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Matthew Lesko

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Matthew Lesko

Matthew Lesko in his usual question mark suit
Born 1943 (age 64–65)
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence Kensington, Maryland
Education MBA
Occupation Book Author
Known for "Free Money" Books
Spouse Wendy Schaetzel Lesko
Children Max and Morgan
Website
lesko.com

Matthew Lesko (born 1943) is an American author and host of an infomercial often played late night on basic cable. He has authored reference books telling people how to get "free" money from the United States Government. He is popularly known as "that question mark guy" for the Riddler-like suit that he wears in his television commercials, infomercials, interviews, and in everyday use.

Lesko lives near Washington, D.C. with his third wife Wendy Schaetzel Lesko and their two sons, Max and Morgan. He grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Lesko received his undergraduate degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, then went to Vietnam as a navigator for the U.S. Navy. When Lesko returned he earned a master's degree in business administration (MBA) from American University in Washington D.C. He claims to have researched government grants for over 25 years.[1]

Lesko is known for his colorful suit decorated with question marks. Lesko's appearances, hawking a chance at government grant money wearing the flamboyant outfit, have been described by one message board as "a libertarian fashion designer's nightmare."[2]

Mr. Lesko sometimes wears his trademark "question mark suit" during his daily activities in and around Washington, D.C., and (at least some of) his automobiles are decorated in a similar attention-grabbing manner.

Lesko has been shown in attendance on the video scoreboard at Washington Nationals games wearing a white coat with a red question mark on the back.

Lesko was a regular subject in the early days of animutation.

Lesko was named Number 99 on Bernard Goldberg's book 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America.

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[edit] Criticism

Critics claim that Lesko is misleading in his advertisements. A 2004 report by the New York State Consumer Protection Board claimed that most of the grants mentioned in Lesko's books were actually public assistance programs that many people were not eligible for, and that Lesko misrepresented examples of people who had taken advantage of government programs.[3]

The New York Times criticized him for having implied a current association with the paper long after ending a 1992-94 NYT column.[4]

[edit] Books

Matthew Lesko's company, Information USA, has published several reference books including:

All of his books contain information about how to get "free" money from the United States Government.

[edit] Parodies

On The Andy Dick Show; Andy Dick poked fun at Lesko when he created the character, Lyle Tillman, dressed in an exclamation point, and screamed out "Free!" to many things that indeed are not free.

Lesko appeared wearing his trademark suit in a series of commercials for the album DANGERDOOM, which were filmed in a style similar to his "free money" commercials.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Marked Man: Washington's Infomercial King? Matthew Lesko, No Question.. Washington Post (2007-07-15). Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
  2. ^ Sutherland, Tucker (2006-01-26), Seniors Should Look Cautiously at Website Promising Millions for Retirement, Senior Journal, <http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Alerts/6-01-26-SeniorShouldLook.htm>. Retrieved on 2 November 2007 
  3. ^ How misleading advertising is feeding a nationwide boom in government grant scams (PDF). New York State Consumer Protection Board (2004). Retrieved on 2006-04-30.
  4. ^ Fred, Joseph P.. "Free Money? Sure. Heard of Food Stamps?", New York Times, 2005-02-03. Retrieved on 2006-04-22.  "In August 2006, Mr. Lesko modified his credentials on his Web site, lesko.com, which described him, as his books did, as a columnist for Good Housekeeping Magazine and The New York Times Syndicate. He wrote the magazine column in the 1980's and the column for the syndicate from 1992 to 1994. Both organizations recently told him that these did not justify his suggestion of a current association."


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