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Local Celebs 'Back Bid,' Embarrass Selves

By Prescott Carlson in Miscellaneous on Aug 31, 2009 9:30PM

We can certainly understand Billy Dec pimping himself out for Chicago 2016 Committee to perhaps help speed through his next liquor license application or to have the chance to kick it with some beach volleyball players. And it's certainly no surprise to see the likes of Roe Conn, Steve Dahl, and even (actually, especially) Mike Ditka jump on board for the Olympic bid. But Quentin Tarantino? Conan O'Brien? Appearing in the cheesiest video we've seen since sitting through corporate training sessions in our first job out of college? Our cold, shriveled hearts just got a little bit blacker.