Talk:Kevin and Bean
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[edit] Kevin
Does anyone know what Kevin's last name is? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tribe4ever (talk • contribs) .
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- That is apparently just his stage name. [1] -- Bovineone 22:29, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
- Kevin himself has deleted references to his real name from this page. You could probably find it elsewhere, but adding it here would be futile.--68.127.39.116 04:31, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Deletion
This article was listed for deletion; no consensus was reached. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Kevin and Bean. Postdlf 05:29, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] More trivia
Can someone find out the date (at least the year) when K&B started their show? Also has Bean always lived in and broadcast the show from Seattle? Doesn't he (or Kevin?) also own a farm with various livestock? -- Bovineone 03:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm, apparently there was originally some attempt at secrecy regarding Bean's move to Seattle around 1999, as this usenet thread discusses. The thread also mentions that he may no longer have the farm or the animals after moving. Can anyone else who is a regular listener fill in some of the gaps? -- Bovineone 04:24, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Actually, when Bean moved to the island they didn't tell anybody for a couple weeks while they tested the hook-up in Bean's house. They wanted to make sure that the experience for the listener would the same as it always had been. For those two weeks, nobody suspected that Bean wasn't in the studio, so the experiment was determined to be a success and his new location was revealed. Also, Bean does still have a farm with many animals, including livestock. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.166.226.90 (talk • contribs) .
- Bean has made references to "hobby farming". My guess is that the distinction between that and "regular farming" is that he doesn't raise crops/animals for profit. In fact, Bean is a HUGE animal lover who reacted strongly when his neighbor butchered the rooster that had been annoying him. I strongly doubt that there's a Puppy Lake on Bean's farm.--68.127.39.116 04:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Regarding the Unsolved Mysteries incident
Shouldn't it be noted that the "murder confession" discussed on Unsolved Mysteries (UM) was a categorical lie, engineered by Kevin and Bean to boost ratings?
The UM staff asked them point blank if the call was a hoax, and both of them blatantly lied, right on national television. After the scam was revealed, KROQ was forced to pay restitution to the LAPD for the over 150 man hours spent investigating the case.
This fraud caused not only considerable expense to the city of Los Angeles, but also a great deal of heartache for several families of unsolved murder victims.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.140.55.165 (talk • contribs) .
- Interesting. Can you find any pages that could be cited as a reference for this? -- Bovineone 22:06, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Here's one from entertainment weekly that mentions it (at the bottom) as part of the story concerning the more recent scandal involving Ralph's impersonating Jerry Lewis in order to get on the phone with Jacques Chirac. http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,434699~7~0~ajerrylewishoax,00.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.166.226.90 (talk • contribs) .
[edit] How much detail to include for minor "characters"
I deleted what I believe were extraneous details listed under Psycho Mike (which included the random grunts that he makes when an object of his desire is mentioned) and I also removed a reference to a fired short-term intern from the section about former cast members. My thinking is that this page needs to encompass the show in a more general, universal sense and could not possibly report every detail that occurs in a show that airs more than 20 hours of material a week. In that vein, I also deleted a reference to a specific date under Dieu To. If dates are added for every comment on this page, it will soon be a mess.--68.127.39.116 04:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Things that need to be added (?)
- I separated Dieu To and Sam into a separate section. I suspect other "personalities" should be included, but I don't know their names. Specifically, I was thinking the woman who keeps predicting the End of Days, and the couple in North Dakota who channel John Lennon, et al. If anybody else agrees, and is qualified to do the write up, please do.--68.127.39.116 04:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- Is the intention to keep a running list of current characters? Or do we want to include significant past themes and characters from the show? In other words, is this a description of the show as it is today, and as characters and themes disappear, should they be removed? I assume not... and then we run into the problem that this article is not nearly complete because of the number of past themes that are not represented. The obvious problem is that it goes into such detail about the program which (by nature) is ever evolving. I really enjoyed reading this article, being a long-time listener of Kevin & Bean since high school, but the job of this page could also be done by a fan site which chronicles the show more deeply.205.212.73.142 19:35, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
