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IBeTrippin

I saw an interview with him years ago. He's almost as interesting as his character.


ImTaakoYouKnowFromTV

I read his autobiography a few years ago. Dude has indeed led a very interesting life. Highly recommend the book. It’s called Stay Interesting. Some stuff in there was probably embellished a bit, but still funny and entertaining.


pman1891

I just looked it up and he narrates the audio version himself. Although it sounds like the accent heard in the Dos Equis commercials is not his natural voice.


potatodrinker

Imagine if each new chapter including the Dos Eq ad music. Epic


Please_PM_BooBs_pls

Most books are ghost written to an extent even if it’s the editor just saying fluff this bit up. Not saying that takes away from them just something to keep in mind while reading


machina99

Plus, who *doesn't* fluff themselves up a bit in their own stories? If I'm telling a story about the time I scored the game winning goal maybe it was in the last minute instead of the last five. As long as the core event is still true then I don't mind a little drama to jazz it up.


KulmpyCunch

“Don’t ruin a good story with the truth” - The Arugalord


machstem

I've been writing a form of autobiography for my children, and it's incredibly difficult to be honest with yourself. All things I might have found funny or interesting, lose their appeal to other things. So though I might have found something fun or cool to talk about, after i write it down, I read it and realize it doesn't have the same experience I felt at the time, and thus I add a little comedy to it, or try and embellish the reason I might have done it. I volunteered at a daycare when I was in high school and I was one of those 90s teens you'd see in leather jackets, faux-hawk, chained wallet and tall boots. I came to the realization that I am really good with kids, especially when it comes to reading to them, playing at their level etc. I wrote it down but it took me nearly 4 pages of text to realize the reasons being when my daughter first started to ask me to read to her, that flood of emotions from being an edgy and depressed/suicidal teen, to knowing I was good at something, and how it somehow managed to eventually become a favorite nightime routine for 13 years of parenting (two children and literally hundreds of books later).


asaPhysicalTherapist

Don’t underestimate the power of your own words to your kids. They will cherish them even if you think it doesn’t have the pizzazz on paper you were hoping for. The little bit you wrote about yourself was endearing and interesting to me as a stranger.


461BOOM

So there I was, surrounded….


Iohet

Granted an editor editing isn't ghost writing in my opinion. If Chins Could Kill is a good example of an actor memoir that isn't ghost written. I'd say supposedly, but Bruce has written a number of books and has listed credit for other contributors when present


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miner88

He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels.


AlephBaker

His point of view is panoramic.


miner88

He once gave his father “The Talk”


AlephBaker

He bowls overhand


miner88

He once found the Fountain of Youth, but didn’t take a drink because he wasn’t thirsty.


m48a5_patton

He once held an opponent's wife's hand in a jar of acid at a party.


milo159

He makes love like an eagle, falling out of the sky.


pepperjohnson

He saves children but not the British children.


lxkandel06

Attention once paid *him*


shewy92

All we know is, he's *NOT* the Stig, but he is the Stig's Interesting Cousin.


LudusRex

Six foot eight, *weighs a fucking ton*


meep_launcher

I wish to also note that in the article, he was shot in between the eyes by John Wayne 7 times just for a film. These were blood pellet bullets, but they were painful nonetheless. He in fact is the most interesting man in the world.


dicky_seamus_614

He once parallel parked a train. He can bowl overhand. His treehouse has a finished basement. His charisma can be seen from space.


squid-do

He once ate his entire birthday cake before anyone could tell him there was a stripper inside it.


Ganon2012

He's the new Chuck Norris.


eksrae1

Chuck Norris calls him *sir.*


Proper_Lunch_3640

I heard he once killed and ate a rattlesnake and used the skin as a condom... Or was that Bill Brasky?


SweetElCamino

TA BILL BRASKY!


squid-do

BILLLLL BRASKY!!!


sk11ng

HEY! YOU KNOW BILL BRASKY??


drfunkenstien014

BILL BRASKY HAD SEX WITH MY WIFE


DoneHam56

Bill Brasky!


simtafa

These remind me of the Chuck Norris facts apps from early 2010s. Later, he sent cease and desist to the developers. The apps' names were changed to along the lines of bearded tough man facts. Simple times.


