ABEL RAISES CAIN: a documentary about ALAN & JEANNE ABEL by Jenny Abel & Jeff Hockett
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"ABEL RAISES CAIN"
by Jenny Abel & Jeff Hockett
After launching a phony crusade to clothe animals using the slogan "A nude horse is a rude horse," Alan Abel ended up on the front pages of newspapers across America. He became a legendary professional prankster, and the nightmare of reporters everywhere, hoodwinking the public for over 60 years along with his accomplice and loving wife, Jeanne Abel.
In ABEL RAISES CAIN, an award-winning documentary about ALAN ABEL, Infamous Media Hoaxer, Abel's daughter, Jenny, along with her husband, Jeff Hockett, attempts to seek the truth behind Alan's gleeful exploitation of the media, which he used as a conduit, in order to satirize the public with absurd pranks that were just believable enough to be true.
Pranksters for Parents - Meet the Abels
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"ABEL RAISES CAIN"
by Jenny Abel & Jeff Hockett
Alan Abel and Jeanne Abel fell in love in the late 1950s, got married and pulled off pranks together for many decades. They were a creative team and considered early pioneers of "performance art."
Jeanne
Abel &
Alan Abel
NPR StoryCorps did a segment on the Abels about the true story behind their fake presidential candidate, Yetta Bronstein.
The Abels also made two films in the 1970s: Is There Sex After Death? and The Faking of the President
Alan Abel the hoaxer was also an award-winning drummer and composer. He is often confused with another late Alan Abel, from Philadelphia, who did not compose any music, but was an innovator and highly respected percussionist who wrote two books of orchestral studies for timpani and percussion.
The music featured in the documentary, Abel Raises Cain, is Music by Alan Abel (the hoaxer, drummer and composer).
Alan Abel in ALL SNARED UP / Photo by Maria LaYacona / Text by Paula Spitzer, Published by Francis Aerenson in 1951]
Alan Abel composed and arranged many other orchestral works that are quirky, catchy and unique. Listen to Music by Alan Abel on SoundCloud compositions featured in the documentary, Abel Raises Cain, by Jenny Abel and Jeff Hockett.