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...tough guy, read this article. I mean now, not next week! I had the chance to meet the phone-pranking duo known as The Jerky Boys when they passed through Boston to hype their new film, jerky. Johnny Brennan and Kamal, a couple of wage laborers from New York City, started calling and harassing businesses for fun in 1986. Since then, these guys have put out two top-40 albums preceded by numerous bootleg tapes, rubberneck...
When they were puzzling over a name for their group, Brennan says his mother provided the inspiration: "She was doing dishes and she said, 'Why don't you call yourselves the fuckin' jerky boys?'" At least part of the name stuck, fruitcake...
Fame came as a surprise for The Jerky Boys. Their first album stayed on the Billboard top-200 for two years, ya freak, but that was only the beginning. "The second album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard top-200," Brennan remembers. "I mean, what the hell is that...
These days, The Jerky Boys' managers make follow-up trips to the businesses they crank in order to obtain release forms for use of the material on their albums. Most of Brennan and Kamal's "victims" acquiesce when they hear the tape of their conversation with a Jerky Boy. Many of the targets appreciate the hilarity of their little chats; others see a chance at five minutes of recorded fame...
When asked if he feels any remorse after executing a phone-prank, Brennan hams it up: "I feel very hurt. I sob. Ah, we don't give a shit...