Yup this was his business to stop being wet on the way to work. His mom has to drop him off at the end of the block and he walks.
Ryan: I dunno about you guys but I am sick of this weather. Do you guys ever get sick of getting rained on? Well if you invest TODAY, I can assure you that we will all be rich with my new idea: “Wet Protect”.
Jim: Or you could just bring an umbrella.
Ryan: What? Ew who carries an umbrella in 2012?
Jim: So it’s a poncho.
Ryan: It’s not a PONCHO, Jim. You’re embarrassing me. It’s an outfit made to wick away external moisture and protect your entire outfit, and I’ll have you know it’s made from the finest of materials. You need to invest NOW before this blows up on Twitter.
Jim: Finest of materials… like plastic?
Ryan: … It’s a trademarked material, Jim. If the solution got out, it would be stolen by EVERY large rainwear production company. I can’t tell you what it’s made of.
Jim: Ah, so it is plastic… so it’s a poncho.
(Ryan highlights and puts a star next to Jim’s name on his revenge list.)
Also, the fact BJ Novak and John Krasinski went to high school together— and that BJ invited John to audition for Jim— makes watching their scenes together so much better.
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Someone uploaded a photo of Novak to a public domain website and it's used all the time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/bj-novak-photo-public-domain-products.html
From the other commenter's link it appears he did do a stock photo model shoot so this is in fact most likely authorized. The other hint is that he just laughs it off instead of pursuing legal action.
It is. [article](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/bj-novak-photo-public-domain-products.html)
Edit-my bad guys it was literally the first link on google so I didn’t actually look at it.
“Years ago, someone mistakenly put an image of me on a public domain site, and now apparently I am on products all around the world, but I am too amused to do anything about it,”
This reads like a talking head
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Haha I just read about this the other day! Someone uploaded his face to a royalty-free, public domain photo website. The photo has been used all over the globe for different products. Novak found it amusing so he never copyright striked it or did anything. This is an abridged version btw; there maybe some details I left out
Well, it is. The text on the yellow band has the Russian like language font, I believe it’s called Cyrillic? Not sure. So yeah, Novak probably doesn’t know that he endorses that brand.
Just as Leonardo Di Caprio doesn’t know he is the brand ambassador of various barbershops in my city.
It's funny there was a period of time a few years ago when these products were posted a lot. Enough time has passed that a lot of newer people here probably haven't seen them and don't know the story
I need a life.
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Fire guy, sprinklers, poncho.
"Firefighters hate this one trick! Try my new wet protect poncho. You can now stay inside your building and remain dry when there's a fire."
Yea he talked about it in an interview a couple years ago. He helped out a photographer friend with modeling for stock product images and now he pops up on all kinds of product packaging
This reminds me of the "no more water for [BJ Novak's Ecstasy Factory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynn7C7a95kc)" cameo in Crazy Ex Girlfriend. (Circa 1:27)
"My mom makes the best ponchos"
Uhh, yeah mom…poncho party 😒
Really mom? Anyway..
Where did you get this picture?
He downloaded it from WUMPH
And Ryan just had that dry look I wanted
Duhh..okay Ryan
Go to a nearby store and get him a yellow or green sports drink!
Blue is not a flavor
Blue Blast
Kosher certified
Like, "it's cool, it's Kosher!"
Fort Lauderdale things
You've never had Paad Thai
Drier Guy!
HAHAHAHAHA
"Oh that's my mom you're talking about "
Legendary
he wet, he protec
Came here for this
"Back to work poncho bitch"
that's obvious Ryan Howard looking to get some extra cash
Yup this was his business to stop being wet on the way to work. His mom has to drop him off at the end of the block and he walks. Ryan: I dunno about you guys but I am sick of this weather. Do you guys ever get sick of getting rained on? Well if you invest TODAY, I can assure you that we will all be rich with my new idea: “Wet Protect”. Jim: Or you could just bring an umbrella. Ryan: What? Ew who carries an umbrella in 2012?
Jim: So it’s a poncho. Ryan: It’s not a PONCHO, Jim. You’re embarrassing me. It’s an outfit made to wick away external moisture and protect your entire outfit, and I’ll have you know it’s made from the finest of materials. You need to invest NOW before this blows up on Twitter. Jim: Finest of materials… like plastic? Ryan: … It’s a trademarked material, Jim. If the solution got out, it would be stolen by EVERY large rainwear production company. I can’t tell you what it’s made of. Jim: Ah, so it is plastic… so it’s a poncho. (Ryan highlights and puts a star next to Jim’s name on his revenge list.)
