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Rickey Smiley

Broderick Dornell Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality, known for his prank phone calls. The calls feature Smiley disguising his voice and carrying on a conversation with the recipient of the call. He is the host of the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show based in Atlanta from its flagship affiliate WHTA "Hot 107.9". Smiley starred in a sitcom, The Rickey Smiley Show, which aired on TV One. He is also a featured columnist on the Fox-produced tabloid nationally-syndicated TV show Dish Nation. In 2015, Smiley started appearing on Rickey Smiley For Real, a reality television series about his life.

Rickey Smiley

(1968-08-10) August 10, 1968

Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

Alabama State University (BA)

  • Stand-up comedian
  • television host
  • actor
  • radio personality

Comedy

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"Buried Alive" - Smiley plays a who works at a funeral home and "fell asleep in one of these caskets" who calls a cemetery claiming that "they done buried me alive" and insists he is calling from inside a casket on his cell phone. He then requests that someone come and "dig all these graves open".

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"Come Over" - in a bit of a reverse prank (similar to the ones the innovated), a hapless caller known as "K.D." calls a Smiley character named "Gina", a woman who initially entices him with statements like "I'm just 'bout to go crazy over here" and "I want you to come over and hurt me" before revealing she is a hermaphrodite ("that means I got both genitals"). K.D. assures Gina he is "still comin'", which prompts her to up the stakes by announcing that "my grandmama over here too...she a real freak." K.D. then speaks to the grandmother who demands "I want you to scrub my head to the white meat" and wants to know "what kind of draws you got on."

Jerky Boys

"Uncle Melvin" - Smiley prank calls his uncle, as a man who believes his girlfriend has left him, and who punctuates every remark with the word "dawg" ("Is my girl over there dawg...tell her I love her, dawg").

"Churches" - Smiley plays two characters in this call, both of whom call . One is an elderly lady who mistakes Church's for a "church" (e.g. wants to know "what time do y'all start service" and asks "who is y'all's pastor", and "well when d y'all have Sunday school?"); when informed that she has called a restaurant, asks "Don't the chicken belong to the church?" The other caller is "Willie", who claims to be a heavyset man with a thyroid problem ("I can't get out the house no more"), and who asks for a rundown of the menu ("Is y'all okra fried, or is it all slimy in the pot, like grandmama used to make") and who constantly requests delivery of food to his house.

Church's Chicken

ambulance

Personal life[edit]

On July 6, 2020, Smiley announced that his daughter, Aaryn, was shot during a road rage incident the previous weekend.[2]


Smiley is a member of Omega Psi Phi, having been initiated into its Psi Rho graduate chapter.[3]


On January 29, 2023, Smiley announced his 32-year old-son, Brandon Smiley, had died after being found unconscious in his Birmingham apartment.[4] Brandon committed suicide with a combination of drugs, including fentanyl.[5]

The Best of Comedian Rickey Smiley Vol. I

Rickey Smiley: Prank Calls Vol. II

Rickey Smiley: Vol. III

Rickey Smiley "Off The Hook Volume 4"

Rickey Smiley: Vol. V

Rickey Smiley: Vol. 6

To date, Smiley has released six albums of his prank calls:

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Official website

Official Morning Show site

at IMDb

Rickey Smiley