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* InAndOutOfCharacter: Douglas sometimes broke character and spoke in his normal voice when revealing the prank.
* PrankCall: The entire point of the show.
* TheReveal: Usually done by name-dropping a friend of the victim.
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* PrankCall: The entire point of the show.
* TheReveal: Usually done by name-dropping a friend of the victim.
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* InAndOutOfCharacter: Douglas sometimes broke character and spoke in his normal voice when revealing the prank.
* PrankCall: The entire point of the show.
* TheReveal: Usually done by name-dropping a friend of the victim.
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* PrankCall: The entire point of the show.
* TheReveal: Usually done by name-dropping a friend of the victim.
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* InAndOutOfCharacter: Douglas sometimes broke character and spoke in his normal voice when revealing the prank.
* PrankCall: The entire point of the show.
* TheReveal: Usually done by name-dropping a friend of the victim.
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* TheReveal: Usually done by name-dropping a friend of the victim.
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* StrictlyFormula: See above.
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* StrictlyFormula: See above.above.
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In addition to playing the calls on their radio show, Brent and Phil released 12 albums of Roy D. Mercer calls for Capitol Records between 1997 and 2013. The first seven albums were titled ''How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?'' volumes 1-7, but they broke away from the theming with ''Roy D. Mercer Vs. Yankees'' in 2001, ''Roy D. Mercer Hits the Road'' in 2003, ''Get Well Soon'' in 2004, ''Black & Blue'' in 2006, and ''Red, White & Bruised'' in 2013, along with eight random compilations. Their radio show ended on October 12, 2012, one month before Phil died of heart disease.
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In addition to playing the calls on their radio show, Brent and Phil released 12 albums of Roy D. Mercer calls for Capitol Records Creator/VirginRecords and Creator/CapitolRecords between 1997 and 2013. The first seven albums were titled ''How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?'' volumes 1-7, but they broke away from the theming with ''Roy D. Mercer Vs. Yankees'' in 2001, ''Roy D. Mercer Hits the Road'' in 2003, ''Get Well Soon'' in 2004, ''Black & Blue'' in 2006, and ''Red, White & Bruised'' in 2013, along with eight random compilations. Their radio show ended on October 12, 2012, one month before Phil died of heart disease.
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** ''Vol. 6'' ended with a musical track, consisting of a phone call interspersed with backing music and a chorus sung by Charlie Daniels. This was also made into a music video.
** ''Vol. 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of Regis Philbin. He uses all three of his {{Lifelines}} and [[EpicFail still gets the $100 question wrong]] before beating up Regis.
** ''Vol. 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of Regis Philbin. He uses all three of his {{Lifelines}} and [[EpicFail still gets the $100 question wrong]] before beating up Regis.
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** ''Vol. 6'' ended with a musical track, consisting of a phone call interspersed with backing music and a chorus sung by Charlie Daniels.Daniels (produced by Scott Rouse, who did similar "remixes" with standup material by Creator/JeffFoxworthy and Creator/BillEngvall). This was also made into a music video.
** ''Vol. 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of then-host Regis Philbin.He Roy uses all three of his {{Lifelines}} and [[EpicFail still gets the $100 question wrong]] before beating up Regis.
** ''Vol. 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of then-host Regis Philbin.
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* {{Expy}}: Many people have pointed out that his shtick was very similar to "Leroy Mercer", a prank call sketch created in TheEighties by a Tennesseean named John Bean, who also threatened people with "ass-whoppin'"s".
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* {{Expy}}: Many people have pointed out that his shtick was very similar to "Leroy Mercer", a prank call sketch created in TheEighties by a Tennesseean named John Bean, who also threatened people with "ass-whoppin'"s"."ass-whoppin'"s.
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** ''Vol. 2'' ended with a parody of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' titled "Mercer Family Christmas".
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** ''Vol. 4'' and ''Vol. 5'' had tracks that were just topical conversations between Roy and Phil Stone set to fiddle music.
** ''Vol. 6'' ended with a musical track, with one of Roy's phone calls interspersed with a song by Charlie Daniels. This was also made into a music video.
