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Chuck Shramek

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Radio Personality

The Resume

    (December 27, 1950-May 23, 2000)
    Born in Des Moines, Iowa
    Radio host on KLOL in Houston, Texas
    Amateur astronomer
    Photographed a 'Saturn-like object' adjacent to Comet Hale-Bopp (November, 1996)

Why he might be annoying:

    He chose the Art Bell show as the place to announce his discovery.
    The object turned out to be an ordinary star.
    He had failed to find the star on his computer sky-viewing program because his user preferences were set incorrectly.
    He reportedly refused to admit his mistake when it was pointed out to him.
    His discovery eventually led to 39 members of Heaven's Gate killing themselves to hitch a ride on a spaceship accompanying Hale-Bopp.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He received death threats after the Heaven's Gate suicides.
    He never claimed the object he saw was an alien craft, he just asked what it was.
    A message on the Heaven's Gate website declared, 'Whether Hale-Bopp has a companion or not is irrelevant from our perspective.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 64.52% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying