Peoples whose 15 minutes of fame ended

Karen Lynn Gorney of SNF

Carrot Top

Mason Reese

Clara Pelletier *sp?)..."wheres the beef?"

Joe the Plumber

Joe Millionaire Joan Lunden Amanda Bynes

Josh Duhamel - actor who is tall, dark and so handsome. Fairly good actor too. He had a few good years but has all but vanished now. He should have had a longer career. What happened?

Fatboy Slim

Balloon boy

Kate plus 8

Frankie "I Danced On Broadway" Grande

Star Jones

I saw Karen Lynnn Gorney in an off-Broadway (or off-off Broadway Equity showcase) where she played Wallis Simpson. She was actually very good and looked fine. I always thought her acting was fine in "Saturday Night Fever", and while, of course, the film didn't help her like Travolta, I rather expected to see her in some other big films roles after that film's success. Her Dad, btw, wrote the classic song "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?"

Paula Broadwell

And now, apparently Jon Gosselin's new job is as a male stripper! Ye gads!

Joe Millionaire

Michael Fassbender

Ryan Gosling

Peter Frampton

Clara Peller died, which would tend to end that quarter hour of fame rather effectively.

Spike Lee

R12 is unclear on the concept.

Philip Michael Thomas.

Vickie Lawrence

Tempest Bledsoe

Cristela

Please, R15, Spike Lee is pretty much gone now, but he was far from a 15-minutes type. His run was pretty long.

Octomom

Milo

That kid from Target

Paris Hilton

Huma Abedin

Robby Mook

John Podesta

Honey Boo Boo

Frampton? Are you fucking kidding me? He's been playing live for YEARS and sounds great.

Some of you people are just lame.

All of the original Jersey Shore kids, including Snooki

Linda Tripp

Playing 50 seat venues at card clubs in red states means Frampton shot his 15 minute wad decades ago

Vonda Van Dyke

Tan Mom, whatever that skanks real name was.

Anita Bryant

James Eckhouse

Kzir Khan

Joe the plumber The Desperate Housewives actresses Dr. Ruth Monica Lewinsky

Darva Conger, the queer eye guys, Paris Hilton, Chris Crocker.

Billy Bush

Tim Kaine

Antoine Dodson

Any MTV VJ

Any American Idol contestant

Simon and Alex Van Kempen

Milo Yuckannapolis

Colton Haynes

Chris Culver

Sweet Brown

Rula Lenska

George Plimpton

Roseanne

Sally Kirkland

Jason Derulo

Nicole Ritchie (and probably Paris Hilton)

Lucky Vanous

Alicia Machado

Any Russ Meyer actresses?

The Bobbits

[quote] Lucky Vanous

If there was anyone who needed to have their 15 minutes extended, it was him.

The baby in that GoDaddy.com commercial. He's already a teenager now.

Roslyn Kind

Cindy Margolis was everywhere in the early days of that newfangled Information Superhighway.....

The Hampster Dance with its maddeningly catchy tune , scourge of the late 90s cube farm.

Merrick Garland owns this thread.

Hillary Clinton...When you loose to the likes of Donald Trump, its time to retire and take John Podesta and Robby Mook with you.

There's a a couple people listed above whose name look familiar but I can't even picture anymore.

Oh dear, r51

Michael Musto.

Frank Stallone

Taimak

Most "Real World" participants - especially people like Shavonda Billingslea

John Mark Karr

R18 - Spike Lee is not really gone. He shows up all the time at New York Knicks games! The cameras often get him there.

He also pops up in the news sometimes for saying something provocative.

Michael Musto is a thriving journalist.

Euell Gibbons

Katrina Pierson - she vanished after Kellyanne came on board, and I don't think that was a coincidence.

It's mandatory that Terence Trent D'Arby always be mentioned in these threads.

Ronan Farrow

Jamie Sale and David Pelletier

Ronan Farrow is just God awful when he's on the today show

Josh Elliott

Adrian Zmed

Pretty much anyone whose claim to fame was breakdancing - though Adolfo Quinones (Shabba Doo) nicely extended his 15 minutes when he toured with and choreographed for Madonna for her "Who's That Girl?" tour.

David Tyree (does anyone know who the hell this is?)

Susan Powter

jersey shore cast

Richard Bey and Morton Downey Jr.

Superhead

Hallie Eisenberg (girl from '90s Pepsi commercials)

Yahoo Serious

Howard K. Stern

Balloon Boy

ask jeeves

David Charpentier

Definitely not Jill Zarin.

R76) LOL

Re: Spike Lee

He is nowhere over. He has a movie coming out and he had one last year.

Ruby Rose so glad she is so fake and overrated.

The Fruitcake Lady

The Dell Dude

The Geiko Cavemen

The Snapple Lady

Mrs. Greenthumbs

R79) Why didn't you add the "Catch Me Outside" teen?

Kitty Carlisle Hart

[quote]Josh Duhamel - actor who is tall, dark and so handsome. Fairly good actor too. He had a few good years but has all but vanished now. He should have had a longer career. What happened?

