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Oh yeah, with thanks to John Scialli, who has yet to achieve 1 Ossman...
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Now he lives happily on Whidbey Island with his wife, Judith Walcutt and his sons, Orson and Preston.
Now he lives happily on Whidbey Island with his wife, Judith Walcutt and his sons, Orson and Preston.


====The Price of Fame====
<b>The Price of Fame</b><br>


In the Feb 21, 2006 "Feedback" column of [[PC Magazine]], [[Chris Sherlock]] (a Wikipedia administrator) is [http://discuss.pcmag.com/forums/1004295979/ShowPost.aspx quoted as writing]:
In the Feb 21, 2006 "Feedback" column of [[PC Magazine]], [[Chris Sherlock]] (a Wikipedia administrator) is [http://discuss.pcmag.com/forums/1004295979/ShowPost.aspx quoted as writing]:

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David Ossman (born December 6, 1936 in Santa Monica, California) is the oldest member of The Firesign Theatre. He plays George Leroy ("Peorgie") Tirebiter on Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers and Catherwood in the Nick Danger series.

In 1973, he recorded the solo album How Time Flys.

Now he lives happily on Whidbey Island with his wife, Judith Walcutt and his sons, Orson and Preston.

The Price of Fame

In the Feb 21, 2006 "Feedback" column of PC Magazine, Chris Sherlock (a Wikipedia administrator) is quoted as writing:

Although Wikipedia has many oddball articles (for instance, we have one on Exploding whales) not everything can be included. We routinely delete articles about people who are deemed to be non-notable (admittedly, this is a fairly low standard - we have an article on [David] Ossman...)

This leads to the following definition:

One Ossman: the smallest unit of fame that will get you into Wikipedia.