Are the anchors and producers of hometown this morning. we kind of have a lot of freedom doing the morning show. it was a lot of fun. being a small market, we are limited to so many resources. so when a yo-yo champion passes through the area, pitches himself to the show, they jump on it. i do remember e-mails that were going back and forth through kyle and i with the company zip zim-zam productions. we thought it was a legitimate company. but when k. strass shows up on the set, the red flags start flying. he comes walking down the stairs getting ready to go on and i saw him and i was like his outfit. i ll never forget that yellow hat. those green shorts. the suspenders. not only is the outfit outlandish, but so is k. strass. so we went on the air and i thought he was for real. in the whole 2 1/2 years that i did the morning show, we never had a guest that wasn t legit. yeah. you know, i go around, i have been teaching kids about the
Environment. actually, i have only been in one school so far and i ll be honest, it didn t go so hot. in fact, it was literally a major disaster. he started kind of going off on another tangent about how the kids weren t cooperating at a school he was at. then he started about spankings and beatings. i come from a home that believed in spanking, okay? so when i was being bad, you know, daddy would get a switch or a belt and i would get it and i would get it good. but we wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt so that s why we let him go on and proceed with his interview. k. strass has another surprise in store. he announces his so-called sponsor, zim-zam productions, has fired him. i kind of have breaking news. this may literally be the last time you see me in this shirt. they are going in a different
Move. that s pretty basic. don t hurt yourself. at that moment, i was like all right, we have to wrap this interview up because obviously, this guy isn t who he says he was. all right. well, we re going to take a quick break. literally, everybody in the studio was just looking at each other like what just happened? that was the end of k. strass until everything started popping up on youtube. k. strass shenanigans take on a whole new life on the internet. i was getting e-mails from people in australia and overseas saying they had seen it. then when we found out he had been doing this to other stations in the midwest, that s when we were like it was the gotcha moment. it s just yo-yo. okay. the big question is why did he do it? and the answer, no one knows. we contacted zim-zam productions but got no reply. seems k. strass has disappeared, sort of. maybe he wanted to get
This guy isn t who he says he was. all right. well, we re going to take a quick break. literally, everybody in the studio was just looking at each other like what just happened? that was the end of k. strass until everything started popping up on youtube. k. strass shenanigans take on a whole new life on the internet. i was getting e-mails from people in australia and overseas saying they had seen it. then when we found out he had been doing this to other stations in the midwest, that s when we were like it was the gotcha moment. it s just yo-yo. okay. the big question is why did he do it? and the answer, no one knows. we contacted zim-zam productions but got no reply. seems k. strass has disappeared, sort of. maybe he wanted to get noticed. maybe we were just the ladder of getting him there and obviously it worked. that brings us to the nbc hit comedy series the office.
He bills himself a champion. i m here with a big-time yo-yo champion from the appleton area. he even has a cool nickname. good morning, thanks for coming on. but these television anchors are about to find out the only yo-yo in this group is k. strass himself. you all right? i m here with lisa mallick, the host of sunday morning in green bay, wisconsin. yo-yo champion kenny strasser or k. strass is booked on the show in april 2010. well, i have been all around doing my yo-yo tricks. there s only one problem. the champ arrives with his yo-yo but says he can t use it. we had a little miscommunication. we re not going to get a lesson but that s all right. i would have brought, had i known that s okay.
Say i m sorry, we re going to go to commercial break now? it s time for k. strass to show off champion yo-yo tricks but as you ll see, he s somewhat lacking in the skills department. then he said he had a trick named after the station. go ahead and show the yo-yo move. you have the up and down. pretty basic. then oh. you all right? yeah. then he hits himself in the face with the yo-yo. i wanted to fall out laughing literally on the set. i was speechless. the first time as a reporter or anchor i didn t have something to ask or say. k. strass tries the trick again and this time, the anchors get out of the way. my first one was the up and down is a basic move. that s pretty basic. don t hurt yourself. at that moment, i was like all right, we have to wrap this interview up because obviously,
so when a yo-yo champion passes through the area, pitches himself to the show, they jump on it. i do remember e-mails that were going back and forth through kyle and i with the company zip zim-zam productions. we thought it was a legitimate company. but when k. strass shows up on the set, the red flags start flying. he comes walking down the stairs getting ready to go on and i saw him and i was like his outfit. i ll never forget that yellow hat. those green shorts. the suspenders. not only is the outfit outlandish, but so is k. strass. so we went on the air and i thought he was for real. in the whole 2 1/2 years that i did the morning show, we never had a guest that wasn t legit. yeah. you know, i go around, i have been teaching kids about the environment. actually, i have only been in one school so far and i ll be honest, it didn t go so hot.
In fact, it was literally a major disaster. he started kind of going off on another tangent about how the kids weren t cooperating at a school he was at. then he started about spankings and beatings. i come from a home that believed in spanking, okay? so when i was being bad, you know, daddy would get a switch or a belt and i would get it and i would get it good. but we wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt so that s why we let him go on and proceed with his interview. k. strass has another surprise in store. he announces his so-called sponsor, zim-zam productions, has fired him. i kind of have breaking news. this may literally be the last time you see me in this shirt. they are going in a different direction and it s a direction without me, and am i angry about this? yes, i am. yeah, that was another thing but what do you do when you re in a live segment?
In october 2010, actor rayne wilson s character hires an assistant named nate. hm. look familiar? i would definitely say that s the same guy. the man playing nate on the office is an actor. he never admitted to being kenny strasser but several internet reports claim he s one and the same. maybe one day we ll learn the truth about k. strass. until then, tv stations, be warned. coming up i m just thinking how long s this going to go on? a police officer has a close encounter with an out-of-control chimp. and later, firefighters rush to save one of their own.
The same guy. the man playing nate on the office is an actor. he never admitted to being kenny strasser but several internet reports claim he s one and the same. maybe one day we ll learn the truth about k. strass. until then, tv stations, be warned. coming up i m just thinking how long s this going to go on? a police officer has a close encounter with an out-of-control chimp. and later, firefighters rush to save one of their own. if you made a list of countries from around the world. .with the best math scores. .the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let s raise academic standards across the nation.