Is that Michael Jackson?
March 24, 2006
It was intended as a silly stunt: Walk into the Copley Place Mall with a King of Pop impersonator and see what happens. ''It was kind of an 'Ocean's Eleven' caper," says John Hargrave, talking for the first time about the elaborate hoax he organized last month. ''It worked perfectly." It began when Hargrave, a Berklee grad who runs the comedy website zug.com, tipped off the media that Michael Jackson was wandering around the mall with an entourage that included his son. By coincidence, the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center was holding its annual fete that night at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. ''I called the organizer, and they set up a private balcony for us," said Hargrave, laughing. ''They waited on us hand and foot. . . . Man, being a celebrity is so easy." The wannabe Wacko Jacko, who was played persuasively by Gerson Barahona, stayed at the party for about an hour before beating it. He nearly met the evening's featured performer, Gladys Knight, but then got cold feet. ''We were sweating because we didn't know what was going to happen," said Hargrave. Before leaving with his kid, played by Hugo Reyes, the ersatz entertainer made a $1,000 donation to RoxComp, using a Visa card issued to Michael Jackson. Luckily, there's a video of the whole episode, and it should be posted at zug.com by, oh, April Fools' Day.
(boston globe)
was denen so alles einfällt... 
da weiss man echt net, ob man weinen oder lachen soll.:screamy
aber es ist positiv zu sehen, dass mike noch immer gern gesehener gast ist (oder wäre... 
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