Re: Uh, can you help me?

From: Joy McCann <jmmccann_at_sbcglobal.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:57:58 -0700

But look at John's attention to detail: most people wouldn't have
thought to manufacture a stepfather who was Los Angeles poet and owner
of the old Papa Bach bookstore back in the day. The character
development is astonishing: most hoaxsters make the "supporting casts"
for their pranks mere cardboard characters. John is a master, however:
your whole family seems REAL to me!

--J

Hi, Robin!


On Jul 26, 2005, at 9:31 PM, Robin Melnick wrote:

> Hi.  I'm confused.  I thought I was Robin Melnick, brother of Alex
> Melnick and erstwhile peripheral member of this group.  But recently
> I have become convinced that I am only a figment of John Turley's
> imagination.
>
> Or have I just seen "The Matrix" one too many times?
>
> Still, I think it was damned clever of John to not only complement
> his Alex hoax with a complete Robin back story, but to even
> manufacture several hundred photos, as well, including many that
> sure do look like Robin 25 years older and 25 lbs. heavier than when
> last seen by most among this group.  Of course the truly brilliant
> part was PhotoShop'ing up a 3-year-old who's the spitting image of
> his alleged daddy.  Well, JT probably had help from the folks at R&H.
>
> Fictitiously yours,
>
> RM
>
> p.s. For what it's worth, I would never foist pictures of my kid on
> unsuspecting strangers--or even long-lost friends, for that matter.
> I do post an insanse number of photos for my mom, who still occupies
> the ol' homestead on Franklin St., since she doesn't get to see her
> only grandchild all that often. It would seem, however, that my
> brother is a closet pictures-of-my-nephew foister!
>
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