Arthur Kade
{{Short description|American financial advisor}}
{{COI|date=August 2022}}
Arthur Kade (né Kadyshes) is an American former financial adviser, actor, and television personality.
Biography
Raised by his grandmother in Northeast Philadelphia, Kade attended college at Temple University. Upon graduation, he began a career as a financial adviser with American Express Financial Advisers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.phillymag.com/articles/arthur_kade_philadelphia_profile/ |title=Celebrity: The Arthur Kade Project in Philadelphia Magazine |access-date=2009-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530075657/http://www.phillymag.com/articles/arthur_kade_philadelphia_profile/ |archive-date=2009-05-30 |url-status=dead }}[http://gawker.com/5165136/you-wish-you-were-as-suave-as-arthur-kade You Wish You Were as Suave as Arthur Kade] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605180036/http://gawker.com/5165136/you-wish-you-were-as-suave-as-arthur-kade |date=June 5, 2009 }}, Gawker.com In early 2009, he embarked on what he calls "The Journey", the pursuit of his lifelong dream of becoming an actor and model.
Kade appeared as an extra in one scene on Gossip Girl and on television,[http://cbs3.com/brewer/arthur.kade.hated.2.1039694.html Philly's Most Hated: Meet Arthur Kade] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614003405/http://cbs3.com/brewer/arthur.kade.hated.2.1039694.html |date=June 14, 2009 }} on Philly 57 radio,[http://www.94wysp.com/episode_download.php?contentType=36&contentId=3787211 Arthur Kade interviewed] by Danny Bonaduce on WYSP, in blogs[http://hickeyblunt.blogspot.com/2009/06/ball-ass-hot-ass-barefooted-with-paris.html Ball-ass Hot-ass Barefooted with Paris Hilton Glasses] on Philly Blunt and newspapers, as well as in an article in Philadelphia Magazine.
He appeared in an episode of the Showtime series La La Land in which the Borat-like host Marc Wootton, hoping for "a master class in self-confidence", interviews Kade while pretending to be a London cabbie wanting to become an actor.[http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/84677912.html Spoofed], The Philadelphia Inquirer
Critics have argued that Kade's desire is simply to become famous at whatever cost. He has been criticized for engaging in self-promotion, which has resulted in media coverage.[http://gawker.com/5211691/arthur-kade-has-99-problems Arthur Kade Has 99 Problems] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620025816/http://gawker.com/5211691/arthur-kade-has-99-problems |date=June 20, 2009 }}, Gawker.com[http://www.philebrity.com/2009/02/27/confidential-to-new-york-well-be-nice-for-a-week-if-you-please-please-please-claim-arthur-kade/ Confidential To New York: We’ll Be Nice For A Week If You Please, Please, Please Claim Arthur Kade] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414202703/http://www.philebrity.com/2009/02/27/confidential-to-new-york-well-be-nice-for-a-week-if-you-please-please-please-claim-arthur-kade/ |date=April 14, 2009 }}, Philebrity.com[http://www.philebrity.com/2009/03/06/update-philly-nyc-agree-on-arthur-kade-but-will-qvc-also-what-does-it-take-for-a-an-actormodelinternet-fameballdid-i-mention-im-rich-guy-to-get-laid-around-here/ Update: Philly & NYC Agree On Arthur Kade, But Will QVC? Also, What Does It Take For An Actor/Model/Internet Fameball/Did-I-Mention-I’m-Rich Guy To Get Laid Around Here?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510104639/http://www.philebrity.com/2009/03/06/update-philly-nyc-agree-on-arthur-kade-but-will-qvc-also-what-does-it-take-for-a-an-actormodelinternet-fameballdid-i-mention-im-rich-guy-to-get-laid-around-here/ |date=May 10, 2009 }} on Philebrity.com[http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20090609_Dan_Gross__Clint_gives__500_to_rat_fund.html Dan Gross: Clint gives $500 to rat fund] on Philly.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620005247/http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20090609_Dan_Gross__Clint_gives__500_to_rat_fund.html |date=June 20, 2009 }}
Kade's behavior has led some to suspect that his life is an elaborate performance art project.
Authors James Frey and Anna David met Kade to try to find out; Frey, who says Kade's website is "one of the funniest, most absurd, most ridiculous things" he's ever seen, later wrote that he and David found Kade "nice and polite" and "a real person, one that was slightly delusional about himself, but not at all resembling the buffoon on his website or in his videos". Kade later blogged that the writers were "blown away with my looks and body", called Frey "an amazing author", and rated David "a cool, classy 7.5; probably a 9 fifteen years ago".[http://gawker.com/5280454/arthur-and-anna-and-me Arthur and Anna and Me] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709234853/http://gawker.com/5280454/arthur-and-anna-and-me |date=July 9, 2009 }}, Gawker.com
In 2010, Kade announced he was playing a character in an attempt to create a television show in the style of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
In 2011, he started interviewing celebrities and currently hosts the New York City-based [https://www.prweb.com/releases/online_entertainment_show_arthurkade_com_acquired_by_m_squared_entertainment/prweb10998191.htm talk show #InTheLab with Arthur Kade].
References
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External links
- [http://www.arthurkade.com ArthurKade.com]
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Category:Businesspeople from Philadelphia
Category:Temple University alumni