Hoax Ticket Sales For Brooke Astor’s Funeral … and How I came To Be Quoted In A Gannett Article About The Hoax
Yesterday I wrote this post in my other blog: Selling Tickets To Brooke Astor’s Funeral: Scam Or Satire. My post includes a haiku, a limerick and a one-liner about Brooke Astor and the uproar over a Craigslist ad purporting to sell two tickets to Astor’s funeral for $500. My post also tells the saga of how I came to be quoted in this Gannett Journal News article, Ticket sales for Astor funeral branded a hoax.
Technorati Tags: Brooke Astor, Astor Funeral, Funeral Tickets, Gannett Daily, News Journal Westchester, Craigslist Ad
September 12th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Hello
I came across your blog about the hoax ad for brooke astor’s funeral while reading about other sales of media rights for other celebrity events -
what you said about the ad hoax being a masterful satire was very apt!! Although the context is not humourous, I feel strongly about the way some celebrities and even ordinary people will go to any lengths and commercialise any part of their lives that will sell - and so was writing a blog about my thoughts on that. I have referred to your blog and included your quote masterful satire ( and Mr. Marchant ). In case it offends you, please let me know if you need me to remove the reference.
D. Gaind
September 13th, 2007 at 2:14 am
Thanks for the Mention, D. Gaind!