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The '''Tube Bar prank calls''' are a legendary<ref name="nyt"/> series of [[prank call]]s. |
The '''Tube Bar prank calls''' are a legendary<ref name="nyt"/> series of [[prank call]]s. Performed in the mid-1970s, John Elmo and Jim Davidson made a number of phone calls to the Tube Bar in [[Jersey City]], asking the proprietor if they could speak to a named customer. The given names were [[homophones]] for other, often offensive, phrases. Recordings of the calls circulated widely on bootleg tapes, and were the inspiration for a running gag in [[The Simpsons]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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==Fictitious names used== |
==Fictitious names used== |
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Among the names used in the prank calls were:<ref>[http://www.goarna.go.ro/arhiva/transcript.htm "The Tube Bar Tapes" – sau, "Înregistrările din cârciuma "La Ţeavă"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.bumbarbastards.com The Official Bum Bar Bastards Website<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Among the names used in the prank calls were: |
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* Al Brakyonek (''I'll break your neck'') |
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* Al Coholic (''Alcoholic'') |
* Al Coholic (''Alcoholic'') |
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* Al Depanzyu (''I'll de-pants you'') |
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* Al Kaseltzer (''[[Alka-Seltzer]]'') |
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* Al Knockerup (''I'll knock her up'') |
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* Al Kykyoraz (''I'll kick your ass'') |
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* Al Killeu (''I'll kill you'') |
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* Al Rappu (''I'll rap you'', slang for "hit") <!--despite many people assuming this was rape you, the older slang from 70s in NYC area, rap meant to hit or bash. This is found in other calls as "I will come down and rap you in the head" --> |
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* Ben Debanana (''Bend the banana'') |
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* Ben Dover (''Bend over'') |
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* Bill Loni (''[[Bologna sausage|Bologna]]'') |
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* Billy McGuire |
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* Bob Wire (''Barbed Wire'') |
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* Butchie Pantsdown (''Put your pants down'') |
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* Clint Torres (''[[Clitoris]]'') |
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* Connie Lingus (''[[Cunnilingus]]'') |
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* Dick Hertz (''[[Penis|Dick]] hurts'') |
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* Dick Yamada (''Dick your mother'') |
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* Frank N. Stein (''[[Frankenstein]]'') |
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* Hal Jalykakik (''How'd ya like a kick?'') |
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* Hank Deshank |
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* Hugh Douche (''You douche!'') |
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* Hugh Duct (''You ducked'') |
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* Hyma Domi (''I'm a dummy'') |
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* Izzy Cumming (''Is he coming?'') |
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* Jim Nasium (''[[wiktionary:gymnasium|Gymnasium]]'') |
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* Joe Dildo (''Your [[dildo]]'') |
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* Joe Mama (''[[Your mamma]]'') |
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* Joe Hardern (''Your hardon'') |
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* Lou Kout (''Look out!'') |
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* Mark Miewords (''Mark my words'') |
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* Marty Cone (''[[Maricón]]'') |
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* Mike Ocksmall (''My [[ penis|cock]]'s small'') |
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* Mike Ockhurts (''My cock hurts'') |
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* Mike Hunt (''My [[cunt]]'') |
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* Mike Unstinks (''My cunt stinks'') |
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* Poncho Mouf (''Punch your mouth'') |
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* Pepe Roni (''[[Pepperoni]]'') |
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* Phil Miaz (''Fill my [[ buttocks|ass]]'') |
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* Phil Degrave (''Fill the grave'') |
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* Phil Lacio (''[[Fellatio]]'') |
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* Phil Mypockets (''Fill my pockets'') |
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* Sid Down (''Sit down'') |
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* Stan Dup (''Stand up'') |
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* Stan DePain (''Stand the pain'') |
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* Stu Peit (''Stupid'') |
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* Tim Mara (''Tomorrow'') |
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* Willie Doit (''Will he do it?'') |
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* Willy Etter (''Will he eat her?'') |
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* Willie Facker (''Will he [[fuck]] her?'') |
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* Willie Faggo |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 05:00, 19 August 2010
The Tube Bar prank calls are a legendary[1] series of prank calls. Performed in the mid-1970s, John Elmo and Jim Davidson made a number of phone calls to the Tube Bar in Jersey City, asking the proprietor if they could speak to a named customer. The given names were homophones for other, often offensive, phrases. Recordings of the calls circulated widely on bootleg tapes, and were the inspiration for a running gag in The Simpsons.
