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Harmon Leon articles
The first Harmon Leon article I ever read was in Might magazine, and it was funny. In it, he was trying to get fired from Jack in the Box. Since that time, Mr. Leon has written about television for HotWired, has performed stand-up, and has written many more articles--some of which ended up in his book, The Harmon Chronicles.
His usual tactic is to assume a character and infiltrate an organization (the Raelians, Hollywood studios, the Guardian Angels, the Philip Michael-Thomas Psychic Reader Network) and then write about his experiences.
Below are most of the Harmon Leon articles that I found online as of 1/2004. If you're reading this more than a few months in the future, some of these links may be broken. Sorry for any inconvenience, but I don't plan on keeping this page up-to-date. I did, however, put big red stars ( ) next to the articles that made me laugh out loud.
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infiltrative journalism
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Blind Date, Leiderhosen, and Me, The Wave, 1/28/2004
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Michael Jackson's Media Circus of Horrors, The Metropolitan, 12/18/2003
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New Urbanism, Mon Amour!, The Metropolitan, 11/6/2003 |
| Major League Jack Ass, The Wave, 10/23/2003 |
| Arnold Mein Governor!, The Metropolitan, 10/2/2003 |
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Faith Healing: 21st Century-Style, The Wave, 7/2003 |
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The Bay Area Pilgrimage, The Wave, 6/2003 |
| The Armed Farces: An excerpt from The Harmon Chronicles, Friction Magazine, 5/19/2003 |
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Infomercial Infiltrator, The Wave, 3/2003 |
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A Waste of Timeshare, The Wave, 2/13/2003 |
| Letter from Canada: Rael Against the Machine, The Rake, 2/2003
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| UFO EXPO Undercover, The Wave, 1/2/2003 |
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Russell Racing School, The Wave, 9/12/2002 |
| The Plight of the Actor, The Wave, 8/29/2002 |
| The Insecurity Guard
, The Wave, 7/4/2002 |
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The Business Card Story, The Wave, 6/20/2002 |
| Raiderette RAH RAH RAH!, The Wave, 6/6/2002 |
| Get Fired in 3 Hours or Less, The Wave, 5/2002 |
| A guerrilla telemarketer in the San Francisco Chronicle subscriptions office, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 10/10/2001 |
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"It's Survivor With Apes and a Robot...", Stuff Magazine, 2/2001 |
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Christmas In Hell, The Metropolitan, 1/24/2000 |
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Love in the time of spam, Salon, 12/10/1999 |
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Nose Job Hut, Salon, 11/20/1999 |
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Model Behavior, The Metropolitan, 10/25/1999 |
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Roller Boogie of Doom!, The Metropolitan, 10/11/1999 |
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Xtreme Imposter, The Metropolitan, 8/2/1999 |
| I Was a Telephone Psychic, Word.com, 1996
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The Sweater Story, Axcess Magazine, 1996 |
| My Life as a Celebrity Scientologist, The Met, 1995 |
| I'm a Little Angel! &
Now I Become a Scientologist, Modern Pirate |
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other writing |
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How to find a Russian bride (named Boris), Sacramento News & Review, 12/11/2003 |
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The Day We All Got Tattoos, Friction Magazine, 3/9/2002 |
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I Spotted Curie, Friction Magazine, 9/21/2001 |
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"A Lobster Walks Into a Bar...", Stuff Magazine, 10/2000 |
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Holy Sh*t!: Holy gifts for the truly devout, The Metropolitan, 12/6/1999 |
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Rock of Ages, 2, 3, The Metropolitan, 6/21/1999 |
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Can You Get Rich at Home?, Maxim, 5/1999 |
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interview |
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The Great Infiltrator by Spike Gillespie, Pop Cult Magazine |
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other |
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