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Fartman is a fictional superhero, popularized and acted by American radio "shock jock", Howard Stern. The character first appeared in an issue of the National Lampoon humor magazine in the mid-1970s (Vol. 2, No. 11, June, 1979, Page 28). A recorded version of the character also appeared on ''National Lampoon's White Album'' in 1979. Stern began using the character on ''The Howard Stern Show'' in the early 1980s. According to the trademark that Howard Stern filed for the character on October 16, 1992, he first used Fartman in July 1981, when Adam West was a guest on his show, to which he made an impromptu Fartman outfit in five minutes, although the original outfit contained a toilet seat necklace which Stern later discontinued from his motif.〔Stern, Howard ''Private Parts'', 1993〕〔(Howard Stern's Fartman Trademark ) USPTO.gov, October 16, 1992〕 Fartman generally attacks evil using his super powered flatulence, which also allows him to fly through the air. ==Feature film== In the early 1990s, Stern considered producing a movie based on this successful and well-received character from the show. Stern first revealed his intentions to make a Fartman movie in 1992. On November 25, 1992, ''Variety'' reported that J. F. Lawton, writer of ''Pretty Woman'' and ''Under Siege'', was planning to write and direct New Line Cinema's Stern's film project, titled ''The Adventures of Fartman''. The film, which would be budgeted at $8 million-to-$11 million, was expected to go into production the following May in New York. David Permut would produce the film under his Permut Presentations Banner, which has a first-look deal at New Line. According to Lawton, ''The Adventures of Fartman'' would revolve around the superhero and his alter ego, a magazine publisher in the mold of ''Screw'' magazine's Al Goldstein.〔(Lawton directs Stern in wind-breaking film ) variety.com, November 25, 1992〕 On June 28, 1993, ''Time'' magazine reported that Lawton was working on a screenplay for ''The Adventures of Fartman''. Lawton told ''Time'', "There's a lot of nudity, some harsh language, a lesbian love scene, and the main character works for an underground sex magazine. We told New Line Cinema the plot, and they said, 'Yeah, it sounds great. But can't we make it PG-13?' "〔(Hollywood's Summer: Just Kidding ) Time Magazine, June 28, 1993〕 The ''Fartman'' movie was not put into production. Instead, Stern made a movie out of his bestselling book, ''Private Parts''. ''Private Parts'' hit theaters on March 7, 1997, with the opening scene being a reenactment of Stern’s Fartman appearance at the 1992 ''MTV Music Awards''. In 1999, Stern hoped to follow up the success of ''Private Parts'' with a movie about the Fartman character. Early in the year, Howard revealed he was in talks with studios to finally produce ''Fartman''. He said that it would go into production in the summer of 1999, and that there were studios prepared to finance it.〔(For The Week Of 2/15/99 to 2/19/99; marksfriggin.com, February 16, 1999 )〕 In December, Stern stated that the movie was on hold. Though he had a script, and two studios willing to produce it, he was unsure that it was the right time to do it.〔(Howard's Separation, Penis Lamp And Fartman. 12/1/99. 6:10am www.marksfriggin.com, December 1, 1999 )〕 Stern also didn't want to make a PG-13 version of the film, the way the studios wanted it to be. In 2002, Stern considered shooting the ''Fartman'' movie on video for his fans, but to date no official productions have been greenlit. Fartman was considered by Vince McMahon to be brought in as a one time character for WrestleMania, but he and Howard Stern had different views on how to show him. Stern wanted to have his character knock out a wrestler with flatulence, but McMahon wanted Stern to get pummeled by a wrestler. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fartman (Howard Stern)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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