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== Real Life ==

* Alec Fleming (discoverer of penicillium mold) was one of these. In fact he shared the 1945 Nobel prize with two others, Ernst Chain and Sir Howard Florey, who ended up doing almost all the real work after he gave up on it. Fleming was so charismatic that Chain and Florey have been largely forgotten.

** Chain and Florey perfected the large scale synthesis of the drug.

* Joel McHale is a big one. He's already got you watching ''The Soup'', but he will promote his show ''[[Community]]'' (Thursday nights at 8PM on NBC!) as well as his own stand up shows. Also his Twitter feed is nothing but urging people to watch ''[[Community]]'' and and to go to his shows. This can be forgiven as Joel Mchale is extremely funny.

* As the photo indicates, Jack Layton is fairly infamous for this. But he's not alone in Canadian ~~politics~~: ~~the~~ Prime Minister ~~has~~ an ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130927185717/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=9c6b53f6-f0a2-4eca-93bb-559023144731 entire gallery of photos of only himself].''

* As the photo indicates, Jack Layton was fairly infamous for this. But he's not alone in [[Canadian Politics]]: past Prime Minister Stephen Harper had an ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130927185717/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=9c6b53f6-f0a2-4eca-93bb-559023144731 entire gallery of photos of only himself].''

* There is a reason you've heard a lot more about Thomas Edison and Isaac Newton than Nicola Tesla and Robert Hooke; the former were much better at self promotion.

* There is a reason you've heard a lot more about Thomas Edison and [[Isaac Newton]] than Nicola Tesla and Robert Hooke; the former were much better at self promotion.

* [[Dan Schneider|Danwarp]]~~. He~~ was decent enough at this with ''[[iCarly]]''.. but since ''[[Victorious]]'' aired, he's taken to shilling that show on the iCarly website, his Twitter, poking the casts to constantly tweet about it, fills his blog with 'reminders' that the episodes are airing, and even changes his various avatars/display pictures to shilling the airing dates of the episodes, and takes it all the way it could possibly go by spending the budget and time of three iCarly episodes on a cross-over for ''[[Victorious]]'' where the iCarly cast guest star on their own show by way of heading from their home town of Seattle, to LA where Victorious is set.

* [[Dan Schneider|Danwarp]] was decent enough at this with ''[[iCarly]]''... but since ''[[Victorious]]'' aired, he's taken to shilling that show on the iCarly website, his Twitter, poking the casts to constantly tweet about it, fills his blog with 'reminders' that the episodes are airing, and even changes his various avatars/display pictures to shilling the airing dates of the episodes, and takes it all the way it could possibly go by spending the budget and time of three iCarly episodes on a cross-over for ''[[Victorious]]'' where the iCarly cast guest star on their own show by way of heading from their home town of Seattle, to LA where Victorious is set.

* The career of independent film producer Brian Flemming was arguably destroyed when he couldn't stop promoting his documentary ''The God Who Wasn't There'' and his atheism. ~~It's been~~ six years ~~since~~ the film's release ~~and~~ you still see ads online for it, because Flemming is apparently so proud of his film.

* The career of independent film producer Brian Flemming was arguably destroyed when he couldn't stop promoting his documentary ''The God Who Wasn't There'' and his atheism. Even six years after the film's release, you could still see ads online for it, because Flemming was apparently so proud of his film.