Mark Borkowski with his Twithibition is giving you the chance to put up your own favourite Fringe Festival stunt .
One of my personal favourites was the ventriloquists talking dog who went walkabout and the show could not go on until he was found.The bylines were good, somebody suggested he was doggone.Another suggested he was dog rough,and Radio Forth put out an appeal he was found and the show was packed for the duration of the Festival.
The old guard may mutter about the good old days of the Festival,
but every generation does. The fact remains that Edinburgh is the place
to create celebrity immortality, to wallow in the mud pits of publicity
in the silly season, when every paper and website in the country is
eager - if not desperate - for funny, cool or downright weird stories.
The #Twithibition is about celebrating the chutzpah and spirit of
Festival publicity and about encouraging people to continue in that
spirit, adding their own memories and invention to stunts of old.
Borkowski says he can't wait to see what people come up with. Let the audacity and mayhem begin!
To see the #Twithibition in action, visit Twitter www.twitter.com/markborkowski for more information on the exhibits, click here www.markborkowski.com/improperganda
Cunning Stunts at the Edinburgh Festival
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As far as Cunning Stunts go, surely The Circus of Horrors must be top dogs.
Tank Parades along Princess St, A 4 tonn truck pulled along Princess St by 2 meat hooks ramed through the back of sword swallower Hanibul Helmertos. And the mother of all stunt's, Captain Dan accidently super gluing his penis into a Hoover.
This stunt got every national newspapers, it was the headline story in The Sun who went onto feature Dan each day for the rest of the week.
It was recreated for BBC's Bizarre ER & on Scott Mills Radio 1 show (while he was standing in for Chris Moyles on his breakfast show). It also provoked a Tory MP to talk about it in the House of Commons.
Come on Mark, you know all about The Circus of Horrors