# Piece of Elvis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-elvis/504794>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 30, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-elvis/504794 "2009-07-30T18:09:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-elvis/504794/1 "2009-07-30T18:09:42Z")

</div>

Promted by [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/131/what-became-of-the-guys-who-tried-to-steal-elvis).

Years ago at the Los Angeles Film Expo (I think the year _Das Boot_ and _Knight Riders_ were released – I saw them there) there was a short film that was played before the feature. A promoter was promoting Elvis Presley concerts – after Presley had died. One scene I remember is a dead Elvis, propped up on a stage. After some silence, a couple of pyrotechnics went off to either side. Well, this concert tour didn’t go over very well, so the promoter started selling pieces of Elvis’s body (on a cardboard flat/bubble pack). It was called ‘Piece of Elvis’. When told by a reporter that the product was limited, the promoter said that there are other singers he could promote – and plopped Jimmy Hendrix across the table.