The Yes Men don't have specific plans on how they will use this material, but they know that other opportunities for more political pranks will come up (all of which will be chronicled on the Yes Men's Web site).

What sets the Yes Men apart from other political pranksters is the elaborateness of their disguises. They conduct interviews and online research and can create a mean PowerPoint presentation on short notice. An experienced special effects designer, Sal Salamone (who recently contributed his work to the hit musical "The Producers"), creates the elaborate costumes, like the Studio 54 homage to indentured servitude that Bichlbaum wore in Finland and the majestic Smokey the Log suit -- two weeks in the making.

Salamone is also debuting another Yes Men "character," a sort of party gorilla for the James Brown fan who votes -- an orange orangutan sporting funky sunglasses and a suit made of (you guessed it) gold lamé. The satirical simian and the lovable log are part of the traveling "Yes, Bush Can" tour.

As they make their way through the swing states in a large white van, campaigning heavily through Nov. 2, the Yes Men will ask potential voters such loaded questions as: "Will you sign a petition supporting Bush's tax cuts for the elite?" "Orren," their orange orangutan, will serve as the Bush administration's environmental policies mascot. Orren made a test run just last week in San Francisco's Castro District as the Diversity Compassion Orangutan, there to support gay divorce on behalf of the Bush-Cheney campaign. (Specifically, he was promoting a preemptive annulment program for potential gay marriages, fully explained in this leaflet.)

Of course, this derision toward the president, his party and their politics is par for the course in this epoch of rebellious pop-culture politics. Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore -- who makes a cameo appearance in "The Yes Men" -- is chief among its patrons. Bichlbaum and Bonanno are slowly gaining a following from the underground up for their unique brand of highly organized but absurd comedic protest.

The Yes Men are in good (albeit odd) company among anti-administration groups like Guerrilla News Network (online uncensored hard news from the underground) and "F**k the Vote" (a satirical campaign to trade sex for votes against Bush). "Bush has been a real good leader of the activist community," Bichlbaum says.

Yet, despite all the Bush-bashing, Bichlbaum says that not much will change for the Yes Men if the Oval Office occupant changes. "If Kerry wins, it's not going to be over," he says. "This momentum is going to have to carry us past November." He believes that when people see the type of political protest that the Yes Men and others do, they will become "addicted to it, because it's so fun."

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