Just off the top of my head: Allen Ginsberg, Beck, Bill Hicks, Bob Marley and Krazy Kat. All of them for reasons I hope are so obvious, they render explanations superfluous.
I suggest Nick Nolte in New york stories he was a dude.
Iam an italian dude from Rome.
The best of the three is Scorsese's "Life Lessons", about an artist (played by Nick Nolte) who uses his hyper-success to lure beautiful, young, aspiring artists to serve as his assistant/lovers. It's an astute portrait of the nature of the New York art world..
Bella!
Red Green
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Quote from: DrMaddVibe on May 09, 2007, 10:09:46 AM
Red Green
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Good one!!!
For the Northern Exposure fans.
Chris Stevens.
Chris in the moring. Perhaps a bit too literate and way too wordy
but much Dudeness the same.
My nomination,
Tony Romo,
I mean, check out that shit eatin grin. Plus he's a damn good quarterback
Edgar Buchanan - Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction
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Dominic Byrne, member of the Chris Moyles team and Radio 1 newsreader.
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OK so he doesn't have long hair, dress in pyjama bottoms or a milk moustache, but in an environment of chaos he always keeps his hair (what's left of it) and always takes it easy for the rest of us sinners.
Sup fellow dudes....
Stumbled across this and had to put my two cents in. Bob Ross, 'cause life is just fluffy white clouds, and its your world. If you want a happy little tree there, then there's a happy little tree there.
I second Bob Ross.
Also, I would like to nominate Jack Handy who is in fact, a real person.
Hi Dude
great site thank you.
But you is missing some very BIG dudes like
Cheech & Chong (Cheech Marin & Tommy Chong)
Tommy Chong went to prison in real life to save his son and wife from going in his place (it was about selling glass bongs over US borders)
Quote:-
"In 2003, Chong was targeted by two American investigations code-named Operation Pipe Dreams and Operation Headhunter, which sought out businesses selling drug paraphernalia, mostly water pipes. He was charged for his part in financing and promoting Chong Glass/Nice Dreams, a company started by his son Paris. Chong agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute drug paraphernalia in exchange for non-prosecution of wife, Shelby, and his son."
Quote:-
"Marijuana
Chong has an unabashed love of marijuana. He used to say "I get high constantly! If you smoke pot, eat well and work out, I guarantee you'll live forever." Chong is also a marijuana activist and is a supporter of marijuana legalization & medical use of marijuana."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Chong
you must add at least tommy to your dude list imo one of the few Real dudes of the 20th century even picked on by the US goverment ;)
keep up the good work
sorry about double post ;)
Regards
BlueDragon
Edgar Buchanan - Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction
As and Uncle Joe myself I have to applaud this choice :D.
I'd like to put in a word for Ngo Van Chieu, the founder of the Cao Dai religion, which basically asks "Why can't we just be cool to each other?". He left a life in public office to take it easy. And when a religion sprung up from his vision (no mention of what Chieu's sacrificial beverage was) and he was placed in a position of responsibility he quickly gave up that position to, once again, take it easy. Vietnam's First Dude.
Frank
Quote from: DrMaddVibe on May 09, 2007, 10:09:46 AM
Red Green
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most definitely, man
JIM MORRISON! just about one of the greatest dudes of all time.
please.
dudes we are making a mistake here. All the people nominated here are at least fairly well known and some are so called celebrities. The dude was neither. He was not well known and was for sure not a celebrity. True he was a member of the Seattle Seven, but who the fuck knows who was part of the S-7? I reject this celebrity bullshit as a requirement for being dude. I have a buddy who is most certainly dude, so I nominate my buddy P.T. (that is what we call him) for a great dude in his own right. P.T. bowls, is very mellow, smokes a doobie a day, rides a Harley and never knows what fucking day it is, neither does he give a shit.
No mistake. We simply can't have a discussion about people we don't all have some knowledge of. Your guy sounds very dude-like but I don't have an opinion cause, like, I have no idea who you're talking about, man.
I have the ultimate dude. I cannot believe no one has nominated him yet. Cosmo Kramer. Need I say more.
I NOMINATE JOHN BENDER from THE BREAKFAST CLUB for VERY obvious reasons. ;D
John Bender-AWESOME-Thats one of my favorite movies.
"So, Ahab...Can I bum my doobage?"
