![]() ![]() If you listen closely, you can hear Red's raspy voice cackling from the depths of hell as he patiently waits to finally meet them in person.įollow Maxwell Yezpitelok 's heroic effort to read and comment on every '90s Superman comic at. Meanwhile, the actual voices on those calls had no idea they were famous - the Bar Bum Bastards only managed to release their own CDs in the '90s, and of course, they didn't get a cent from inspiring Bart and Moe (Matt Groening called the similar lines "a case of sociopathic synchronicity"). They were even used in a 30-minute film where the appropriately terrifying veteran actor Lawrence Tierney portrays Red via still images. They became so popular that they ended up being released on tape and CD by various labels, which spawned the entire prank call record industry. These calls, originally recorded in the mid-'70s just for s**ts and giggles, circulated among sports teams and entertainment types over the next decade. D I love the reactions that Moe has afterwards. Another classic prank calls to Moes, by Bart. Miss Elle Hayneus (I actually got this paged a Reno Casino, once) 8. Plus, if a kid called a bar asking to speak with "Al Coholic" today, they'd be like, "So call him? This number is for Door Dash stuff, sir." Play Hawk, the Slayers Top 10 Simpsons-Styled Funny Names 10. We're talking, of course, about The Simpsons and the dying art of pranking strangers over the phone - something that was much easier to pull off before robots trained a whole generation to never, ever answer an unknown number. You know a show's been around for a long time when one of its most famous running gags is based around obsolete technology by now. Get the best of Cracked sent directly to your inbox! SIGN ME UP Submit your email below to enter and learn more here. Have you ever watched Bart make prank calls to Moe in The Simpsons Turns out that those pranks were inspired by another series of prank phone calls made. If The Simpsons evoke feelings of '90s nostalgia for you, we invite you to enter to win one of three advanced copies of "The Nineties: A Book" by Chuck Klosterman, courtesy of Penguin Random House. So this week, Cracked is taking a closer look at the town of Springfield and all of our favorite residents. It's no exaggeration to say that The Simpsons has influenced every writer you've ever read on this site (or any other comedy site). ![]()
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