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Clown Motel

The gang talks about Longmont Potion Castle, an anonymous surrealist prank phone caller that has been at it since the 1980s and has quietly shaped the comedy styles of your favorite funny people for years and years.

Note: Alex made a playlist for watching. Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rokGLluse-k&list=PLGdQOEusQ6YQ49vRnUy-WeXU572xEsu1K

Comments

Also thank you for this episode y’all. I love Not Even A Show and had never heard of Longmont. Now on a quest to listen to as much of his work as possible

Cthulhusbedandbreakfast

If you go to the account that posted the video you’ll find a ton of Longmont videos. Not as convenient as a playlist - but it’s something

Cthulhusbedandbreakfast

I am so glad Not Even A Show came up because I immediately thought of Chris after hearing the first Longmont clip

Cthulhusbedandbreakfast

Hi winners - It appears the YouTube link is still broken, and leads to a single video instead of a playlist.

Sam Lomax

a cousin of this would have to be the 'ventrilo harrassment' clips on youtube. the anonymous creator 'videocompiler' would also use audio equipment to take samples of the prank victims in order to play back to the ventrilo, do looping and pitch-shifting, and even made songs out of them to play back a short time later.

djm

It amazes me when people who aren’t businesses just stay on the phone with him for that long. If he called me my socially anxious ass would panic and hang up.

Laruna Softpaw

Thanks so much for doing this episode 🥰

Leisnak Katheraine

Just look at it from our perspective

Birdie Whack

i like dunkey now but when i first heard him forever back i will say i had a little resentment in him for this exact reason lol. it really is cool to see how LPC has inspired so many funny people over the years though

Birdie Whack

looking into this

Birdie Whack

ty alex made it so i will check w/ him

Birdie Whack

What's all that beepin

Birdie Whack

These seem to have directly inspired the prank calls that videogamedunkey did on YouTube. Those are exactly this style of call, committing to nonsense bits, using Skype to connect two restaurants together, etc. Very cool to find this connection

Sean (Alleged Person)

The kabukers were wondering if longmont was the earliest example of prank calling — definitely not. Wolfman Jack was already doing them on his radio show back in the 60s. However, Longmont is still the michael jordan of the game.

Mightykiko

Looks like the playlist doesn’t exist, guessing it’s missing a character or is set to private?

Ben Ferber

YOUUUU WILL BE TUMBLING THROUGH OINTMENT VERY SHORTLY

Radio Free Tote Bag

FYI the YouTube link doesn’t seem to be a playlist, for me it’s just the swamp donkey call

hamburglar

THERES NOBODY WITH THE SPICY NAME

hamburglar

I’m gonna give you the opportunity to be a hero in front of all your friends

hamburglar

This whole episode just sounds like some rope moving around to me

Fellow Worker

I don't care if he's your friend, bud! There's nobody around here with that name

Birdie Whack

Really should have gotten a guest for this one. Spicy legato maybe. Go get Lucas for me

hamburglar

So what, you wanna share the splendor, or….?

Birdie Whack

Alligator Monday

Coomanfu

Kabuki audio

mironono

Not sure what happened, we're reuploading in a second

Birdie Whack

Not sure what's up, we're reuploading now. One sec!

Birdie Whack

No intro. Hitting it raw

mironono

Is my app fucked or is there no intro music?

Durlan


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