I have 5 new dudeist to nominate:
Ed Wood:(http://www.nndb.com/people/603/000061420/ed-wood.jpg)
Joey Ramone:(http://tribunavacia.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/ramone.jpg)
Peter Sellers:(http://www.legrandaction.com/the-party/img/the-party02.jpg)
Frank Zappa:(http://purgatorio1.com/wp-content/pics/FrankZappa.jpg)
The Pink Panther:(http://www.posterpop.com/images/merchandise/pinkpanther/spbb10.jpg)
How about Winnie the Pooh. Famous fo obvious reasons but also for the books The Tao of Pooh (which explains Taoism using Winnie the Pooh) and Pooh and the Philosophers (which compares Pooh to some of the greatest Western Philosophers).
As long as Tigger gets to be Walter...
My new nominee, is:
"Rafiki - the Mandrill" from "The Lion King"
Why? Because he is the "plus ultra" in being a Dude.
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You brought a fucking Mandrill bowling?
Please Nominate " Stanley Kubrick" , Film director. He made films 2001 : A Space Odyssey , A Clockwork Orange, etc . He fascinated with dehumanitations almost in his films.
STANLEY KUBRICK
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SHOMER SHABBAS!
You don't post on Shabbas ?
AND I SURE AS SHIT DON'T FUCKING ROLL~!
I have a real suggestion here mang, and its the only fucking reason I registered.
Pavement. They are the epitome of dude mentality. just a bunch of fuckin california slackers; no, THE slackers. there whole mentality was "i dont give a fuck, man." they showed that in the way they dressed and the music.
Far out.... is there some place online where one can acquire this outfit?
Orinoco from the wombles man, sleeping, eating and abiding that dude had it all. Plus I'm sure John Lennon wrote the theme tune or one of the beatles at least....
Has no one suggested Yoda yet?! Yoda should be some kind of Dudeist bodhisattva or demigod or something.
I second the Bob Marley suggestion
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Fat out suggest have you made!
I have to go with the following: Shaggy and Scooby, Yoda, Red Green, Bob Marley, and lastly, Pooh. But you know that that's just, like, my opinion, man.
I mentioned him elsewhere, but like, I think it needs to be reiterated for emphasis... or something. I dunno.
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Ferris Bueller. Delinquent and Dude Supreme.
To me, Ferris embodies the whole 'Fuck it, why worry?' philosophy of dudeness. Not only was Ferris mellow, but almost everyone Ferris encountered mellowed out right along with him. The only people Ferris couldn't mellow out were people who thought his laid back attitude was wrong. And that's like, their opinion, or whatever. Ferris was cool with it. Okay, so he doesn't blaze a J or have a beard, but his attitude's in the right place, huh?
The Three Musketeers ........very dude like.
Art Bell, fuckin a, a very dude like dude....................
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i have three names floating in my mind. Bob Marley, Jim Morrison, Kevin Smith. All of them used nearly exact words u used to describe Dudeism!! btw, i think this religion might grow less slow than u thought ;)
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Joe Walsh?
Kato kaelin lived on a couch for a while at the Simpsons, while that is like a dude does it make him a dude?
As far as Pavement goes. You can't cut a record without having some pretty strong ideas that you inflict upon one another until one guys ideas wins. I guess the other guys that conceded would be dudes
I would like to suggest Hiro Nakamura, from the show Heroes.
Yes, he put forth effort to save things, which may or may not be very dudist to some.
But Hiro stuck by his friends, did what he thought was right and more importantly-fun!
I don't know many people who would steal a sword at the drop of a hat.
Also, he told his dad off by pointing out how much smarter his sister is/was than he is. That's a Dude if I've ever seen one.
--Duder Hooser
I would suggest "Jay and Silent Bob" they are pretty dudeish
BTW this site and forum ROCK!!
Dude, it's almost offensive that Jimi Hendrix isn't on here.
Jimi Hendrix- Went with the flow. Sure he got a big record deal, but when he wasn't feelin' it, The Experience became Sun and Rainbows, and this dude just kept on goin. Bit heavy on all drugs, but differents strokes for different folks, and different 'tudes for different dudes, dude.
I want to nominate this old chick I met at the State Board of Electricity. I was laid off for a long time and didn't have money for the continuing Ed. So my license lapsed. I got a job after Christmas and took the pre-exam and continuing classes and I went down to retest today. I had my test confirmation appointment letter with me but they couldn't find my application for the test. As I sat there not doing anything these gals were on the phone Gabbing away. All of a sudden 3 chicks show up and one asks, "Don't you already have a license?" I said yeah but it was lapsed. They said they saw my continuing ed on my record and they would wave the lapse date and all I had to do was pay for my license plus a late fee of $60. I about shit my pants. I have been arguing with the State Commissioner about this for 3 months.
These are some really cool chicks, if not dudes
Woah! Like, I might be being just too lazy to check all over this site, but like, no one seems to have mentioned Lin Yu Tang.
