Famous Brothers showing handsign
 

Hey guys,

I'm in the process of working on a video/ presentation for my Zetas rush this coming fall. I was curious if any of you guys know of any photos anywhere with our famous brothers (Chesney, Paul, Klein, Tesh, Truman, etc) throwing up the handsign?

I've found a few videos of Ron Paul doing it at a press conference, but none of the other famous guys.

Thanks

Your's in ZAX,

Brother Kenny does it all the time in concerts (I once watched a VH1 special on him and it seemed like every concert he was doing it), so i would try searching youtube for some.

Also, who was the famous Bro who was on one of those late night talk shows, i think he was from SNL and shouted LXA out. If you have audio in the presentation, that might be usable.

Anyone remeber the video i am talking about, I think it was on Conan Obrians show or somebody like that

Cool, I knew Kenny was still a big supporter of LXA, but I had thought if he did it at concerts, someone would have a picture of him doing it somewhere... alright, off to youtube. Thanks trey.

here it is: He was on Jimmy Kimmel's show last year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e8tozn6hyU

There is a picture of John Tesh at General Assembly in 2002 giving the sign. It on the headquarters flickr account. I know he's not the most famous of alums.

Thanks Daniel!

Hey, anyone's better than nobody. Hell, I'll throw Tesh on the brochure we send to parents. :P

Also, my Youtube search turned up nothing for Chesney. I figured if I would find it, ti would be in "keg in the closet" Anyone have a picture of him doing it? If you would post a link, I'll be more tahn willing to crop you out, or whatever. Preferably though, if anyone happens to have pictures of anyone famous taht they went to school with, those would be the best.

Once again, thanks for the help so far. This is why LXAs are the best!

ZAX,

I wouldn't put Klein or the SNL guy in the "famous" category with Chesney and Truman.

Known, yes. On TV, yes. But famous should be reserved for a higher level.

Chesney is A+++ star, while Klein and SNL are D+/C- stars right now.

Well, whatever, they are STILL brothers that people know.

The only person I ever see on TV making any sort of handsign resembling the one done by Lambda Chis is either Spiderman or random people at rock concerts.

I'm a brother that people know, am I famous?

GammaZeta,

If you're not going to contribute, why bother posting?

in the "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" music video Brother Chesney is showing the handsign in almost every shot....

and of course his unknowning friends are doing the Hawaiian Shacka

You're the man, Rob!

I found a few GREAT shots in that video.

Now if I could only find some old college photos of our boys...

I contribute more than anyone will ever know. In fact, any success of the fraternity can be traced back to all of my posts, thoughts and suggestions, directly to me.

No need to thank me. But you are welcome.

It's kind of a commonly-used handsign, just not for the same reason for most people.

Thank you ΓZ, for being a friend

Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
Your heart is true your a pal and a confidant.

And if you throw a party
Invited everyone you ever knew
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say thank you for being a friend.

Man, the Golden Girls were HOT. I would TOTALLY jump the slutty one's bones if I had the chance. Think her name was Blanche? Total hottie.

I liked the tall spinster Rose,... or even her mother

Very sad to hear about Estelle Getty last week. I can say that I actually watched the Golden Girls a lot when I was active. When I'd wake up in the morning before class it was always on TV.

Ok Cube, 3 MAJOR things wrong with your sentence:

1. Watching the Golden Girls (unless it was the basis of some drinking game)

2. Waking up in the MORNING

3. Going to CLASS

Hey, I was High Beta for 3 semesters and High Alpha for 4 semesters so I had to be one of those guys who set the example! I also had 2 very painful years as president of IFC... which was the biggest headache of my Greek life.

As far as the Golden Girls, it was the only thing on other than Wings when I was active. Wait... now that I think about it I watched Wings even after I graduated. I remember waking up and getting upset for a few seconds when I woke up at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 after working a late night radio shift.

The fraternity actually was incentive to make me wake up in the morning. In the time before I joined I would never wake up till around noon and frequently missed class... which explains why I didn't get my first degree for 6 years.

