Even more pranks: Thanksgiving dinner (1981), Windsurfing from Hawaii to California (1983), Fish Condos (1983-present) Bad Guys Talent Management Agency (1984), Walk right (1984).
The April Fools' Day Parade (1986 to Present): "In 1986, Skaggs launched his first April Fools' Day Parade down 5th Avenue from 59th Street to Washington Square Park in New York City. This was to be the beginning of a tradition that is ongoing today".
The Fat Squad (1986): "Having difficulty sticking to your diet?" So asked David Hartman on ABC's Good Morning America as he introduced Joe Bones, ex U.S. Marine drill sergeant and proprietor of the Fat Squad, an organization created to help wipe out fat. Bones, (a.k.a. Joey Skaggs), was televised with Hartman on a studio kitchen set with a fat client and six tough looking calorie cops standing guard around a refrigerator."
 "I'm an artist, I'm a satyrist and i use the media as a medium": a tv interview about Joey Skaggs and some of his funniest projects (appeared on the US tv channel ABC): The Fat Squad, the Dog Meat Soup, the Cockroach Vitamin Pill, The Port-o-fess, among others. "Media want to believe my stories!" |
 The Crucifixion (1966-1969): "As a young artist living on the Lower East Side of new York City, Skaggs created a two hundred pound sculpture depicting a naked rotting skeletal corpse with a human skull, barbed wire crown of thorns, long human hair, and a metal penis dangling between the legs to protest the hypocrisy of the Church and man's inhumanity to man." |
 The Celebrity Sperm Bank Auction (1976): "In July of 1976, Giuseppe Scaggoli (a.k.a. Joey Skaggs), proprietor of the Celebrity Sperm Bank, planned to hold an auction of rock star sperm. The sperm bank promised, "We'll have sperm from the likes of Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and vintage sperm from Jimmy Hendricks. |
 Even more pranks: Thanksgiving dinner (1981), Windsurfing from Hawaii to California (1983), Fish Condos (1983-present) Bad Guys Talent Management Agency (1984), Walk right (1984). |
 The Entertainment Tonight Hoax (1988): "Entertainment Tonight producers contacted Joey Skaggs and asked him to appear on their show. They were planning the inside scoop on great hoaxes and hoaxers -- how the news media falls for their stories, what to watch out for and how not to be fooled. (...) Joey, however, had no problem resisting. |