Lately, I've been getting a kick out of all these Earles & Jensen pranks calls that Matador are getting set to release, entitled Just For A Laugh: The Greatest Prank Calls Ever Vols. 1 & 2. Apparently these have been around for a while, but Matador has decided to give them a proper release. Turns out that some attorney from Hawaii decided to file a lawsuit on behalf of someone claiming they had been defamed by Earles & Jensen. This resulted in Matador having to push back the release date from the original Feb. 19 release date to the current release date of April 22, as well as forcing Matador to cough up a bunch of legal fees in order to fight the lawsuit and also scale back some of the marketing budget they had planned. This guy apparently also went after youtube users who had posted some of the clips too. Someone setup a blog to track the whole mess. After listening to some of the pranks it seems ludicrous that anyone could seriously be that offended or "defamed" by what these guys are doing. Most of the people getting pranked end up cracking up and having a laugh themselves. I personally think it's pathetic what this guy is trying to do, and if this mess does ever get to the desk of a judge I would LOVE to see the look on the judge's face as he listens to the likes of Bleachy and The Party Doctor. I bet this would get tossed out of court in a heartbeat.
Listen to some of the pranks: Earles & Jensen - Just Farr A Laugh MP3s
1 comment:
Get over it!
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