** ''Vol. 6'' ended with a musical track, with one of Roy's phone calls interspersed with a song by Charlie Daniels. This was also made into a music video.
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** ''Vol. 4'' and ''Vol. 5'' had tracks that were just topical conversations between Roy and Phil Stone set to fiddle music.
music (five on the former, four on the latter.)
** ''Vol. 6'' ended with a musical track,with one consisting of Roy's a phone calls call interspersed with backing music and a song chorus sung by Charlie Daniels. This was also made into a music video.
** ''Vol. 6'' ended with a musical track,
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** On ''Hits the Road'', several tracks feature 30-second intros, and the last track is a skit called "I Believe" set to mandolin music.
** ''Red, White, and Bruised'' has four political messages and another track that has a call set to banjo music.
** ''Vol. 6'', ''Hits the Road'', and ''Get Well Soon'' all have tracks intended to be used by listeners as answering machine messages.
** ''Red, White, and Bruised'' has four political messages and another track that has a call set to banjo music.
** ''Vol. 6'', ''Hits the Road'', and ''Get Well Soon'' all have tracks intended to be used by listeners as answering machine messages.
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** ''Vol. 5'' had four tracks that were just topical conversations between Roy and Phil Stone set to fiddle music.
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** ''Vol. 3'' ended with a "Jingle Bells" parody called "Jingle Fists".
** ''Vol. 4'' and ''Vol. 5'' hadfour tracks that were just topical conversations between Roy and Phil Stone set to fiddle music.
** ''Vol. 4'' and ''Vol. 5'' had
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** Oddly enough, the daughter's name is Latisha, which isn't what you'd consider a stereotypically southern name.
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* StoppedNumberingSequels: After ''Vol. 7'', the albums broke free of the numbering scheme.
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* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: The first seven albums were just titled ''Roy D. Mercer Vol. 1'' through ''Vol. 7'', after which they StoppedNumberingSequels.
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* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: The first seven albums were just titled ''Roy D. Mercer ''How Big a Boy Are Ya? Vol. 1'' through ''Vol. 7'', after which they StoppedNumberingSequels.
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* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: The first seven albums were just titled ''Roy D. Mercer Vol. 1'' through ''Vol. 7'', after which they StoppedNumberingSequels.
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** ''Volume 5'' had four tracks that were just topical conversations between Roy and Phil Stone set to fiddle music.
** ''Volume 6'' ended with a musical track, with one of Roy's phone calls interspersed with a song by Charlie Daniels. This was also made into a music video.
** ''Volume 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of Regis Philbin. He uses all three of his {{Lifelines}} and [[EpicFail still gets the $100 question wrong]] before beating up Regis.
** ''Volume 6'' ended with a musical track, with one of Roy's phone calls interspersed with a song by Charlie Daniels. This was also made into a music video.
** ''Volume 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of Regis Philbin. He uses all three of his {{Lifelines}} and [[EpicFail still gets the $100 question wrong]] before beating up Regis.
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** ''Volume ''Vol. 5'' had four tracks that were just topical conversations between Roy and Phil Stone set to fiddle music.
**''Volume ''Vol. 6'' ended with a musical track, with one of Roy's phone calls interspersed with a song by Charlie Daniels. This was also made into a music video.
**''Volume ''Vol. 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of Regis Philbin. He uses all three of his {{Lifelines}} and [[EpicFail still gets the $100 question wrong]] before beating up Regis.
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** ''Volume 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of Regis Philbin.
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** ''Volume 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of Regis Philbin. He uses all three of his {{Lifelines}} and [[EpicFail still gets the $100 question wrong]] before beating up Regis.
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* DeepSouth: Roy is portrayed as a none-too-intelligent hick.
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* CelebrityCameo: On one album, he prank-calls Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}.
* DeepSouth: Roy is portrayed as a none-too-intelligenthick.hick with an equally hick-ish wife named Sharon Jean, a son named Raymond, and a dog named Music/BonJovi.
* DeepSouth: Roy is portrayed as a none-too-intelligent
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* InAndOutOfCharacter: Douglas sometimes broke character and spoke in his normal voice when revealing the prank.
