Great Moments in WFMU History #16

Elvis Phone Sex Prank - by Ken Freedman

One of the most inspired phone pranks on record was orchestrated by WFMU’s Frank Balesteri (aka The Vanilla Bean): he 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 got her singing "It's Alright, Mama," or at least all the lyrics she could remember. Too bad this was never aired.

The outrageously dirty conversation is available on WFMU’s 2-CD set, Radio Archival Oddities, Vol. 2, or can be downloaded here (MP3).

Illustration by Brian Musikoff

Comments

[Woody]

Wow, I remember reading about this years ago, but had no idea it was FMU affiliated. I believe it was transcribed in Radiotexte, which was co-edited by Dave Mandl.

Although I'm new to the WFMU family, has the station always been the center of my universe and I'm just learning this now?

[Toestubber]

I know that the Hound aired this at least once, but it was a chopped-up "clean" version. Thanks for allowing us to finally hear the whole thing! ..."together...mutually."

[-max-]

Yes, Woody. We are all just spinning around in the 'FMU cosmic love pulse matrix, becoming a technicolor interpositive.