John Bean's "Leroy Mercer" Character of The 1980s
Many claim that the character "Roy D. Mercer" is based on a character in prank calls virally circulated by hand-to-hand tape exchange throughout the early eighties and beyond. In the early 1980s, the character "Leroy Mercer" was created in Tennessee by John Bean, who also called individuals and businesses threatening an "ass-whoopin". There are many parallels and similarities to the calls, with "Roy D. Mercer" using many of "Leroy Mercer's" lines. John Bean died in 1984; Stone and Douglas say they invented their Roy D. Mercer in 1990.
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