Hell, most of our brothers sleep through their first class... at NOON.

I had to laugh right now when i remembered the sophomore level "Art of the Motion Picture" course I took AFTER I'd already received my first bachelors degree. I had finished in December, so I had a bit of a crossroads as far as what to do next. I had been hired at the radio station on campus and had to continue taking courses in order to keep the job. The class was at 8:30 or 9:30 a.m. (I can't remember which). We had a brother who was at risk of dropping out so our High Kappa (thanks Alex) convinced him to take an easy course that would improve his GPA. Brother High Kappa took the class with him to help him and convinced me that as High Alpha I could also help out. I really didn't want to take it, but I figured it was a way for me to keep my new job and stay in school while I pondered my next move. It sounded easy -- we'd watch classic movies like Battleship Potemkin, Singin' in the Rain and Rashomon and study them, then be tested on them.

Wow, were we wrong. The teacher took her films seriously and we were picking each individual one apart. I'd estimate that at least 1/3 to 1/2 of the class dropped... which, in the end included our High Kappa. Unfortunately the brother who was in danger of dropping out gave up on the course and stopped going... but NEVER dropped, so his F cemented his being kicked out of school for his Blutarski 0.0 GPA after 2 semesters. I still remember taking the final and steaming about those two getting me to take the course then bailing on me. I actually worked hard (I really enjoyed the course, though it totally burned me out) and got a B. I was really proud.

Today I can pick any movie to death and it often illicits a "stop ruining the movie for me" from my wife.

Sometimes our hand sign can be confused with other "signs" - things I've learned:

Our handsign is also a sign in American Sign Language (won't mention which one for obvious reasons)...and my wife is deaf, so when we are talking around brothers, I've had to "explain" a few things to avoid being accused of secrecy-revealing....

There is also a large, latino-based gang that uses the same sign...which is frightening, because of safety issues...

In fact, a deaf couple in Denver about 10 years ago were shot and killed by gang members who thought they were being "insulted" by the hand signs the couple was using to communicate. The couple was elderly, so I highly doubt they were into throwing up signs for gang pride....ugh.

All the more reason to cool it.

FWIW, I thought these signs were stuff that we learned in secret and they're supposed to be kept that way. I remember driving on I-55 from school back to the northern Chicago 'burbs when I was an undergrad back in the Dark Ages. As I headed home I heard a car honking next to me.

When I looked @ the next lane, I saw a brother from another chapter flashing the aforementioned sign & shouting, "Good to see ya, bro!" (he spotted my letters in the rear window of my '65 Falcon). This was sort of a surprise, since I'd only been initiated for a short time & was surprised to see this public display of something that I thought was...well, known to brothers only.

In the last few years I've noticed more guys flashing the sign in photo opps. Evidently, IHQ's okay w/it...

Wait, I always thought that LXA was part of the Bloods.

So we don't have to wear red bandanas when we go to class after all?

I too was surprised the first time I saw the hand signs in pictures and go WTF?

I don't use it as it is private to me.

Spiderman doesn't hide his Lambda Chi pride

Yeah, but for some reason Peter Parker is always either wearing red and blue or black and white... never purple, gold and green.

<CLIFF CLAVIN VOICE>Well, uh, Normie, it's a little known fact that Brother Spiderman's (pronounced "SPI der mun") original costume was, in fact, purple, green and gold. But the first time he wore it to fight crime, he ran into the Green Goblin, who was also wearing purple and green, so Spidey had to go home and change. </CLIFF CLAVIN VOICE.>

Truman was an honorary initiate in 1944, so I doubt if you would find many pics of him with the sign....

If you ever get this video done, please let me know as Lambda Alpha Zeta down in New Orleans would love to see it!

KWAL -- You post on here? Good to see. If anyone needs an interesting story the man above me has it!! Mostly from Bourbon street lol.

I know that some people may or may not know this, but wrestling great Dory Funk Jr. is a brother too. He is currently set to be inducted into the wrestling hall of fame this Wrestlemania. I do believe that I have seen some pictures of him giving the sign.