How to Get Famous Quick (or not)

Everyone wants to be famous. Almost nobody wants to do the actual work.Leonard Johns has the solution: fifty spectacularly ridiculous, completely legalshortcuts to overnight celebrity, each one explained with total sincerity andillustrated as though it might genuinely work.-It won't. That's not the point.-From declaring war on a local statue to hiring your own paparazzi, from a one-persondaily parade to legally trademarking the word "the," this is a book for anyone who hasever wanted to be recognised for something, anything, and is prepared to be deeply,gloriously unreasonable about how they go about it.-Inside you'll discover how to:- Start a public feud with a statue that will never fight back- Hire your own paparazzi to follow you to the supermarket- Become the self-appointed mayor of a town with no mayor position- Build a wax museum in your garage, dedicated entirely to yourself- Host a dramatic farewell tour from fame you never actually had--Fifty terrible shortcuts to fame. Zero crimes. Infinite laughs.--Famous by Friday? Almost certainly not.Laugh out loud reading about it? Guaranteed.-The perfect companion to How to Get Rich Quick (or not), because if the moneyplan doesn't work out, you might as well try being famous instead.