- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAlan Irwin Abel
- Writer, musician and film producer whose greatest claim to fame is in being one of the country's greatest practical jokers. Four years out of Ohio State University, Abel perpetrated his first major hoax in 1959 as the mastermind of the "Society for Indecency to Naked Animals" in which he persuaded actor Buck Henry to portray the president of the Society and appear on Television recommending the diapering of farm animals for decency's sake. Other classic hoaxes by Abel involved him and his wife Jeanne lobbying for a nude postage stamp of Jane Fonda, promoting a fictional Sex Olympics, and convincing the press that General Idi Amin was getting married in a lavish wedding at New York's Plaza Hotel on the sly. Abel and his wife were constantly able to fool the public and the press alike.
- IMDb mini biography by: Keath <keath@webtv.net>
- SpouseJeanne Abel(? - September 14, 2018) (his death, 1 child)
- Practical Jokes
- Once sold advertising space on bald heads.
- Planted his own obitiuary in the January 2, 1980 issue of the New York Times.
- Once was manager of a fictional "Topless String Quartet".
- Lured reporters to a fake interview with Watergate's famed "Deep Throat".
- His wife, Jeanne, was launched as a presidential candidate under the name "Yetta Bronstein." She promised to institute federally subsidized Bingo tournaments.
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