In Prank, Man Orders $4,000 of Pizza, Doesn't Pick Up

Wow. Lame prank. A man posing as a member of Bob Dylan's road crew — wearing a Dylan backstage pass after Bobby Z. played a show at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst — ordered 178 pizzas from Antonio's Pizza in the college town and said he'd pick them up later to deliver to the singer and his entourage. Workers stayed until 5 a.m. to finish the order, and the New Jersey man never showed. The unidentified prankster, through his lawyer, later agreed to pay the $4,000 tab.

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13 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 29, 2010 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Amherst MA, Antonio's Pizza, Bob Dylan, crime, pizza lameness, pranks

Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan

Editor's note: It's May 24, Bob Dylan's birthday. And as I do every year, I like to trot out and republish Seltzerboy's pizza-related birthday tribute to Mr. Zimmerman. Buon appetito! —The Mgmt. Ever wonder how a shy Jewish kid from Minnesota’s Iron Range ends up becoming one of America’s most profound cultural figures? Slice offers no novel answers regarding Bob Dylan’s ascension to a pinnacle attained by few others. Still, now is a fine time to offer an interesting clue—well, interesting for pizza-blog-reading Dylanphiles....

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6 Comments | Posted by seltzerboy, May 24, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Bob Dylan