Prank Calls

During the early years of The Simpsons, a popular recurring gag involved Bart making prank calls to Moe's Tavern, inspired by the Tube Bar prank calls. The calls usually followed a set pattern: Bart would ask for a person, Moe would shout loudly for the person Bart asked for, and Moe would catch on only after the bar (usually) erupts in uproarious laughter, also threatening violent revenge upon catching the perpetrator ("Listen, when I get a hold of you, I'm going to use your head for a bucket and paint my house with your brains!").

Moe never seemed to realize that it was Bart who made the call. Once Bart even told Moe that he made prank calls and Moe still did not catch on: Bart: "Well I make prank phone calls." Moe (in a happy, condescending voice): "Good for you."

"People" for whom Bart has asked include:

I.P. Freely (I pee freely)
Jacques Strappe (Jock strap)
Ivanna Tinkle (I wanna tinkle)
Amanda Huggenkiss (A man to hug and kiss)
Al Koholic (Alcoholic)
Bea O'Problem (B.O. Problem)
Seymour Butts (See more butts)
Haywood Jaspankmee (Hey would you spank me)(From game - Virtual Springfield)
Ivan Nuglibutt (I've an ugly butt)(From game - Virtual Springfield)
Mike Rochtickles (My crotch tickles)(From game - Virtual Springfield)
Homer Sexual (Homosexual)
Mike Rotch (My crotch)
Eura Snotball (You're a snotball) [This was actually made by Homer]
I. M. Damp (I am damp (as in wetting the pants)) (comics only)
Oliver Klozoff (All of her clothes off)
Hugh Jass (Huge ass)
Haywood U. Cuddleme (Hey would you cuddle me)
Haywood U. Punchme (Hey would you punch me)
Ollie Tabooger (I'll eat a booger)
Ahmed Adoudi (I made a doodie)(Used when Bart cross-called to Jack Bauer during the episode 24 Minutes).
Ima Wiener (I'm a wiener) (taken from The Simpsons Movie)
Igor Tappenow (I got to pee now)
Avery Onesboogers (Everyone's boogers)
I.P. Daily (I pee daily)
Drew P. Wiener (Droopie Wiener)
Olaf Myfriendsaregay (All of my Friends are gay)
Maya Normusbutt (My Enormous Butt)
Lee V. Meadietly (Leave Immediately)
One backfire on this formula was a call to "Hugh Jass" (huge ass), as there turned out to be a person in the bar named Hugh Jass.

Another backfire was when Homer was running the bar and didn't know how to carry out the prank when Bart asked for Ollie Tabooger (I'll eat a booger). A third was a time where Mr. Burns called Moe's by mistake while looking for Smithers, and was threatened by Moe who thought it was a prank call. There was also a time in which Homer called asking for "Eura Snotball" and Moe repeated the name to clarify it was correct, causing Homer to become angry. Finally, in a flashback scene to Homer and Marge's youth, Marge tries to call Homer (whom she believes goes by the name "Elvis Jagger Abdul-Jabbar" because of his shyness), only to get Moe to threaten her when she asks for his name. After hanging up, Moe mutters "And that's the origin of that!" In the second "Treehouse of Horror", Bart, cast in the role of the boy with mystic powers, makes a prank call to Moe's where Moe tells the barflies "I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt!"