My theory is what if it's that he is a real man a failed comedian that was long forgotten however some media company owns the rights to his likeness and is using a.i to make new performances. Vintage and nostalgia are huge right now everyone says everything new is slop and shit. What if the end goal here is to make "vintage" style entertainment. Think about how many failed entertainers were forgotten pre internet who may have sold their likeness in some way and are now long dead and forgotten. You could just make up any story you wanted and if anyone looks into it they were real so it just comes off as "exclusive" when you release something new. Then take it a step further you could use this to build up or destroy someone's career by say making a relative into a former star who told racist jokes to discredit them or build up a plant with fake history