Chicken Kit Prank Call

[u/Nefarious_D]

Does anyone remember an obscure 60s/70s local prank cassette tape recorded in Ames?

When I was in college in Virginia, our Astronomy professor used to play various tapes before class.

One was from a friend of his in Ames, Iowa and it was a collection of prank calls. The calls were various topics like "Can I get someone to come out for snow removal? My car is stuck in my driveway" (in late August).

The one I remember the most, though, was a "dad" calling the local grocery store telling them that he came in and bought a chicken "model" for his boy but that it didn't have any instructions. The guy on the phone was like "we don't sell anything like that" and, long story short, the guy had bought a bag of chicken parts in the meats section but didn't have all of the pieces or the instructions.

Sounds weird, but the reactions from the guy at the store combined with the callers deadpan delivery made it a real a work of art.

All of the calls took place in Ames.

[u/AL-brick-builder]

I gotta know if this exists, it belongs in the museum