In Videos: Getting Famous People Hooked Up at Cheesy Chains
Can Mario Lopez get a prime reservation at Sbarro? Sbarro, as in, the pizza chain in most airports and train stations. Maybe his Saved by the Bell fame will score him some extra cheese. Lopez's "assistant," who also poses as assistants to James Gandolfini, Martha Stewart, and George Clooney, tries to get his supposed "bosses" the star treatment at Sbarro-level chains (like Planet Hollywood and Olive Garden).
The social experiment recalls a similar-minded, and brilliant, series in the late magazine Jane. A writer would phone up cheesy chains pretending to be dead celebrities looking for dining perks.
RIP Jane. We watch this, and remember your pages, always. The video, after the jump.
Can Celebrities Get the Hook-Ups at Cheesy Chains?
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I miss Jane oh so much.
JigsawJones at 12:12PM on 10/20/08
a prime reservation at Sbarro? Sbarro, as in, the pizza chain in most airports and train stations
The Sbarro "chain" actually began as a legitimate salumeria on 65th Street and 17th Avenue in Brooklyn, around the corner from where I grew up. It was owned by the Sbarro family - friends of my father. Goes to show what happens when you sell your family name.
therealchiffonade at 12:44PM on 10/20/08