Frank Pranks

by Collins, Steve; Martin, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781550224160
• ISBN10: 1550224166
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: ECW Press

Summary

Irreverent but never irrelevant, Canada's satirical news magazineFRANKis on prominent display in this hilarious volume of "FRANKPranks," during whichFRANKoperatives concoct a wildly implausible cover story, dial up their hapless victims, and set out to prove just how gullible certain Canadians really are. The results range from the deliciously predictableCanadian Alliance stalwarts are apoplectic when told that Ottawa is secretly donating Zambonis to the fictitious African country of Chapatito the surprisingly educationalFRANKcanvasses the cronies and former cabinet ministers of deposed Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for an "Airbus" defense fund, and the total pledged is fifty dollars. Here at last are the unexpurgated, full-length renderings of some ofFRANK's most audacious, revealing, and heartless phone pranks, featuring such notables as Pierre Berton, Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson, Sheila Copps, Allan Fotheringham, Michael Moriarty, Farley Mowat, Rita McNeil, Lloyd Robertson, William Thorsell, Ken Whyte, Elwy Yost, and most of the membership of the Reform Party/Canadian Alliance.

Author Biography

Steve Collins is managing editor of FRANK magazine. He has contributed to the Pembroke Observer, the Kingston Whig-Standard, CBC Radio, and 22Online. Alan Martin is associate editor of FRANK magazine and has worked as a journalist in England, South Africa, and, Sudbury. They both live in Ottawa, Ontario.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(2)
Sheila Copps Dial-a-Date (March 3, 1994)	11	(3)
Zambonis Up the Zambezi? (March 17, 1994)	14	(3)
Fast Eddie Telephone Tag (May 12, 1994)	17	(1)
Reform Outing Shocker (June 9, 1994)	18	(3)
This Hour Has Seven Duhs (September 1, 1994)	21	(3)
Save the Sushi (April 26, 1995)	24	(2)
Say ``No'' to Gun Control (July 5, 1995)	26	(3)
Psychic Predictions (August 30, 1995)	29	(4)
``I Gave at the Office'' (December 17, 1995)	33	(4)
The Hunks of the North (July 17, 1996)	37	(6)
Preston Manning's Makeover (October 9, 1996)	43	(4)
For God's Sake, Elway, Come Down! (January 15, 1997)	47	(3)
Citizen Elway Admits ``I Inhaled'' (March 12, 1997)	50	(5)
Live, Willing Women Are Waiting For Your Hot Call (June 4, 1997)	55	(3)
``Am I in the Running?'' (July 2, 1997)	58	(4)
Gay Macaque Shoque! (October 8, 1997)	62	(3)
Egoyan, Party of Four (March 25, 1998)	65	(2)
A Frank Lunch With Alan Eagleson (March 25, 1998)	67	(3)
Sheik Yerbouti Gets the Bomb (July 1, 1998)	70	(4)
Gililan Guess in Pre-Production (July 29, 1998)	74	(2)
The Copps-Clinton Connection (September 9, 1998)	76	(5)
Polishing a Turd (December 2, 1998)	81	(4)
What's in the Cards for '99? (January 12, 1999)	85	(5)
Black Beauty, Kiddie Porn (March 10, 1999)	90	(3)
All Rise for Governor General Jag Bhaduria (May 5, 1999)	93	(3)
Bernie Earle, We Hardly Knew Ya! (January 26, 2000)	96	(7)
Billion Dollar Boondoggle (February 23, 2000)	103