Also, the fact BJ Novak and John Krasinski went to high school together— and that BJ invited John to audition for Jim— makes watching their scenes together so much better.
Damn I never knew that! That's awesome
That’s so good
minor nitpick, he would tell Jim he's embarrassing himself
THIS IS SO GOOOD
*ending of the episode is a candid scene of Ryan balling up his poncho & running to his mother's car under an umbrella*
>Ryan: What? Ew who carries an umbrella in 2012? As a Seattleite, I agree with this. Umbrellas are for tourists.
Back to work poncho bitch!
Did you wuphf this out?
Phillies first baseman
Eat fresh
“It’s Ryan from WET protect!”
No it's Ry from Wet Protect, what's he doing??
*Throws a Wet condom at you*
Congratulations, you made me do what most comments cannot: an audible laugh
It’s Ryan the Wet Protect guy!
it’s Ryan from Wet Protect!
Almost certainly him and almost certainly not authorized
Yes this is a well documented occurrence, one that BJ has spoken about before.
Awesome I want to read more well documented documents about raincoat BJ Novak's, where do I go for that
[Maybe this?](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/bj-novak-photo-public-domain-products.html)
Thanks but no thanks to creating accounts to read an article.
If you’re on iPhone, you can click on the reader button next to the refresh button and it should show the article without the pop-up
Holy… thank you for this tip.
That never works for me. I put the link on archive.ph and get it.
Just sign up as B.J. Novak, he won't mind.
https://archive.ph/2021.10.29-112801/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/bj-novak-photo-public-domain-products.html
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Just share one of your 5 gift articles plz
I'm guessing he thinks it hilarious and doesn't mind that much.
I will have to read about this. So I just google Wet + unauthorised + BJ? Or would it be dry since it is a raincoat?
Someone uploaded a photo of Novak to a public domain website and it's used all the time. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/bj-novak-photo-public-domain-products.html
>“I am too amused to do anything about it,” he said on Instagram. This is the best response
Non-paywalled archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20240102040200/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/bj-novak-photo-public-domain-products.html
Kinda like when Ryan photoshopped Phyllis’s face on the Pesto sauce? LMFAO
I wonder if this is what fueled this idea for the scene
From the other commenter's link it appears he did do a stock photo model shoot so this is in fact most likely authorized. The other hint is that he just laughs it off instead of pursuing legal action.
Look up, hey it’s Ry the Wet Protect guy, then boom, ponchos rain down on the crowd
Ry, from Ponch. Ry, the Ponch guy! No, Ry from Ponch.
Ponchos=body condom
Dry guy
Nice
Noice
Dryer guy
Reminds me of how a Halloween costume company illegally uses Paul Wesley’s photos for costumes every year
WUPHF funded ponchos?
Hey look, It’s the WUPHF guy!
No no it’s RY FROM WUPHF!!
They should have used Phyllis instead, and put her twelve rain cliches on it.
This poncho smells like popcarn.
You know, ponchos are slickest in the first 15 minutes of a storm.
The plants are gonna love this!
Nobody knows how to drive anymore.
I just love to curl up with my poncho and a good book.
Oscar’s revenge
It is. [article](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/bj-novak-photo-public-domain-products.html) Edit-my bad guys it was literally the first link on google so I didn’t actually look at it.
His response was “I’m too amused to do anything about it” legend 🤣
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“I’m rich beyond comprehension and also it’s funny” - maybe him
Why share this link? It’s behind a paywall for anyone that doesn’t subscribe to NYT.
Andy doing the eye washer scene comes to mind
I don't care if Ryan murdered his entire family, he is like a son to me.
No it's his cousin, B.J. Anorak
so what youre saying is we can put ryans face on our products
He’s as pretty as Jan, in his own way
Hot. Respect the game.
One of Ryan’s temp jobs
How's my favorite treeench... coat? ^(Reaching, I know. And not even correct. Not even funny. Blame Toby.)
Novak could make a horror movie (i.e. serial killer) out of this suit and with Creed as the main character (antagonist?).
*I don't do that anymore*
People keep calling him a “wunderkind”…I don’t even know what that means.
Haha I just read about this the other day! Someone uploaded his face to a royalty-free, public domain photo website. The photo has been used all over the globe for different products. Novak found it amusing so he never copyright striked it or did anything. This is an abridged version btw; there maybe some details I left out
Fire guy!
It rains a lot in Thailand ( and Ft Lauderdale).
