Jake Bronstein
Encyclopedia
Jake Bronstein is best known for being one of the founding editors of FHM
Magazine - US edition. A self-styled "fun evangelist," he consults on facilitating fun work environments and engagement, and runs an alternative marketing agency called GiantMINIATURE.
TV show Road Rules
. At 20, he wrote his first feature for Maxim Magazine. At 21 he signed on for FHM
, but took a brief break a few years later to co-host G4 Tech TV's Video Game Vixens
. His tenure at FHM
came to abrupt end when he was let go for making off-handed remarks about Howard Stern
's girlfriend Beth Ostrosky
. He also documented his sex life for Glamour
and wrote a book about sex under the alias "Allen Jake Bronstein" He currently works in marketing and blogs at Zoomdoggle, a blog about fun he launched with Josh Spear. Zoomdoggle is apparently on unexplained hiatus, as it has not been updated recently as of 4/17/11
Fountain, taking advantage of a loophole to get into the NBA draft
, eBaying the lead singer position in his band, offering himself for marriage, freeing a fish into New York's East River, launching a 50 Dates in 50 States quest by soliciting invites from women on the web, and offering 1,000 strangers a hand-written love letter. He is also the inventor of the Fun Idea Machine and recently started a text system designed to kill boredom by letting people text NEED FUN to 30644 for fun ideas, for free, by phone. He appeared on CBS Sunday Morning drinking a full bottle of maple syrup to set a new world record.
He once tried sending a girl a "secret signal" during a live TV interview, but was found out by the show's producers.
FHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
Magazine - US edition. A self-styled "fun evangelist," he consults on facilitating fun work environments and engagement, and runs an alternative marketing agency called GiantMINIATURE.
Career
At 18, he was cast for the popular MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
TV show Road Rules
Road Rules
Road Rules was an MTV reality show that debuted on July 19, 1995. The series, which was MTV's second reality show after The Real World followed six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24 after stripping them of their money and putting them on an RV traveling from location to location only guided...
. At 20, he wrote his first feature for Maxim Magazine. At 21 he signed on for FHM
FHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
, but took a brief break a few years later to co-host G4 Tech TV's Video Game Vixens
Video Game Vixens
Video Game Vixens was a special four-part TV show hosted by Hal Sparks on G4 that featured what the network considered to be "the sexiest female video game characters of the year." It debuted in June 2005...
. His tenure at FHM
FHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
came to abrupt end when he was let go for making off-handed remarks about Howard Stern
Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...
's girlfriend Beth Ostrosky
Beth Ostrosky
Beth Stern is an American television personality and actress who is the wife of radio personality Howard Stern.-Early life:...
. He also documented his sex life for Glamour
Glamour (magazine)
Glamour is a women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Founded in 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood....
and wrote a book about sex under the alias "Allen Jake Bronstein" He currently works in marketing and blogs at Zoomdoggle, a blog about fun he launched with Josh Spear. Zoomdoggle is apparently on unexplained hiatus, as it has not been updated recently as of 4/17/11
Publicity Stunts
Other highlights include his bizarre public stunts, such as bathing in Bryant ParkBryant Park
Bryant Park is a 9.603 acre privately managed public park located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan...
Fountain, taking advantage of a loophole to get into the NBA draft
NBA Draft
The NBA Draft is an annual event in which the thirty teams from the National Basketball Association can draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league. These players are usually amateur U.S. college basketball players, but international players are also eligible to be drafted...
, eBaying the lead singer position in his band, offering himself for marriage, freeing a fish into New York's East River, launching a 50 Dates in 50 States quest by soliciting invites from women on the web, and offering 1,000 strangers a hand-written love letter. He is also the inventor of the Fun Idea Machine and recently started a text system designed to kill boredom by letting people text NEED FUN to 30644 for fun ideas, for free, by phone. He appeared on CBS Sunday Morning drinking a full bottle of maple syrup to set a new world record.
Personal life
He dated Kalle Dedolph during the taping of Road Rules.He once tried sending a girl a "secret signal" during a live TV interview, but was found out by the show's producers.