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Abel Raises Cain (FILM)  Jan. 1, 2004
Is There Sex After Death? (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1970
Putney Swope (FILM)  Aug. 1, 1969

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Cited by many a journalist as one of the world's most brilliant satirists, Alan Abel cultivated a reputation for mounting outrageous practical jokes that he sprung repeatedly on an unsuspecting public -- often with the....
Cited by many a journalist as one of the world's most brilliant satirists, Alan Abel cultivated a reputation for mounting outrageous practical jokes that he sprung repeatedly on an unsuspecting public -- often with the help of adopted pseudonyms. These included teaming up in 1959 with a then-unknown Buck Henry to "clothe animals for the sake of decency," launching a topless string quartet (in 1967), and staging a fake press meeting with a phony stand-in for the "Deep Throat'" Watergate source (in 1975) among many, many other gags. Abel attained added recognition in 2005, when his daughter -- filmmaker Jenny Abel -- co-directed the documentary Abel Raises Cain about his zany exploits.

~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide


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