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Hoax letter writers

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216:, Reed's TV production pitches - for shows such as 'Disabled Gladiators' and 'Anglotrash' - in the guise of Heart Felt Productions were collected in the 1998 book, The Heart Felt Letters. 205:, who came to public attention for tongue-in-cheek letters and emails, such as an attempt to "pay" a bill with a drawing of a seven-legged spider (2008) and repeatedly 331: 315: 341: 38:
who wrote to numerous public figures with unusual or outlandish questions and requests. The letters were published as
336: 267: 346: 144: 202: 159: 163: 140: 89:, who sent a letter to all US senators, posing as a child and asking them for their favourite joke. 66: 206: 227: 213: 35: 232: 148: 61: 54: 21: 130: 247: 169: 103: 305: 300: 295: 325: 241: 114: 196: 180: 124: 120: 188: 155: 57: 173: 172:
was a prudish middle-aged housewife who was strongly opposed to her creator
99: 310: 134: 86: 271: 185:, wrote absurd comedy emails requesting free items from companies. 78: 18: 154:
the fictitious Lazlo Toth - the creation of actor/writer
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who swapped emails with Internet spammers in the book
240:– a fictional diary, again written by Robin Cooper ( 316:
Dear Editor: The Collected Letters of Oscar Brittle
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Silly Beggar: The World's Stupidest Begging Letters
301:"I am not Henry Raddick!" - HRH Prince of Wales 209:for a party to which he had not been invited. 8: 143:- the fictional headmaster of the fictional 296:Henry Raddick: man of letters - Amazon star 102:- also possibly the creation of comedian 212:Liz Reed - another character created by 259: 311:Henry Raddick discussion at Metafilter 53:The Henry Root character inspired the 34:Henry Root is the creation of writer 7: 268:"The Senator Prank - ZUG.com, 2004" 92:Bill Geerhart, author of the book 14: 332:Nonexistent people used in hoaxes 44:The Further Letters of Henry Root 306:Lloyd Webber web hoaxer unmasked 231:– a fictional diary written by 48:The Complete Henry Root Letters 1: 81:mail and reviewers include: 16:This article covers various 123:- the creation of comedian 363: 46:and a compilation volume, 193:Delete This At Your Peril 179:James Spence, author of 109:Robin Cooper who wrote 238:The Timewaster Diaries 111:The Timewaster Letters 94:Little Billy's Letters 40:The Henry Root Letters 160:Father Guido Sarducci 147:Selhurst, created by 145:British public school 342:Journalistic hoaxes 164:Saturday Night Live 141:H. Rochester Sneath 337:Literary forgeries 195:- the creation of 113:- the creation of 228:Diary of a Nobody 214:William Donaldson 137:of Brian Bethell. 85:John Hargrave of 36:William Donaldson 354: 283: 282: 280: 279: 270:. Archived from 264: 233:George Grossmith 149:Humphry Berkeley 62:Root Into Europe 362: 361: 357: 356: 355: 353: 352: 351: 322: 321: 292: 287: 286: 277: 275: 266: 265: 261: 256: 223: 131:W. Morgan Petty 75: 32: 12: 11: 5: 360: 358: 350: 349: 347:Letter writers 344: 339: 334: 324: 323: 320: 319: 313: 308: 303: 298: 291: 290:External links 288: 285: 284: 258: 257: 255: 252: 251: 250: 248:Silence Dogood 245: 235: 222: 219: 218: 217: 210: 200: 186: 177: 170:Edna Welthorpe 167: 152: 138: 128: 118: 107: 104:Jerry Seinfeld 97: 96:(Morrow, 2010) 90: 74: 71: 31: 28: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 359: 348: 345: 343: 340: 338: 335: 333: 330: 329: 327: 318:at UNSW Press 317: 314: 312: 309: 307: 304: 302: 299: 297: 294: 293: 289: 274:on 2010-02-08 273: 269: 263: 260: 253: 249: 246: 243: 242:Robert Popper 239: 236: 234: 230: 229: 225: 224: 220: 215: 211: 208: 204: 201: 198: 194: 190: 187: 184: 183: 178: 175: 171: 168: 165: 161: 158:, who played 157: 153: 150: 146: 142: 139: 136: 132: 129: 126: 122: 119: 116: 115:Robert Popper 112: 108: 105: 101: 98: 95: 91: 88: 84: 83: 82: 80: 72: 70: 68: 64: 63: 59: 56: 51: 49: 45: 41: 37: 29: 27: 25: 23: 20: 276:. Retrieved 272:the original 262: 237: 226: 203:David Thorne 197:Neil Forsyth 192: 181: 135:nom de plume 125:Barry Marder 121:Ted L. Nancy 110: 93: 76: 60: 52: 47: 43: 39: 33: 17: 15: 189:Bob Servant 156:Don Novello 67:George Cole 65:, starring 58:mini-series 326:Categories 278:2010-03-12 254:References 30:Henry Root 176:'s plays. 174:Joe Orton 221:See also 100:Ed Broth 207:RSVPing 87:Zug.com 24:writers 133:- the 77:Other 73:Others 22:letter 79:prank 42:and 19:hoax 162:on 55:ITV 328:: 69:. 50:. 26:. 281:. 244:) 199:. 166:. 151:. 127:. 117:. 106:.

Index

hoax
letter
William Donaldson
ITV
mini-series
Root Into Europe
George Cole
prank
Zug.com
Ed Broth
Jerry Seinfeld
Robert Popper
Ted L. Nancy
Barry Marder
W. Morgan Petty
nom de plume
H. Rochester Sneath
British public school
Humphry Berkeley
Don Novello
Father Guido Sarducci
Saturday Night Live
Edna Welthorpe
Joe Orton
Silly Beggar: The World's Stupidest Begging Letters
Bob Servant
Neil Forsyth
David Thorne
RSVPing
William Donaldson

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