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Phony Schwarzenegger fools Granholm
June 4, 2004
It sounded like a friendly wager between two governors whose teams are playing for the NBA championship.
"Bad is back," Jennifer Granholm boasted.
"We're not intimidated by Ben Wallace, with the hair, fear the fro', all of that," countered Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a thick Austrian accent.
Classic gubernatorial trash-talking?
Nope.
It was a classic radio phone scam, and Granholm got suckered.
Detroit radio station WKQI-FM (95.5) duped the guv and her staff Thursday into talking for about nine minutes to a person she believed was Schwarzenegger. The voice with the accent was really impersonator Eric Harthen from the station's "Mojo in the Morning" show.
Granholm told the man she believed to be "Ahhhnold" that should Detroit win, she would request a picture of him wearing a Pistons jersey sipping Vernors and munching on pasties at his desk.
"I'd love to wager you in a friendly way about us cleaning your clocks," she declared, explaining that pasties are a "famous bit of Upper Peninsula food."
Said the faux Schwarzenegger: "It's very hearty food like Austrians used to eat, right?"
"Exactly," said Granholm. "It's a meal in a pouch."
Granholm then got curious.
"What would you put on the line?" she asked.
"If you win, I'll send you Brad Pitt to the governor's mansion. How's that?"
"You'll send me what?"
"I'll send you Brad Pitt to the governor's mansion."
Laughing and sounding excited, Granholm said, "All right, you got a deal."
She added: "We could send you Michael Moore."
The jig was up when the show's host, Mojo, butted in and told Granholm that Schwarzenegger's favorite radio show is 95.5, "Mojo in the Morning."
After she figured out the prank, Granholm appeared to be a good sport.
"That is so funny," she said.
"She was very cool," said show co-host Spike.
The real bet: If the Pistons win, the real Schwarzenegger will be photographed wearing a real Pistons jersey and dining on real pastie, Vernors and chocolate-covered Michigan cherries.
There's no word yet on what the terms will be if the Pistons lose.
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June 4, 2004
It sounded like a friendly wager between two governors whose teams are playing for the NBA championship.
"Bad is back," Jennifer Granholm boasted.
"We're not intimidated by Ben Wallace, with the hair, fear the fro', all of that," countered Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a thick Austrian accent.
Classic gubernatorial trash-talking?
Nope.
It was a classic radio phone scam, and Granholm got suckered.
Detroit radio station WKQI-FM (95.5) duped the guv and her staff Thursday into talking for about nine minutes to a person she believed was Schwarzenegger. The voice with the accent was really impersonator Eric Harthen from the station's "Mojo in the Morning" show.
Granholm told the man she believed to be "Ahhhnold" that should Detroit win, she would request a picture of him wearing a Pistons jersey sipping Vernors and munching on pasties at his desk.
"I'd love to wager you in a friendly way about us cleaning your clocks," she declared, explaining that pasties are a "famous bit of Upper Peninsula food."
Said the faux Schwarzenegger: "It's very hearty food like Austrians used to eat, right?"
"Exactly," said Granholm. "It's a meal in a pouch."
Granholm then got curious.
"What would you put on the line?" she asked.
"If you win, I'll send you Brad Pitt to the governor's mansion. How's that?"
"You'll send me what?"
"I'll send you Brad Pitt to the governor's mansion."
Laughing and sounding excited, Granholm said, "All right, you got a deal."
She added: "We could send you Michael Moore."
The jig was up when the show's host, Mojo, butted in and told Granholm that Schwarzenegger's favorite radio show is 95.5, "Mojo in the Morning."
After she figured out the prank, Granholm appeared to be a good sport.
"That is so funny," she said.
"She was very cool," said show co-host Spike.
The real bet: If the Pistons win, the real Schwarzenegger will be photographed wearing a real Pistons jersey and dining on real pastie, Vernors and chocolate-covered Michigan cherries.
There's no word yet on what the terms will be if the Pistons lose.
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