Crank Yankers (2002)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United States

Length

6 seasons, 108 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A show that uses puppets to reenact real crank phone calls. Comedians and celebrities prank unsuspecting people and the puppet characters act out the conversations.

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What happens

Crank Yankers is an American adult-oriented puppet television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison. It features actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, with on-screen re-enactments by puppets. The show premiered on June 2, 2002, on Comedy Central. It returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running once again until March 30. On February 11, 2019, Jimmy Kimmel announced on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that the show would be revived on Comedy Central for a fifth 20-episode season and mark the first project on Kimmel's new Kimmelot production imprint. The new season includes pranks on social media and other platforms. Kimmel's brother Jonathan Kimmel serves as the showrunner and executive producer. The fifth season premiered on September 25, 2019. On March 5, 2020, Comedy Central announced Crank Yankers had been renewed for a 20-episode sixth season. The sixth season premiered on May 5, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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