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227:, Reed's TV production pitches - for shows such as 'Disabled Gladiators' and 'Anglotrash' - in the guise of Heart Felt Productions were collected in the 1998 book, The Heart Felt Letters. 216:, who came to public attention for tongue-in-cheek letters and emails, such as an attempt to "pay" a bill with a drawing of a seven-legged spider (2008) and repeatedly 342: 326: 49:
who wrote to numerous public figures with unusual or outlandish questions and requests. The letters were published as
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was a prudish middle-aged housewife who was strongly opposed to her creator
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the fictitious Lazlo Toth - the creation of actor/writer
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who swapped emails with Internet spammers in the book
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Dear Editor: The Collected Letters of Oscar Brittle
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Silly Beggar: The World's Stupidest Begging Letters
334: 312:"I am not Henry Raddick!" - HRH Prince of Wales 220:for a party to which he had not been invited. 154:- the fictional headmaster of the fictional 307:Henry Raddick: man of letters - Amazon star 113:- also possibly the creation of comedian 223:Liz Reed - another character created by 14: 335: 322:Henry Raddick discussion at Metafilter 64:The Henry Root character inspired the 45:Henry Root is the creation of writer 279:"The Senator Prank - ZUG.com, 2004" 24: 103:Bill Geerhart, author of the book 25: 369: 343:Nonexistent people used in hoaxes 300: 55:The Further Letters of Henry Root 317:Lloyd Webber web hoaxer unmasked 242:– a fictional diary written by 59:The Complete Henry Root Letters 271: 13: 1: 264: 40: 92:mail and reviewers include: 27:This article covers various 7: 231: 134:- the creation of comedian 10: 374: 57:and a compilation volume, 204:Delete This At Your Peril 83: 190:James Spence, author of 120:Robin Cooper who wrote 249:The Timewaster Diaries 122:The Timewaster Letters 105:Little Billy's Letters 51:The Henry Root Letters 171:Father Guido Sarducci 158:Selhurst, created by 156:British public school 353:Journalistic hoaxes 175:Saturday Night Live 152:H. Rochester Sneath 348:Literary forgeries 206:- the creation of 124:- the creation of 239:Diary of a Nobody 225:William Donaldson 148:of Brian Bethell. 96:John Hargrave of 47:William Donaldson 18:Francis Wagstaffe 16:(Redirected from 365: 294: 293: 291: 290: 281:. Archived from 275: 244:George Grossmith 160:Humphry Berkeley 73:Root Into Europe 21: 373: 372: 368: 367: 366: 364: 363: 362: 333: 332: 303: 298: 297: 288: 286: 277: 276: 272: 267: 234: 142:W. Morgan Petty 86: 43: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 371: 361: 360: 358:Letter writers 355: 350: 345: 331: 330: 324: 319: 314: 309: 302: 301:External links 299: 296: 295: 269: 268: 266: 263: 262: 261: 259:Silence Dogood 256: 246: 233: 230: 229: 228: 221: 211: 197: 188: 181:Edna Welthorpe 178: 163: 149: 139: 129: 118: 115:Jerry Seinfeld 108: 107:(Morrow, 2010) 101: 85: 82: 42: 39: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 370: 359: 356: 354: 351: 349: 346: 344: 341: 340: 338: 329:at UNSW Press 328: 325: 323: 320: 318: 315: 313: 310: 308: 305: 304: 285:on 2010-02-08 284: 280: 274: 270: 260: 257: 254: 253:Robert Popper 250: 247: 245: 241: 240: 236: 235: 226: 222: 219: 215: 212: 209: 205: 201: 198: 195: 194: 189: 186: 182: 179: 176: 172: 169:, who played 168: 164: 161: 157: 153: 150: 147: 143: 140: 137: 133: 130: 127: 126:Robert Popper 123: 119: 116: 112: 109: 106: 102: 99: 95: 94: 93: 91: 81: 79: 75: 74: 70: 67: 62: 60: 56: 52: 48: 38: 36: 34: 31: 19: 287:. Retrieved 283:the original 273: 248: 237: 214:David Thorne 208:Neil Forsyth 203: 192: 146:nom de plume 136:Barry Marder 132:Ted L. Nancy 121: 104: 87: 71: 63: 58: 54: 50: 44: 28: 26: 200:Bob Servant 167:Don Novello 78:George Cole 76:, starring 69:mini-series 337:Categories 289:2010-03-12 265:References 41:Henry Root 187:'s plays. 185:Joe Orton 232:See also 111:Ed Broth 218:RSVPing 98:Zug.com 35:writers 144:- the 88:Other 84:Others 33:letter 90:prank 53:and 30:hoax 173:on 66:ITV 339:: 80:. 61:. 37:. 292:. 255:) 210:. 177:. 162:. 138:. 128:. 117:. 20:)

Index

Francis Wagstaffe
hoax
letter
William Donaldson
ITV
mini-series
Root Into Europe
George Cole
prank
Zug.com
Ed Broth
Jerry Seinfeld
Robert Popper
Ted L. Nancy
Barry Marder
W. Morgan Petty
nom de plume
H. Rochester Sneath
British public school
Humphry Berkeley
Don Novello
Father Guido Sarducci
Saturday Night Live
Edna Welthorpe
Joe Orton
Silly Beggar: The World's Stupidest Begging Letters
Bob Servant
Neil Forsyth
David Thorne
RSVPing

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