Prank Calling The Intern 4

Posted by charles Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:39:00 GMT

So, Judson approached us several months ago about being our intern. Really, our friend Ben approached us several months ago about his friend Judson being our intern. Anyway, our initial response was thanks but no thanks. We've never had an intern. We don't really need an intern. Etc etc. Well, Judson and Ben just wouldn't let up about the whole thing. "Are you sure you don't want an intern?" asked Ben. "Judson REALLY wants to be your intern." After several emails and iChats we conceded to meet Judson. We did our darnedest to scare him off. "Judson, if you are going to intern with us there's gonna be a lot of data entry," said Scott. "These is nothing glamorous about this kind of work," I said with a steely expression, "Are you sure you want to do this?" Yes, yes. Judson was excited. He wanted in.

So we conferred with Judson's professor at UALR and set up a course for the month of July. Then we came up with a rough outline of work we could assign to Judson, our intern. Things like archiving finished spots, soldering cables, updating our talent demos so they included more of Brian Winkeler's spots. Suddenly we were excited. We had an intern!

Not so fast. Turns out that in between signing up with us as an intern and showing up for his first day (July 7) Judson accepted a gig playing guitar in a touring band. Our buddy Jason ran into Judson on Monday of this week, learned this, and called us. Judson had been meaning to call but. . .

No intern. But more seriously, no heads up from Judson, the intern-turned-touring-guitarist, about the change of plans. So we decided it might be fun to play a little phone prank on Judson.

Here's the cast:

  • Me playing me. Rather me playing a slightly more passive-aggressive me.
  • Voice actor Bob Hulsey as Keith Satterfield, our attorney who has been working all week on "paperwork" for the internship. (Incidentally, this isn't the first time we've cast Bob as a lawyer).
  • Judson as himself, the unknowing recipient of our prank call.

    • Listen to Prank Calling The Intern

    Judson was a great sport about the prank. Obviously he gave us permission to post the recording saying that he would have his lawyer contact us with a release form. Ha!

    Also, we are pretty excited for Judson. July looks like it's going to be a busy month for him on the road. He will be looping through Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. His touring schedule can be found here and here.

    Congrats Judson and good luck on the road!

    "Putting the 'Fun' in 'Federal Regulatory Consultation Specializing in Technical and Administrative Services in Connection with the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries'" 2

    Posted by charles Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:21:00 GMT

    Undoubtedly this is the funniest on hold message we've ever been lucky enough to produce. Our friends at Third Degree Advertising wrote this script and we consider it to be audio goodness of the highest caliber. Highlights include: "Webinars," "clip on ties," and an amazingly un-francophonic definition of "double-entendre."

    Listen to "Putting the 'Fun' In 'Funds'"


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    03-05-08 UPDATE This amazing on hold message won the Fontana Comedy Award at this year's Oklahoma City Advertising Club's annual ADDY awards ceremony. Congrats to Brian and the whole Third Degree crew!