A TV Station Is Suing Comedians For Falsely Posing As A Strongman Duo On Its Morning Show And Doing OUTRAGEOUS Workouts
NYDN- The owners of a Wisconsin TV station filed a federal lawsuit against a pair of comedians pretending to be a “strongman duo” on its morning show, accusing them of defrauding the TV station, and misusing airtime to advertise their own brand. Atlanta-based Gray Television, which owns WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, Wisc., is suing The Found Footage Festival founders Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher — both from New York — for using fake names and materials to fraudulently convince WEAU to book their appearance on “Hello Wisconsin,” according to the complaint.
They “performed ridiculous bits and provided false information to WEAU viewers,” the complaint states. Prueher and Pickett have since said that they performed the prank “to entertain [them]selves” and called the television station “easy to exploit.” “We hated doing promotional appearances on morning shows as ourselves so we thought it would be funny and interesting to see if we could book fake people on these morning shows,” Prueher told the Daily News.
Look, I don’t think I have to defend what Chop and Steele Joe and Nick did to this TV station. A couple of guys from the big city found some marks in the Midwest and preyed on them. Tale as old as time. And naming the show Hello Wisconsin is basically begging for criminals to ransack the station.
But Chop and Steele Joe and Nick should not fork over a nickel based on that video. First of all, I know gym hardos and workout dickheads usually have ridiculous names. But the names Chop and Steele are so outlandish, they wouldn’t even have made the cut of American Gladiators. Hiring fitness gurus that have tits (albeit with outstanding Zubaz pants) is another red flag. And if the TV station’s radar didn’t go up then, it should have went up when they were CRUSHING BASKETS, THROWING TWIGS AT EACH OTHER, AND KARATE CHOPPING STICKS! Oh yeah and lets not forget banging tennis rackets together like goddamn maniacs. Not one of those moronathon TV anchors acted like Mugatu when he thinks he’s taking crazy pills. Instead they ate that shit up like Pac-Man and watched these two fucking idiots lift gravy and talk about their workouts in the Home Depot or Best Buy parking lots. If there wasn’t a lawsuit and a ton of video evidence, I would honestly think this was all #fakenews. I haven’t seen a small town get duped like that since Lyle Lanley convinced Springfield to install a monorail back in 1993. But at least the good people of Springfield were swindled by a con man with a detailed plan, a Hall of Fame song, and Phil Hartman’s golden pipes.
P.S. Give Thanks 4 Strengths is an absolute fire phrase.