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Joan Embery

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The Resume

Why she might be annoying:

    Though she studied zoology at San Diego State University, she earned a bachelor of arts degree in communication at Eastern Illinois University.
    She fears most insects.
    She is allergic to some animals.
    She once brought with her to Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson a marmoset that proceeded to climb up onto Johnny Carson's head and pissed on him.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She and her husband own a 50-acre ranch in Lakeside, California where they keep wildlife ambassadors, native wildlife, personal pets and show horses (she's a championship caliber rider).
    She has brought over 1,000 animals on live TV shows.
    She once rode an elephant in a Fourth of July parade (with an orangutan in her arms) when a loud horn spooked the animal and took off on a dead run - she was able to get it stopped without it trampling anyone.
    She guest starred as herself in a 1988 TV episode of 'Newhart,' and spent a beautiful day in the neighborhood with Mister Fred Rogers in 1989.
    In 2007 she was inducted into the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame by the Women's Museum of California.
    She is a wildlife and environmental activist that has nothing to do with PeTA.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 224 Votes: 52.68% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 50 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 111 Votes: 50.45% Annoying