{"id":81109,"date":"2014-12-24T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=81109"},"modified":"2014-12-22T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T16:23:19","slug":"heres-pie-in-your-eye-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/24\/heres-pie-in-your-eye-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Pie in Your Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We\u2019re out until January 5, but we\u2019re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2014 while we\u2019re away. We hope you enjoy\u2014and have a happy New Year!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p><em>Pieing for fun and profit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/pietoface.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-69048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/pietoface-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"pietoface\" width=\"601\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/pietoface-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/pietoface-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/pietoface.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to throw pies for a living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The story usually elicits a good chuckle or two. It\u2019s the perfect gambit when dinner-party conversation lags\u2014a legendary prank executed long ago in my rascal past, a kind of April Fools\u2019 joke.<\/p>\n<p>But what my audience never knows is this: they\u2019re talking to a guy who once commanded a hit squad of domestic terrorists that carried out a slew of public attacks in broad daylight and got away with it.<\/p>\n<p>Well, mostly. An enraged crowd of Trekkies nearly stomped me to death after I\u2019d boldly gone and pied William Shatner, their beloved Captain Kirk, at a Star Trek convention. But I\u2019m getting ahead of myself. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/01\/heres-pie-in-your-eye\/\">Read More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re out until January 5, but we\u2019re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2014 while we\u2019re away. 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