Joey Skaggs is a man of varied accomplishment. He has taught for Manhattan's School of Visual Arts and is a painter and sculptor. His celebrity, however, rests solidly on his uncommon talent for pulling off hoaxes.
Skaggs' earliest fame as a hoax artist came with his 1976 Cathouse for Dogs hoax, in which he advertised a brothel for canines supposedly located in Manhattan. Many a credulous pet owner who wanted to help his dog get lucky was fooled, as was ABC News.
Among the Skaggs capers that followed were the Celebrity Sperm Bank hoax, also in 1976; the Gypsies Against Stereotypical Propaganda hoax (1982); the Fish Condo hoax (1983); the Fat Squad hoax (1986) in which tough guys would, for a large fee, forcibly prevent fat people from eating; and the Hair Today hoax (1990), involving the implanting of hair from dead people.
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