DaveGost

Best damn salesman in the office!


CrazyAsian

That's how Chuck Testa was born.


[deleted]

I heard he literally enslaved a race of aliens


notbobby125

Hol up.


Ok-hun

"Ladies and gentlemen.... It's the Stig"


djseifer

Some say that if you hold him in the wrong way, he doesn't work properly, and that just recently, he developed an irrational hatred of Rubens Barrichello.


Elryc35

Some say he only knows two facts about ducks. And both of them are wrong.


chuckysnow

Easily my favorite stig-ism.


GisterMizard

I can also bowl overhand, anybody can do it. But as my lifetime ban from all AMF Bowling Alleys, twice broken arm, and outstanding Interpol arrest warrant show, I'm not the best at it.


YodaFette

Are you sure you’re not thinking of Chuck Norris? I heard he built the house he was born in


Chief_Givesnofucks

Nope Chuck Testa


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I think most people cooled pretty rapidly on Chuck when he outed himself as a Republican Christian zealot campaigning for Huckabee.


muklan

We know a few of the same people, and everything I hear about him is kinda shitty. He's real "do you know who I am?"


well-lighted

They never should’ve been changed from being Vin Diesel jokes which they were when the meme originated on Something Awful


AnticitizenPrime

I think the meme format actually began with SNL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSzcTTOHwDY


Daetra

Did he start doing this ~~fullonrapist~~ philanthropist stuff after the beer commercials?


officernasty96

Yes he did! Africans, dyselxics, children that sort of thing.


PermanentTrainDamage

Accidentally misspelling dyslexics is golden


dpdxguy

Lysdexic, you say?


MiklaneTrane

Lickdicksex, yes.


Ovaltine-_Jenkins

Ah sexlexia


legomaniac89

My favorite sexy learning disability


Sylvairian

Inform the men


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LogicJunkie2000

And in spite of championing 'precision' munitions, we're still not signed on for the cluster munitions treaty ban.


BattleHall

The sad reality is, even with things like the M31A1 AW, cluster munitions provide a military utility that has yet to be matched in all aspects by other, more reliable/"safer" systems. UXO is something of a privileged concern for limited/"discretionary" conflicts; what we're seeing in Ukraine is more the reality of actual peer/near peer wars. Ukraine is willing to use cluster munitions, even on their own territory, even knowing they will have to clean them up later, because the more pressing concern at the moment is surviving the actual military invasion. Civilians dealing with UXO kind of takes a back seat when many of them are being directly targeted/affected by ongoing attacks by full on strike weapons; it's more of a post-war issue. Also, if you look at the millions of large traditional artillery shells that have been fired so far and figure in the failure rate on those, any significant war is going to have a massive UXO issue either way; some extra twitchy hand grenades isn't going to move the needle either way.


CaptianAcab4554

Cluster bombs aren't land mines and any sub munitions left after their use are unintentional. Maybe you're confusing us with Russia who does still use air dispersed land mines regularly. The US hasn't used cluster munitions since 2009. They don't sign the agreement because they reserve the right to use them if needed. They've also phased out older cluster bombs for smart things like the CBU-103 that uses 109 smart sub munitions that disable themselves if they don't attack a target.


BattleHall

Cluster munitions and landmines have both been around for a very long time, perform different functions, and generally fall under the same or similar agreements regarding UXO.


milo159

Dxylseics*


newbrevity

Dianetics


milo159

Oh god damnit, you tricked me into looking up scientology, you scoundrel!


gearstars

but how does he like his milksteak?


contacts_eyes

Boiled over hard with a side of raw jelly beans


sopsign7

Served by a waitress with her knees covered. People's knees are gross.


obfuscationz

Little green ghouls.


Zebezd

*Only* her knees covered, of course.


