No, it isn't from Hiro Nakamura. Nor is it from Claire Bennet, or even HRG (although that would be pretty bad ass). The autograph is actually from every one's favorite lovable cop, Matt Parkman aka Greg Grunberg. Truth be told, I didn't actually get to meet him. My friend was at the Giants game in SF which Grunny just happened to be attending, and apparently he was in front of them at Muni or Bart or something like that. And since my friend knows that I'm a fan of Heroes (or at least used to be...I stopped watching halfway through Season 3 - but don't tell him that!), she asked him for an autograph for me. And he signed the only thing she had, a one dollar bill. Now, I know Heroes is a fictional work, and Greg Grunberg isn't a real cop, but if you're playing a cop on TV, you should at least have some background knowledge of the law (all great actors do their research). As such, Mr. Grunberg should have known that by signing his name on the dollar bill that he was in violation of Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code:
Under this provision, currency defacement is generally defined as follows: Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.I'm pretty sure a personalized autograph makes this particular bill unfit to be reissued. And he even signed over George Washington's face! He's lucky we're not under control of the British crown, because defacing the face of royalty is uber illegal. I find myself now in an interesting position, with an interesting proposition. This is directed at you, Greg Grunberg. Deliver a kick ass season 4 of Heroes that meets or exceeds the standard set by season 1 or I will have no choice but to report your defacing ass to the United States Secret Service. Do it for Molly. Do it for Daphne. Do it for us!
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