RIP Frank Garrett.
1936 -
2011
He was a tough old boy.
Frank Neal Garrett (
October 14, 1936 – July 3, 2011), more commonly known as
Duncan, was the meanest son of a bitch in nine counties and owner of the pole-barn building company Duncan Construction and the most famous soundboard prank call victim of all time. Duncan lived and ran his business in
Stilwell, Oklahoma, and later the nearby town of Tahlequah[4], in the
United States. He was known for his fiery temper,use of copious amounts of profanity in response to prank calls, for his quick-witted responses, and defiance, in the face of any legal-threats made against him.
Something of a cult-following has developed around him. Prior to his passing, a tradition developed of annual calls on major holidays being made to express holiday greetings, much to his anger. More devoted fans have gone so far as to concoct a pseudo-religion called Duncanism, dedicated solely to Frank Garrett. The soundboard of
Jesus Lady has been altered, via splicing, to promote the worship of Frank Garrett, and has evangelized several households.
On July 3, 2011, Frank Garrett was pronounced dead in
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, from natural causes.[34]
Visitation was held from 5-8 p.m on Thursday,
July 7 at
Roberts/Reed-Culver
Funeral Home, while his graveside service was performed at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 8 at the Stilwell
City Cemetery.[35][36]
Contents[show]
Prank History
See also: Quotes of Duncan
Early era
Duncan was originally called by the well known prankster w3baholic, using a
Deacon Frost soundboard in late
2007. w3baholic was calling random liquor stores, dialed a number listed as
Backstreet Liquor, in Stilwell, Oklahoma. To his surprise, the call was answered by a somewhat groggy-sounding Frank Garrett, at Duncan Construction. The directory used was evidently not up-to-date, it is known that the liquor business DID once belong to Frank, then was sold to the present owner, in
2003.
Deacon
Deacon Frost had his eyes on Frank for years. He offered him a truce; an easy way out. Frank, however, did not give a shit.
Frank's quick and angry reaction to the soundboard, despite the fact that relatively 'unoffensive' quotes were used, provoked immediate interest in
the Soundboard Prank Call community, whom initially named him the "
Drunk Guy," thinking that he was intoxicated during the call.
Eventually, he became known by the more familiar "Duncan" moniker, due to the mistaken belief that this was his real name. According to a short obituary recently posted on the site Wikitopic, the name "Duncan Construction" actually came from the former partner Frank founded the business with, in
1979;
Charles Duncan.[37]
Right from the beginning, Frank was a YouTube-sensation, quickly gaining a cult following among prank call fans, even though relatively few calls were made to him during the earliest time. It was also during said time that Xaozzz created the first generation Duncan soundboard (initially known as the "Drunk Guy
Soundboard"), which consisted of only few (10 or less) lines, such as "
Hello." "Duncan Construction." "You stupid cock-sucker." "
Fuck you." "Do what?" "This is a business-phone, get off of it!" and the popular, "Well I don't give a shit
.", among others. The first location to be called with the soundboard was '
A&S; Roofing' in
Muncie, Indiana, which lead to the discovery of another extremely popular prank call victim, Tom the
Pissed Off Roofer. Garrett himself was also called with it several times, which garnered a few new lines from him, allowing the board to be gradually expanded. Ironically, a call from a soundboard of Tom during this time would eventually reveal Duncan's real name, Frank Garrett, to the world.
This might not be every single prank made to him cause he was getting, by his account "20 calls a day for four years" but this video has a very high percentage of published calls that survived.
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- published: 28 Dec 2015
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