Kayvan Novak

Telephone Terrorist

The Fonejacker answers some odd questions.

The Guardian, 7th July 2007

The only real laugh I got from this terrible programme was when Terry Tibbs, when haggling over a freezer, was met with one rascal quipping 'you can have it for £1250 if you talk to me in a woman's voice.' The laugh soon wore off because The Fonejacker carried on talking.

The most annoying thing about this show is that it could be good. Prank phone calls, as purile as they are, are sometimes great. However, the person doing it needs to be a funny fucker. This show isn't funny at all. It really isn't. It isn't worth giving a chance it's that poor.

Mof Gimmers, TV Scoop, 6th July 2007

Most people with a sense of humour have prank called someone in the past, but they have been well and truly trounced by the wind-up calls dished out on Fonejacker, which aired for the first time last night on E4.

Fonejacker a show built entirely from recordings of real prank calls, all performed by the same actor. If you have ever prank called a friend, you'll know that it's often difficult to hoodwink them for long, as they invariably pick your voice out from the fake one you're trying to do. However, The Fonejacker is unlikely ever to have had that problem as he's capable of a wide variety of convincing voices for his array of characters.

Each prank call is accompanied visually by a mix of cartoons, a hilarious way of flashing images up to give different meaning to random words, and video recordings taken through the window of wherever shop The Fonejacker is calling. It is these ways of jazzing up the conversations between The Fonejacker and the infuriated/bemused victim that will probably give the show a bit of longevity. It was bloody hilarious, so let's hope that happens.

The Void Comedy, 6th July 2007