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They Mailed This One In

Russell Ray | Indianapolis, IN USA | 07/23/2001

(2 out of 5 stars)

"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."

You think this is funny?

Johnny Heering | Bethel, CT United States | 07/18/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"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."

I Speak English Better Than You!!

tomfoolery8 | Delray Beach, FL | 03/22/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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."