What humorous nicknames were given to the co-founder of the social media website Guest of a Guest and his twin brother?
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Winklevoss twins The Winklevoss twins (born August 21, 1981; also humorously referred to as the Winklevi or Winklevii) are American rowers and Internet entrepreneurs, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss. They competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They are known for co-founding HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) along with Harvard University classmate Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the popular social networking site, and ultimately received $65 million.
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Cameron Winklevoss Cameron Howard Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981) is an US-American rower and entrepreneur. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner, Tyler Winklevoss. Cameron and his brother are known for co-founding HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) along with Harvard classmate Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for $65 million, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the popular social networking site Facebook. In addition to ConnectU, Winklevoss also co-founded the social media website Guest of a Guest with Rachelle Hruska.
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Howard Kremer Howard Michael Kremer (born February 3, 1971), also known by his stage name Dragon Boy Suede and his nicknames H. Michael Kre and Howie Michael Motorcycle, is an American comedian and comedic rapper. Howard Kremer is the host of the "Who Charted?" podcast, co-hosted by Kulap Vilaysack and available on the Earwolf podcast network.
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Tad Lincoln Thomas "Tad" Lincoln III (April 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871) was the fourth and youngest son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. The nickname "Tad" was given to him by his father, who found him "as wiggly as a tadpole" when he was a baby. Lincoln was known to be impulsive and unrestrained, and he did not attend school during his father's lifetime. He had free run of the White House, and there are stories of him interrupting presidential meetings, collecting animals, and charging visitors to see his father. He died at the age of 18 on July 15, 1871, in Chicago.
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Elton (comedian) Alexander Duszat, better known under the nickname Elton, is a German television host and comedian.
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Tim Heidecker Timothy Richard Heidecker ( ; born February 3, 1976) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. He is best known as one half of the comedy duo Tim & Eric, along with Eric Wareheim. They are noted for creating the television shows "Tom Goes to the Mayor", "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!", and "Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories".
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Loyiso Gola Loyiso Gola (born 16 May 1983) is a South African stand-up comedian. He is the co-creator and anchor of the late-night satirical news television series "Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola" on e.tv and eNCA which was launched in 2010. In 2012 he was named one of "Mail & Guardian"' s 200 Young South Africans, in the Media & Film category. "Men's Health" describes Gola as having "divisive mass appeal" due to the openly critical nature of his humour, and being "a genuine thinker masquerading as a fool and the reluctant voice of a cynical generation". His younger brother Lazola Gola is also a comedian.
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The Bus Uncle The Bus Uncle is a Cantonese YouTube viral video clip of a quarrel between two men aboard a bus in Hong Kong on 27 April 2006. While the older man, who came to be nicknamed the Bus Uncle, scolded the man seated behind him, a nearby passenger used a camera phone to record the entire incident. The resulting six-minute video was uploaded to the Hong Kong Golden Forum, YouTube, and Google Videos. The clip became YouTube's most viewed video in May 2006, attracting viewers with its rhetorical outbursts and copious use of profanity by the older man, receiving 1.7 million hits in the first 3 weeks of that month.
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Tiger Lim Tiger Lim, (born Lim Han Hu on September 5, 1974 in Kuala Belait) is Brunei's self-proclaimed No. 1 broken-English blogger and a YouTube comedian who shares his videos under the username tigerlim7673. He is also a freelance sound engineer whose blog garners an average of 2000 viewers daily.
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Peter Oakley Peter Oakley (20 August 1927 – 23 March 2014) was a pensioner from Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. He was better known by his pseudonym geriatric1927 on the video sharing website YouTube.
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Adam Savage Adam Whitney Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American industrial designer and special effects designer/fabricator, actor, educator, and television personality, known as the former co-host (with Jamie Hyneman) of the Discovery Channel television series "MythBusters" and "Unchained Reaction". His model work has appeared in major films, including "" and "The Matrix Reloaded". He is a prominent member of the skeptic community. He lives in San Francisco with his twin sons and his wife, Julia.
