Marcel Winatschek

Person of the Year

Yeah, the rumor’s true: I got named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2006. Not exactly a shock. I ran against some decent names—Ahmadinejad, Al Gore, Condoleezza Rice—but the people want what the people want.

I owe thanks to an overdose of Red Bull Sugarfree, Ana, Horst living in my head, Thunder Eater and Ankorman, Becca, my producer, Arirang, and basically everyone else who hasn’t gotten sick of me.

So I’m ascending into the realm of the unforgotten now. If you didn’t make Person of the Year this year, don’t feel bad—not your fault. There’s always next year. I’ve got an exclusive CNN interview about it somewhere. Wikipedia’s already got me immortalized.

PS: Someone got so mad about the selection that they deleted the whole Wikipedia page. It came back though.

PPS: Maybe. Depends which server you hit.