MEET GILBERT GNARLEY

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• RickyT July 4, 2008, 9:46 am

  Incredible! Is that a real call or was it something he produced?

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• Dan O’Day July 4, 2008, 1:05 pm

  A real call. That’s part of Gary’s genius. It’s not the jokes that are impressive; it’s that he makes the character so real that people believe it — no matter how outrageous the premise or how ludicrous the character’s ideas.

  Also, with a Gilbert Gnarley call: If you strip away all the comedy elements, what remains is a primer on how to do great on-air phone calls: Preparation; thinking 3 steps ahead; and, above all, maintaining control of the call.

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• Scott O Day (no relation) July 4, 2008, 8:12 pm

  That’s a real call…easy to tell by the puzzlement in the caller’s voice and the fact she never had a chance to get much into the conversation. It could have been better with more interaction with the caller, BUT the problem with that is you don’t know what direction the caller would have went, and the call though likely, she would be pushing to end the conversation and you don’t want that. He took control well, but to my mind is far more funnier when you can rope the caller into falling into the prank, when there is a prank.

  Doing ANY character, phoner, on air, HAS to be theoretically believable, or it just won’t cut it, from the voice tone right down to the delivery. His character is believable from the voice(though slightly exhaggarated for comedic effect) to the specific illness terms. details matter. People may not come out and realize it, but they notice it.

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