Joybubbles

A short clip about the late Joybubbles, formerly Joe Engressia.

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[orion1052003]

He was a nice man...he like to spell long words and taught me the german word "shunkeln". He was sort of like a mr.rogers himself...he could bark and sound exactly like a dog...silly things, but that's what he was about...being simple, being a friend.

[jeharrington1]

Me. Oh shit, I wrote it. Don't mind me. Pretend I'm not even here. Seriously, I didn't even think to put this video in the article, that was a cool move by the editors.

[brightonborscht]

Black boxes made out of dialers with soldered in replacement crystals hit New Orleans in 1999. I just ate 3 Mon Cheris. People heard from me a lot back then although I had no more reason to call than the unnamed feeling that something free one doesn't need will expire. I feel drunk on apparently 1.5 grams of Kirsch from the chocolates. It's pretty weird to have spent hours on payphones in front of grocery stores in my youth.

[jaibhakti]

Imagine, at age seven, whistling 2600hz into the phone and accidentally discovering you can manipulate the phone and keep the line open make free long distance calls.

I understand that what Joe was doing was wrong and illegal (especially selling the long distance connections to his college friends for $1), but there IS something poetic about a blind child figuring out how the phone system works by utilizing his perfect pitch and high I.Q.

(I came here via Wikipedia...not Cracked. LOL)

[L'Ok Jazz]

RIP J

[NottinghamEngland]

catcus



[DPhyreROX]

so many Cracked readers :P but seriously, this dude's sense of pitch is ASTOUNDING .. makes me feel so unaccomplished as a musician >>;

[fenix9885]

Cracked

[TRoastable]

Yay Cracked

[Chase Samuel]

insert comment about Cracked

[Alpha Karma]

LOL