World Famous Bushman

World Famous Bushman

David Johnson, also known as the World Famous Bushman, is a busker who has been entertaining passers-by along Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco since 1980. His current act began after he tried dressing as a robot but found there were too many others doing the same thing. Johnson hides motionless behind some eucalyptus branches and waits for unsuspecting people to wander by. When they approach, he jumps out and startles them. Crowds gather to watch him work, often including those he has previously scared.

Crowds usually watch Johnson in front of Joe's Crab Shack, located across the street from where Johnson usually sits, to see Johnson entertain people.

In a "good year", Johnson claims to earn $60,000. [cite news | last = Edwards | first = Erica | title = Spookster more than a sidewalk spectacle | work = The Lowell | pages = | date = April, 2003 | url = http://www.thelowell.org/content/view/88/27/ | accessdate = 2007-02-16 ] He employs a bodyguard to protect him against attacks by the unamused, to distract his targets, and to alert him to the approach of elderly people so he can avoid scaring them.cite news | last = Rubenstein | first = Steve | coauthors = | title = Bush League | work = San Francisco Chronicle | pages = A16 | language = | publisher = | date = July 17, 1999 | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/07/17/MN70369.DTL&hw=bushman&sn=004&sc=573 | accessdate = 2007-02-16 ]

The police have received a number of complaints about the Bushman, and Fisherman's Wharf merchants have tried to shut him down. [cite news | last = Matier | first = Phillip | coauthors = Andrew Ross | title ='Bushman' wearing out wharf welcome | work = San Francisco Chronicle | pages = A21 | language = | publisher = | date = September 8, 2002 | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/08/BA9125.DTL&hw=bushman&sn=001&sc=1000 | accessdate = 2007-02-15] In 2004, he was charged with four misdemeanors, but a jury cleared him. The District Attorney subsequently dropped several remaining public nuisance complaints.cite news | last = Matier | first = Phillip | coauthors = Andrew Ross | title = Bushman of Fisherman's Wharf Gets the last Ugga-Bugga | work = San Francisco Chronicle | pages = B1 | language = | publisher = | date = April 7, 2004 | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/07/BAG6P61GPA1.DTL&hw=bushman&sn=006&sc=347 | accessdate = 2007-02-15 ]

References

External links

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=9cbBdydQlrk Video of the Bushman at work]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=aVI3Y9VT8uE Documentary of the World Famous Bush Man]
* [http://www.vimeo.com/clip=7931 Another video of The World Famous Bushman]
* [http://uncannyvalley.org/uv/the-world-famous-bushman/ Information on finding The World Famous Bushman]


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