Great Phone Calls Featuring Neil Hamburger [Extra tracks]

Neil Hamburger | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 4, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 4, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Ipecac Recordings
• ASIN: B00004TXXB
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,714 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jerky boys can't jerk this!, July 24, 2003

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Hippie Smell "hippie_smell" (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Phone Calls Featuring Neil Hamburger (Audio CD)

First off if you're looking for a full length Neil Hamburger album this one only features Neil Hamburger on a couple of tracks. Most of the calls are made by the infamous underground prankster and head of the now defunct Armarillo records Gregg Turkington. Gregg Turkington got his start writing for the hillarious Breakfast Without Meat zine, and later worked his way up to being the manager for the infamous Mr. Bungle. Gregg was also in the Zip Code Rapists. What you have on this album is a bunch of hillarious phone calls made to businesses, comedy clubs, and pizza joints in the bay area. As we all know there are few people out there better at the put on than Gregg Turkington, and on this album is what he does best. Also, for Neil Hamburger enthusiasts this is where his career started. On this album we can hear America's $1 Funnyman calling various comedy club promoters looking for that ever elusive gig. This is also where the infamous '7-11's are all the same' joke originated. All in all a classic comedy album, and a must for any comedy enthusiast.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the price just for... "Hijinx", October 23, 2006

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Aaron D. Stigberg (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Phone Calls Featuring Neil Hamburger (Audio CD)

If you like the absurd humor of Neil Hamburger you'll like this CD. It's a bit stupid at times but track 3 "Hijinx" is pure genius. There are some other good bits too.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jerky Boys Aint Got Nothin' on Neal, July 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Phone Calls Featuring Neil Hamburger (Audio CD)

Neal Hamburger is a comic genius that unfortunatley is in the shadows. He makes it cool to be unwitty. I would most likley compare him to Norm McDonald. This CD is just as funny as The Jerky Boys if not better. Neal is so unfunny you have to laugh. I would recommend everyone to give a listen to this and his other live comedy CD's. They are all equally as good. In this CD of prank calls you will find yourself wanting to do the same thing. It's hilarious to listen to his real live pranks when he obviously doesn't hold back or try to be subtle.