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06-03-2008, 03:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Germany | | | Help me with some Hoax-Research
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My boss asked me to research hoaxes (in the widest sense of the word) that center around fictional characters. For example like this commercial for a german hardware store: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE1NwfwdJ-s
It centers around the fictional character of stunt driver Ron Hammer (portrait by an actor) who also had a Wikipedia entry, website, TV segments about him, etc. All to fool people into thinking he was a real person.
I am not just looking for ads but pretty much all kinds of recent hoax-characters (from all over the world). For example, comedians who created fictional characters, etc. Thanks! |
06-03-2008, 03:27 PM
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You could probably write a thesis on this one alone. |
06-03-2008, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Germany | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lalabadie  lonelygirl15
You could probably write a thesis on this one alone. | Yeah. Actually, it's so obvious that I am almost ashamed I did not use it as an example. But I need more! Any other ideas? |
06-03-2008, 04:25 PM
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06-03-2008, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by RWP | Eff.  |
06-03-2008, 04:42 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | What about the most interesting man in the world? |
06-03-2008, 04:43 PM
| | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben Lesser Eff. | Come on! You had to have seen that coming a mile away.  |
06-03-2008, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Come on! You had to have seen that coming a mile away. |
Nobody's perfect. |
06-03-2008, 04:48 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RWP | Crap. Quote:
Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar What about the most interesting man in the world? | Maki. I don't want him doing a report on me. Sorry. |
06-03-2008, 05:24 PM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | Steve Allen once did a hoax album as an "unknown" jazz pianist, Buck Hammer: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...1:3pfwxqr5ldse .
The Dukes of Stratosphear were actually XTC. |
06-03-2008, 05:29 PM
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Aging Former Bass Player | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Englishman in Oyster Bay, NY | | | Chris Gaines...? The Blair Witch?
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06-03-2008, 06:51 PM
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06-03-2008, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by hbarcat | Wow, that's a really good one! I hadn't heard of "Steve Terbot" before. |
06-03-2008, 07:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | The Steve Terbot hoax is pure gold. 
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06-03-2008, 07:36 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Glendale & La Jolla, CA | | | Ethan Haas was right... some crappy video game that tried to cash in on Cloverfield marketing and mystery to get people into it. |
06-04-2008, 02:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Germany | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RWP | What is this? |
06-04-2008, 02:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Germany | | I just learned that from now on only hoaxes used in advertising are relevant. 
Thanks for all the input so far! |
06-04-2008, 07:25 AM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | Any of Phil Hendries' characters.
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