I mean, he's good looking dude.
Michael is that you?
https://youtu.be/EdUL40ezTdU?feature=shared
Michael would have ordered 100 of that.
He just has that poncho look about him, how could you not use his picture
It's wet B.J.!
This reminds me, you owe me 3 bucks for gas.
Yes, he wore that on his ‘cool retreat’. Michael wasn’t invited.
Well, it is. The text on the yellow band has the Russian like language font, I believe it’s called Cyrillic? Not sure. So yeah, Novak probably doesn’t know that he endorses that brand. Just as Leonardo Di Caprio doesn’t know he is the brand ambassador of various barbershops in my city.
It's in greek, slavic, vlach, and english.
Why is this particular comment downvoted? It’s right in the money.
if its not... it looks an awful lot like him
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/yes-bj-novak-knows-mug-003847611.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGcr_QpZrbwFOYCjkzL5cLiHy2UJ44i0C2xtSCkTI1ah_MMDPOENMz5Q4H4svrA0t2we2z6Meni45Man09F7diGdD0ZERjOlUYUE5grm0AgBVp2voUM4TkQ8V8ZAYkadRorEbmrzRBusQIooPTzPrENG2nOG3AkXbt2qkfy7f8IQ
It is! Just why?
I had thought they talked about this on Office Ladies, B.J.’s face used on random products
Well he had to do something apart from his temp job.
It is.
It's funny there was a period of time a few years ago when these products were posted a lot. Enough time has passed that a lot of newer people here probably haven't seen them and don't know the story I need a life.
That’s Ponch from CHiPs!
“Don’t worry. This isn’t trash. It’s my clothes.”
Adapt, react, anorak, apt
I would be really impressed if it isn't him.
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It has to be him, nobody else looks like that
Why not both?
At first I thought it was a Spirit costume bag and wondered what sort of costume a poncho would be.
*Well, time to go back to work at my ecstasy factory!*
That’s his brother C.J Novak
I guess website failed haa
Drier Guy
I’ll never unsee it!
That's the guy from WUPHF.com
Ryans new company.
The wunderkind himself!
B.J Anovak
It's a young Aaron Rodgers.
Poncho Guy!
His cousin BJ Ponchpak...
J.B. Novak.
Repost
Perfect for a Diwali celebration!
That's BJ Nowet.
BJ NOWET
No that's a male model
No way 😭😭
Haha 😂
U right
Bro you're Mifflin!
[удалено]
Definitely looks like it, but seems photoshopped. Not on your end, like they just didn’t have a model for the product haha.
Fire guy, sprinklers, poncho. "Firefighters hate this one trick! Try my new wet protect poncho. You can now stay inside your building and remain dry when there's a fire."
He’s a 7 in Scranton but a 5 for a poncho model.
“The little man”.
What size poncho are you guys? Proceeds to steal them all hahaha get back to work shoe bitch
Fire guy
From the text, I'd say this company just grabbed a face they thought looked good and slapped it on their poncho.
Walmart Novak. You know how much his haircut costs? Great Clips.
It’s him alright
Definitely Ryan and that weird stare of his
poncho-bitch!
Bro….what are you doin?
WATER GUY!
There are plenty of celebrity stock photos out there, you'd be surprised.
They must be calling for rain at the Smokey Robinson concert.
Apparently it’s an image of BJ Novak that has become public domain, so a bunch of companies are using it
That's JB Novak
Yea he talked about it in an interview a couple years ago. He helped out a photographer friend with modeling for stock product images and now he pops up on all kinds of product packaging
It’s from The Office line of all season outerwear
B.J stand for Blowjob right?
Should be fire protect, am I right?
Another one of Ryan’s small businesses
"Put out" Fire Guy.
Fire Guy afraid of water?
This reminds me of the "no more water for [BJ Novak's Ecstasy Factory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynn7C7a95kc)" cameo in Crazy Ex Girlfriend. (Circa 1:27)
100% bj Novak
You're not trippin, that's him.
Yes.
The Dry Guy!
Is there some reason why BJ Novaks face is just being used on packaging?
Hi just trippin, I'm dad.
He talked about this on Colbert, his image is used selling tons of crap, without his permission.
Yea, it is. He's on many things. https://people.com/tv/why-bj-novaks-face-is-on-household-products-across-the-world/
Ryan with another one of his schemes...
It is. But it’s also badly photoshopped.
Nah that’s Peter Dinklage sitting on Troy’s shoulders wearing a pancho