Dec 08

Top 5 Smiley face “Pimps of the Net”

Tag: Internet, PeopleThe Bull-ish Blogger @ 10:05 am

Pimpin is an old profession. Throughout the years there have been millions of people making a living with their stable of women. "Better have my money" is he words uttered out of the mouthes of many when Pimps are looking to get paid. Todays Pimp come in all forms, some Pimp with the traditional Pimp / Whore set up that we are all use too. But if you look closely there is some Pimpin goin on without the use of whores. Actually the women they are aligned with to get paid are in a lot of cases very smart, nice, wholesome women. Still beautiful and us guys are still pretty much attracted to them. But there is no sex involved. Not even a little cleavage. Just a pretty face and imagination.

The smiley face Pimps of the net is what I call them. These Pimps are all happy smiling internet entrepreneurs. Not looking to do anything any less moral than your sweet grandmother. And the women that are being Pimped are doing so in a very respectful manner. No shame or disrespect here. Its all a complete mutually beneficial arrangements. Why do I call them Pimps? Well what they do is create some form internet entertainment, most of the time video, headed up or occasionally featuring a very pretty young lady. What would you rather watch, a internet show with some bearded overweight guy in a skull cap talking about his favorite past time, or a very pretty bubbly young lady?

Who are these Pimps of the net?

Well I’m not going to list all of the Pimps of the net but I’m going to go down the top 5.

 

5. Kevin Rose / Revision 3

Kevin-Rose

We all know and love Kevin Rose, but how is he a Pimp of the net? Actually, Kevin is kindof late to the game. He has been doing internet shows for a few years now, have some pretty popular shows with Diggnation and System. Most of the early Shows have been major "guyfests" but if you visit revision 3 you’d notice that they are starting to build a little Pimpnation on some of the shows. I first noticed it when I started watching one of the new shows called "the Revision 3 Gazzette", staring the lovely Sarah Lane. Then you have Tekzilla with Jessica Corbin and Patrick Norton. That show has become quite the Chick fest. First you have Jessica Corbin, whom I have drooled over since she was on Tech TV. But they also throw in a good mix of other eye candy with appearances from Morgan Webb And Sarah Lane. The new hottie they have been Pimpin lately goes by the name of Neha Tiwari.

Neha-TiwariMorgan-WebbSarah-Lane-Moran

 

4. Dr. Tiki

Dr-Tiki

Dr Tiki from Tikibar TV, what a Pimp. He has one of the hottest women on the web in his stable. The fun loving, giggly Lala. I actually think Dr Tiki fell into his Pimpin unexpectedly. It seems like the comedic troop over at the Tiki Bar may have just started doing the show not knowing that people would fall in love with Lala. They know now though. Lala is clearly the star of the show, when you look up the show in iTunes, the image is now just a picture of Lala. If that isn’t pimpin I don’t know what is.

Lala

 

3. Andrew Baron

Andrew-Baron

Andy Baron is what I would call an unstoppable pimp. He adds the lovely Amanda Congdon to his stable. She runs things, get him started and brings Rocketboom to the top of the online video podcast charts.

Amanda-Congdon

Then Andy tells her to "kick rocks" and gets someone else just like her! (Joanne Colan)

Joanne-Colan

Now thats Pimpin.

 

2. Jason Calacanis

Jason-Calacanis

The famous pimp "Goldie" once said "You heard that, yo chick chose me" or something like that, maybe with a little profanity but you get the picture. Jason Calacanis is sortof like Goldie with his new induction to his Mahalo stable. The lovely Veronica Belmont was Cnet’s property until Jason came along and laid down his gift of gab…er…cash and straight stole her like a Pimp. Now Veronica is holdin it down over at Mahalo Daily…which is a really good show I might add.

Veronica-Belmont

 

1. Leo Laporte

Leo-Laporte

Talk about the Mack of  Mack’s, the Pimps of  Pimps, Leo has figured out how to really Pimp out his lifestyle a long while ago. He himself is a personality in the tech world and he knows it. But one thing he is good at doing is surrounding himself with other Net Talents. Not just the lovely ladies, but the combination of Leo and whoever he chooses seem to make a Gold product. But we are here to talk about the ladies and over the years Leo has introduced us to a lot of them. The really Pimp thing about Leo is even if a young lady isn’t a part of his stable, he still is able to borrow her on temporary basis. His main squeeze goes by the name of Amber Macarthur of Net@Nite. She has been with Leo for a long time on several different projects. Then you have the lovely Megan Morrone from the Jumping Monkeys podcast (remember her from TechTV?) and Denise Howelle from This Week in Law. Other than that, Leo has probably had every other lady mentioned in this post on one of his shows at one time or another. Some that haven’t been mentioned here, like Geekbrief’s Cali Lewis, and Buzz out Loud’s Molly Wood. He’s fighting it right now, but one day he should become part of Revision 3. Imagine Leo and Kevin together again.

Amber-MacauthurMegan-MarroneCali-lewis

 

 

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