The IRS Calls Ira Glass

fucking shocking hello this is the IRS we only care about American taxes hello this is Ira Glass nobody said your name as every year IRS

A man receives a phone call believing it is the IRS, but the caller says it is the IRA and struggles to understand his accent. Ira Glass joins the call, leading to absurd confusion about taxes, phones, and voiceovers; the video ends with a four-person split screen and the IRS logo. The dry delivery, audible pauses and sigh-like exasperation make the escalating misunderstanding funnier. EN: A man receives a phone call believing it is the IRS, but the caller says it is the IRA and struggles to understand his accent. Ira Glass joins the call, leading to absurd confusion about taxes, phones, and voiceovers; the video ends with a four-person split screen and the IRS logo. The dry delivery, audible pauses and sigh-like exasperation make the escalating misunderstanding funnier.

Hello? Yeah, hi. Is this the IRS? No, this is the IRA. Sorry, I'm um, I'm having some trouble understanding you Wow an American can't understand an accent the only language he speaks fucking shocking. No the accents fine I is there like something covering your mouth. Oh Yeah, sorry, hang on Can you hear me now? Yeah, that's much better great. Thanks. Listen. I have a question about my W9. No stop Hey, this happens all the time. Hold on. I'm gonna patch somebody in I don't care about the W. No, this is Ira Glass. Whoa cool the barefoot Contessa. That's Ina garden off. Am I crazy or is this fellow speaking in like a fucking stage whisper? That's just how he talks. How did you get on the line? I was doing radio stuff and I heard somebody say my name Nobody said your name. That's not how phones work. Oh Why is the IRA guy have like a really old phone? What time period is this? Wait, can you fucking see me? Yeah? We can all see you considering doing tax fraud this year as every year. Don't even think about it. This has been a public service announcement by the IBF, by the IR, by the I... I gotta get a different job from doing the voiceovers for these...

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