Patrick Combs
1 archived appearance · 1995
FinanceSpeakingWriting
Patrick Combs is an author and speaker recognized for his remarkable true story of depositing a junk mail check for $95,093.35 - and having it clear - which became a viral sensation and the subject of his one-man show and book. On Art Bell's programs, his entertaining and thought-provoking account of battling the banking system over a novelty check offered a humorous look at the absurdities of modern finance.
On the air with Art · 1
Aug 21, 1995 · 2h 55m
$95,000 Junk Mail Check
Patrick Combs, a San Francisco author, joins Art Bell to tell the astonishing true story of how he deposited a junk mail check for $95,093.35 into his First Interstate Bank ATM as a joke and watched the money appear in his account. What began as a prank, like depositing Monopoly money, escalated into a genuine legal...
