The Best of the Jerky Boys | ||||
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Compilation album by The Jerky Boys | ||||
Released | October 22, 2002 | |||
Recorded | 1992–1996 | |||
Genre | Prank calls | |||
Label | Select Records | |||
The Jerky Boys chronology | ||||
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The Best of the Jerky Boys is an enhanced, comedy compact disc compilation album by prank call artists, the Jerky Boys. The album was released on the Select Records label on October 22, 2002.
The Jerky Boys are an American comedy act from Queens, New York City, New York, whose routine consists of prank telephone calls and other related skits. The duo was founded in 1989 by childhood friends Johnny Brennan and Kamal Ahmed. After Ahmed left the act in 2000, the Jerky Boys continued on as a solo act featuring only Brennan, before going on a 19-year hiatus after the 2001 release of the franchise's penultimate album, The Jerky Tapes. Brennan released a follow-up album of new material in November 2020.
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