This guy is exploding all over the internet today for tricking Midwest news shows into thinking he’s a yo-yo wizard, when in fact he’s just a deadpan wizard.

A strange, strange man has been showing up on morning shows throughout the Midwest, claiming to be a yo-yo trick champion. He is not. He is actually terrible at yo-yo. Yet he keeps getting on the air.

Little is known about “K-Strass,” who goes by Kenny Strasser, or sometimes Karl Strassburg. He claims to be from Wisconsin (except when he doesn’t). He claims to be from a broken home, with his own addiction issues (except when he isn’t).

All we know is that K-Strass has shown up on television six times in the past month, showing off his yo-yo “skills” and generally embarrassing the hosts.

This video has already been pulled from Youtube for some reason or another. See a few more, including one where he talks about getting hit with a switch when he was a kid, here.

h/t: Nick Haney!

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  1. wow. he did exactly what i would have done with 8 yo yo’s. was that real? i find it hard to believe they would have run that if it wasn’t live.

  2. This guy is a fucking genius. I hope its true he is just a big fraud and either a train-wreck of a narcissist or a mastermind impersonator.

  9. Whispering to a host “What should I do now?” after fucking up a yo-yo trick on live TV is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time.

  14. Actually, upon more facial comparison, I don’t think it’s Nick. K-Strass is definitely affiliated with Found Footage Festival though.

    Whois searched Zim Zam website (zimzaminc.com). Fake address in Milwaukee given. Registered phone number belongs to FFF host Joe Pickett (“Joe Guerhke”) in Oakland.
    The FFF guys are claiming they have nothing to do with this and don’t know K-Strass, but of course they’d say that.

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