No Caller ID? Chávez falls for Castro prank 'call'

The Miami Herald ^ | Tue, Jan. 07, 2003 | CHRISTINA HOAG

[RedWhiteBlue]

ROFL!

[Mr. Mojo]

In a recent segment, a DJ posing as a high-ranking Cuban military officer called a Havana funeral home to request a coffin -- for Castro. The mortician burst into sobs.

LOL!

[Rodney King]

You gotta read this. It's great.

[flynhghr]

I don't whats funnier, what there radio personalities did or the fact that Chavez fell for the prank.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Real Audio file, please! Real Audio file! Please attach.

LOL. Viva la revolucion.

Maybe we can get those guys to call Clinton in New York and act like Fidel and joke that "I know where joo hhave been putting your cigars, you bad boy Meester Cleeton".

[PRND21]

Complete silence from Chávez.

Get used to it.

[Squantos]

ROTFLMBO !!........Stay Safe Ya'll !

[chuknospam]

Only in America!
Welcome Santos and Ferrero!

[dead]

The story’s a classic.

I don’t know what’s stranger – the fact that Chavez fell for it, or the fact that Newsmax had the story a day before anybody else (that’s a first!):

Radio Tricksters Dupe Chavez Into Chat With 'Castro'

[MattinNJ]

If two DJ's can get to Chavez can you imagine what the CIA is privy to. I have a feeling Chavez is going to go down hard after Hussein.

[shanec]

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-Shane

[Eva]

This is amazing, but I never heard about the call between Castro and Fox. Could you elaborate on that.

[Claud]

ROTFL!! There are tears in my eyes I'm laughing so hard.

[smith288]

I would assume its in spanish which in turn would sound something like a conversation between two dish cleaners at Bob Evans... *sorry im not PC :P

[Enemy Of The State]

ROFLMAO!

[m1-lightning]

I can't see why these guys' jobs would be on the line for this. It's pranks like that which make them famous which in turn brings more listeners. I could see it if they were to be sued for it.

No one is better than Tommy and Rumble in Virginia. I still have one of their CD's "Have A Cigar" making fun of Clinton. Viva la radio.

[Mo1]

''Did you receive my letter?'' asks Castro.

''Of course I received it,'' replies Chávez. ''I spoke with Germán.'' (Germán Sánchez Otero is the Cuban ambassador to Venezuela, but The Herald could not determine if Chávez was referring to him. A spokesman at Miraflores Palace could not be reached for comment.)

Hmmmm .. wonder what this letter is about?

[RedWhiteBlue]

Google search: Castro+Fox+taped+phone+call will give you many references on the tape that Castro made of his supposedly "private" conversation with Fox, only to try later release in an effort to blackmail Fox.

[RedWhiteBlue]

I can hear the parrot in the background:

¿Dónde está mi beret? ¡Deseo mi beret!

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

The mortician burst into sobs.

Tears of joy no doubt.