So, slight disclaimer on this story: it contains little or no facts, and I’m only posting it only because I’m intrigued by the sheer obscurity of it. This is the email tip I got:
“Eric Stolhanske from Super Troopers for some odd reason is on a workout video. He appears as one of the workout demonstrators on a series called P90X. He is on the plyometrics disc of the videos and really does a good job. Not once do they say that he is in movies or is an actor. They just say that his name is Eric. Also, not only does he do a good job with the workout but the kicker is that he has a prosthetic leg!” [Editor's Note: "The kicker," get it? Cute.]
I can’t find any video of it online, but there have been discussions about the same topic here, here, here, here, and here, all on obscure websites or “workout blogs.” I’ve noticed the guy’s leg in his movies, nor does it say anything about it on his Wikipedia or IMDB bio. The next obvious explanation is that there’s just a guy in the P90 videos who looks like Eric Stolhanske. HOWEVER, it could be that the point of all this was to get us talking about a workout video no one had heard of before today (it’s going straight to the top! All on the strength of… some guy from Super Troopers!). SO, if this is some kind of publicity stunt for P90X… I say kudos, on easily the most bizarre, random, diabolical and esoteric publicity stunt ever orchestrated. This reminds me of that old Tae Bo video Cate Blanchett was in before she was famous. I hear there’s a labe shot at 12:54 if you pause it just right.
UPDATE: Someone just emailed me what he says are screencaps from the video which appear to verify the story. So, uh, maybe he has a prosthetic and likes to work out. Good for him.




I call ‘shenanigans’ on this story.
Well, if Wikipedia doesn’t have it…then…I mean it CAN’T be true.
Wasn’t P90X directed by George Lucas?
In my experience most guys with prosthetic legs will throw them out the window of your jeep when they’re drunk and joke about trying to stump you. Good times…good times.
I had a prosthetic leg once. Found it on the side of the road. True story.
Holy Hell! Chelle, maybe it was that guy’s leg I found!
It could be! Hmmm, I’m stumped.
Thank goodness, I thought it said he had a “prostitute’s leg.”
But I checked the trunk of my car and it’s still there, luckily.
Also, this story HAS to be true because what are the odds that someone ELSE named “Eric” has a prosthetic leg?
Eric Stolhanske is about as funny as a one legged man in an ass-kicking contest. Wait, what? Read the story? Okay. Give me a sec…….Ah ha. Well, this is embarrassing.
I knew a girl who had a prosthetic leg. The problem was, they measured wrong and it was about 4 inches too short.
Her name was Eileen.
Vance, I found the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJyHfKNNaes
That’s nothing, Jay Chandrasekhar has been on the line for 90% of my tech support calls over the last year.
Stranger things have happened.
Well, maybe not. That’s pretty strange.
This story has NO fucken legs.
Now hop along to something of interest.
That should be called an “Excise Video.”
I tried to watch that video but my wi-fi got cut off. The irony made my nose bleed.
When reached for comment, Dr. T. Runcate said, “Eric Stolhanske? Oh yeah, I dismember that guy.”
When Eric starts a sentence with “I’m going to go out on a limb here…” all of his friends awkwardly look away.
Erik’s celebrity endorsment is as following-
“Man, if I’d known that I could lose 20 pounds this quickly with the P90X workout, I wouldn’t have cut off my fucking leg!”
This should be very easy to verify. Contact New Balance and get a list of all their customers who have special ordered 30 single cross-trainers.
I don’t like to use the letter C for Erik. It makes it sound gay.
P90x is hard. No wait, it’s stupid.
He looks a little like a cross between Ashton Kutcher and Daniel Day Lewis. By which I mean, he could star in a film called Dude, Have You Seen My Left Foot?
This is the most shocking celebrity news I’ve heard since I learned one of the Spice Girls had breast implants.
No wonder he could drink so much in Beerfest! He DID have a hollow leg!
Well, he has his own weapon on him if anyone whats to beat him to death.
It is a prosthetic leg! He is on p90x too. Rent a dvd called broken lizard stand up. He has had a missing leg since they all met, they talk about it on the dvd.