It started on E4, and quickly repeated on Channel 4, and it is perhaps one of the most ingenious and funny sketch shows in years, someone should have done it ages ago. There are some people that have a guilty pleasure to do a prank phone call on someone (we've probably done it at least once), but the Fonejacker sees it as an art form. All calls featured are real, and it involves writer and star Kayvan Novak taking on various guises in an attempt to confuse or wind-up the person on the other end, with the audio accompanied with still images of people with moving mouths and humourous imagery, or filming undercover to see the people being spoken to. Regular characters include: George Agdgdgwngo, the polite African scammer from the Republic of Agdgdgwngo who regularly phones people and tries to obtain their bank account details and sort code in various ways; Mr. Doovdé, the camel riding enthusiast of the latest technology who can't understand Acronyms and initialisms, mistaking them for pronounceable words (e.g. 'Doovdé' (DVD), 'Hoomv' (HMV), 'Poospé' (PSP), 'Lucede Terv' (LCD TV) and 'Puss 2/3' (Playstation 2 and Playstation 3)); Terry Tibbs, the Cockney Geezer/ageing Spiv car salesman calling sellers about their offers on products, driving a hard bargain (Catchphrase = "Talk to me"); The Mouse, a smart rodent requiring from local services to fulfil his needs and pleasures; Mike, the Northern Irish tele-salesman calling on behalf of rudely named companies to ask questions about personal life, love life or the tragic plight of the wrinkled ballsac; Mr. Broadbandings, the Indian man working in a call centre for Internet Service Providings (almost always adds "ings" to words); The Flat Line, callers call this "automated" service for information concerning flats for rent; Criminal Dave, the bank robber with flaws in plans (e.g. Needs a cab after a robbery, with alarm going off in background); Mr. Miggins, the old man with hardly any knowledge of the modern world (mostly technology), Brian Badonde, with a speech impediment adding the letter B to beginning of all his words; Donald Donaldson, the posh bisexual asking for sexual favours from men (e.g. Security guards or hotel receptionists) and many other one-offs or small jokes. The Monty Python style of animation is a great part of why the show is so funny. I hate to admit it, but I have the guilty idea of wanting to make a prank call myself, one day maybe! It won the BAFTA for Best Comedy Programme. Very good!
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