Originally published August 1, 2007.
Rusty DeWees is a good sport in addition
to actor, comedian and “scrawler.” When
we told him he’d gotten the most votes for
Vermonter You’d Most Like to See Naked,
he laughed, took it in stride … and agreed
to an unclothed photo shoot. In fact, it was
his idea not to obscure the privates with
some prop, like he did in his five “Logger”
calendars. It was our idea to totally exploit
Rusty by putting him on the front cover, but we don’t think he’ll mind. “I learned
early in my career that I am the product,”
he says candidly. That should serve
him well in his latest venture as author:
Scrawlins, a selection of his essays, comes
out this fall.
By the way, Bernie Sanders was
runner-up in this category, which we’re
chalking up to name recognition. We kind
of prefer him in a suit.
This article appears in Aug 3-9, 2016.
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