Alan Abel

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Long before Borat, long before The Yes Men, and long before hipsters began pranking the Jerry Springer show, there was Alan Abel, the legendary culture-jammer. The director of the 1970's conservative-infuriating cult films Is There Sex After Death and The Faking of the President, Abel has made a name for himself several times over with amazing media stunts that are just ridiculous enough to be believable – especially to a media that feeds on salacious, far-fetched stories.

Alan Abel has published eight books, sixteen musical compositions and drum solos, recorded several percussion albums for RCA Victor and produced two feature films with his wife, Jeanne. He taught a creative workshop at The New School in New York and has lectured extensively for the past thirty years on promotion and public relations throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand. He currently lectures a self-help and culture jamming series called Using Your Wits To Win, based on his two books, Don’t Get Mad…Get Even and How to Thrive on Rejection.

He is most famous for his grand scale pranks. He has pulled close to one hundred hoaxes on the media over the past forty years. Alan Abel’s radio and television appearances include Today, Tonight, BBC, Good Morning America, 20/20, 48 Hours, National Public Radio and CNN Financial News. His published articles have appeared in National Lampoon, The Atlanta Constitution, San Francisco Chronicle and U.S News and World Report. Abel has been profiled by New Yorker Magazine, Interview, Insight and Town and Country. He was recently honored by Life Magazine’s publication Century of Change as a cultural icon during the 20th century.

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