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* TheReveal: Usually done by name-dropping a friend of the victim.
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* {{Expy}}: Many people have pointed out that his shtick was very similar to "Leroy Mercer", a prank call sketch created in TheEighties by a Tennesseen named John Bean, who also threatened people with "ass-whoppin'"s".
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* {{Expy}}: Many people have pointed out that his shtick was very similar to "Leroy Mercer", a prank call sketch created in TheEighties by a Tennesseen Tennesseean named John Bean, who also threatened people with "ass-whoppin'"s".
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** ''Volume 6'' ended with a musical track, with one of Roy's phone calls interspersed by a song by Charlie Daniels.
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** ''Volume 6'' ended with a musical track, with one of Roy's phone calls interspersed by with a song by Charlie Daniels.Daniels. This was also made into a music video.
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* CandidCameraPrank: The purpose of their prank calls is to wind up the target for comedy's sake.
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A fictional radio character created by Brent Douglas and Phil Stone for their morning radio show on KMOD-FM in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Douglas would assume the character by donning a mushy fake Southern accent, and call up someone (either a random businessman or, even in a few cases, a celebrity), usually claiming that they pay for some perceived wrong or receive an "ass whoopin'". Most of the victims were suggested to Brent and Phil by friends, who would often provide information to make the pranks more believeable. Near the end of each call, Roy would usually name-drop someone that the victim knew as a means of letting on that the call was a prank.
In addition to playing the calls on their radio show, Brent and Phil released 12 albums of Roy D. Mercer calls for Capitol Records between 1997 and 2013. The first seven albums were titled ''How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?'' volumes 1-7, but they broke away from the theming with ''Roy D. Mercer Vs. Yankees'' in 2001, ''Roy D. Mercer Hits the Road'' in 2003, ''Get Well Soon'' in 2004, ''Black & Blue'' in 2006, and ''Red, White & Bruised'' in 2013, along with eight random compilations. Their radio show ended on October 12, 2012, one month before Phil died of heart disease.
!Tropes present in Roy's work:
* CatchPhrase: "How big a boy are ya?"
* DeepSouth: Roy is portrayed as a none-too-intelligent hick.
* {{Expy}}: Many people have pointed out that his shtick was very similar to "Leroy Mercer", a prank call sketch created in TheEighties by a Tennesseen named John Bean, who also threatened people with "ass-whoppin'"s".
* PrankCall: The entire point of the show.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** ''Volume 5'' had four tracks that were just topical conversations between Roy and Phil Stone set to fiddle music.
** ''Volume 6'' ended with a musical track, with one of Roy's phone calls interspersed by a song by Charlie Daniels.
** ''Volume 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of Regis Philbin.
* StrictlyFormula: See above.
In addition to playing the calls on their radio show, Brent and Phil released 12 albums of Roy D. Mercer calls for Capitol Records between 1997 and 2013. The first seven albums were titled ''How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?'' volumes 1-7, but they broke away from the theming with ''Roy D. Mercer Vs. Yankees'' in 2001, ''Roy D. Mercer Hits the Road'' in 2003, ''Get Well Soon'' in 2004, ''Black & Blue'' in 2006, and ''Red, White & Bruised'' in 2013, along with eight random compilations. Their radio show ended on October 12, 2012, one month before Phil died of heart disease.
!Tropes present in Roy's work:
* CatchPhrase: "How big a boy are ya?"
* DeepSouth: Roy is portrayed as a none-too-intelligent hick.
* {{Expy}}: Many people have pointed out that his shtick was very similar to "Leroy Mercer", a prank call sketch created in TheEighties by a Tennesseen named John Bean, who also threatened people with "ass-whoppin'"s".
* PrankCall: The entire point of the show.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** ''Volume 5'' had four tracks that were just topical conversations between Roy and Phil Stone set to fiddle music.
** ''Volume 6'' ended with a musical track, with one of Roy's phone calls interspersed by a song by Charlie Daniels.
** ''Volume 7'' ended with a skit where Roy competed on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', with a friend of theirs taking the role of Regis Philbin.
* StrictlyFormula: See above.
