Newsweek reporter Dan Lyons, the man behind Fake Steve Jobs, emailed us to confirm that he has definitely not been making appearances at comedy open-mic nights in San Francisco:

Ive been holed up in Boston all summer. On vacation
Would never dare do standup

Which raises the question:

Could there be a Fake Dan Lyons out there? Meanwhile, the real Lyons is back blogging, and today he's heckling Microsoft for hiring standup comedian Jerry Seinfeld as a new pitchman. The mind reels.

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