This is widely recognized as pure American folk art by now, surely. Above and beyond the Simpsons gags.
"Can I speak to Al? Coholic, please?"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 January 2009 05:23 (seventeen years ago)
I remember spending a good hour flipping through a phonebook when I was a kid, first because my sister claimed someone named "Ima Pigg" lived in town, and then desperately searching for anyone with the last name of "buttz" or anything else suitably juvenile. It's all been pretty much downhill from there.
― 2 5 (Z S), Monday, 12 January 2009 05:25 (seventeen years ago)
"Where's my fadda?"
"Eh?"
"Where's my fadda?!"
"Ya fadda is in...in ya mudda's asshole!"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 January 2009 05:30 (seventeen years ago)
My dad loves these. I was introduced to them far earlier than would be considered appropriate.
― marlon brando baby tiger (elmo argonaut), Monday, 12 January 2009 14:14 (seventeen years ago)
Hal Jalykakik FTW
― marlon brando baby tiger (elmo argonaut), Monday, 12 January 2009 14:21 (seventeen years ago)
As much as Red is the deserved star, whoever the main nebbishy guy is calling him up is the perfect foil. Something very Joe Cazale about his performance.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 January 2009 14:23 (seventeen years ago)
I'd love to start a separate thread on The Screamer (from DC), who pioneered the prank-call-on-talk-radio thing.
― 909090909 Rivethed Brikkchin Reverk now DANZ (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 12 January 2009 16:41 (seventeen years ago)
By all means! (I also listened to that last night and forgotten how much of a treasure trove it was.)
Meantime I hadn't realized that the two guys behind the Tube Bar calls had set up an actual site about it all -- with more calls!
http://www.bumbarbastards.com/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 January 2009 16:44 (seventeen years ago)
prank phone calls
S/D: Teenbeat Records
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Monday, 12 January 2009 17:04 (seventeen years ago)
"Why can't I ever find AMANNNda Huggenkiss?"
My sister's poor friend Amanda was subjected to this countless times by everyone in our family.
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Monday, 12 January 2009 18:03 (seventeen years ago)
(I was hoping this thread would be about some weird new candy bar.)
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Monday, 12 January 2009 18:04 (seventeen years ago)
Prank Me On The Telephone!
― velko, Monday, 12 January 2009 18:04 (seventeen years ago)
i'm very disappointed that there's no monument or some such thing to the Tube Bar in Jersey City. since i live next door to Jersey City, and the Tube Bar was near Journal Square (the hub station for the PATH trains), i have checked ;_;
― Mad Vigorish (Eisbaer), Monday, 12 January 2009 21:00 (seventeen years ago)
One night during a pranking bonanza I lucked out and entered the correct digits for someone's mailbox password. I then changed the answering machine voice message to "I'm eating a monkey salad". Before hanging up I also changed the mailbox password. This is my confession.
― Hard like armour, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 00:09 (seventeen years ago)
Oh I thought this was going to be about the Tube in Portland.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 11:57 (seventeen years ago)
I thought this was going to be about the mid-'90s club in Leicester :-(
― Background Zombie (CharlieNo4), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 12:42 (seventeen years ago)
just found out about these
― .\ /. (dayo), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 14:14 (fifteen years ago)
"What are you saying?"
*click*
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 April 2011 00:03 (fifteen years ago)
gross. cant wait to get through it - too salty
― Latham Green, Thursday, 9 June 2011 19:23 (fourteen years ago)