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| name = Roy D. Mercer | image = | info-hdr = | creator = Brent Douglas, Phil Stone | voice = Brent Douglas | first = How Big 'a Boy Are Ya? Vol. 1 | gender = Male | occupation = Prank caller | nationality = American }} Roy D. Mercer is a fictional character created by disc jockeys Brent Douglas and Phil Stone on radio station KMOD-FM in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brent Douglas, who performs Mercer's voice, uses the character as a vehicle for comedy sketches in which he performs prank calls. Twelve Roy D. Mercer albums have been released, all on Capitol Records Nashville or Virgin Records Nashville. HistoryBrent Douglas and Phil Stone, disc jockeys on KMOD-FM, a rock radio station, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, created the Roy D. Mercer character in 1993.[1] Initially, they used the character on comedy sketches for the radio station. Originally, the prank call sketches were a part of KMOD's morning show. By 1997, Capitol Records Nashville began issuing the sketches on compact disc.[2] Twelve Roy D. Mercer compilation albums have been released on the Capitol and Virgin Records labels. A Virgin Records Nashville executive noted that Mercer's early albums managed to sell between 250,000 and 300,000 copies, primarily due to word of mouth, without any promotion to consumers or radio airplay of the album tracks.[3] In most of the sketches, Mercer will demand that the recipient of a call pay him money for some incident, and if the recipient refuses, he will threaten them with violence (usually an "ass-whuppin'"). Mercer has been described as speaking with "a mush-mouthed Southern drawl" and his style of comedy has been described as "not exactly obscene ... [but] border[ing] on offensive".[4] Many of the recipients of the calls are suggested by their friends who supply Mercer with information about the potential recipients.[4] On October 12, 2012, the Phil and Brent Show ended its 27-year run with KMOD-FM radio. Phil Stone died on November 21, 2012, 40 days after the radio show ended, from causes related to heart disease at the age of 57.[5] John Bean's "Leroy Mercer" character of the 1980sMany claim that Roy D. Mercer was inspired by "Leroy Mercer," a character created in Tennessee by Knoxville resident John Bean, who made prank calls circulated by hand-to-hand tape exchange in the early 1980s. Leroy Mercer, voiced by John Bean, also called individuals and businesses threatening an "ass-whuppin".[6] There are many parallels and similarities to the calls, with Roy D. Mercer using many of the former Leroy Mercer's lines.[7][8][9][10][11] John Bean died from cancer in his early 30's in 1984; Stone and Douglas said that they originally invented their Roy D. Mercer character in 1990 before his official creation in 1993, and that part of the name and lines used in Roy D. Mercer's recordings was copied from John Bean.[12] DiscographyStudio albums
Compilation albums
Music videos
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.oakridger.com/stories/121099/int_1209990052.html |title=Roy D. Mercer — he's the Jerky Boys' country cousin |accessdate=2007-12-02 |date=1999-12-10 |work=The Oak Ridger |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106155335/http://www.oakridger.com/stories/121099/int_1209990052.html |archivedate=2008-01-06}} 2. ^{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p200310|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( Roy D. Mercer > Biography ))) |accessdate=2007-12-02 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |work=Allmusic}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Roy D. Hangs On; Owen Bradley to Be Honored; Kentucky Hall of Fame Set |first=Chet |last=Flippo |newspaper=Billboard |date=1999-10-23 |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40&dq=%22roy+d.+mercer%22&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%22roy%20d.%20mercer%22&f=false}} 4. ^1 {{cite news |title=Frankly Speaking: Country comedy, like country music, tries to keep up with the times |first=Michael |last=McCall |newspaper=Nashville Scene |date=1998-11-26 |url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/frankly-speaking/Content?oid=1182696}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Former 'Phil and Brent' morning show host Phil Stone dies|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20121121_11_0_PhilSt734042|accessdate=November 24, 2012|newspaper=Tulsa World|date=November 21, 2012}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=Bean |first=Betty |title=Tales of Bean More anecdotes of John Bean's sly sense of humor |url=http://www.metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/30/tales-bean/ |accessdate=26 July 2010 |newspaper=Metro Pulse |date=2008-07-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226194710/http://www.metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/30/tales-bean/ |archivedate=February 26, 2014 }} 7. ^{{cite news|last=Turczyn |first=Coury |title=Ass-Whuppin' Time |url=http://www.metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/30/ass-whuppin-time/ |accessdate=26 July 2010 |newspaper=Metro Pulse |date=2008-07-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226194707/http://www.metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/30/ass-whuppin-time/ |archivedate=February 26, 2014 }} 8. ^{{cite news|title= Phone prank phenomenon gets his due: Atomic Audio releases 'The Real Leroy Mercer' |newspaper=The City Paper|date=2001-01-18}} 9. ^{{cite news|title= John Bean's Leroy Mercer discovers YouTube|url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jul/24/john-beans-leroy-mercer-discovers-youtube/|accessdate=26 July 2010|newspaper=Knoxville News Sentinel|date=2008-07-24}} 10. ^{{cite news|last=Bean|first=Betty|title=Somebody's Fixin' to Get Their Ass Whupped: The life and death of the true Picasso of prank phone calls, John Bean|url=http://www.popcultmag.com/obsessions/everydaypeople/johnbean/bean1.html|accessdate=26 July 2010|newspaper=PopCult Magazine}} 11. ^{{cite news|last=Dills|first=John|title=The Real John Bean|url=http://www.truckersnews.com/the-real-john-bean/|accessdate=26 July 2010|newspaper=Trucker News|date=2009-02-10}} 12. ^{{cite news|last=Bledsoe|first=Wayne|title=Prank calls that spread around world now on CD|url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2000/jan/02/prank-calls-spread-around-world-now-cd/|accessdate=26 July 2010|newspaper=Knoxville News Sentinel|date=2000-01-02}} 13. ^1 {{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p200310|pure_url=yes}}|title=Charts & Awards—Roy D. Mercer|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=16 November 2009}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/roy-d-mercer/385498/how-biga-boy-are-ya.jhtml|title=CMT : Videos : Roy D. Mercer : How Big'a Boy Are Ya|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=November 18, 2011}} External links
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