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Jerky Tapes

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I disagree with the reviewer who said that they "phoned this one in". Although the documentation with the CD is scant, and no real information can be found about the CD on their website(Have they broken up or what?), I think it's clear that this material is not "new", but a release of older outtakes made before they got famous. (the sound quality is proof of this alone)

It's interesting to hear the Jerkys do their thing in this longer format, the flower shop calls being the best example of that. The mixing of the characters in the same call, the extent to which they antagonize this lady - it's all at a level that we've never heard before. I thought it was pretty darn funny. Pick it up. It's at least as good as "Stop Staring At Me!". You may even like it more because it's a change of pace from the usual shorter bits.

Each Jerky Boys CD is a bit less funny than the previous one. This being the last one they released (so far), it's the least funny one. That being said, it does have a fair share of laughs. You at least have to give them credit for trying something a little different this time around. Instead of the usual 20something short prank calls, this time they have less than ten calls, which are all fairly long (the album is over an hour long). Four of the tracks are incoming calls from a florist, who gets exasperated when she keeps being given the runaround. Like I said, this is their weakest album, but fans of the Jerks should get a few laughs out of it.

It's hard to tell what the Jerky Boys were thinking when they came up with their latest prank phone call comedy CD The Jerky Tapes. For one thing, it seems like they're trying to put together a concept album. Four of the nine tracks on their new CD involve the grueling and unfunny harassment of some shrieking florist who's trying to contact Harry Getsoff. It's a bunch of yelling and arguing reminiscent of a Jerry Springer episode. Really, they devote about a half-hour of CD space to this ignorant runaround.

The thing I always enjoyed about the Jerky Boys is that they were like commandoes--they hit and run. They would go three or four minutes with somebody and come up with much more creative and colorful situations for their victims than they have here. The rest of the segments are pretty clever. On one track, Frank Rizzo pretends to be a baseball player agent and tells a guy he can get him a spot on the Yankees by starting him out as a peanut salesman. On another track, Sol Rosenberg impersonates Gary Dell'Abate's mother and complains about the way Gary's hair was cut. The other tracks involve the purchase of an air blower and a log splitter and an angry black woman who has issues with Howard Stern.

The tracks that are good seem to pass too quickly (there are only nine tracks total on this disc compared to 20 or more on the average Jerky Boys CD), and the Flower Lady segments are skippable. This CD defines the phrase "mailing one in", and as their last collaborative effort, it's a rather hollow finale to some great prank calls.

Genius! The Jerky Boys take this collection in a different direction than any of their other albums, as this one is centered around 4 long calls where they use nearly all of their characters to harrass one New York flower shop employee. At one of the funniest parts of the album, Tarbash cries out in pain, "Ah! You bring back horrible memory! Teacher used to beat me!" Buy it, ya barrelass.

Yeah this album is different with the longer calls, which I guess isnt for everyone. Personally I like it more than "Stop staring at me" which has some really good calls but theres alot of filler on that one. The flower lady calls are wicked funny, that lady gets so pissed off and "Bright" is a classic too. Definitely pick it up if your a hardcore fan of the jerky boys.

late 1980's huh? i dont think derek jeter was playing for the yankees back then.

Owning every Jerky Boys album previous to this one, including Kamal's single effort, I was happy to find this was released. However, the negative reviews here at Amazon almost prevented me from purchasing this one to complete my collection. That would have been a very big mistake. After years of short bits of shock humor, this album brings forth nine long calls that form a mosaic of mischief into an actual story line of sorts. The "Flower Lady" anthology takes a woman to her very last of nerves, bringing forth pure hatred and anger that is truly enthralling. "Silverman Baby!!" raises the hope of a disgruntled salesman to the frenzy of a belief that he will play infield for the Yankees within a month. And, "Midnight Matinee" is a sequel of sorts to the "Howard Stern Show" call on Kamal's CD. If the Boys have broken up (which I doubt as the same call victim is featured on both Johnny B. and Kamal's solo releases), this is truly the hilarious send off that any fan should be proud to own.

This has to be one of the comedy skits on a CD that I have ever heard in my life. At first with all of the other reviews it sounded stupid but when I started to listen to it I had a way different perspective on the whole thing. I would like to strongly recomend this CD to anyone who likes a good laugh.

The Jerky Boys are at it again in this sixth installment of their irreverent, hard hitting and side splitting prank-call CDs.

Sol, Jack Tors and Frank RIZZO are at their best with incoming as well and outgoing calls being used to perfection. Watch out for the "Flower Lady" series which see a fired- up, frustrated florist ripping into various Jerky Boys incarnations, including a rare re-appearance by Kamahl.

Wise up there, toughguys. You buy this disc.

The Jerky Boys have broken up and Kamall had released his solo-project last year. These calls are probably off the duos earlier works (before the signed a record contract). I would assume that many of these calls were done in the late 1980s and had the original Jerky Tapes a few years ago, however, I do not recognize some of the calls on the CD version. There could have been a little bit more calls on here (I am sure there are 1,000 of unreleased prank calls). Anyway, the calls on here are funny, innovated, and are what The Jerky Boys were all about.