You’ve gotta love local TV news, sitting there just as vulnerable as can be ready, willing and able to be duped at a moments notice. Now, the Big-Boys at the networks get duped often too (still think those documents are real, Dan Rather?), but this case will go down in local news lore, if there is such a thing.
Kenny Strasser, or K-Strass, as he is sometimes known, told local news stations in the mid-west that he was a Yo-Yo champion who traveled around schools to teach children the joys of the protecting the environment.
In this bit, he takes a phone call while on air, and talks about his personal problems, but it seems that because the morning newscasts have segments they have to fill with an allotted amount of time, they have to stay with Strasser, hoping beyond hope that he is there to Save the Planet, at some point. Nope. Seems a hard task to save much of anything in this bit with Strasser the “Yo-Yo champ!”
ubmUn46UTv0Oh the hits just keep coming with this Strasser guy. At least half a dozen stations have been fooled by him and he stays one step ahead of the diligent morning show producers, who seem to have a hard time catching him.
Of course, the media is being fooled because they want to be fooled. Kids, Saving the Planet, an entertaining Yo-Yo champ, who can blame them for not wanting as much of this as they can get.
Since I’m sure you want more, here’s another one just for fun:
RF-bsqrPo-8One of these days, perhaps Barack Obama will bust out a Yo-Yo and the networks will figure out the trick.