Fake reporter pranks unsuspecting New Yorkers
Given the right suit, a mic, camera, and just enough cheese, anyone can be duped. Plus, ‘Mad Men’ designer’s new uniforms for McDonald’s, Google scaring bodybuilders on Venice Beach, Ann Curry reportedly out at ‘Today,’ and more.
What do you think about Kim Kardashian announcing her candidacy for a Californian state senate seat? Are the early stages of granting Tim Tebow sainthood merely a publicity stunt on behalf of the Vatican? Will people tune in for the upcoming “Hunger Games” reality show? Those are just a few of the hard-hitting, not to mention completely false, curveballs posed to credulous New Yorkers by TV news reporter Mike Holland, also known as actor and comedian Dan Hodapp.
To answer a question posed to McDonald’s Canada about why fast food items look different in advertisements than in restaurants, marketing chief Hope Bagozzi, took cameras behind-the-scenes of a recent photo shoot to see how the fast feeder prepares its hamburgers for their close-up.
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