Synopses & Reviews
No one is safe from super-prankster John Hargrave! Everyone is fair (and hilarious) game, from major corporations to internet spammers, from celebrities to government figures. Action-packed and stocked with laughs, Prank the Monkey follows Hargrave as he dishes out revenge on the world's biggest--and most deserving--targets, exposing them for the chumps they really are, and shows you how to do the same, featuring:
- How Bill Gates responds when you try to kiss him on the nipple...
- The consequences of sending in your tax return, filled out entirely in roman numerals...
- What happens when you wake up e-mail spammers with 4:00 a.m. phone calls...
Sure to appeal to fans of MTV's Punk'd and Ted Nancy's Letters From A Nut, Prank the Monkey will feature dozens of new pranks never revealed on the website and even includes a behind-the-scenes punking of MTV's notorious Punk'd host, Ashton Kutcher!
You should know that Zug.com:
- Gets 300,000 visitors per month
- Has been picked as a Most Popular site on Yahoo.com five times since its inception in 1996
- Was featured in Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, and the New York Times
- Won Best of the Web in HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival
Synopsis
Making A Monkey Out Of "The Man" - How does Bill Gates respond when you try to kiss him on the nipple?
- What are the consequences of sending in your tax return, filled out entirely in roman numerals?
- What happens when you wake up e-mail spammers with 4:00 a.m. phone calls?
Action-packed and stocked with laughs, Prank the Monkey follows the quest of one crusader of justice as he dishes out revenge on the world's biggest--and most deserving--targets. Superprankster John Hargrave goes after Wal-Mart, pompous celebrities, and the entire U.S. Senate in this outrageously funny book, exposing them for the chimps they really are--and shows you how to do the same.
This premiere volume features dozens of all-new pranks, more ambitious than any attempted to date, plus updated versions of the stunts that made ZUG famous.
About the Author
Sir John Hargrave, the “King of Dot-Comedy,” is the editor in chief of ZUG, the world’s oldest humor website. His comedy work has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, and BusinessWeek. He has appeared on Comedy Central, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, MSNBC, Tech-TV, and the BBC. He is a frequent speaker at technology conferences and wacky morning radio shows across the nation.