Broma telefònica

Una broma telefònica és una broma feta mitjançant un telèfon. Les bromes telefòniques van començar a tenir seguidors a Amèrica durant molts anys, quan formaven part de cassets comerciats entre músics i enginyers de so, començant en els anys 1970. Entre les bromes telefòniques més famoses i primerenques hi ha les del Tube Bar, que se centraven en Louis «Red» Deutsch. El comediant Jerry Lewis és considerat un gran bromista, i les gravacions de les seves bromes, que daten dels 1960 o possiblement abans, encara circulen avui dia.

Força persones importants han estat víctimes de bromistes telefònics, com ara Elisabet II, que va ser enganyada pel DJ canadenc Pierre Brassard, qui feia veure que era el Primer Ministre Jean Chrétien. Li va demanar de gravar un discurs que donés suport a la unitat canadenca davant del referèndum d'independència del Quebec de 1995.^[1] Radio El Zol, una estació de ràdio de Miami, va fer dos altres exemples notables de bromes telefòniques. En una, van trucar al llavors president veneçolà Hugo Chávez, i van parlar amb ell fent-se passar pel president cubà Fidel Castro.^[2] Posteriorment, van trucar a Castro fent-se passar per Chávez. Castro va començar a insultar els treballadors de la ràdio després que els bromistes revelessin qui eren.^[3]

Referències

↑ «Hoaxing: A national pastime». BBC News. BBC, 25-01-2000 [Consulta: 15 setembre 2007]. «In 1995, Canadian DJ Pierre Brassard got through to Buckingham Palace pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. He chatted to the Queen for 15 minutes on air – eliciting a promise that she would try to influence Quebec's referendum on proposals to break away from Canada – and she never realised it was a hoax.»
↑ «Chavez falls for Castro hoax». BBC News. BBC, 08-01-2003 [Consulta: 15 setembre 2007]. «A radio station in the American state of Florida has played a practical joke on President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela with a hoax phone call he believed was from his friend and ally, the Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Two presenters at Radio El Zol, in Miami, called Mr. Chavez on a private line and used taped extracts of Mr Castro's voice to make him think it was the communist leader himself on the phone.»
↑ Transcript of Castro's prank call

[1] «Hoaxing: A national pastime». BBC News. BBC, 25-01-2000 [Consulta: 15 setembre 2007]. «In 1995, Canadian DJ Pierre Brassard got through to Buckingham Palace pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. He chatted to the Queen for 15 minutes on air – eliciting a promise that she would try to influence Quebec's referendum on proposals to break away from Canada – and she never realised it was a hoax.»

[2] «Chavez falls for Castro hoax». BBC News. BBC, 08-01-2003 [Consulta: 15 setembre 2007]. «A radio station in the American state of Florida has played a practical joke on President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela with a hoax phone call he believed was from his friend and ally, the Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Two presenters at Radio El Zol, in Miami, called Mr. Chavez on a private line and used taped extracts of Mr Castro's voice to make him think it was the communist leader himself on the phone.»

[3] Transcript of Castro's prank call

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