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TheWineKone Tony Huynh, known by his username thewinekone on YouTube, is a Canadian comedian and video blogger. Since the creation of his account in 2005, he has become one of the most viewed users on YouTube, as well as one of YouTube's first online personalities. In his video "'The Wine Kone' Revealed" he says that his user name "TheWineKone" is actually an anagram for "Toe Knee Hwin," which is a phonetic spelling for his actual name. Huynh is known for his long rant-like video blogs which often stray from the primary topic and contain somewhat perverse humour to varying degrees. Although he often acts hyperactive and strange in his videos, it was stated in "About Her/Their Videos" that he is simply acting for the purpose of entertainment.
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Niilo Paasivirta Niilo Paasivirta is a Finnish Internet personality, who has become known for the Internet writings that parody fundamentalist Christian views. In Finland, he's best known for the essays called "Oikeat Mielipiteet" ("Correct Opinions"), and elsewhere for the "Love Thy Neighbor" and "Game of Satan" pages, that parody role-playing game moral panic, as well as his "Foreigner's Guide to Finland" page. The pages were written at the time when the moral panic was being discussed, and first in mid-1990s, and the humorous approach was both disapproved of, and later, as the moral panic waned, approved of.
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Cliff Couser Clifford Couser (born May 18, 1971) is a heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed "The Black Bull" and often "Twin Tyson" for his resemblance to Mike Tyson, Couser fought several contenders from his era. Couser has also claimed a numerous times to be the half brother of Mike Tyson.
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Rickey Smiley Broderick "Rickey" Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality, known for his prank phone calls. The calls feature Smiley disguising his voice and carrying on a conversation with the recipient of the call. He is the host of the nationally syndicated "Rickey Smiley Morning Show" based in Atlanta from its flagship affiliate WHTA "Hot 107.9". Smiley has starred in sitcom "The Rickey Smiley Show" which aired on TV One. He is also a featured columnist on the Fox-produced tabloid nationally-syndicated show "Dish Nation". In 2015, Smiley started appearing on "Rickey Smiley For Real", a reality television series about his life.
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Papi Jiang Jiang Yilei (; born in Shanghai), known as the online moniker Papi Jiang () is a Chinese comedian known for her comedy on video blogs, where she pokes fun at everyday topics including entertainment news, dating and family relationships.
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Frankie Kao Ko Yuan-cheng (28 February 1950 – 17 February 2014), better known by his stage names Frankie Kao and Kao Ling-feng, was a Chinese singer, television presenter and actor. His birth name is 葛元誠 ("Gé Yuánchéng") and employed the moniker The Frog Prince (青蛙王子 "Qīngwā Wángzi") for more than three decades which was given to him by his close friend, comedian Ni Min-jan. He also had a friend named Chang Fei, who is the host of "Variety Big Brother". He was known for the song "Flaming Phoenix" (火鳳凰).
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Tehran Von Ghasri Tehran Von Ghasri or simply Tehran Ghasri (Persian: تهران قصری‎ ‎ , ] ) professionally known as Tehran or sometimes Tehran SoParvaz is an Iranian-American international comedian, host, actor, TV and radio personality, entertainer of Persian and black-American descent. A close friend to Max Amini, Tehran was brought up in Washington D.C where he started his career. Half Persian, half Black, He is a bilingual comedian in Persian and English.
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Henry Beard Henry Nichols Beard (born June 7, 1945) is an American humorist, one of the founders of the magazine "National Lampoon" and the author of several best-selling books.
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T. D. Mischke Thomas David "T.D." Mischke (born September 19, 1962) is a Minnesota writer, musician, and former radio talk show host on WCCO NewsRadio 830 based in Minneapolis. He was formerly employed at "City Pages", a Twin Cities alternative news, arts and entertainment publication. For 17 years he hosted "The Mischke Broadcast" on am1500 KSTP, until it was cancelled in December 2008. His show featured quirky regular callers, stream of consciousness humor, and experts on any topic he found interesting. Since 1998, Mischke has been the winner of the "Best AM Radio Personality" award given by the local weekly alternative newspaper "City Pages" nine times.
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Christian Geo Heltboe Christian Geo Heltboe (born August 12, 1975 in Aalborg) is a Danish comedian. He is best known under his middle name Geo.
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Barbi Twins Shane and Sia Barbi (born April 2, 1963), popularly known as The Barbi Twins, are identical twins, cover models, co-authors, and spokespersons for animal rights advocacy.