History
In the mid-1970s, two young men, John Elmo and Jim Davidson (later known collectively as The Bum Bar Bastards, or BBB), 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 heavyweight boxer 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, "Ben Dover" = bend over, or "Cole Kutz" = cold cuts).[1] 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. He would say things such as, "I'm gonna break dem bones in your feet, so you'll never be able to walk right again!" As well as, "I'll cut your belly open and show you all the black stuff you got in there!"
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, but the callers never collected their reward.[2]
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.[citation needed]
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 high jinks 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.[2]
Discography
Albums
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The Tube Bar
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Tube Bar (1993)
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Tavern Tour
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Bum Bar Bastards Special DVD/CD Collector's Edition
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Tube Bar Collector's Edition [2-CD Set]
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Drunk, Dirty and Disgraceful
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Tube Bar Red's Bootleg Tape (Remastered)
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Tube Bar (album)
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Tube Bar Collector's Edition DVD
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Tube Bar 5.1 Surround Sound – Collector's Edition DVD
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Tube Bar Legendary Prank/Crank Calls (The Ultimate Collection)
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Red's Tube Bar Christmas (Single)
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Tube Bar Prank Calls 35th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1
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Tube Bar Prank Calls 35th Anniversary Complete Collection (DVD+CD)
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Tube Bar Prank Calls 35th Anniversary Complete Collection
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Fictitious names used
Among the names used in the prank calls were:[3][4]
- Al Brakyonek (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 Kykyoraz (I'll kick your ass)
- Al Killeu (I'll kill you)
- Al Rappu (I'll rap you, slang for "hit")
- Ben Debanana (Bend the banana)
- Ben Dover (Bend over)
- Bill Loni (Bologna)
- Billy McGuire
- Bob Wire (Barbed Wire)
- Butchie Pantsdown (Put your pants down)
- Clint Torres (Clitoris)
- Cole Kutz (Cold cuts)
- Connie Lingus (Cunnilingus)
- Dick Hertz (Dick hurts)
- Dick Yamada (Dick your mother)
- Frank N. Stein (Frankenstein)
- Hal Jalykakik (How'd ya like a kick?)
- Hank Deshank
- Hugh Douche (You douche!)
- Hugh Duct (You ducked)
- Hyma Domi (I'm a dummy)
- Izzy Cumming (Is he coming?)
- Jim Nasium (Gymnasium)
- Joe Dildo (Your dildo)
- Joe Mama (Your mamma)
- Joe Hardern (Your hardon)
- Lou Kout (Look out!)
- Mark Miewords (Mark my words)
- Marty Cone (Maricón)
- Mike Ocksmall (My cock's small)
- Mike Ockhurts (My cock hurts)
- Mike Hunt (My cunt)
- Mike Unstinks (My cunt stinks)
- Poncho Mouf (Punch your mouth)
- Pepe Roni (Pepperoni)
- Phil Miaz (Fill 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 Peit (Stupid)
- Tim Mara (Tomorrow)
- Willie Doit (Will he do it?)
- Willy Etter (Will he eat her?)
- Willie Facker (Will he fuck her?)
- Willie Faggo
References
- ^ a b Sisario, Ben. "POP MUSIC; Giving Jerseyana A Voice", The New York Times, March 7, 1999. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Mr. Sceurman and Mr. Moran also scattered excerpts from The Tube Bar Tapes throughout the CD. These legendary prank-call recordings – containing classics like Can I speak to Al Coholic? and Is this the party to whom I am speaking? (borrowed from Lily Tomlin) – have circulated on bootleg tapes for years."
- ^ a b Weird NJ Vol. 2 Tube Bar Interview
- ^ "The Tube Bar Tapes" – sau, "Înregistrările din cârciuma "La Ţeavă"
- ^ The Official Bum Bar Bastards Website