Talk:Benjy Bronk/1

message: Benjy Bronk (born Sept. 4, 1967)[9] began working on The Howard Stern Show as an intern in 1998. Bronk eventually earned a paid position conducting pre-interviews of show guests and gathering articles for Robin Quivers' newscasts. In 2000, Benjy was given an in-studio seat next to writers Jackie Martling and Fred Norris, writing on-the-spot jokes for Stern as the show transpired.[10]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6081:5402:8ADE:CCCE:EE60:DAA2:7A53 (talk) 17:24, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Celebrities lie about their age. Do you really trust Benjy of all people to tell the truth about anything? Nobody used "i grew up with him" as evidence.. they actually scanned and posted yearbook pages. He is also listed on the alumni page as a 1985 graduate. Rhobite 20:01, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I searched LexisNexis' NY Times archive for 2004 articles with the word "Bronk". There were no articles which mentioned Benjy Bronk in 2004. Can you please provide a valid citation for the NY Times article so I can check it? Rhobite 20:32, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

message: The statement "Benjy is known to sleep up to 23 hours a day. He eats turkey-pastrami and is reclusive, exiting his dorm room only to search for food." has been removed because the article does not WP:CITE a reliable source for this information.  
There appears to be some sort of strange revert war going on here, and whoever is "right", please remember not to remove external links or valid categories from the article.  Thanks.  Can't sleep, clown will eat me 13:26, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Please remember to cite sources

message: Wikipedia does not publish original research. "I know this to be true because we were at school together/I went and looked/my experiments confirm it," is original research. Please be prepared to cite sources for anything you add. Thanks, Tom Harrison Talk 14:44, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No original research 

message: I understand about original research.  Benjy Bronk appears in the 1982-1983 D.W. Daniel High School yearbook as in the 10th grade.  Daniel High School at that time consisted of 10th-12th grade, around 600 students.  I expect that there exists probably 500 copies of that yearbook in existence since most students purchased one, including me.  It's a published book and therefore substatial and not in the category of original research.  It's a definite source that provides verification to Benjy's age, hometown and high school.  I can scan the pages out of the yearbook, but given the nature of Wikipedia, I don't know who the authoritative person is to email them to.
I also have the yearbooks for R.C. Edwards Jr. High that show Benjy in 7th grade and for Morrison Elementary School that show Benjy in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades.  These are again published books that were purchased by students at those schools at that time.  I can provide scans of the pages of which Benjy is pictured, but who is the authoritative person to send them to.
My interest in this Wikipedia entry is that it denotes correct information for Benjy Bronk.  I have verifiable information that proves he was born in 1967 (or late 1966), was in the graduating high school class of 1985, and grew up in Clemson, South Carolina.  As long as those facts remain in the Benjy Bronk Wikipedia entry, I'm happy.  148.126.100.82 15:25, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it's necessary to post scanned images. It should be enough to include the yearbook in the references. If there's no dispute over his age or date of graduation even that is probably optional. If you want to, post here the title and publisher information for the yearbook and I'll add it to the references. Thanks, Tom Harrison Talk 15:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I understand about original research. 

message: With my digital camera, I took pictures of the pages in the yearbooks I have of Benjy Bronk.  This covers his 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 10th grade yearbook photos.  I don't know how to appropriately combine these photos with the Wikipedia entry, so I'll let someone more experienced do that.
All I want to establish is the verifiable fact that (1) Benjy Bronk grew up in Clemson, SC and (2) He was in the graduating class of 1985 which puts him born in 1967 or late 1966.  Previous edits have said he grew up in other towns in South Carolina or Georgia.  Previous edits have claimed he was born in 1971.  He grew up in Clemson, SC and was born in 1967 or possibly late 1966.
1st Grade Yearbook, "Memories of 1973-74", The Margaret Morrison Elementary School, Clemson, South Carolina.  There is no publisher information in the yearbook.  Paperback.  Benjy's 1st Grade yearbook photo is at http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1466/1st29io.jpg
2nd Grade Yearbook, "Memories of 1974-75", The Margaret Morrison Elementary School, Clemson, South Carolina.  There is no publisher information in the yearbook.  Paperback.  Benjy's 2nd Grade yearbook photo is at http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2739/2nd23gs.jpg
3rd Grade Yearbook, "Memories of 1975-76", The Margaret Morrison Elementary School, Clemson, South Carolina.  There is no publisher information in the yearbook.  Paperback.  Benjy's 3rd Grade yearbook photo is at http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9108/3rd21xw.jpg
7th Grade Yearbook, "The 1980 Panther", R.C. Edwards Junio High School, Volume VIII, Routh 3, Central, South Carolina 29630.  I do not see any publisher information in the yearbook.  Hardcover.  Benjy's 7th Grade yearbook photo is at http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4097/7th22mo.jpg
10th Grade Yearbook, "Summit 83, We Got It", D.W. Daniel High School, Rt. 3 Box 85, Central, S.C. 29630, Vol.28.  Again, I do not see any publisher information in the yearbook.  Hardcover.  Benjy's 10th Grade yearbook photo is at http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9030/10th27dn.jpg
Note:  Morrison Elementary School was for Clemson, SC.  Edwards Jr. High and Daniel High were larger schools that are fed by the towns of Clemson, Central and Six Mile.  Morrison Elementary School no longer exists and was replaced about 5 years ago with Clemson Elementary School.
63.229.124.189 01:30, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures of a Young Benjy Bronk 

