"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.