Fartman (Howard Stern)
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| Fartman | |
 Joe Tyler Gold as Fartman on the set of Fartman: Caught in a Tight Ass |
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| Created by | Howard Stern |
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| Alter ego | * |
| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Abilities | Super powered flatulence |
Fartman is a fictional superhero created by Howard Stern. The character first appeared on the radio on The Howard Stern Show in the early 1980s. According to the trademark that Howard Stern filed for the character on October 16, 1992, he first used Fartman in July of 1981. [1]
Fartman generally attacks evil using his super powered flatulence.
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[edit] Appearances
On March 7, 1989, Stern, as Fartman, called the Iranian Embassy. This routine was later animated for The Howard Stern Radio Show, a late night syndicated television show. This animation aired on Episode #80 on March 17, 2001.
On August 1st, 1989, Howard Stern as Fartman called Beirut, Lebanon.
In the early 1990s, at the beginning of Desert Storm, Stern had Fartman call the Iraqi Embassy about the takeover of Kuwait.
Other Fartman bits from this era include the Fartman Theme Song and Fartman calls Mrs. Fartman.
On September 9, 1992, Stern famously appeared as Fartman on the MTV Video Music Awards, in a costume that showed his buttocks. Actor Luke Perry introduced him. Howard came down to the stage when Metallica band members James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett were making their acceptance speech. Ulrich then kicked Howard in the rear end. Howard later apologized on the radio to Lars Ulrich for this incident on August 20, 1996. He apologized to James Hetfield on the radio on July 30, 2004.
On April 29, 2000, there was a Fartman animation on episode #59 of The Howard Stern Radio Show, a late night syndicated television show.[2]
On March 7, 2003, Stern interviewed Adam West, and together they called Iraq as Fartman and Batman.
On October 31, 2005, Stern said that he had an Adventures of Fartman cartoon in the works for his new Sirius Satellite Radio Channel, and it may go over to his On Demand cable show as well.[3]
On February 9, 2006, Stern, as Fartman, called Beirut, Lebanon, announcing that he was very upset about what was happening there and instructed the respondent to not hate Americans. The respondent surprised Stern by identifying him as Howard Stern.[4]
[edit] Feature film
In the early 1990s, Stern considered producing a movie based on this successful and well-received character from the show. Stern first revealed his intentions to make a Fartman movie in 1992.
On November 25, 1992, Variety reported that J.F. Lawton, writer of Pretty Woman and Under Siege, was planning to write and direct New Line Cinema's Stern's film project, titled The Adventures of Fartman. The film, which would be budgeted at $8 million-to-$11 million, was expected to go into production the following May in New York. David Permut would produce the film under his Permut Presentations Banner, which has a first-look deal at New Line. According to Lawton, The Adventures of Fartman would revolve around the superhero and his alter ego, a magazine publisher in the mold of Screw magazine's Al Goldstein. Lawton also explained that the character becomes Fartman after mistakenly taking a high colonic filled with gasoline. [5]
On June 28, 1993, Time magazine reported that Lawton was working on a screenplay for The Adventures of Fartman. Lawton told Time, "There's a lot of nudity, some harsh language, a lesbian love scene, and the main character works for an underground sex magazine. We told New Line Cinema the plot, and they said, 'Yeah, it sounds great. But can't we make it PG-13?' "[6]
Zap2it.com also interviewed Lawton, who said, "It's a good script with a story of unrequited love, like Casablanca. Fartman is hot for a lesbian, who Lawton thinks should be played by television babe Pamela Anderson.[7]
The Fartman movie was not put into production. Instead, Stern made a movie out of his bestselling book, Private Parts. Private Parts hit theaters on March 7, 1997, with the opening scene being a reenactment of Stern’s Fartman appearance at the 1992 MTV Music Awards.
In 1999, Stern hoped to follow up the modest success of Private Parts with a movie about the Fartman character.
Early in the year, Howard revealed he was in talks with movie studios to finally produce his movie Fartman. He said that it would go into production in the summer of 1999, and that there were studios prepared to finance it.[8] Private Parts producer Ivan Reitman discouraged Stern from doing Fartman for his next movie. [9] In December, Stern stated that the movie was on hold. Though he had a script, and two studios were willing to produce it, he was unsure that it was the right time to do it. [10]
In 2002, Stern considered shooting the Fartman movie on video for his fans, but to date no official productions have been greenlit.
Fartman was considered by Vince McMahon to be brought in as a one time character for Wrestlemania, but he and Howard Stern had different views on how to show him. Stern wanted to have his character knock out a wrestler with flatulence, but McMahon wanted Stern to get pummeled by a wrestler.
[edit] Short film
In April 2006, the Howard Stern Film Festival took place at the Hudson Theatre in New York City, NY. While announcing the competition, Stern encouraged fans to make short films about not only the show and its cast, but popular bits and characters such as Fartman. Many films included Fartman, but while none of those were chosen as finalists, one submission did find a degree of success. [11]
Director Tammy Caplan's Fartman: Caught in a Tight Ass stars Fartman and introduces the evil villain, Tight Ass, who has the ability to squeeze weapons from his ass. It also features a love interest for Fartman, the beautiful Labia Lips.[12], The film was first chosen as a potential finalist in the festival, but later disqualified for using professional actors from the Screen Actors Guild.[13]
Following the festival, Fartman: Caught in a Tight Ass began airing on Howard TV, Howard Stern’s iN Demand Cable Channel as part of the their “Best of the Film Festival” series. This is the first live action Fartman movie ever to be shown on television. In 2007, Fartman: Caught in a Tight Ass first appeared on Atom Films. [14]
[edit] References
- ^ Howard Stern's Fartman Trademark USPTO.gov, October 16, 1992
- ^ The Howard Stern Radio Show Complete Show List - 2000 www.animaux.net
- ^ THE CHANNELS TAKE SHAPE howardstern.com, October 31, 2005
- ^ THE HOWARD STERN PEACE PLAN howardstern.com, February 9, 2006
- ^ Lawton directs Stern in wind-breaking film variety.com, November 25, 1992
- ^ Hollywood's Summer: Just Kidding Time Magazine, June 28, 1993
- ^ Stern's Latest Movie Project zap2it.com, March 24, 1999
- ^ For The Week Of 2/15/99 to 2/19/99; marksfriggin.com, February 16, 1999
- ^ Hank The Dwarf, Gary Garver And Ivan Reitman www.marksfriggin.com, June 4, 1999
- ^ Howard's Separation, Penis Lamp And Fartman. 12/1/99. 6:10am www.marksfriggin.com, December 1, 1999
- ^ A QUICK TRIP ON THE RED CARPET howardstern.com, April 17, 2006
- ^ Fartman - Caught In A Tight Ass PRODUCTION STILLS AND TRAILER www.herospy.com, July 25, 2006
- ^ Tammy Caplan - talks about her short film submission into the Howard Stern Film Festival independentfilm.com, August 22, 2006]
- ^ Fartman to the Rescue!!!! www.howardshrine.com, March 2, 2007
[edit] External links
- Howard TV website
- Howard Stern's Official Site
- Extensive Archive of Past Howard Stern radio shows
- Private Parts on IMDB
- Film Fest: Howard on IMDB
- "Fartman: Caught in a Tight Ass" Film on AtomFilms
- Mr. Methane - The world's only professional fart performer, as featured on the Howard Stern show
[edit] See also
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