Noël Godin (September 13, 1945 - ) is a Belgian humorist and notorious cream pie flinger or ‘entarteur’. Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his gang ambushed Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in Brussels, pelting the computer magnate with pies. September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Kingdom of Belgium ( Dutch: Koninkrijk België, French: Royaume de Belgique, German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea. ... This article is about cream, the food item. ... This article describes a type of food. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), (founded 1975), headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the worlds largest software company (with over 50,000 employees in various countries, as of May 2004). ... Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955), commonly known as Bill Gates, is an American businessman and a microcomputer pioneer. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels ( Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the de facto capital of the European Union, as two of its three main institutions have their headquarters... The tower of a personal computer (specifically a Power Mac G5). ... For a wealthy or powerful business baron, executive, or tycoon, see business magnate Magnate is a title of nobility commonly used in Sweden, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and some other medieval empires. ...

Godin claims his goal has long been to ‘entarte’ as many people like Gates as possible - people he feels are particularly self-important and lacking a sense of humor. Godin told the New York Times he chooses “to function in the service of the capitalist status quo, without really using his intelligence or his imagination.” He says his sworn enemies are "authority, depressing laws, the return of the moral order, nuclear power, any form of political power." The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

Since 1969, when Godin planted a cream pie on the face of the French novelist Marguerite Duras, he has successfully creamed dozens, including choreographer Maurice Bejart, France's best-known television anchorman Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, ambitious French politician Nicolas Sarkozy, and film maker Jean-Luc Godard. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The French are a Latin/Celtic/Germanic ethnic group primarily associated with France and the French language. ... Marguerite Donnadieu (April 4, 1914 - March 3, 1996), better known as Marguerite Duras, was a writer and film director. ... Maurice Béjart (born January 1, 1927) is the French choreographer who runs the Béjart Ballet. ... Anchorman may refer to: News anchor, someone who works in radio who hosts a regular news program Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a 2004 American comedy movie This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy (born in Paris January 28, 1955) is a French politician, who is president of the UMP conservative political party. ... Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard (born December 3, 1930) was one of the most influential members of the nouvelle vague. ...

A regular target is French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy, perhaps an inevitable choice as a handsome, wealthy and successful media darling. Levy, married to the beautiful actress Arielle Dombasle, likes to wear white shirts unbuttoned almost to his navel and to hold forth on political issues with intense gravitas. After one attack, in 1994, an enraged Levy was filmed standing over Godin snarling "Get up, or I'll kick your head in”. A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. ... Though anyone who creates a written work may be called a writer, the term is usually reserved for those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... For other uses of the word Media see media (disambiguation). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Godin, who uses the pseudonym ‘Georges Le Gloupier’ has also inspired an unknown number of followers around the world, who now regularly provide him with details about the whereabouts of various important potential targets. It took 32 people to conduct the Bill Gates operation. His followers take care to look as ridiculous as possible as they throw their tarts, smiling broadly, spouting anti-pretentious poetry and repeating "gloup, gloup, gloup." A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ...

Godin insists his group is non-violent and is careful to use only what he calls a "tarte classique," filled with whipped cream and perhaps a little chocolate in soft sponge cake. He says his humor can be traced back through Jerry Lewis, Wile E. Coyote, the Marx Brothers, and yippies like Abbie Hoffman. This article is about the comedian and telethon host; Jerry Lewis is also the name of a U.S. politician. ... Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote The Road Runner cartoons are a series of Looney Tunes cartoons created by Chuck Jones for Warner Brothers. ... See Marx brothers (fencing) for the 16th century German brotherhood. ... The Youth International Party (whose adherents were known as Yippies, a variant on Hippies) was a highly theatrical political party established in the United States in 1967. ... Abbott Abbie Hoffman ( November 30, 1936- April 12, 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies) and, later, a fugitive from the law who lived under an alias following a conviction for allegedly dealing cocaine. ...

Godin is also a writer, critic and actor. He has appeared in many films directed by his friend Jan Bucquoy including the acclaimed La Vie Sexuelle des Belges 1950-78, Camping Cosmos Opus IV: La Jouissances Des Hystériques, and Tart or Vivant, Tarte ou Vivant. A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...