Some of the funniest prank phone calls

"In 1995, Canadian DJ Pierre Brassard got through to Buckingham Palace pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. He chatted to the Queen for 15 minutes on air - eliciting a promise that she would try to influence Quebec's referendum on proposals to break away from Canada - and she never realised it was a hoax."

"A radio station in the American state of Florida has played a practical joke on President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela with a hoax phone call he believed was from his friend and ally, the Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Two presenters at Radio El Zol, in Miami, called Mr. Chavez on a private line and used taped extracts of Mr Castro's voice to make him think it was the communist leader himself on the phone."

Bart Simpson's Prank Calls

“Moe: Moe's Tavern. Bart: Is Mr. Freely there? Moe: Who? Bart: Freely. First Initials I.P. Moe: Hold on, I'll check. (calls out) Is I.P. Freely here? I.P. Freely?”

“Bart: Is Jacques there? Moe: Who? Bart: Jacques, Last name Strap. Moe: Hold on. (Calling out) Jacques Strap! Hey, guys, I'm looking for a Jacques Strap!”

“Bart: Hello, is Al there? Moe: Al? Bart: Yeah, Al. Last name, Koholic. Moe; Phone call for Al. Al Koholic. Is there an Al Koholic here?”

“Moe: Hello, Moe's Tavern - birthplace of the Rob Roy. Bart: Is Seymour there? Last name, Butts. Moe: Just a sec. (calling out) Hey, is there a Butts here? Seymour Butts? Hey, everybody, I Wanna Seymour Butts! Moe: (catching on) Hey, wait a minute. Listen, you little scum-sucking pus-bucket. When I get my hands on you, I'm gonna pull out your eyeballs with a corkscrew.”

“Bart: Hello, Is Homer there? Moe: Homer who? Bart: Homer Sexual. Moe: Wait one second, let me check. (to the bar) Homer Sexual. Ah, come one, come on, one of you guys has gotta to be Homer Sexual. Moe: Oh no, you rotten little punk! If I ever get a hold of you, I'll sink my teeth into your cheek and rip your face off!”

“Bart: Uh, hello. Is Mike there? Last name, Rotch. Moe: Hold on, I'll check. Mike Rotch! Mike Rotch! Hey, has anybody seen Mike Rotch lately?”

“Bart: Is Oliver there? Moe: Who? Bart; Oliver Klozoff. Moe: Hold on I'll check. Moe: Oliver Klozoff! Call for Oliver Klozoff.”

“Bart: Uh, yes, I'm looking for a friend of mine. Last name Jass, first name Hugh. Oh, somebody check the men's room for a Hugh Jass. (A man approaches Moe.) Hugh: Uh, I'm Hugh Jass. Bart: Uh, hi. Hugh: Who's this? Bart: Bart Simpson. Hugh: What can I do for you, Bart? Bart: Uh, look, I'll level with you, mister. This is a crank call that sorta backfired and I'd like to bail out right now. Hugh: All right. Better luck next time.”

Infamous Prank Callers

In the mid-1970s, two young men, John Elmo and Jim Davidson, began calling a bar named the Tube Bar which was located in Jersey City, New Jersey in Journal Square. The Tube Bar was owned by Louis "Red" Deutsch, and most of the time, Deutsch was the person who answered the calls. During each call, the callers would ask Deutsch to call out fictitious names, which, when said aloud, sounded like something else entirely (for example, "Al Coholic" = alcoholic, or "Cole Kutz" = cold cuts). Most of the time, Deutsch would call out the names, unaware that he was being subjected to a prank. Sometimes, however, Deutsch would catch on to the prank, and when he did, he responded with extreme hostility, shouting at the caller with profanity, obscene sexual references, usually involving the caller's mother, and threats of physical harm.

In an act of apparent desperation, Red also claimed that he would reward the caller with $100 if they would "come on down" to the bar and show his face, or meet Red at a place of their choosing. Red eventually raised the reward to $500, in hopes of enticing the young men, however it is widely believed that the callers never collected their reward because of fears of having their "prick cut off", or their "belly cut open".

Although Elmo and Davidson initially said that they had picked the Tube Bar at random out of a phone book, they later admitted that they had passed by the bar several times while still in high school, and had developed a fascination with Red ever since they saw him yelling at his patrons. They recorded the calls that they made on tape. Unbeknownst to Elmo and Davidson, the tapes they had made were beginning to circulate among their friends, and their friends' friends, becoming an underground sensation.

By the 1980s, the equipment managers of several Major League Baseball teams had shared copies of the tapes, which had become known unofficially as the Red Tapes or Tube Bar Tapes. The tapes' popularity spread throughout the league, branching out to other professional sports leagues, and then to sports reporters and into the media. By 1981, one of the Bastards' gags ("Mike Hunt") was incorporated into the movie Porky's. Animator Matt Groening had obtained a copy and incorporated the phone hijinx into a running gag on The Simpsons with barkeeper Moe Szyslak, who is based on Deutsch. Several New York City alternative rock record labels released various edits of the tapes on vinyl, before the Bum Bar Bastards came forward in the 1990s to copyright the tapes. The Bastards later released their own "official" version on CD which is now available for purchase on iTunes.

Prank names they used:

    * Al Brikyonik (I'll break your neck)
    * Al Coholic (Alcoholic)
    * Al Depanzyu (I'll de-pants you)
    * Al Kaseltzer (Alka-Seltzer)
    * Al Knockerup (I'll knock her up)
    * Al Kykyoras (Greek) (I'll kick your ass)
    * Al Killeu (I'll kill you)
    * Al Rankin
    * Ben Debanana (Bend the banana)
    * Ben Dover (Bend over)
    * Bill Loni (Bologna)
    * Billy McGuire
    * Bob Wire (Barb Wire)
    * Butchie Pantsdown (Put your pants down)
    * Clint Torres (Clitoris)
    * Cole Kutz (Cold cuts)
    * Connie Lingus (Cunnilingus)
    * Dick Yamidda
    * Frank Enstein (Frankenstein)
    * Hal Jalykakik (How'd ya like a kick?)
    * Hank Deshank
    * Hugh Douche (You douche!)
    * Hugh Duct (You ducked)
    * Hugh Jass (Huge ass)
    * Izzy Cumming (Is he coming?)
    * Jim Nasium (Gymnasium)
    * Joe Dildo
    * Joe Mama (Your mama)
    * Joe Hardern
    * Lou Kout (Look out!)
    * Mark Miewords (Mark my words)
    * Marty Cone
    * Mike Ocksmall (My cock's small)
    * Mike Ockhurts (My cock hurts)
    * Mike Hunt (My cunt)
    * Moe Ronn (Moron)
    * Mike Rotch (My crotch)
    * Mike Unstinks (My cunt stinks)
    * Pancho Mouth (Punch your mouth)
    * Pepe Roni (Pepperoni)
    * Phil Miaz (Feel my ass)
    * Phil Degrave (Fill the grave)
    * Phil Lacio (Fellatio)
    * Phil Mypockets (Fill my pockets)
    * Sal Lami (Salami)
    * Sid Down (Sit down)
    * Stan Dup (Stand up)
    * Stan DePain (Stand the pain)
    * Stu Pitt (Stupid)
    * Tim Mara (Tomorrow)
    * Willie Doit (Will he do it?)
    * Willy Etter (Will he eat her?)
    * Willie Facker (Will he fuck her?)
    * Willie Fagger
    * Willie Frango

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