The last two cuts on Roy D Mercer Greatest Fits are Horse Feed having a Viagra effect on horses, and a not so successful mix of a crank call and a musical track from Charlie Daniels which is kind of like listening to a country tune and a phone call at the same time.Ĭrank phone calls comedy CDs are definitely not this reviewer’s forte yet listening to Roy D Mercer Greatest Fits was a very pleasant and funny experience and puts this comedy CD in the keeper section of his collection. Hot Tape Deck where Roy D Mercer calls a kid’s mother for supposedly selling a hot tape deck, and Bad Popcorn from a theatre outing.Ī very weird crank phone call is a selection from Volume Six and is about bowling ball fungus that spread from the user’s hands to his nose and privates. The selections from Volume Four of the Roy D Mercer crank call CDs feature Vet Bill (supposedly for a teat reduction on a female dog), Fingernails, about a dog swallowing add on nails. The cuts from Volume Three are Bad Apples (where Mercer tries to get his money back after a … biological accident following eating too many apples from an apple orchard, and Dead Trees. Travel Agency is a very funny conversation about international tours to Bixby, a small hole in the wall town and was originally on Volume Two along with Graveyard. You get Dead Hamster (a brilliant story about a piano playing hamster being killed by a set of weights), and Bird Dog from Volume One. Roy D Mercer Greatest Fits features the best two or three tracks from the first 6 prank phone call crank phone call comedy CDs. Greatest Fits features 3 new phone calls (Bank Deposit, the least successful, Girl’s Shoes about a boy who ended up with a pair of girl’s shoes, and the very bizarre -and questionable-Unlucky Charmer where some poor guy is accused of getting an underage girl drunk.) What also separates Roy D Mercer from the rest of the usually lousy prank phone call CDs is that his set ups are actually original and believable, he can quickly improvise according how the caller responds, and although he is an annoying guy on the phone there is a certain charm and definite humor to what he is doing. Sound quality is a major issue on crank phone call comedy CDs as half the material is taped from over the phone: the producer of this comedy CD managed to use all his talents to make both sides of the conversation easy to understand. What sets Roy D Mercer from all other such comedy CDs is the quality of the prank caller, of the calls -you don’t get everything the guy did but the best-and, most important, the sound quality. The exception to the rule is Roy D Mercer Greatest Fits, the seventh collection of crank phone calls comedy CD by this very talented crank call and improv artist. ![]() Sycamore St.Crank phone call or prank phone call comedy CDs are usually a waste of time and money. ![]() ![]() The family requests that donations in Stone's honor be made to either: Media reports indicate that Stone died from heart disease.įuneral arrangements are under the direction of Heath-Griffith Funeral Home. I mean I can only think of one other name other than Brent and Phil that's truly a legend, and that's John Erling." I think it's hilarious, if I wasn't in mobile id link it. I like the phone call prank where they keep calling a woman to plug a wrestling event and she gets furious. "They ended up doing several comedy albums because of the truck drivers."Īs far as Stone's legacy, Michaels says his impact on Tulsa radio was significant. Posted on 11/21/14 at 2:21 pm to Jim Rockford. Mercer things, and they would swap those tapes," he says. ![]() "They got their record deals by truck drivers who would stop here at the truck stops and they would record those Roy D. That bit helped Phil and Brent become nationally known, and cemented their position on Tulsa's FM radio waves. Mercer was born, and that's when they started doing the prank calls." Michaels continued, "in '93 is when Roy D. The story is confirmed by a radio interview Douglas did after Stone passed away. He was a pharmacist in Broken Arrow, and he was calling in bits on the morning show, and they decided 'hey this is the guy we need to get to be Phil's partner." He remembers how the Morning Zoo team of Phil and Brent first came together. Michaels has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of Tulsa radio, having worked in the market for decades.
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