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Bill and Mike Veeck Baseball Showmen
Type: Sports Summary: Father and son Bill and Mike Veeck revolutionized baseball with their wild and wacky stunts. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Between 1946 and 1979, Bill Veeck owned the Cleveland Indians, the St. Louis Browns, and the Chicago White Sox (twice). But Veeck was best known for bringing promotional…
Miss Perfect Profile
Type: Publicity Stunt. Summary: The head of a modeling agency invented phony titles to promote his models. Newspapers and magazines like to print pictures of attractive young women, especially if the pictures are vaguely newsworthy. For instance, if the woman has just been awarded a title such as “Miss Congeniality,”…
Taco Liberty Bell
Type: April Fool’s Day Hoax. Summary: Taco Bell claimed it had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. On April 1, 1996 a full page ad appeared in six major American newspapers (The Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News,…
