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The Jerky Boys
The Jerky Boys are an American comedy act from Queens, New York City, New York, whose routine consists of prank telephone calls and other related skits. The duo was founded in 1989 by childhood friends Johnny Brennan and Kamal Ahmed. After Ahmed left the act in 2000, the Jerky Boys continued on as a solo act featuring only Brennan, before going on a 19-year hiatus after the 2001 release of the franchise's penultimate album, '' The Jerky Tapes''. Brennan released a follow-up album of new material in November 2020. The phone calls were made by calling unsuspecting recipients, or in response to classified advertisements placed in local New York-based newspapers. Each call was made in character, usually with over-the-top voices influenced by the duo's family members. Many compilations of the group's work have been released onto albums. According to the act's current record label, Laugh.com, the Jerky Boys have sold over 8,000,000 albums since their 1993 debut. History Duo Brennan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Ahmed (comedian)
Kamal Ahmed (born 1966), usually called Kamal, is a Trinidadian-Bangladeshi American comedian and former member of prank phone calling comedy group The Jerky Boys. Early life and career Kamal was born in East New York, Brooklyn and raised in Astoria, Queens & the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His father, Manir Ahmed, a former chemical engineer, started the restaurant "Shah Bagh" in the East Village. This eventually led him to owning a string of Indian restaurants in an area that became "Little India". Kamal's mother, who was from Trinidad & Tobago worked for the United Nations. Ahmed's sister is also a chemical engineer that has worked for major pharmaceutical companies. Kamal took an early interest in music and has become an accomplished bass guitar player and scores many of his productions. Ahmed was a founding member of the jerky boys and co-starred with John G. Brennan in the Touchstone comedy film The Jerky Boys: The Movie in 1995. He played ''Kissel'', a World War II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Howard Stern Show
''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The show has aired on Howard 100 and Howard 101, Stern's two uncensored channels on the subscription-based satellite radio service SiriusXM, since 2006. Other prominent staff members include co-host and news anchor Robin Quivers, writer Fred Norris and executive producer Gary Dell'Abate, along with former members Jackie Martling, Billy West, John Melendez, and Artie Lange. Stern began his radio career in the mid-1970s and developed his show through morning positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York, WCCC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut, and WWWW in Detroit. In 1981, he began at WWDC-FM in Washington, D.C., where he was first paired with Quivers and became a ratings success. That was followed by three years at WNBC in New York City. After his abrupt firing, Stern mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Criticism
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Journalism, journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlets; and academic criticism by film scholars who are informed by film theory and are published in academic journals. Academic film criticism rarely takes the form of a review; instead it is more likely to analyse the film and its place in the history of its genre or in the whole of History of film, film history. Film criticism is also labeled as a type of writing that perceives films as possible achievements and wishes to convey their differences, as well as the films being made in a level of quality that is satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Film criticism is also associated with the journalistic type of criticism, which is grounded in the media's effects being developed, and journalistic criticism resides in standard structures su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Film
This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was ''The Lion King'', becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by ''Forrest Gump'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its 70th anniversary in 1994. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events *February 15 - Viacom acquired 50.1% of Paramount Communications Inc. for $9.75 billion, following a five-month battle with QVC. *March 21 - Steven Spielberg wins his first Academy Award for Best Director for ''Schindler's List''. *April 14 - ''Gone with the Wind'' becomes the first movie ever to air on the cable channel Turner Classic Movies. *June 7 - Pierce Brosnan is officially announced as the fifth actor to play James Bond. *June 15 - ''The Lion King'' opens in New York and Los Angeles and goes on to become Buena Vista's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Film
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits '' Jurassic Park'', '' The Fugitive'' and '' The Firm''. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.) Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * January 1 – China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films. * January 29 – '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million. * March 31 – Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of ''The Crow''. * May 27 – Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film ''Boxing Helena''. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Movie
"The Movie" is the 54th episode of the sitcom ''Seinfeld''. It is the 14th episode of the fourth season, and first aired on January 6, 1993 on NBC. The episode revolves entirely around the characters' struggles to go to see a movie together. Plot Jerry has two stand-up acts scheduled for the same night; due to a delay in one of them, he cannot make both shows. A hopeful comedian, Buckles, hangs around to fill in when somebody drops out. Jerry agrees to lose his moment at the microphone, as he is meeting his friends to see a movie, ''CheckMate'', at 10:30. On his way to the movie theater, Jerry is grabbed by Buckles, who insists on sharing a taxicab. Buckles irritates Jerry by trying out a new comic routine. George has been chosen to buy the movie tickets. At the Paragon Theater, George joins the end of a queue. He taps the shoulder of the man in front of him, confirming that he does not have a ticket, which leads him to conclude he is in the line to purchase tickets. Elaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Pictures, Inc. was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company. Feature films released under the Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featured more mature themes targeted towards adult audiences than typical Walt Disney Pictures films. As such, Touchstone was merely a brand of the studio and did not exist as a distinct business operation.Letter signed by (Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Walt Disney Company) to the |
1995 In Film
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Unabomber Manifesto rect 0 200 300 400 Oklahoma City bombing rect 300 200 600 400 Srebrenica massacre rect 0 400 200 600 Space Shuttle Atlant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stop Staring At Me!
