Gilbert Gnarley was a character developed and voiced by Gary Burbank of Cincinnati, Ohio, radio station 700 WLW in the late 1980s through 1990s.
[1] His comedy sketches involve prank phone calls to various businesses, organizations, and corporate headquarters, during which it becomes evident that Gilbert is very confused about something.
He was married to his wife, Iona Gnarley, for 35 years before, reportedly, she was killed by a falling crate of life rafts.
On 21 December 2007, Gnarley was taken out of retirement and received a call from Myron Flatts, F-L-A-T-T-S from the Pisgah Decency League while working at Toys 'R' Us... Never to be heard from again.
All bits are G-rated, and the humor stems from the sympathy of the victims for this exceedingly polite though confused gentleman, not from any sort of shock value.