Best Lenny call ever! "I got to hang up. I cain't do this no longer. No, sir." (14:04)

Toao.net · 369.1K views · 2015-01-27 · 14:05

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Overview

A recorded phone call in which the Lenny bot, a looping set of prerecorded replies from a rambling old man, keeps a telemarketer on the line for 14 minutes. The uploader calls it the best Lenny call yet.

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HN mentions it as an example of Lenny, the telemarketer time-waster, and of how a canned script can fool callers for a long time.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2017–2023

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What people said

swimfar · 2023-07 · Recommendation
Even completely prerecorded scripts can keep them on the phone for over 10 minutes. There's a funny series on YouTube, "Lenny", where they just play a recording of an old man who keeps asking questions and going off track: [VIDEO]
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swimfar · 2017-06 · Recommendation
There's a whole series of this where it's a recording of an old man who talks really slow, can't hear well, needs things re-explained, rambles a bit, etc. There are some amazingly long calls. [VIDEO]
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DonHopkins · 2023-11 · Reference
Lenny: [LINK] [VIDEO] [LINK] Also, I highly recommend the movie, "Sorry to Bother You": [LINK] SORRY TO BOTHER YOU | Official Trailer: [LINK] With David Cross playing Cash's "white voice"! The Art Of The White Voice by David Cross and Patton Oswalt (Sorry to Bother You): [LINK] Watch Lakeith Stanfield Use His ‘White Voice’ in ‘Sorry to Bother You’ | Anatomy of a Scene: [LINK]
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