How big a boy are 'ya?

May 11, 2006 5:25 PM

Roy D. Mercer asks Bill Goldberg if he's ready for an ass whoopin.[more inside]
posted by bigmusic (18 comments total)

(sorry about the poorly designed flash site -- press speed dial and then the number 8)
More Roy Mercer recordings are on this ugly fortunecity page.
posted by bigmusic at 5:25 PM on May 11, 2006

The Roy D Mercer character can be mildly amusing if, as I did, you grew up with people precisely like him. Prank calls get pretty old pretty fast though.

Also, who the heck is Bill Goldberg?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:33 PM on May 11, 2006

That's Bill Goldberg
posted by Lusy P Hur at 5:38 PM on May 11, 2006

Oh, I thought he was talking shit to Bill Lumbergh, which I could totally understand.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:42 PM on May 11, 2006

What's the apostrophe in the title for?
posted by cgc373 at 5:54 PM on May 11, 2006

Is Roy Mercer another one of thos guys who acts all southern to play to red state audiences but actually is from Nebraska, went to private school and moved to Florida when he was 16?
posted by illovich at 6:07 PM on May 11, 2006 [1 favorite]

I haven't thought about Goldberg in at least 5 years. Thanks for ruining my streak.
posted by mrgrimm at 6:09 PM on May 11, 2006

Is Roy Mercer another one of thos guys who acts all southern to play to red state audiences but actually is from Nebraska, went to private school and moved to Florida when he was 16?

Nope. I'm pretty sure Roy is a fictional character created by 2 Tulsa DJs.
posted by mrgrimm at 6:12 PM on May 11, 2006

Is Roy Mercer another one of thos guys who acts all southern to play to red state audiences but actually is from Nebraska, went to private school and moved to Florida when he was 16?

Well how bigga boy are ya? By God your just asking for a ass-whoopin'. You must be dumerna sacka hammers. An if yer a sissy I'll jus send my wife down ere ta whoop ya and she's a big ole girl too.

I always thought he sounded like he was from florida. But Okies is cool enough I recken.
posted by snsranch at 7:00 PM on May 11, 2006

I just lost the game.
posted by splatta at 7:24 PM on May 11, 2006

Damn it, splatta. These announcements ruin everything!
posted by cgc373 at 9:17 PM on May 11, 2006

I, also, lost the game (before I saw splatta's post, but especially so after)
posted by antifuse at 2:47 AM on May 12, 2006

Argh.
posted by EarBucket at 3:39 AM on May 12, 2006

Is Bill related to Whoopi? If so he's gonna take some ass-whoopin'.
posted by Joeforking at 5:52 AM on May 12, 2006

Is Bill related to Whoopi?

Well, he's not related to me. But my parents used to tell me that I was related to Whoopi.
posted by ludwig_van at 7:18 AM on May 12, 2006

acts all southern to play to red state audiences but actually is from Nebraska, went to private school and moved to Florida when he was 16?
posted by illovich at 8:07 PM CST on May 11

Do you perceive some inconsistency there? All the people I've met from Nebraska are "Southern" in all meaningful regards.
posted by dios at 7:45 AM on May 12, 2006

Thanks for the laugh.
I hadn't thought of this character for years.
posted by nofundy at 1:13 PM on May 12, 2006

If, like myself, you're from the bustling metropolis of Tulsa, Oklahoma, then you remember Roy Mercer when he was nothing but a lame prank call voice used by two DJ's on a local classic rock station.
Heck, I remember listening to his early morning rants on my way to school . . . It's pretty strange to see the old boy on MetaFilter. It really is a small world.
posted by kaiseki at 2:06 PM on May 13, 2006