Memphis Phone Sex

One of the most inspired phone pranks I've ever heard was when WFMU's Frank Balesteri (aka The Vanilla Bean) called a phone sex outlet in Memphis, Tennessee and pretended to be a guy with an Elvis fetish. But Frank's real stroke of genius was turning the tables on the actress/operator and getting her to fantasize about Elvis - his guitar-shaped swimming pool, Elvis getting laid in heaven, the jism on his blue suede shoes. Frank even gets her singing "It's Alright, Mama," or at least all the lyrics she could remember. Too bad this was never aired. Or so I was told. Download the MP3. (Not safe for work. Taken from WFMU's 2-CD set, Radio Archival Oddities, Vol. 2)

Comments

[Mandy Moore]

...Thanks again for continuing to keep this audio memory alive, Kenman. Yes, it remains rather jarringly jaw-dropping, each time it's heard. I can't even imagine discovering it "for the first time", as many are and will now. What must that be like?

And another related footnote I'm always reminded to add/clarify here: not that it really matters but... Frank didn't perform this bit alone, directly on the air live from the Upsala station phone. Nope, we did it (and several others) from my Montclair home studio, with the tape decks rolling, the black suction cup stuck onto the back of my baby-blue plastic receiver. Circa 1984. It was I who had originally established some creepy new creditcard phonesex "relationships" with my invisible southern sisters. How perfect that The Bean could so brilliantly then take the ball and run with it! We were both so titillated beyond extremes at how amazingly it played out... the victimized lady's unsuspecting participation was the true reason for its uncanny success.

What I really oughta do eventually is transcribe the whole "script"! Wouldn't you naughty kids like that? Be patient, I'll try asap. Watch this space.

"We're caught in a trap, I can't
walk out..."

"didja cummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yet?"

[Jullie]

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