Comments on: Listen...... ....yeah?

Listen...... ....yeah?

Smedleyman — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:33:28 -0800

Why you yellow rat bastard...When I get ahold of you, I'll put two zigs on both cheeks. You'll remember me for the rest of your.... I know you! Don't worry! Louis 'Red' Deutsch spouted perhaps the filthiest, yet most eloquent cursing you may ever hear. I got an underground tape of the prank phone calls from a buddy of mine back in high school. Certainly it's influenced everyone from Matt Groening to the Jerky Boys. The prank calls to Red have even had a (lousy) movie feature (with perhaps the best casting I've ever seen). More than 25 years later I still laugh my head off at even the cadence of Red's profanity.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:38:51 -0800

There are a couple good underground tapes like this. I have one of two men Peter & Ray, drunkenly arguing and threatening each other, etc. Funny stuff.

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:50:21 -0800

Thanks for the flashback, Smedleyman...I've got to find an mp3 of Raymond and Peter to replace my tape (still have the tape, but own no tape player!).

By: AJaffe

AJaffe — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 13:07:51 -0800

I have more than a few friends whose email threads with me devolve into verbatim ray and pete dialogue... While visiting San Francisco a few years back, I made a pilgrimage to the lower Haight to photograph the Pepto-Bismal palace and O'Lunneys (anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about -- get a copy of "Shut Up, Little Man" ASAP!) The Wipeouters (former members of Devo) have a song called "Shut Up, Little Man" with excerpts from the tapes.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 13:13:16 -0800

wow, that watermark's pretty much destroyed the point of the audio samples. Still, funny.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 13:27:41 -0800

Umm, where exactly can I hear these mp3s?

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:36:23 -0800

Is this something I'd need a telephone to to understand? Sticky: http://bumbar.tripod.com/sample.html

By: Hat Maui

Hat Maui — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:18:47 -0800

ya cacksecka!

By: slogger

slogger — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:33:00 -0800

oh the memories...i used to have a dub of tube bar on cassette (with bizarre ride 2 the pharcyde on the other side). ever since then, all the other prank call recordings have paled in comparison...

By: lkc

lkc — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:29:07 -0800

A friend of mine just finshed the job of remastering the whole collection of shut up little man (he worked with Eddie Lee Sausage for several years). A full compilation should soon be available on CD. Sorry, no more info beyond that.

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:00:45 -0800

Ah, memories (thanks Smedleyman, you yellow rat bastard). My copy of the Tube Bar tapes, sent years ago by my brother-in-law the semi-famous jazz musician, had the classic Buddy Rich rant on the other side. Plus assorted swell stuff like the [definitely NSFW] Jerry Lewis/Dean Martin promo [MP3] for their movie The Caddy.

By: blacklite

blacklite — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 18:10:57 -0800

I'm probably not going to listen to the mp3s right away or anything, but that picture with Rocky Marciano is really amusing.

By: cytherea

cytherea — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 19:31:41 -0800

Umm, where exactly can I hear these mp3s? umm.

By: moss

moss — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:03:25 -0800

When I get ahold of you, I'll put two zigs on both cheeks. For great justice!

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:38:24 -0800

"I just wanted to tell you we dug your mother up, and fucked her. Her skeleton." Comedy gold.

By: Blip

Blip — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:14:12 -0800

Thanks for this! My fellow workers are sitting at their desks, headphones on, making wild faces at me...

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:02:31 -0800

"Whaddy tryin to make a jerk out of yourself?" I like how if you quote from Red, if there's someone else who knows about it it's like seeing another person who's tripping. There's a whole private world of joyful yet furtive experiance there.