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15 minutes of fame

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(idea) by pingouin (4.1 y) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:08:33

Based loosely on a line from the ever-quotable Andy Warhol: "In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes". Or something like that. It's used to describe the fame of a one-hit wonder, for instance, or of a person whose fame comes from a short-lived event - Amy Fisher, Sister Souljah, Charles Perez, Dave "Puck" Rainey, Jesse Camp, and those septuplets are modern examples. Or annoying multi-hit wonders, like Britney Spears. In internet time, there's "15 seconds of fame" - "push", anyone?

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push technology In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes Sister Souljah Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Clover Britney Spears Amy Fisher Andy Warhol
Making love out of nothing at all Puck You will be assimilated William Hung
The Gong Show Internet Time Chip Morningstar megaplex
One Hit Wonder Coriolanus urban legend Jesse Camp
hat minute push one-hit wonder
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