Prank the Monkey: The Zug Book of Pranks »

Sir John Hargrave , the "King of Dot-Comedy," is the editor-in-chief of ZUG, the world's oldest humor Web site. His comedy work has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, the Boston Globe, and BusinessWeek. He has made appearances on Comedy Central, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, MSNBC, TechTV, and the BBC. He is a frequent speaker at technology conferences and wacky morning radio shows across the nation.

From 1999-2001, he hosted the award-winning technology comedy show Computer Stew, which the Boston Globe called "original and inspired," and Entertainment Weekly praised as "innovative." Sir John also served as executive producer for nearly 400 episodes of the show.

In February 2007, Citadel Press will publish his first book, Prank The Monkey. A collection of his greatest pranks, the book also features hilarious new stunts that are more ambitious than any attempted before. In Prank The Monkey, Sir John takes on society's biggest and most deserving targets-from Starbucks to spammers, from Madonna to Charles Manson-proving that one person still can make a monkey out of The Man.

He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons, Isaac and Rocket.

Making A Monkey Out Of "The Man"

• How does Bill Gates respond when you try to kiss him on the nipple?
• What are the consequences of sending in your tax return, filled out entirely in roman numerals?
• What happens when you wake up e-mail spammers with 4:00 a.m. phone calls?

Action-packed and stocked with laughs, PRANK THE MONKEY follows the quest of one crusader of justice as he dishes out revenge on the world's biggest-and most deserving-targets. Superprankster John Hargrave goes after Ashton Kutcher, Michael Jackson, Wal-Mart, Starbucks, and the entire U.S. Senate in this outrageously funny book. You'll howl with delight as he exposes them for the chimps they really are-and shows you how to do the same.

This premiere volume features dozens of all-new pranks, more ambitious than any attempted to date, plus updated versions of the stunts that made ZUG.com famous.

Dozens Of Elaborate Pranks And Awe-Inspiring Hoaxes In One Screamingly Funny Book.

Introduction     1
Corporations
The Wal-Mart Prank     7
Signing My Life Away     18
Starbucking the System     30
Shirt-Changed     41
Fight the Power (Company)     50
Spammers
Good Morning, Vietspam     62
The VI@GRA Prank     70
Hot Rod     81
Chick Juice     93
Going Postal     109
Celebrities
The Celebrity Sincerity Test     122
I Kissed Bill Gates     146
The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller     156
Hurley-Whirler     176
Kutcher in the Lie     187
Government
Royal Pain in the Ass     208
Congress Is a Joke     221
The Untied Nations     240
Highway to Hell     255
The Boston Tax Party     263
Death
The John Hargrave Memorial Concert     278
Acknowledgments     303