I think I told you yesterday<\/a>), “Rush, why would the guy do this, knowing he\u2019s gonna get caught, knowing that he\u2019s either gonna get put to death or spend the rest of his life in jail?” My first answer was, “Fame. He wants to be famous.” Our whole culture is about fame. Young people in this country are vomiting up everything about themselves trying to be famous. They think it\u2019s cool, and cool rules. They think it\u2019s cool. They think it\u2019s unique. They think it\u2019s glamorous. They think it leads to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous lifestyles.<\/p>\nIt leads to being on television, great fashion, whatever these people associate with the Kardashians and other people who are famous just for being famous. They want it. They want a taste of it. They\u2019ll make fools of themselves going on television to become famous. I remember I gave this answer to a couple of people. “Oh, come on. You really mean that?” Yes! I\u2019m dead serious. I think that one of the reasons (I doubt that we\u2019ll ever really know) this guy did this is for fame.<\/p>\n
Even now he\u2019s sitting there in his jail cell, and I will bet you that he is reveling in the fact that everybody\u2019s talking about him and that everybody\u2019s commenting on his red hair. He\u2019s probably sitting there getting his jollies by being talked about. I\u2019m telling you, folks, I am a student of culture. As I\u2019ve told you: I have lived life by observing it, in many cases. I have a little bit of experience with fame, and I… Well, I can\u2019t divulge too much. I see it every day. I see people who want to be famous every day. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to spot (snapping fingers) just like that. I see people who live to get their picture in the paper. I\u2019m not kidding. They get their picture in the paper and they talk about it for three days. They clip it out, put it on the refrigerator, and show people. I\u2019m not kidding you. And it\u2019s amplified and much worse with young people. You don\u2019t paint your hair orange unless you want to get noticed. You don\u2019t do this kind of stuff unless you want to get noticed. And what this man, Tom Teves, was saying is the media is feeding this by providing what everybody wants: Fame. <\/p>\n
I\u2019ll give you an example. I remember back in my days with the Kansas City Royals, every once in a while somebody would get drunk in the stands and run out on the field either between innings or during a game. For a while when that happened, if the game happened to be televised, the cameras would show it. And they\u2019d show security chasing the guy down and catching the guy. And this created copycats. It started happening more frequently. The pinnacle in Kansas City was Morganna.<\/p>\n
Do you remember Morganna, The Kissing Bandit? This was a woman who needed a couple of midgets to walk in front of her to keep her breasts propped up. Morganna The Kissing Bandit stormed out of the stands one day at Royals Stadium and tried to give George Brett a smacker kiss at third base, and televising these things beget copycats. So you know what happened? You don\u2019t see it next time it happens. Now if somebody runs on the field at a football game or at a baseball game, the networks do not show it to you. <\/p>\n
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