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NEW YORK (Feb. 10) - Dude! The actor who gained fame and a cult following as the slacker ``Steven'' in commercials for Dell computers was arrested buying a small bag of marijuana, police said.
Benjamin Curtis, a 22-year-old New York University drama student, awaited arraignment Monday on a misdemeanor drug possession charge.
Police said he was arrested Sunday night on the Lower East Side after officers on a drug detail spotted him buying a small bag of marijuana from Omar Mendez, 19. Mendez faces drug sale and possession charges.
Curtis' agent, Bonnie Shumofsky, had no immediate comment on the arrest.
Curtis' portrayal of a surfer type who proclaims, ``Dude, yer gettin' a Dell!'' drove up computer sales and spawned T-shirts, caps, and backpacks, along with Web sites and online fan clubs.

02/10/03 15:26 EST

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:09 (twenty-three years ago)

(My friend wrote some of those Steven ads. Notwithstanding, they are awful.)

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, though I'm no fan of the drug laws he ought to have been arrested for something.

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:14 (twenty-three years ago)

We should make this the 'arrest idiots in commercials you hate' thread.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Carrot Top is so getting life.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm sorry, I think you meant to say 'the chair.'

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:17 (twenty-three years ago)

carrot top is getting the chair, repeatedly, like groundhog day.

ned jess creepy mindmeld

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:17 (twenty-three years ago)

We don't approve of the death penalty in Illinois, Ned. I'll be sure his trip to Folsom is a "pleasant" one, though. Ahem.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:18 (twenty-three years ago)

I detest those ads - enough to make me shy away from the TV all together.

All the same, I am sorry that it was a pot bust, as no one should be arrested for that.

But he is horrible and annoying and reminds me of those annoying "Bill and Ted's" movies that I hated, too.

(Wow, I didn't realize I had such reserves of hatred.)

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:19 (twenty-three years ago)

ned jess creepy mindmeld

I am you and you are me and we are all blah blah, etc.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Can I just state for the record how much I'm SICK of hearing the "Dude, you're..." line from folks the few times I have to pick up a Dell from the campus computer store.

Argh... enough irritation for a tri-state killing spree.

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:25 (twenty-three years ago)

(But Chris, that line affords so many possibilities for a juicy retort. "Dude, you're getting on my nerves." "Dude, you're getting this much closer to a beatdown." Etc.)

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:27 (twenty-three years ago)

(or simply looking blankly at them and saying "Am I?" staring until they shuffle off in embarrassed silence)

― Matt (Matt), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:45 (twenty-three years ago)

"But I thought marijuana was a Gateway drug!!"

(I stole this joke from metafilter and will be obnoxiously using it for the next 18 hours.)

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 00:05 (twenty-three years ago)

He lives his gimmick! (studies prove that 74% of people who begin sentences with the colloquial "dude" are total grassmonkeys; see also Van Dam, Rob)

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 01:05 (twenty-three years ago)

The Dell intern ads are even WORSE.

― rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 01:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Rosemary is right

― Millar (Millar), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 01:26 (twenty-three years ago)

(This is where I admit I've never seen these Dell ads, and from the sound of it I should be very glad.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 01:27 (twenty-three years ago)

According to a friend of mine who saw him prior to his arrest, the Dell Dude was wearing a kilt. Not sure how that went over at Central Booking. Also keep in mind that if you're arrested in NYC on a Sunday night, you don't get arraigned until Monday, so you have to spend the night in jail.

The "NYU student" also lives in a very expensive building on the East Side.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 01:56 (twenty-three years ago)

teeny,

thanks for the gateway joke! My life wouldn't be the same if you hadn't passed that one along to me today...

anyhow, I am sure the 'dude' can afford to pay his restitution to the probation system given the above listed resume.

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 02:03 (twenty-three years ago)

the luxurious East Side where all wear ermine dog-collars

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 02:04 (twenty-three years ago)

CNN today: "Dude, you're getting a cell."

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 03:03 (twenty-three years ago)

The Dell intern ads are even WORSE.

Yeah, my friend wrote those too. (hides) (hides his friend)

― Amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 04:04 (twenty-three years ago)

ahahahaha yay bad popculture jokes!!!!!

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 04:18 (twenty-three years ago)

(hides logo on new laptop in shame)

― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 05:10 (twenty-three years ago)

The Dell dude, 22-year-old Benjamin Curtis, was arrested last night at the corner of Ludlow and Rivington for possession of marijuana.

Haha Ludlow and Rivington!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 05:16 (twenty-three years ago)

an old lady i know who's lived in NYC for most of her life and is in other ways in a position to know these things (she literally wrote a book called "Rivington Street"), swears that Rivington St used to be pronounced ruh-VING-tun street!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 06:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I would be more than happy to write shitty adverts for wads of cash.

(kidnaps amateurist's friend inna Kathy bates stylee)

Are these only yankee ads? I don't think I've seen them.

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 11:52 (twenty-three years ago)

They're over here sure enough, and very very annoying.

Hello I am a grassmonkey

― chris (chris), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 11:59 (twenty-three years ago)

I've never seen them!

Then again, I've never seen one of these "computers" either. I'm typing on a converted abacus.

― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 12:01 (twenty-three years ago)

I was talking to a friend of mine just now on MSN about the Dell dude, and came up with this thought: if only Jarod from Subway would get done for amphetamines.

It'd explain EVERYTHING. And be amusing.

[deadmilkmen] I really hope Jarod has a sense of humour and does not take me into court [/deadmilkmen]

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 12:02 (twenty-three years ago)

"Dude! You're buying a doobie!" CNN Headline News Ticker

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 21:47 (twenty-three years ago)

sub-trifean at best

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Dude, "dude" is a perfectly GRATE word and not to be made fun of like this.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 22:07 (twenty-three years ago)

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