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The minute I picked up the newspaper today, there I was on the friggin' front page. They had some other dude's face photoshopped onto me. This is on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle, the city's biggest newspaper.
I went to their web site and found a better copy of the photo:
It was lifted off of my web site:
Do I care? Not in a negative way. Hell, I'm flattered. That someone thought I was a prototypical hippie and San Francisco's largest newspaper agreed so far as to put me on their front page tells me that, when it comes to achieving my "look", hey, I have arrived!
Wish they had kludged some dude with hair onto me though instead of a bald guy. ;-)
Celebrate it long!
Bill
WOW, Bill, what a trip to see the Chronicle steal and then photo-shop your pic! You should at least e-mail the newspaper back with your own photo, letting them know you saw the front page of the paper today... At least that's what I'd do, if I were in your shoes!
- Ken
I dropped a note to the columnist, and I included a link to this thread, so he'll see any comments. I would not ask that they remove it, hey, I'm flattered! My main reaction is I think it's a hoot.
Bill
That's why I always tell my kids "don't get into any trouble that ends up in the paper" :-)
Heh. The reporter who wanted to use the naked picture of me in a hot spring at least went to the trouble of contacting me first.
Yes, of course I said yes.
No, not THAT picture, the one that doesn't show anything.
And don't post the pictures to the web unless you want to share them with the world.
Not the attached picture either, but I couldn't find the right one quickly.
yea newspaper in Taiwan got nothing better to print so anytime there is a car accident or something it makes front page (or at least one page down). So if you do something stupid it makes front page.
Hey Bill... Very cool! You made the front page of the Chronicle! :)
--Rick
Surely you could sue them for using your photo without your permission?
I would, i need the money.
At least see if you can get some free stuff like hats and pens and coffee mugs and junk with the newspaper's name on it.
Your 15 minutes of fame has arrived, Bill! And front page! Yeah, I would be flattered too if a creation of mine was acknowledged in a major news media. I have posted about 50 of my photos on http://panoramio.com, though. It's hard to find anyplace on earth that isn't already crowded with photos, but I found one place that I could be the first: St. George island, Alaska, where I was in 1954 on the USS Electra. You can find my 2 photos right there in the middle of the Bering Sea. The only other photo is on St. Paul island, some dude in scuba gear holding a giant Alaskan King Crab.
Wow, I was watching Charles Barkley on TV the other night, during the pre/half/and post game shows of the Mavericks/Warriors game, when he was talking about how he didn't like the Bay Area. It was pretty funny when the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks that night, because Charles was wearing a Mavericks jersey and said that Dallas would destroy the Warriors that night. After the game, they had lots of photoshopped pics of Barkley that had to do with the Bay Area. I would have never imagined that you would end up as one of the Barkley photoshops. That's so awesome :-)
There are two more games scheduled to be on TNT tonight. That is where Barkley does commentary, along with two other guys. So, there's a good chance that this pic could be on TV tonight. The first game starts at 8 ET, but the pre-game might start before that. I'll be watching it to see if you end up on tv :-)
Hey Bill-
What a JIP! You without the correct face, and on the front page at that? Of course the newspaper didn't know...........but I know what I would do:
I'ed march right down there and show them the REAL YOU and have them publish it on the front page tomorrow so that people could see how you were "faked."
Actually, it would make for a rather good story. Besides, I'ed rather read yours! :-)
Justin~
They even kept your headband! LOL
They yanked all the photos off their site!
I don't really care about the legal issues, I'm laughin' too hard. I'd just be happy if, in atonement, they'd throw my newspaper on the porch each morning instead of in the yard.
Bill
It may have been temporarily down while they added more photos, credits, and captions. Your photo was sent in by Chronicle reader "Scott Shanks", I'm wondering if he reads here too so knew where to find the perfect hippie photo.
Congrats on the fame!
Elizabeth
I guess they figured out it's really harmless.
Bill
In the uk they post papers through the door, they never throw them onto the front garden.
Not sure why that is in the us :S
I used to deliver morning papers. I *wished* I could just toss them in people gardens... Going to the mailslot/mailbox of every house certainly adds a lot of extra time spent...
Thats great man
i would be flattered if it happened to me :-)
Thanks Bill, I needed the laugh.
I can't imagine what you must have thought when you saw someone else's head super-imposed on your body on the front page of the Chronicle. That's just crazy.
Sunflower
That's really funny and awesome all at the same time. I came here for the hair tips, but it's little gems of entertainment like this that keep me coming back.
It looks way better on you :-)!
Hey Bill,
That is SUPER cool, I have to say, although, as you say, it would have been nice to copy/paste your mane/beard/clothes on a guy with a BIT more hair than Barkley! It is great that you had your day in the sun. Hopefully, you had no problems with the paper using the image from your website, but if it happened to me, I would be flattered!
David
if they wanted to snitch a photo of
a hippie at least they did pick a nice hippie
I wonder if The Chronicle would've used that pic if you were wearing the Mushroom shirt? LOL
Kevin
Dude. That's pretty awesome, but they should credit you or the person who was holding the camera.
Or contacting you would have been better, but the newspaper industry is pretty fast, and it's not like this doesn't happen all the time. :P
Good stuff, Bill!
Aren't you the least bit flattered that they did that? Pretty cool, I think.
Take care,
Brett
Hey, Bill. Remember when I visited you and the tourists stopped at that very intersection to take pictures of you and me together? Little did they know I was a tourist, too! Hahah.
Haha! Insanity! If I were you, I´d put on the exact same clothes as in the picture, and then mmarch down there and demand an explenation.
Congratulations.
Of course you should not care.
Just send them a bill.
Caledonian
of this happening? I am amazed. I guess you just have that traditional hippie look more so than anyone else. That is why they picked you.
Absalom
Shame they replaced your head/face though, 'cos you have that perfect hippie look. Its a wierd world for sure.
wow,I don't know what to say..
you have a great attitude about it though,thumbs up!!I'd probably just do the same thing if I were in your shoes-laugh it off!!
That is righteously hilarious! God bless America. I love it!!
Vince
I guess we should call you Sir Charles from now on.