Jump to content

Crank Yankers: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
PM pinter (talk | contribs)
10 edits
Fixed typo
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
 
(66 intermediate revisions by 45 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|American adult puppet television show}}
{{Short description|American adult puppet television show}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| image = Crank_Yankers.png
| image = Crank_Yankers.png
Line 5: Line 6:
| runtime = 21–22 minutes
| runtime = 21–22 minutes
| creator = [[Adam Carolla]]<br>[[Jimmy Kimmel]]<br>[[Daniel Kellison]]<br>[[Jonathan Kimmel]]
| creator = [[Adam Carolla]]<br>[[Jimmy Kimmel]]<br>[[Daniel Kellison]]<br>[[Jonathan Kimmel]]
| voices = [[Tony Barbieri]]<br>Adam Carolla<br>[[Jim Florentine]]<br>Jimmy Kimmel<br>[[Tracy Morgan]]<br>[[Kevin Nealon]]<br>[[Sarah Silverman]]<br>[[Wanda Sykes]]<br>[[Biz Markie]]
| voices = [[Tony Barbieri]]<br>Adam Carolla<br>[[Susie Essman]]<br>[[Jim Florentine]]<br>Jimmy Kimmel<br>[[Tracy Morgan]]<br>[[Kevin Nealon]]<br>[[Sarah Silverman]]<br>[[Wanda Sykes]]<br>[[Biz Markie]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Adam Schlesinger]]<br>Steven Gold
| theme_music_composer = [[Adam Schlesinger]]<br>Steven Gold
| open_theme = "Crank Yankers Theme" by [[Fountains of Wayne]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.shazam.com/track/84388476/crank-yankers-theme | title=Shazam }}</ref>
| opentheme = Adam Schlesinger, Steven Gold
| country = United States
| country = United States
| company = {{Plainlist|
| company = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jackhole Productions|Jackhole Industries]] {{small|(2002–07)}}
* [[Jackhole Productions|Jackhole Industries]] {{small|(2002–07)}}
* MTV Production Development {{small|(2007)}}
* [[MTV Entertainment Studios|MTV Production Development]] {{small|(2007)}}
* Kimmelot {{small|(2019–present)}}
* Kimmelot {{small|(2019–2022)}}
* [[ITV Studios|ITV America]] {{small|(2019–present)}}
* [[ITV Studios|ITV America]] {{small|(2019–2022)}}
* Comedy Partners {{small|(2002–05; 2019–present)}}
* Comedy Partners {{small|(2002–05; 2019–2022)}}
* [[MTV Entertainment Studios]] {{small|(2021–present)}}
* [[MTV Entertainment Studios]] {{small|(2021–2022)}}
}}
}}
| distributor = [[ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks]]
| network = [[Comedy Central]]<br>(2002–05, 2019–2022)<br>[[MTV2]]<br>(2007)
| network = [[Comedy Central]]<br>(2002–05, 2019–present)<br>[[MTV2]]<br>(2007)
| picture_format = [[NTSC]] (2002–2007)<br />[[HDTV]] [[1080i]] (2019–present)
| first_aired = {{start date|2002|6|2}}
| first_aired = {{start date|2002|6|2}}
| last_aired = {{end date|present}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2022|8|3}}
| num_seasons = 6
| num_seasons = 6
| num_episodes = 110
| num_episodes = 110
}}
}}
⚫
'''''Crank Yankers''''' is an American television [[sketch comedy]] show produced by [[Adam Carolla]], [[Jimmy Kimmel]] and [[Daniel Kellison]]. It features actual [[Prank call|crank calls]] made by show regulars and celebrity guests, with on-screen re-enactments by [[puppet]]s. The show premiered on June 2, 2002, on [[Comedy Central]]. It returned to [[MTV2]] on February 9, 2007, running 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/crank-yankers-comedy-central-revival-1203136228/|title='Crank Yankers' Revived at Comedy Central With Jimmy Kimmel Producing|work=Variety|date=February 11, 2019|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title="Crank Yankers" Returns to Comedy Central(R) September 25 at 10:30 P.M. ET/PT|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/08/14/crank-yankers-returns-to-comedy-central-september-25-at-1030-pm-et-pt-816110/20190814comedycentral02/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=August 14, 2019}}</ref>
⚫
'''''Crank Yankers''''' is an American [[Television program|television show]] produced by [[Adam Carolla]], [[Jimmy Kimmel]] and [[Daniel Kellison]]. It features actual [[Prank call|crank calls]] made by show regulars and celebrity guests, while re-enacted onscreen by [[puppet]]s for a visual aid that shows the viewer what is happening in the call. The show premiered on June 2, 2002, on [[Comedy Central]]. It returned to [[MTV2]] on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007.