''Stop Staring at Me!'' is the fifth comedy album released by prank call artists, the Jerky Boys. It was released on May 18, 1999, and was the final Jerky Boys album released by Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is .... Track listing # "Special Delivery" # "Willie The Jackass" # "1000 Chickens Trilogy (Part 1)" # "Nuts To You" # "Tarbash's Cab Trouble" # "Masturbation Box" # "Rosine Likes Balloons" # "1000 Chickens Trilogy (Part 2)" # "Hucklebuck" # "Duck Cleaning" # "Super Gay" # "I Pickle They" # "Pork Fried Rice" # "Hair Vitamins" # "Burial Vaults" # "Marriage Insurance" # "Nam Hu?" # "Send A Salami To Your Boy In The Army" # "Pick Up Pie" # "Big Hock" # "Synchronized Swimming" # "Frank's Pickles" # "You Wanna Scrap?" # "1000 Chickens Trilogy (Part 3)" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerky Boys 4
''Jerky Boys 4'' is the fourth comedy album by prank call artists, the Jerky Boys, and the second album released on Mercury Records. The album was released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). This album was released with both a "clean" and "explicit" edition. Track listing # "Cold Feet – Frank Rizzo" (1:28) # "The Need To Dance – Jack Tors" (2:45) # "Sol's Thermometer Mishap – Sol Rosenberg" (1:06) # "Testing For Jeopardy – Frank Rizzo" (4:22) # "Dead Pet Removal – Mike Derucki" (:57) # "Little Elves – Tarbash" (3:16) # "I'm A Diva – Jack Tor s" (1:55) # "Boats Express – Frank Rizzo" (1:54) # "Hey Sir! – Sol Rosenberg" (1:28) # "Kissel Sails – Kissel w/Wife" (2:17) # "Herman – Sammy Cox Samuel Richmond Cox (13 April 1924 – 2 August 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Dundee, Rangers, East Fife, Scotland and the Scottish League XI. Career Club Cox was born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scot ..." (2:03) # "Rizzo Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerky Boys 3
''Jerky Boys 3'' is the third comedy album by prank call artists, the Jerky Boys. The album was released on August 20, 1996, and was the first Jerky Boys album released on the Mercury Records label. In 1995, prior to the release of this album, the Jerky Boys took a year off before signing with Mercury Records, and recording this album. Also, it was the first time they had added responses to ads they had put in the paper. During this period, the duo released '' The Jerky Boys: The Movie'' and the accompanying soundtrack album. Johnny Brennan revealed in his podcast that this is his favorite album, largely due to the new characters introduced. Track listing # "Santa's Delivery – Frank Rizzo" (1:09) # "Lawn Equipment Debate – Sol Rosenberg" (2:18) # "Balloon Rides – Frank Rizzo" (2:07) # "The Dresser – Kissel" (1:11) # "Silly Food – Frank Rizzo" (1:12) # "Sol's Chainsaw Shock – Sol Rosenberg" (1:13) # "Stop That – Tarbash" (2:35) # "Chainsaw Shock, Pt. 2 – Sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerky Boys 2
''Jerky Boys 2'' is the second comedy album released by prank call artists, the Jerky Boys. The album was released on August 16, 1994, and was the final Jerky Boys album released on the Select Records label, distributed by Atlantic Records. Like their debut album, it also went Platinum. This album was also nominated for a Grammy Award at the 1995's Grammy's for Best Comedy Album, but lost to Sam Kinison's ''Live From Hell''. Track listing # "Pablo Honey" (0:39) # "Drinking Problem" (1:44) # "Pet Cobra" (0:57) # "Sol's Warts" (1:46) # "Breast Enlargement" (2:17) # "Roofing" (2:39) # "Gay Hairdresser" (2:00) # "Volunteer" (1:50) # "Terrorist Pizza" (2:40) # "Pico's Mexican Hairpiece" (2:38) # "A Little Emergency" (1:05) # "Sparky The Clown" (1:56) # "Security Service" (3:48) # "Sol's Nude Beach" (2:25) # "Diamond Dealer" (1:55) # "Sol's Naked Photo" (1:25) # "The Mattress King" (1:52) # "Ball Game Beating" (2:52) # "Sporting Goods" (1:10) # "Scaffolding" (1:05) # "Sex Therapy" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
