About
Guy Fieri is an American television personality most known for his work on the Food Network channel. He is most known on the Internet for his distinctive look and personality.
Personal Life
Guy Fieri was born on January 22, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio.[1] In 2006 he won first place on the cooking challenge show The Next Food Network Star, and in premiered his most well-known show, Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives, in 2007.
Internet Relevance
In 2011, CollegeHumor uploaded a the video “Guy Fieri at Hogwarts” to their YouTube channel, which parodied the typical style of a Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives episode by placing Fieri in the universe of the Harry Potter franchise. Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives is also a common source of footage for gag dub channel Jaboody Dubs; the most popular of these has gained over 1 million views since 2013.
In 2013, a website parodying Fieri was made at http://guysamericankitchenandbar.com/ after it was discovered that Fieri had failed to register the name.[2] On March 9, 2014, Reddit user kdanson posted a picture of a fake television guide description for Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives to /r/funny, which gained over 5,000 upvotes on Imgur and over 3,500 upvotes on Reddit.[3] Later in 2014, Reddit user snacks92 posted an image of a man imitating Fieri to /r/funny, which gained over 3,000 upvotes.[4]
Guy Fieri also appeared as a cameo in the Internet Webcomic Homestuck in which he is featured as a homicidal tyrant installs a fascist goverment at the orders of an alien empress and murders a lot of humans in a genocide titled “hilarocaust” (as a reference to the holocaust)[5] in a radical spinoff of his otherwise peaceful personality.
Fieri’s personal look, which includes spiked, bleached blond hair and oversized collar shirts, is also continuity parodied on the Internet.
Flavortown
Flavortown is a word associated with Fieri.
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