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  • 1970s-present Jul 2026 The Tube Bar Tapes: A Short History of the Prank Call Before Bart Simpson asked for Amanda Huggenkiss, two guys in New Jersey were calling a bar owner named Red until he threatened to kill them, and trading the tapes. The prank call is folk art — right up until the day it stops being a call and starts being a SWAT team at the wrong door.

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