Fonejacker: funny, but not about phreaking
I caught the first full episode of Fonejacker, a new British show composed of crank calls instigated by comedian/actor Kayvan Novak, and illustrated mostly in Monty-Python-esque (well, Terry Gilliam-esque more accurately) paper-cutout-style animation. This was surprising to me, because it seemed pretty clear from the title it was going to be a bad documentary about phone phreaking. It definitely wasn’t, and really, is pretty amusing, at least for quick laughs. There’s probably 15% of it I’m just not getting due to the accents and/or UK-specific pop culture references. It’s more sophisticated than the Jerky Boys, and more able to keep a straight face than you and your friends ever were making prank calls; but overall, a reasonable waste of time. Also, it’s the kind of humor that is just over the line enough to likely trip the PC police’s radar (and FCC’s, based on the language) if it were in the US–at least on broadcast TV.
I still wish it were about phreaking, though 