September 17th, 2003 2:38pm
Hold On, I’m Hacking Into Your Computer
Today we have some selections from Matt Besser of the Upright Citizens Brigade‘s cd May I Help You (Dumbass). The story of the record goes like this: In 2000, Besser found his home phone number inundated with calls from people seeking technical support for free internet software given out for free at Costco and Barnes & Noble stores in Manhattan. The customer service hotline on the free cd-rom did not include a 1 before the area code (which was the area code for Houston), and so every call made that did not include the 1 dialed before the number went to his 212 number by default. Besser recieved these calls day and night for months on end, and he began to record himself playing pranks on these callers. In all of the calls, he pretends to actually be a tech support hotline, and with different characters and strategies, he fucks with the caller until they finally give up on him. One of the most amazing things about this record is how desperately the callers seem to want to believe that Besser’s characters are legitimate, no matter how ridiculous and over-the-top they may get. They just refuse to believe that they are being suckered, even when he’s doing the worst Jimmy Stewart and Bjork impressions imaginable.
Matt Besser “Lesbian Download”
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