The Jerky Boys (1995) on Netflix
Two prank callers from Queens, Johnny and Kamal, phone a fancy restaurant as Frank Rizzo, a Chicago mob boss. The men they reach are the local Mafia.
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- Netflix1.6/5
- IMDb4.8/103,065 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes17%
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Plot summary
Johnny B. and Kamal, grown men, still make prank calls, and Johnny's mother, Mrs. B, wants them to find jobs. Brett Weir, their successful neighbor, buys them drinks at their local bar, Mickey's, and mentions a meeting at a fancy restaurant. Johnny phones the restaurant as Frank Rizzo, a rude Chicago mob figure, saying his men have just arrived from Chicago and need looking after. The diners belong to Ernie Lazzaro's crew, and Lazzaro sends a limousine and a meal.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Jerky Boys (1995)
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- In 1993, Caravan Pictures, the company of producers Joe Roth and Roger Birnbaum, signed prank-call duo Johnny Brennan and Kamal Ahmed after Roth heard a Jerky Boys tape brought in by Jonathan Glickman, a USC student then interning there; Roth soon promoted Glickman to junior executive.