message: I've removed some links from the page per Wikipedia:External links.  Since I see that there has been a little bit of back and forth, I've posted them here. - brenneman(t)(c) 04:18, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: :This is what Accuratemedia posted to my talk page:
here's a link to takes you to a copy of the NY Post article - 
note it says in 2001 he was 30
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.howard-stern/browse_thread/thread/6a0ae65d563bbd5d/1de08b67966a1457?lnk=st&q=new+york+post+and+Benjy&rnum=2&hl=en#1de08b67966a1457
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Accuratemedia (talk • contribs) .
what is an acceptable citation - is date, page and section of News Paper enough, Do you need an actual scan of the paper?
here's a copy of the article
THE NERVE!
By MARIANNE GARVEY
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 A classic stunt: Sneak in fast!
- Matthew McDermott  
December 30, 2001 -- We've all been in the situation: You're late for
an appointment, caught in the rain and trying desperately to score a
cab.   But when you finally spot a taxi with its roof light on, some
sleazy jerk zips past you, lunges for the door, jumps in and takes off
in a flash.
What can you do besides wait for another?
Not much, according to Matthew Daus, the head of the New York City
Taxi & Limousine Commission, who says there are no actual guidelines
or laws governing the hailing of a street cab.
Behavior, he notes, falls outside the TLC's jurisdiction.
"Although there are no regulations, it shouldn't be a free-for-all,"
Daus said.
Still, some New Yorkers definitely play by their own rules.
Take Benjy Bronk, a 30-year-old comedian from Manhattan. He says he
applies different degrees of competitiveness to each situation. His
only firm rule: "The first person who's completely in the cab should
get it."
Bronk's best tip? He'll go for a taxi from either side of the car.
"People think the traditional sidewalk side is the best side, but
that's the moment you can seize the opportunity, zigzag through the
traffic and jump in on the other side," he said.
"Somebody doesn't have a right just because they're at a corner
first," he said. "That's ridiculous."
He says he used to give a break to good-looking women, but he stopped
when he realized he wasn't getting phone numbers in return.
"Now they're a challenge like the rest," he said.
Bronk does have a soft spot for the elderly and those in poor physical
condition. "If someone looks over 75 and out of shape, I'll give them
a break and even get a cab for them, but if you're under 70, the
competition is on," he said.
(For the record, Daus says the polite and acceptable way to get a taxi
is by hailing while standing on the sidewalk, and the first hail gets
the cab.)
But with just 12,187 yellow cabs to service some 8 million people,
rudeness will occasionally reign.
Common snatching tactics include running ahead of someone who has
beaten you to a corner and coming up from behind a person about to
enter and diving in yourself.
And if you're caught red-handed and asked to leave by the driver? Rule
breakers suggest you pretend not to speak English. They say it works
every time.
Of course, weaving through oncoming traffic can get dangerous.
According to Bruce Schaller, former head of the TLC, there are
approximately 50 passenger-related accidents a day in the city, which
results in "thousands of injuries each year," he said.
Daus recommends using taxi stands as much as possible because they
tend to provide more orderly service. Even so, sneaks will simply jump
in the last cab to skip the line.
Some taxi dispatchers in Manhattan pointed to the stand directly in
front of Madison Square Garden on Seventh Avenue as the most viciously
competitive.
Caesar Bell, 37, a dispatcher there for five years, says he's
witnessed several fights among people in line.
"The roughest crowd are the Rangers fans, they've been drinking so
they start acting disorderly," Bell said. "They jump in front of the
line without waiting, and sometimes I have to get them out of a cab
they stole, which is nearly impossible."
One fisticuffs involved two drag queens in full makeup. "It was the
nuttiest thing," he said. "I had to call the cops on the both of them;
meanwhile there were two empty cabs waiting."
Elijah Miller, 24, a dispatcher at the taxi stand in front of Macy's,
on 34th Street, says he's been called every name in the book - and
seen every excuse for line-cutting. Among these was one woman's plea
that she had to get to the hospital or she "might die."
"She had also just come out from the revolving Macy's door," Miller
recalled. "And her arms were full with packages."
Bronk says that you shouldn't take cab-hailing too seriously. He says
he thinks of it as a sport.
"If they bring the Olympics to New York, they should really consider
entering cab-hailing," he said.
Count him among would-be competitors.
"I like the hunt of it," Bronk said. "I'm so good that sometimes I'll
even run alongside a cab and sense when it will stop."
Still, not all cab hailers are so cutthroat.
Sheila Passin, a 53-year-old sales rep from Brooklyn, said she doesn't
"flip out" if someone steals a cab from her.
"I'll just wait for the next one," Passin said. "Life's too short."
SOURCE:    EPD²
SOURCE:   The New York Post - 12/30/01
http://www.nypost.com/living/37741.htm
23:14, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  you asked for a citation