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Roy D. Mercer is a slippery-talking Redneck who wears Overalls and a John Deere Cap . He calls people on the telephone, who are invariably set up by their coworkers, friends, or family members. Mercer claims that the person broke an item or created some sort of problem. He says that he's coming down to "pick up a check", typically for about $200, to get some satisfaction. When rebuffed, he gravely replies that they'll "get an ass-whuppin'". An entertaining verbal argument ensues, then Douglas, along with his partner Phil Stone, drops the masquerade and announces the practical joke. Roy exaggerates his Oklahoma accent to increase the comic effect. The skits typically work so well because Roy's claims are not readily verifiable, especially in the immediate sense. Thus, it's difficult for his victims to prove that his story didn't happen. For example, when Roy accuses a coffee shop of giving caffeinated coffee to his son (who apparently has a nervous disorder, and can only drink decaf), they can't prove that it never happened. Sometimes, victims demand proof of his story; in response, he either offers an ass-whupping, or something absurd like digging up his dead pet and bringing it to them. The pranks are made so believeable by Brent & Phil's uncanny ability to add depth & realism to the story. This is achieved by providing more background details, small and large, than normal. In one skit, talking to a man at the Oklahoma News Network , Mercer claims that the network ran a story about his sister getting Drunk and getting into a fist fight at a Bowling Alley . In another skit, the victim was Professional Wrestler Bill Goldberg , who, after being accused of signing Roy's son's head with a permanent marker, offered to show Mercer how fake wrestling was, adding "I'll knock your fuckin' head off." Other infamous situational pranks include:
While there's no telling how many pranks were foiled by the victims-to-be (and thus, never made it on an album), there are several skits that lose their comedic value, due to the fact that the victims found Roy's story to be absolutely hilarious. "Dead Hamster" features a Navy recruiting office, and the victim couldn't stop laughing. "Horse Feed" features a feedstore employee who similarly bursts into laughter at the suggestion that their horse feed caused Roy's horse to get an erection. However, most of the material on the albums features subjects who buy Roy's stories "hook, line, and sinker". Mercer has a fictional Wife and Children who are often a topic of his prank calls. His wife's name is Sharon Gene, his son's name is Raymond, and his step-daughter's name is Lateesha. He was married at least once before, to a woman named Inez. His great uncle Jesse Mercer, now passed away, was a war hero. Roy's father, Owen, was a long-haul trucker, but is also deceased. The family has a Dog named Bon Jovi but lost several other pets due to mishaps, among them Raymond's Piano -playing Hamster Liberace , who got "squooshed" by a 20-pound weight, and Lateesha's cat, Meow Tse Tung. The family currently lives in a trailer-home (which is infested with, among other things, cockroaches and apple-induced farts). A little-known fact is that his middle name, Dam, comes from the Hoover Dam (''"it ain't a cursin'!"''); this is revealed in "Ceramic Deer", an unreleased skit that was only played on KMOD radio. Some famous remarks from him are "I'll knock a lung loose", "I'll put a pop-knot on your head big enough to bait a bear trap", and "I'll wipe the floor with ya, then whoop your ass for not gettin' up in the corners." "I'd hate to have Sharon Gene come down there; she's as strong as a dose of the Phillipino clap" is another famous remark. He often asks "How big 'a boy are ya?", which became the title of his first seven studio albums and the first compilation album. Roy responds sometimes that he weighs "about a hunnert 'n forty five pounds drippin wet but I'm purty wiry." Roy is also famous for generously dispensing "55-gallon drums of ass-whup," at no extra charge. DISCOGRAPHY
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