You Kicked My Dog

"You Kicked My Dog" is a prank call released in 1995 by an unknown prankster. The call has been credited to The Jerky Boys, Tom Green and Troy Sa, but the true caller still remains unknown. In this call a character known as Kerpal who used an Indian/English accent to call a local store owner and abuse him and his family. It is believed to have originated in Mississauga (Malton), Ontario, Canada in the fall of 1993.Fact|date=January 2008 The call was recorded on an answering machine and distributed by the caller on tape in the summer of 1994.Fact|date=January 2008 An unknown individual who purchased the tape uploaded the file to Napster and the call has been online ever since.Fact|date=January 2008

The prank call

The man in the prank call identifies himself as Kerpal and claims to be of 'Pakistani' descent (highlighted by the last dialogue spoken by him in the call; "just because I'm Paki does not mean I stink!"). A man known as Abtar answers the telephone. Kerpal then alleges that Abtar's older daughter kicked his dog. Abtar asks his daughter in Punjabi: "Dog noo kick kita see"?" (Did you kick the dog?). After minutes of confusion, it is revealed that the daughter knows nothing about kicking Kerpal's dog, let alone who Kerpal is. The call eventually degrades into a shouting match with Kerpal shouting obscenities.

History

At least three different Flash animations have been created to visualize this call. The simplest one, thought to be the original, was created by Adam Letalik and published on FlatPlanet in late 1999. [cite web |url=http://flatplanet.net/miscellaneous/kertar1.html |title=Kertar Calls the Neighbours! - You kicked my dog! |accessdate=2007-02-05 |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=FlatPlanet.org |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20020125003027/flatplanet.net/miscellaneous/kertar1.html |archivedate=2001-09-27 |quote=Animation by Adam Letalik / Recording by Purpa Sadu]

This phone call is still played by radio stations, notably KQRS-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The line "You know damn right!" is a catchphrase of KQRS personality Tom Barnard.

Variations

Soundboards featuring clips from "You Kicked My Dog" can be found on the internet. Other pranks have been successfully conducted using such soundboards and have been released as alternate versions of the original.

Many sequels to "You Kicked My Dog" exist on the Internet. One popular version features a conversation between two Indian-accented men where the caller, Purpa Sadu (a.k.a kerpal), requests to be picked up from an airport, but the call degenerates into another conflict using harsh language.

References

ee also

*List of Internet phenomena

External links

* [http://www.kerpal.net/ You Kicked My Dog]
* [http://www.bootstrike.com/LaughterHell/Featured/kick12.html You Kicked My Dog (Original Version)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9fIjYnPazc You Kicked My Dog (YouTube)]
* [http://www.bootstrike.com/LaughterHell/Featured/kicklyrics.html You Kicked My Dog script]
* [http://www.bootstrike.com/LaughterHell/Featured/airport2.html Kerpal Airport Call]
* [http://tcrcomix.com/omginternet/KYD.html "You Kicked My Dog"] on TCR's "OMG INTERNET!: The On-Going History Of Internet Humour"