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Jack LaLanne

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The Resume

    (September 26, 1914-January 23, 2011)
    Birth name is François Henri LaLanne
    Appeared as himself in the movies 'Repossessed,' 'Beefcake,' 'More Wild Wild West'
    Wife's name is (no kidding) Elaine LaLanne
    German Shepard, Happy, co-star on his '50s Fitness TV show, 'The Jack LaLanne Show'

Why he might be annoying:

    As a child, he was addicted to sugar, causing him to become violent.
    He set his parents' house on fire and attacked his brother with an axe.
    He wears an ascot to cover his severe turkey neck.
    His vanity license plate says 'REDUCE.'
    He is a vegetarian, but occasionally eats fish.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He turned his life around after a nutritionist called him 'a human garbage can.'
    At 18 years old, he ran a home bakery.
    He owned a string of successful fitness centers that he sold to Bally's.
    Spokesmodels for his fitness center included Sheena Easton, Cher and Daisy Fuentes.
    He swam from Alcatraz to San Francisco while handcuffed and shackled.
    On 'You Asked For It,' he did 1,033 push-ups in twenty-three minutes (1952).
    On his 70th birthday, he towed 70 rowboats for one mile.
    He said: 'I can't die. It would ruin my image.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 108 Votes: 62.04% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 407 Votes: 58.97% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 48.94% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 56 Votes: 41.07% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 91 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 131 Votes: 51.91% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 253 Votes: 50.59% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 280 Votes: 61.43% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 646 Votes: 60.37% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1772 Votes: 65.12% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 4012 Votes: 63.66% Annoying