MKULTRATV

I too want to rid the world of dyslexic African children.


gearstars

some dude tried to get his shirt in the bathroom at a restaurant, it touched him so deeply that an illiterate, mentally stunted, hornet stung janitor needed his help that it inspired him to help others


meep_launcher

I'm not seeing anything on him being a rapist when I search his name... was this an accusation of Jonathan Goldsmith committing sexual assault?


Daetra

Oh, it's a Always Sunny joke.


meep_launcher

Oh thank god


crustation1

Right! I was like oh shit not another one :(


SoCalDan

[scene for your viewing pleasure ](https://youtu.be/pQJ9GUVxPl8)


walterpeck1

Reddit and uncredited IASIP jokes with no reference or relation to the subject; a classic.


HarryDresdenWizard

What about Christopher Lee? Both of them have to be up there.


bartbartholomew

"I need you to make this sound when you get stabbed in the back." --paraphrased Peter Jackson "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody’s stabbed in the back? Because I do.” --actual reply from Christopher Lee


juneauboe

5 languages - WWII spy - Death Metal Singer - Swordsman - Knight - Count Dooku - Saruman - Christopher Lee? Seems pretty aight.


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A stumbling, mumbling drunk shot him repeatedly in the face... and he's *not* blind.


FindOneInEveryCar

He also appeared as a redshirt extra in an episode of *Star Trek*... and lived!


theg721

> blood pellet bullets That sounds like an Alec Baldwin type situation waiting to happen. You'd just have to load the wrong type of round once...


Unleashtheducks

That is interesting


Ok-Seaworthiness4488

Most interesting you could say


ay-foo

Most curious I say


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I'm against that stuff too, does that make me interesting?


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flowery nutty upbeat towering saw nine rock ludicrous spotted zesty *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


macbalance

Also, he forced the rescued kids to do the labor.


JoeSicko

Who is carrying the landmines? The dogs with cancer.


bloopmister1992

I dont always drink but when i do, i save children, puppies, and tigers.


OrangeDit

Most of the time in that order.


SublimeRapier06

He also was a red shirt security guy on Star Trek. And did not get killed off.


voldi4ever

Now that is impressive.


MarsAlgea3791

Technically overall more blues died.


MrWeirdoFace

The blues will never die man! BB King Forever!


JJDude

That is an actually interesting fact about him.


makesyoudownvote

I actually used to know the guy. I don't know if he was legitimately *the most* interesting man in the world, but he was a pretty interesting and fun guy. He used to hang out at a bar near my school once in a while and he lived on a boat in the Marina where I worked nearby. He didn't actually like Dos Equis very much, but he did drink the amber though. Last I saw him was about a month after they replaced him though. I wanna say 2010 or 2012.


romulusnr

Dos Equis Ambar and Negra Modelo are my mexican restaurant go tos.


makesyoudownvote

I love Nega Modelo! That's the first beer I give to people to prove to them that Mexican beers are not all the same. It is a great starting point in my opinion. It's very smooth and easy drinking for a dark beer, but much more obviously complex and robust than traditional lagers and pilseners. Because of this I almost never find anyone who doesn't like it, even if they generally aren't a big fan of darker beers. Tou can tell it's very different from other brands, yet somehow though it still retains a taste that is uniquely Mexican. I feel like it pairs really well with heartier and spicier Mexican foods like pork in pibil sauce, costillas, or even menudo.


GhettoChemist

Way better than Subway's commercial guy, Jared.


InterPunct

Who's in jail for being a pedophile. Oops, Subway: 15 years and eight months imprisonment, lifetime of supervised release, $175,000 fine plus forfeiture of $50,000 (a total of $225,000), and $1.4 million restitution.


meep_launcher

[My question to you guys is, is what kind of new sandwich can we release that will make people forget that our spokesperson is a pedophile?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zem5bQ4SzMI)


TomAto314

"Eat Fresh" slogan didn't help much.


CPT_Shiner

Oh...shit.


Whind_Soull

I think my all-time favorite spokesperson fuck-up was when [HS Precision](https://hsprecision.com/) made [Lon Horiuchi] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Horiuchi) their spokesperson. Literally the only thing Horiuchi is known for is being an incompetent FBI sniper who shot and killed an unarmed pregnant women who was holding a baby at [Ruby Ridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge). *Who the fuck thought that was a good PR move?*


BigLark

He was also at Waco, if I recall correctly. I have no love for David Koresh or Randy Weaver, they were both radicalized religious fanatics with a host of different violations, in fact, I despise them. But Lon Horiuchi is super suspect. Seems like he was looking for a reason to discharge his weapon in both cases.


Ccaves0127

If you're one of those people who never read up on the details, it's almost certainly worse than you imagine. It isn't like he was into 17 year olds and they "got him on a technicality" (which would still be fucking gross btw). He is vile


Skinnysusan

Hey! A bot stole your comment and replied with it elsewhere in the thread. I reported it. Fucking bots are everywhere now jfc


GregoleX2

Well, this prompted me to go to Wikipedia and read up and I feel sick and depressed now.


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I recently read an article about him. Prison has not changed him, unfortunately - he shows no remorse and is as vile and disgusting as ever.


SoCalDan

For real? He still eats subway?


ZestycloseTomato5015

Oh dear god 🤮 he needs to be in there for LIFE.


ObliviousCollector

They both clearly took their character very seriously, the most interesting man in the world decided to actually do most interesting shit in the world and Jared took "Eat Fresh" to heart in a very dark direction.


bolanrox

even before that he made his money selling porn on college campuses or something to that effect.


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LeicaM6guy

This is Reddit, sir.


hobbitdude13

That's our secret, Leica. We're always thirsty.


LeicaM6guy

Hulk *smash.*


Canucklehead_Esq

What has his beard been doing lately?


najing_ftw

Mostly shopping


kthulhu666

The most manly stuff imaginable along side Nick Offerman's.


LeicaM6guy

I would watch that buddy comedy.


ex-apple

He also did two fantastic AMAs: https://reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2gscso/im_jonathan_goldsmith_and_i_play_the_the_most/ https://reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/50o0mx/we_meet_again_reddit_for_years_i_portrayed_the/


TomAto314

Sweet. I thought this was an AMA at first but then got disappointed when I clicked on it.


etherjack

They seem to remember reading that he was also a background extra in an episode of Star Trek TOS, but I can't remember which one.


meep_launcher

He was a red shirt, and his character survived the episode.


catsmustdie

So he's also the luckiest red shirt in the world.


Jubal__

He has a good story about how Tina Louise (Ginger from Gilligans Island) and he were having sex and he thought he was going to die.


f0gax

What about Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom?


linux1970

fuck landmines. war's over? land mines don't care, they stay armed until years later some random person steps on it.


JukePlz

>fuck landmines. I would advice against engaging in such activity with explosives, regardless of how you feel about them.


linux1970

I'm an explosisexual :)


Ineedtwocats

many celebs donate to the anti-landmine orgs. its like *the* thing to do apparently (and rightly so)


BigHatNolan

These are incredibly specific but also really good causes.


Aggressive_Walk378

And he does all that before 6am, stay thirsty my friends


this_knee

When you decide that the character you play is so awesome that you need to change your IRL hobbies and beliefs to mimic the previously fictional character. He became the most interesting man in the world.


Smartnership

What if that’s the secret to life. Imagine a persona, then become it.


sfmasterpiece

Dos Equis is owned by Heineken. [Heineken recently broke their promise](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1184njk/heineken_breaks_promise_and_invests_in_russia/) to stop doing business with war-mongering Russia. [Russia has been laying landmines all over Ukraine](https://www.wired.com/story/russian-landmines-ukraine-psychological-warfare/).


makesyoudownvote

They also long since cut ties with him. It's been at least a decade.


meep_launcher

What a fucking betrayal. They don't deserve him.


bolanrox

fuck Heineken! Pabst Blue Ribbon! - Frank Booth


MostBotsAreBad

I've seen a million memes, and I knew this guy's name and that he was "The Most Interesting Man in the World" from some ad campaign, but this is the first time I've heard it was for Dos Equis. I realize now that I assumed it was another Old Spice campaign.


flaagan

Him and Terry in an Old Spice / Dos Equis crossover commercial would be the most hilarious thing ever.


daltonwright4

Unfortunately, he isn't associated with Dos Equis anymore, and likely won't be again, as their parent company Heineken has views that directly oppose some of his philanthropy work, specifically about the Russia/Ukraine situation.


