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'''Fred Herbert''' was an American bail bondsman who became a well-known subject in soundboard prank-call culture. In that setting he is usually known as the '''Bail Bondsman''' or '''Bailbondsh''', a name taken from the way his recorded voice was reused in later calls. |
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{{Infobox person|name=Fred Gordon Herbert|image=Fred_Herbert.png|alt=Fred Gordon Herbert|image caption=Fred Gordon Herbert|birth_date=5 Aug 1944|death_date=24 Feb 2018|occupation=Bail bondsman}} |
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Fred Gordon Herbert was a bail bondsman who was the victim of a series of prank phone calls, which resulted in him being turned into his own soundboard. |
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Herbert was not originally a performer in the scene. His presence came from prank calls that recorded his reactions and then turned selected phrases into a soundboard. The resulting clips became part of a wider set of recurring prank-call characters. |
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Fred died aged 74<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187936003/fred-gordon-herbert</ref>, and will forever be memorialized in the soundboard prank community. |
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== Biography == |
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Public memorial records identify Fred Gordon Herbert as having been born on 5 August 1944 and having died on 24 February 2018. Community material describes him as a bail bondsman with decades of experience, and the imported iWiki text stated that he had also spent several years as a police officer. |
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Fred was a bail bondsman for 46 years, and a cop before that for 4 or 5 years so he's seen it all. |
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Because most available information comes from memorial pages and prank-call archives, biographical claims should stay conservative. The article should avoid treating jokes, repeated clips, or caller exaggerations as independent facts. |
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''"My name's Fred Herbert and I'm a bail bondsman."'' |
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== Soundboard Character == |
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Herbert became recognisable because his voice produced clear, repeatable clips. Soundboard callers used those clips in later calls, often placing his phrases into new conversations with people who had no connection to the original call. |
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The humour of the Bail Bondsman soundboard came from the contrast between Herbert's serious profession and the absurd situations created by callers. His phrases were used for confusion, warnings, insults, questions, and attempts to sound official. |
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== Common Phrases == |
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The best-known Herbert clips include direct, confrontational lines. One of the most quoted is: |
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> We'll see you in court. |
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Other phrases are remembered because of delivery, repetition, or how easily they could be inserted into later calls. As with other soundboard pages, quotations should be used sparingly and kept to phrases that are clearly part of the public archive. |
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== Place in the Scene == |
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Fred Herbert is one of the stronger examples of how a private or local figure could become a lasting soundboard identity. He did not need a public entertainment career to become known in the community. A few memorable calls, a distinctive voice, and repeated reuse were enough. |
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His page is best read as an article about an internet soundboard character based on a real person. The distinction matters because the prank-call version of Herbert is a community artefact built from edited recordings. |
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== See Also == |
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* [[Ed_Powell]] |
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* [[Springfield_Pervert]] |
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* [[Soundboard_Prank_Calls]] |
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== References == |
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* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187936003/fred_gordon-herbert Fred Gordon Herbert memorial, Find a Grave] |
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* [https://www.weremember.com/fred-herbert/8l5w/memories Fred Herbert memorial, We Remember] |
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[[Category:Soundboard Prank Calls]] |
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[[Category:Internet Culture]] |