ICYMI - “Celebrity Number Six” Was Found, But Not Forgotten
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🗓️ 21 September 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Candice Lim is joined by 404 Media co-founder Jason Koebler to discuss “Celebrity Number Six,” an intriguing internet mystery that was finally solved after four years. In January 2020, a Reddit user posted a plea on no fewer than 13 different subreddits asking for help identifying a collage of celebrity faces on his curtain. Some faces were quickly identified, such as Adriana Lima, Jessica Alba, Orlando Bloom, but one face remained nameless and unidentifiable — until now. On today’s episode, ICYMI explores the four years it took to find “Celebrity Number Six” and how everything changed on September 8.
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim with production assistance by Alyssa Jeong Perry.
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| 0:19.6 | Price and coverage match limited by state law. Not available in all states. I'm Candice Lim and you're listening to Icy Why Am I in case you missed it |
| 0:41.2 | Sleeves podcast about internet culture and ladies and gentlemen In case you missed it, Slate's Podcast about Internet Culture. |
| 0:44.0 | And ladies and gentlemen, we have a first-time guest. |
| 0:47.0 | Joining me on today's episode is the co-founder of 404 Media |
| 0:51.0 | and the co-host of the 404 Media Podcast. It's Jason Kebler. |
| 0:55.2 | Hello, Jason. |
| 0:56.8 | Hey, how are you? |
| 0:57.8 | Good to be here. |
| 0:58.8 | I'm so good and I'm so glad you're here. |
| 1:01.8 | Because Jason, we ought to put our detective hats on. |
| 1:04.5 | We have a very interesting mystery to solve today, but first I'm going to haze you. |
| 1:08.6 | Okay, I'm going to haze you. |
| 1:09.7 | I'm going to haze you. I'm going to bring you into the I see why in my universe and ask you the question we asked |
| 1:13.7 | all first-time guests what was your first internet memory? |
| 1:17.5 | So I remember getting an AOL CD at the grocery store like a free trial. |
| 1:25.0 | Which, I'm 36, so I don't know. |
| 1:29.0 | I was very young when this happened though. |
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