Word: prank
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Compared to the antics of the Jerky Boys, such a joke is merely the work of amateurs untrained in the finer art of prank calling. The Jerky Boys—John G. Brennan (aka Johnny B.) and Kamal (Ahmed)—have perfected crank calling into an art. Unfortunately, it does not necessarily follow that this art belies either good taste or talent. This Grammy-nominated duo’s latest release, The Ultimate Jerky Boys Collection, is their third compilation, a two-disc set consisting of fifty-one of their supposed best recordings of prank calls...
...such notable calls like “The Gay Model,” where “Jack” tries to find work as a disfigured model whose act includes setting himself on fire and pulling chairs out from his nether region. Still, the majority of the prank calls are like “Pet Cobra,” a mixture of offensive stereotyping (in this case a man with an over-the-top Indian accent who’s bitten by his cobra while charming it with a flute) and an overall difficulty and aggression...
However, it must be conceded that the reactions of the prank callees are somewhat amusing. It is unfathomable how the Jerky Boys were able to convince a woman that her son frequents a nude beach in “Sol’s Nude Beach.” Equally jaw-dropping, but hardly side-splitting, is that a lawyer stayed on the phone for upwards of two minutes listening to a foreigner sob about being beaten for delivering a pizza to the wrong door in “Pizza Lawyer...
...sitcom on Comedy Central, Wanda Does It; a book, Yeah, I Said It; a 31-city comedy big-venue stand-up tour, The Cotton T-Shirt Tour; a big role in this summer's Monster-in-Law with Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda; a gig as a prank-calling puppet on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers; and a recurring role on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Also, she fixed up her website real nice...
...really need is “someone with a yellow carnation, a shovel and trouble sleeping,” says Lila A. Fontes ’07. “I would say Lampoon people, but it’s not offensive enough to be a prank done by the Lampoon...