Of all the bizarre things that I do, places I go and pictures I take, I found it surprising that one of my most popular pictures and the subject of the most frequent comments has been the photo in which I appear with Ron Jeremy. Seems that whether folks admit it or not, there is a severe preoccupation with this “celebrity”.
Love him or hate him, you can’t help but admire his sense of humor and industriousness in spinning off side projects that capitalize on his unlikely fame. The most visible project was perhaps his participation in season 2 of The Surreal Life, where he appeared alongside Traci Bingham, Trishelle Cannatella, Erik Estrada, Tammy Faye Messner and Vanilla Ice. This show helped to catapult him to the forefront of mainstream pop culture and his image is now more visible than ever (or at least people can now legitimately say that they know who he is, without risking embarrassment).
One of Ron’s latest projects – which I stumbled upon quite by accident while searching through digg.com, honest – is a hilariously silly and tongue-in-ahem-cheek short entitled TECHSMART.
Produced by the wacky folks over at HEAVY.com, it’s a reality-style short wherein Ron Jeremy speaks about technology. HEAVY.com pitches it by saying “GET THE SCOOP ON: cell phones; viral videos; HD TV and more…”. The embedded video above is the episode on hybrid cars, and more can be seen with a quick search over on heavy.com, by visiting the included link above or by checking out Ron’s blog on HEAVY.com. New episodes come out every Wednesday.
For all of you who oddly can’t seem to get enough of this guy, here you go…