Impersonating Pau Gasol at $600 an hour

By Kevin Roderick | March 2, 2011 6:22 PM

gasol-impersonator.jpgMichael Fanter is tall and hairy and looks enough like Pau Gasol, especially when he wears a Lakers jersey, that he's been turning heads. And making some money. Deadspin called to ask how much for a 15-year-old girl's birthday, and was told $600 for a drop-in.


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