo Boo's Mother is an issue for me, can't guilt the child. Nope.I see YEARS of therapy in that kids future.
Octomom - let's hope there is nothing more crazy she can do this year. *gag*
ALL reality TV "stars" - how these people gained celebrity status is beyond me. News Flash!! Producers mettle daily with taping, it's not really reality...it's semi scripted. Flipping thru channels and seeing that junk makes me miss the days when TV banned married couples from being seen in the same bed for cripes sake. Good grief - I sound like my mother.
Ray Ray Johnson
7:35 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
The entire culture of embracing Hollywood creations should fade away. The entire culture of giving our attention to anything or anyone paraded in front of us by Hollywood or its accomplices in the media should pass away. Kill your TV.
Dirk Gutzmiller
7:56 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
I don't even know who most of these nominees are. Ray Ray has apparently "studied" these characters...
Ray Ray Johnson
10:32 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
Dick, and I do mean that, it is with dubious logic that you could have deduced that from the words in my post. Absurd.
outsideobserver
8:56 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
Is it possible for all to fade away?
Bottom Line
11:59 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
I've heard of Kim Kardashian but I wouldn't know who she was if I bumped into her tomorrow. I don't know anything about the rest on your list, I don't watch television very often.
I am tired of reading about L. Lohan ... I think her 15 should have been up a few years ago.
Nuitari
12:40 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
You would know if you bumped into her, especially if it was into her backside. You would bounce off, fall, and be able to sue her fat ass for assault.
Bucky
5:23 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
I would like to see Scott Walker fade away after his 15 minutes of fame when he avoided the recall. Can't wait for the D.A. to turn up the heat and put this guy behind bars.
Nuitari
8:48 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Bucky, you were obviously under your rock since his re-election. The DA has NOTHING. It was all to cause a stir for the recall and to top it, the DA's budget has dried up because of it. Walker won, again, and it's pointless to go after him any more, but libitards always love extending their 15 minutes.
Maybe John Jizz'em can start prosecuting gun crimes again.
Bucky
9:15 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
2013 , New budget , and Walkers going down. I think that the D. A. has alot more then you think Nut ari , time will tell. As far as Dickyheads Deli your full of balonie. Me run and hide you have to be kidding me ... lol. Dicky ... Go assault some other state's representatives. Go threaten the family of some other governor. See how long you last. I never threatened anyones family. Richard what kind of drugs are you on, you have to be another wacked out wacko. Sure isn't hard to jerk your chain.
Dicks Deli
9:38 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Bucky: My, my. Whose chain?
I apologize for intimating that you personally participated in the barbarism that surrounded the recall boondoggle, but I assumed that you did at least support said activities.
Dicks Deli
8:40 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Fat chance, Bucky. The people of Wisconsin are on to you now. You can run but you can't hide. Go deface someone else's statehouse. Go assault some other state's representatives. Go threaten the family of some other governor. See how long you last.
And don't hold your breath for the D.A, That feckless slug hasn't done anything for one reason: He hasn't got anything.
Dicks Deli
8:42 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Please, someone....who IS Carly Rae Japsen?
Nuitari
8:49 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Try Google.
Bob McBride
9:04 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic
Base on the views this thing has gotten, you must be one of approximately 3 people in the entire country who haven't heard of her. Good luck getting the hook out of your head after listening to it...
CowDung
9:21 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
I guess it's up to 4 people now--I've never heard of her either...
Dicks Deli
9:32 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
OK OK I Googled. I youtubed. Not an altogether terrible performer. The song "Call me Maybe" was well produced, but her voice is unremarkable. She doesn't make me throw up.
Greg
9:28 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Hoffa.
Bob McBride
10:00 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Hehehe...
Jay Sykes
12:36 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Ok, apparently now, Greg says Patch counts:
(Caution [::: Flaming liberal editing ahead :::] )
Whose 15 Minutes of FLAME Should EXTINGUISH in 2013?
Her name was more of an adjective.....
The Donny Show
8:21 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
1 vote for Jason Putzfahl.
John Zywicke
10:37 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The reason why Honey Boo Boo is on the list, is because she's like the family member relatives hide in the closet during social events.
John Zywicke
10:54 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Keep Donald Trump's name on the list, and take off Honey Boo Boo; Because the country would be in better shape with more Honey Boo Boo, and less Donald Trump.
Dicks Deli
11:40 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Why hasn't anyone mentioned Mike "Little Man" Tate. Oh never mind, his flame got peed on by the Wisconsin electorate on June 6.
Dicks Deli
11:49 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
And then there's the distinctive, if not distinguished member of the U.S. House of Representatives who pretends to represent Wisconsin's fourth district, and said representative's musical debut. (See www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JKg-Gk1It0. Listen all the way through if you can stomach it; if not, just advance to the last 1/4 or so. Good ol' Gwen saved the best for last.)
Mariah Kotecki
9:42 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
Most likely Kim Kardashian, i'd like to see fade away slowly, mainly because she's only famous for her name and what she gets in trouble for, not for her talent. Most stars are like that now a days, it's a little dissapointing