It is one of the most common and popular pranks everyone has done at one stage in their lives but it is still entertaining and fun every time to listen to people making fools of themselves. The British Iranian television actor Kayvan Novak made a show of it. A show that is not necessarily everyone's cup of tea, that some may even find childish and unoriginal. But also a show that has won the BAFTA award for the "Best Comedy Programme" in 2008.
Fonejacker first appeared in May 2006. The first series started in the UK on 5th July 2007 on Channel 4 and consisted of six episodes. The second series began 17th September 2008 on E4 and 6th November 2008 on Channel 4. DVDs were also released of both series on 8th October 2007 and 27th October 2008.
Recurring characters - some examples:
Mr Doovde - the first character seen on Fonejacker: An illiterate fan of electrical goods, who mistakes abbreviations for actual words like for example he pronounces HMV "Hoomv", DVD "Doovde" and VHS "Vhurs".
Charlie Wong: Leader of the Chinese DVD Gang. He is part of a group of illegal, obese Chinese students who try to buy and sell on as much dodgy DVD copies as possible. He ends every conversation with "You want to buy DVD?".
Dufrais Constantinople: One of those guys who always finds something to complain about and calls any information and customer services hotline. He always has difficulty spelling out his name using words, annoyingly slowly and hesitant: "D for Donald/Derrick, U for up, R for raspberry, A for apple, I for is and S for stratosphere."
Steve: A young Scouse male, who is remarkably similar to Steven Gerrard. He calls here, there and everywhere from prison looking for a job, listing his work experience as a babysitter for his drug addict sister's children and cooking in the prison kitchen.
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