When the large painting was shown to the public, thousands of people paid money to see its strikingly real style.
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And if like me, you grew up spoiled on real New York style cheesecake, well the mail order variety is better than any you will find pretty much anywhere on earth outside the five boroughs, much to the chagrin of many respected pastry chefs who try and fail to outperform it.
Besides the debut of Mustafa in his character in the 2010 Super Bowl, there was also the two-day, 190-plus viral video marathon last summer in which he responded in his quirky style to real time questions posed on Twitter, Facebook, Digg and Reddit from celebrities, reporters and ordinary consumers.