Don’t Be Cruel: Traveling ‘Elvis’ Draws Attention, Groans
Travel Blog • Valerie Conners • 09.05.08 | 1:43 PM ET
Traveling the world dressed like Elvis seems a fairly innocuous, albeit in my opinion, odd, endeavor, but it’s one that British radio producer Matt Hale has embraced for nearly a year now. Armed with little more than his love of “The King,” a white Elvis jumpsuit and bouffant wig, Hale has been making his way around the globe, the Daily Mail reports, attracting a good bit of attention and more than a little dismay.
At an Elvis festival in Australia, Hale placed last in the lookalike and soundalike countests, and has even been asked to leave Machu Picchu, Evita Peron’s grave in Buenos Aires and, perhaps most impressive, the Louvre, where guards told him the Elvis suit was inappropriate for the gallery.
“It seemed a bit unfair as I didn’t see anything on the Louvre ticket about a dress code,” Hale told the paper. “They must have had Suspicious Minds.”
The article includes some fairly hilarious photos of Hale as Elvis. My favorite? ‘Elvis’ at Easter Island.
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* Elvis Week in Memphis, a ‘City of Losers’
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Valerie Conners is the senior producer and editor at World Hum.
Crap Elvis 09.11.08 | 12:37 PM ET
Hey, thanks for featuring the story. For full coverage of my trip around the world in a $30 Elvis suit (yes, I know how bad it looks!!!), visit Cr*pElvis.com
Cheeers!
Matt Hale/Cr*p Elvis