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It’s hard to describe what he meant to those of us who were watching at the time. In a way, he was ahead of his time, a pioneer in reality television: the idea that it doesn’t matter if you’re the best, or even any good, as long as you get on TV and have a memorable presence/catchphrase/nickname. Now everybody’s used to this, because there are all kinds of failed contestants who become famous, like the Pants on the Ground guy. But when Eddie did it, it was still kind of unusual in a time when we still assumed that you had to be skilled to be a TV celebrity.
Here’s a British TV feature on him that includes (at 3:20) an excerpt from his not-very-successful single, “Fly, Eddie, Fly.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UjkLC5w_fU
And here is his somewhat more successful recording effort in Finnish, “Mun nimeni on Eetu.”
Let’s just say that the current incarnation of the Olympics is going to have its work cut out for it if it’s going to produce this level of awesomeness. All I see heading to Vancouver is a bunch of great athletes. And if the last 22 years have taught us nothing anything, it’s that greatness can’t compare to wacky, bespectacled mediocrity.
insane. i watched the video before i read anything and immediately sent a note to a friend saying Eddie mst have been the prototype for Bubbles. wacky.
Jaime, can you get a comment form Bubbles or the creators????
I agree that "greatness can't compare to wacky, bespectacled mediocrity" but I'm still pretty glad they've adjusted the Olympic qualifying rules.
After all, wacky, bespectacled mediocrity is great when it works, but it could just as easily have led to "Is he moving?!?!? My God, I don't think his back is supposed to bend that way! The emergency crews are just getting to him now… Good Lord, this may be the most horrible thing to happen in international sports in over a decade!"
I never realized how much he and Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys look alike!
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When I first saw TPB I momentarily thought that was Eddie.
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insane. i watched the video before i read anything and immediately sent a note to a friend saying Eddie mst have been the prototype for Bubbles. wacky.
Jaime, can you get a comment form Bubbles or the creators????
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better yet, can Macleans do a special feature with bubbles interviewing Eddie?
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I agree that "greatness can't compare to wacky, bespectacled mediocrity" but I'm still pretty glad they've adjusted the Olympic qualifying rules.
After all, wacky, bespectacled mediocrity is great when it works, but it could just as easily have led to "Is he moving?!?!? My God, I don't think his back is supposed to bend that way! The emergency crews are just getting to him now… Good Lord, this may be the most horrible thing to happen in international sports in over a decade!"
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