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Fake Yo-Yo Master Strikes Local Morning Shows

Posted by samzenpus on from the say-no-to-the-yo dept.

Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser has managed to fake his way onto several local morning shows in Wisconsin and Missouri over the past month. Kenny bills himself as a yo-yo master with a message for kids, but what he delivers is several uncomfortable minutes reminiscent of an Andy Kaufman appearance. Chris Papst, who anchors an early show that had Kenny as a guest said, "You never know because some people on TV are just very nervous and they say things they otherwise wouldn't say. He said, 'It's hard for me to get gigs because I make $2,000 a show and the schools won't pay it.' Right then, I thought something was weird."

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  1. Total Fraud by jockeys · · Score: 3, Funny

    this has been discussed at great length over the past couple of weeks on most of the big yoyo forums. The unambiguous conclusion is that he is a fraud. The tricks he can be seen to perform are beginner and intermediate level, not even slightly impressive to anyone in the yoyoing community.

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    1. Re:Total Fraud by JWSmythe · · Score: 3, Informative

      Swinging bunch of yoyo's around by their strings, and getting them tangled are beginner or intermediate level? I thought that was pretty close to the "doesn't have a clue" level. At least when I played with yoyo's (like when I was a kid) I could not only make it go down, but back up the string too.

          It would have been funnier if he knocked himself senseless with the 7 yoyo's that were still attached. :)

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    2. Re:Total Fraud by JWSmythe · · Score: 3, Informative

      ... and to reply to myself ...

        I found this YouTube video where they pretty much out him as being a fraud, and info on the other stations he's scammed.

          Suckers. I thought they kept up with the competition, so they didn't make the same mistakes.

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    3. Re:Total Fraud by oldspewey · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, the forums are pretty big, but membership goes up and down.

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  2. You know... by denzacar · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...for kids.

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  3. Re:Great! by Kozz · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think you nailed it on the head. I'm familiar with the several WI local news stations & anchors shown in the clips. I can't say I'm surprised. What passes for "journalism school" these days? There rarely seems to be any checking of sources, fact-checking, etc. In fact, they seem to enjoy repeating urban legend. They're as gullible as anybody you could think of in your office. I've snagged local journalists citing as fact things like Rand Corp 1954 Computer and repeating the urban legend of razors in apples (not sure why that one is marked "true" given the discussion that follows).

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