David "Puck" Rainey

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David "Puck" Rainey (born July 18, 1968 in Alameda County, California, United States) appeared on The Real World: San Francisco in 1994. A bicycle messenger during the show's shooting, he became notorious for becoming only the second Real Worlder to be evicted from the house due to his increasingly disruptive antics. Puck has also appeared in numerous commercials and on MTV Cribs and Battle of the Sexes. He also had a small appearance in Eminem's video Without Me.

It's worth noting that there is much disagreement within the San Francisco messenger community about whether or not Puck ever actually held a job as a bicycle messenger. Indeed, many maintain that he did not. Others, such as Yini Yohans in her editorial in the September 11, 2000 edition of the San Francisco Call, concede that Puck "was a messenger for milliseconds," meaning that he was one of numerous young people to briefly work in the industry but not be adopted by the somewhat cliquish community. No one interviewed claimed that Puck was a bicycle messenger in the sense that he was deserving of ersatz icon status that his MTV fame has earned him within popular culture. Puck is now a photographer and has spent one year in prison for assault. He also runs a granite company out of Northern California, and is an occasional contributor to the Kidd Chris Show, which the host of; Chris "Kidd Chris" Foley was contacted by Puck while the radio show was starting in Kansas, where the two would talk on-air. David was also featured on People Magazine on August 15th, 2006, covering a story about his second child. [1]

[edit] Pop culture references

In the Mission Hill episode "Andy vs The Real World" an animated Puck is shown. He brings a cup of coffee to the show's producer and is told, "Thanks, Puck. Now go help with the port-a-potty."