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# C-SPAN Gets a Prank Call from a Fresh Prince

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## Video: How Prank Calls Helped Jonah Hill Get An Oscar Nom For 'Wolf of Wall Street'

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_Published 2014-01-24. The actor reveals prank phone calls helped him make sure he was totally in character as Donnie._


by 

[Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/)


## Alexandra Sifferlin


Mar 18, 2015 6:26 PM UTC

by 

[Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/)


## Alexandra Sifferlin


Mar 18, 2015 6:26 PM UTC

C-SPAN got pranked.

The network’s Washington Journal show was taking calls from viewers on Wednesday about their opinions on how much influence Congress should have in Iran negotiations, when a caller came on eager not to share his views, but to cannily quote the theme song of the former TV show _The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air_.

“I just want to make it clear first of all I’m calling from Bel-Air, California,” the prankster starts. “But I am originally from Philadelphia, specifically West Philadelphia.”

The prank [isn’t exactly new](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts%5Fq7SXQVF0), but it’s funny every time. Every time someone else falls for it, at least.

_Read next:_ [_Australian DJs Whose Prank Call Led to Nurse’s Death Broke the Law, Says Court_](http://time.com/3731143/australia-dj-prank-michael-christian-mel-greig-2day-fm/?iid=time%5Freadnext)

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## Transcript

[00:00] >>For your Late- Night Highlight, Jonah Hill reveals
[00:02] how he made sure he was in character for the 'Wolf of
[00:05] Wall Street'. Prank phone calls.
[00:07] >>I called like Target in Best Buy as Donnie, and I
[00:11] would just start asking them about all the different
[00:13] appliances and talk on the phone--
[00:14] >>No.
[00:15] >>Yeah. And I supposed one Best Buy in Honolulu,
[00:17] and they were super friendly and they stay on the
[00:19] phone with me for like 3 hours. I got--
[00:21] >>Yes. Jonah says, to play Donnie, he had to wear
[00:23] fake teeth and his dialect coach made him keep them
[00:27] in for more than an hour everyday to practice. He
[00:30] couldn't go anywhere in person to test his accent or
[00:33] people would recognize him. So prank calls. Jonah
[00:36] said, now that he's nominated for an Oscar for the
[00:39] movie, he had to give a shout out to his Best Buy
[00:42] peeps. The actor also revealed that he felt guilty
[00:45] playing Donnie who's kind of a jerk. In one scene, he
[00:48] even eats a co- worker's fish and Jonah felt so bad, he
[00:52] took that actor to lunch after. But don't worry Jonah; we
[00:56] know you're a softie, not a Donnie. For TIME, I'm
[00:59] Lauren Zima.

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