Writer of 'The Importance of Living' (a textbook on loafing), translator of the Taoist classics the Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu and author of such classic comments as
'If one?s bowels move one is happy, and if they don?t move, one is unhappy.?
?Tomato juice must be ranked as one of the greatest Western discoveries in the 20th century.? and finally,
?The wisest man is therefore he who loafs most gracefully.?
I end with a quote about him from The Idler http://idler.co.uk/idle-idols/idle-idols-lin-yutang/ (http://idler.co.uk/idle-idols/idle-idols-lin-yutang/);
His main principle is that the freedom to enjoy life is the ultimate spiritual good. The question of happiness - ?entirely neglected by Christian thinkers? - is not to be deferred in the name of abstract rewards. What reward could be greater than a life enjoyed as it is lived? Play without reason; travel to see nothing; a ?perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner? - these are the kind of activities that redeem the art of living from the business of living.
Peace.
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yes indeedy, sixth paragraph down:
http://www.dudeism.com/totd3.html
but needs to be a full fledged "great dude" - about to put up a long awaited new batch. thankee.
Quote from: Nobody on April 28, 2008, 10:33:31 AM
Woah! Like, I might be being just too lazy to check all over this site, but like, no one seems to have mentioned Lin Yu Tang.
Writer of 'The Importance of Living' (a textbook on loafing), translator of the Taoist classics the Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu and author of such classic comments as
'If one?s bowels move one is happy, and if they don?t move, one is unhappy.?
?Tomato juice must be ranked as one of the greatest Western discoveries in the 20th century.? and finally,
?The wisest man is therefore he who loafs most gracefully.?
I end with a quote about him from The Idler http://idler.co.uk/idle-idols/idle-idols-lin-yutang/ (http://idler.co.uk/idle-idols/idle-idols-lin-yutang/);
His main principle is that the freedom to enjoy life is the ultimate spiritual good. The question of happiness - ?entirely neglected by Christian thinkers? - is not to be deferred in the name of abstract rewards. What reward could be greater than a life enjoyed as it is lived? Play without reason; travel to see nothing; a ?perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner? - these are the kind of activities that redeem the art of living from the business of living.
Peace.
.
Amazing philosophy
Quote from: DrMaddVibe on May 09, 2007, 10:09:46 AM
Red Green
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I concur.
dude lee from tenacious d
we're talking fuckin lee. lee lee lee lee lee lee lee lee lee.
that episode is awesome.
but lee is not a great dude in history.
Quote from: forumdude on February 28, 2009, 07:02:41 AM
we're talking fuckin lee. lee lee lee lee lee lee lee lee lee.
that episode is awesome.
but lee is not a great dude in history.
Lee Lee Lee...I disagree about Lee, Lee, Lee
In the mythology of The D, Lee is the dude. Jables is far too much the asshole to be the dude, and KG had to work too fucking hard to get as good as he is on the guitar, thus disqualifying him for proper dudeness. All Lee does is kick back, do a J, and appreciate the power, glory, and majesty of Tenacious D, the greatest band in the world.
Lee is a dude. His greatness lies, as with all true dudes, in his lack of greatness.
Skinny dippin' in a sea of Lee. I propose on bended knee...to Lee Lee Lee Lee Lee Lee...
i see your point dk. lee is definitely a dude. but a GREAT dude in history? not sure about that. his dude career has really slowed down since those halcyon HBO Tenacious D special episode days.
flying free, tenaciously. plant a tree for lee lee lee lee lee lee.
Quote from: digbys kid on February 28, 2009, 05:11:37 PM
Quote from: forumdude on February 28, 2009, 07:02:41 AM
we're talking fuckin lee. lee lee lee lee lee lee lee lee lee.
that episode is awesome.
but lee is not a great dude in history.
Lee Lee Lee...I disagree about Lee, Lee, Lee
In the mythology of The D, Lee is the dude. Jables is far too much the asshole to be the dude, and KG had to work too fucking hard to get as good as he is on the guitar, thus disqualifying him for proper dudeness. All Lee does is kick back, do a J, and appreciate the power, glory, and majesty of Tenacious D, the greatest band in the world.
Lee is a dude. His greatness lies, as with all true dudes, in his lack of greatness.
Skinny dippin' in a sea of Lee. I propose on bended knee...to Lee Lee Lee Lee Lee Lee...
I think "dudeness" goes way beyond drug-use (Morrison, Beender), and needs some kind of "ethos", they were confrontational. They did not "take it easy". As much as we dislike it, this is not Viet Nam there are rules. Yoda is good, but I think we should think about Hunter S. Thompson. That guy was no lighweight