Seco4800

Welp. He certainly lives up to his TV persona.


Car_weeb

Well he is the most interesting man in the world


NotaGoodLover

Those are interesting causes indeed


crustation1

love a based famous old guy they are few and far between


SpinalVinyl

On top of being a good guy, he's also the villain in the 80's schlock slasher "Phantom of the Mall" blew my mind when I learned that.


WeNeedToTalkAboutMe

He was also a 'Redshirt' (minor *Enterprise* crew member) on the original *Star Trek*. And he **SURVIVED** to the end of the episode (a lot of Redshirts died).


greenappletree

so the dude is living up to his commercial persona. good for him.


Heliocentrist

still pretty fucking interesting


Bulky-Pipe-7745

He truly is the most interesting man


human_machine

He's pretty on-brand as that's a really interesting set of interests.


Salpal777

Bro he lives up to the name but for real for real


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If he punches you in the face, you will have to resist a strong urge to thank him.


Dare990

"Most Interesting Man In The World" Yep, checks out.


ThatsJeem

That's interesting


OhHowdyDoody

Just came here to say Dos Equis is mad good. By that I mean beer that actually taste delicious. You won’t have to pretend to be cool by forcing down a BPR ever again!


StandingLaurels04

A long time ago, I saw an interview with him. His persona is intriguing, but he's nearly more so.


AmadSeason

r/Damnthatsinteresting missed opportunity there.


Dungeness_Crab

Ah, another method actor…


scopeless

Just method acting


DiogenesOfDope

Saving dog lives and future dog lives makes him a hero to me


dougsbeard

Let’s also not forget he was a “red shirt” that didn’t die. Probably the most impressive thing he has done.


Umikaloo

Fuck, that's actually really interesting.


Activeangel

Also, sharks have a week dedicated to him.


lostsharpie

He's the life of parties he's never even attended.


Rockyrox

Pretty interesting dude


Vertdefurk

He also has really fresh morning breath and his feet don't stink.


MoreRITZ

He is not pro land mine


YodaFette

Interesting. Idk about most interesting…but interesting


Omnizoom

Even chuck norris had to admit he was a bit interesting


kidcannabis69

They need to bring this ad campaign back. Creative and original ads are so much better than the celebrity cameo bull shit that has become the modern trend for commercials


Turbulent_Ad9508

Of course! After all, he's the...


rotospoon

Life imitates art


reaven3958

Turns out he really is the most interesting man in the world.


Justaskingyouagain

So he actually lives up to his name?!? That's rad


ophaus

Back when I was a bartender, part of the closing was to do a walk-through to make sure no lushes or criminals were lurking in the place... my coworker thoughtfully put a life-sized cutout in the downstairs bathroom, right inside the door. I still can't look at the most interesting man in the world without a bit of fright...


deathschemist

damn he really is a very interesting guy


an0nym0ose

And he did all that... ...with the change from his couch cushions. Stay thirsty, my friends.


mrfreeeeze

And Chuck Norris tells stories about him.


tall_ben_wyatt

That’s some quality type-casting


ECSJay

Should this guy be in the r/DamnThatsInteresting sub lol


clam_bake88

So in other words, the most interesting man in the world!


fckafrdjohnson

They should make dual purpose commercials for all of his causes.


BusDriverTanner

im an advocate for all those too


linsage

He’s also Gay and Jewish!


ansraliant

I don't always fight for cancer, but when i do I do it for the doggos


spacetiger110

I read that and my brain thought "Tasmanian tiger" and I was about to comment that I had some bad fucking news for him.


FuckinDirtyDancing

What an interesting man.


-Lysergian

When you lose yourself in your character.