He's been working steadily in films over the last few years and will be in the upcoming Transformers movie, was in the criminally underrated short lived tv series Battle Creek a couple of years ago and has been married to singer Fergie for the past 8 years.

Josh Duhamel is so over.

Tila Tequila

Roz Kelly.

The Sham Wow guy

clay aiken

Snapple Lady

Jackass Crew

Spuds Mckenzie

Pippa Middleton

PSY

Jenna Von Oy

Yes, R77 - I KNEW Spike Lee was still a thing, and that he was doing more than tweeting and using his Knicks season tickets (or lifetime tickets?).

His sister Joie Lee - however - seems to be a good fit for this thread.

Rachel Uchitel

Reggie Love

Todd Fisher

Vonda Shephard!!

Alex Pettyfer

Whoever named Spike Lee is an idiot. He's had 20+ career at this point and has received an honorary Academy Award. His movies might not have been huge hits as of lately but some don't realize how these things work for directors.

Thea Vidale (comedian who had her own show "Thea" in early-'90s)

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Heidi and Spencer. Remember them?

Max from TMZ

R87 Clay Aiken tried to stay relevant by running for some sort of political office here in NC. He got beaten badly....guess nobody really cares about American Idol has-beens. Fame is very fleeting. Those who are lucky enough to get 15 minutes, need to milk it for all it's worth.

What ever happened to Martin Lawrence.

Jm J Bullock

Mitchell Anderson - nice guy who gave up his acting career (Doogie Howser, Party of Five) to open a restaurant

R43, sadly, Tura Satana passed away in 2011 at the age of 72.

Nobody remembers us?

Until today, Mike Flynn.

R103, For what it's worth, Debra is on a current Netflix sitcom, "The Ranch".

WHET Social Media Sensation Todrick Hall? Wasn't he supposed to be the next big thing?

What constitutes "15 minutes." Seriously, I know it's not simply based on time in the public spotlight, as all sorts of differing lengths of time can be called "15 minutes" of fame. Is it the solitary nature of why someone is famous - they're known for one thing and one thing only; or is more to do with after-the-fact - how much they disappear from public memory after they're "famous", and how forgettable whatever they were famous for is. Spike Lee is a really bad example, IMO. He's not a 15 minutes guy, just someone whose career is past its prime.

Kathy Glass

Fawn Hall

Vern Yip, Gretchen and the rest of the Trading Spaces crew.

Ty Pennington

Chandra Levy (going to hell for that one)

Greg Evigan

Pottsie from Happy Days

Jaye Whatzername from The Crying Game

Josh Hartnett Bobby Trendy Rickie Lake Phoebe Cates

Vanna White, Ed McMahon Nicolette Sheridan Mary Hart, Chuck Woolery Brooke Shields, Dawber, Pam Christie Brinkley, Brosnan, Pierce Wilson Phillips Daniel Quayle Debbie Gibson Kelly LeBrock Paula Abdul

Nikki Blonsky

Willa Ford

All the members of Danity Kane, O-Town and Dream

Flavor Flav and Briggitte Nielsen (they actually got 30 minutes if you count their first 15 in the 80s)

R107, I think "15 Minutes" is combination of the factors you described. If a person was famous for any reasonable amount of time they are disqualified. I think it's someone who burns hot and bright, but then quickly fades away. The nation is obsessed for three-four months, but then they fade back into the obscurity from which they came. It helps if what they're famous for is some frivolous, like a reality show.

Someone like Debra Winger, who was nominated for three Best Actress Oscars which spanned a decade was too big a star to only be considered a 15 minutes of fame person.

On the other hand, I do think someone like Ty Pennington could qualify, even though his reality show ran for many successful years. He was only known for the one thing and it is so largely forgotten today. If anyone does remember it at all, it's with derision.

Justin Bieber

Pita Taufatofua

Aaron Carter.

Cam Gigandet

The actors from the various CSI franchises.

The actors from the Twilight franchise.

Adrian Grenier.

Kim Davis

The actors and actresses from all young adult franchises: Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games, Divergent and Maze Runner, with the notable exception of Emma Watson.

Alicia Silverstone's photo should be in the title of this thread.

Kim Zolciak and Kate Gosselin.

r122 If only the ends of her mouth had turned up, I think she could have made it.

[quote]Vanna White, Ed McMahon Nicolette Sheridan Mary Hart, Chuck Woolery Brooke Shields, Dawber, Pam Christie Brinkley, Brosnan, Pierce Wilson Phillips Daniel Quayle Debbie Gibson Kelly LeBrock Paula Abdul

They're all vague.

Olivia Newton-John

Asher Brauner.

Todrick Hall? anybody? Bueller?

Armie Hammer

OP, Trisher is fabulous. I'm waiting for her return.

The girl that sang Friday, Rebecca Black was her name I think.

Tila Tequila

Barbara Harris

Ronnie Karam

Margaret Avery

Poindexter Yothers

Priscilla Pointer

Lindsay Crouse

William Mapother