⚫
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/crank-yankers-comedy-central-revival-1203136228/|title='Crank Yankers' Revived at Comedy Central With Jimmy Kimmel Producing|work=Variety|date=February 11, 2019|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title="Crank Yankers" Returns to Comedy Central(R) September 25 at 10:30 P.M. ET/PT|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/08/14/crank-yankers-returns-to-comedy-central-september-25-at-1030-pm-et-pt-816110/20190814comedycentral02/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=August 14, 2019}}</ref>


On March 5, 2020, Comedy Central announced ''Crank Yankers'' had been renewed for a 20-episode sixth season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/crank-yankers-revival-gets-second-season-at-comedy-central-1282648|title='Crank Yankers' Revival Gets Second Season at Comedy Central|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=June 7, 2020}}</ref> The sixth season premiered on May 5, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comedy Central's Emmy-Nominated "Crank Yankers" Is Back with a New Season Starting on Wednesday, May 5 at 10:30PM ET/PT|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/04/15/comedy-centrals-emmy-nominated-crank-yankers-is-back-with-a-new-season-starting-on-wednesday-may-5-at-1030pm-et-pt-441411/20210415comedycentral01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=April 15, 2021}}</ref>
On March 5, 2020, Comedy Central announced ''Crank Yankers'' had been renewed for a 20-episode sixth season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/crank-yankers-revival-gets-second-season-at-comedy-central-1282648|title='Crank Yankers' Revival Gets Second Season at Comedy Central|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=June 7, 2020}}</ref> The sixth season premiered on May 5, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comedy Central's Emmy-Nominated "Crank Yankers" Is Back with a New Season Starting on Wednesday, May 5 at 10:30PM ET/PT|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/04/15/comedy-centrals-emmy-nominated-crank-yankers-is-back-with-a-new-season-starting-on-wednesday-may-5-at-1030pm-et-pt-441411/20210415comedycentral01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=April 15, 2021}}</ref>


==Behind the scenes==
== Behind the scenes ==
The performers are given a basic outline of a premise by the writers, and call telephone numbers from a list of selected targets (known as "marks"). Using the basic premises, the performers [[improvisation|improvise]] most of their lines, playing off of the responses of their marks, with the intention to keep them on the phone as long as possible.
The performers are given a basic outline of a premise by the writers, and call telephone numbers from a list of selected targets (known as "marks"). Using the basic premises, the performers [[improvisation|improvise]] most of their lines, playing off of the responses of their marks, with the intention to keep them on the phone as long as possible.


With the exception of a few outside sources (including previous material from Jim Florentine and the [[Touch-Tone Terrorists]]), all the calls are made from [[Nevada]]. The [[Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968]] makes it illegal in most states to record telephone calls without both parties' consent. Under Nevada law, only one of the parties has to give consent (i.e., the caller), so prank calls can be recorded without the consent of the prank victims. One result of this was the series' schedule of creating and airing new episodes was fairly sporadic due to most of the celebrities living in Los Angeles, having Los Angeles-based jobs, and so were only periodically able to go to Las Vegas to make calls. Carolla, for example, took [[The Adam Carolla Show (terrestrial radio)|his radio program]] to Las Vegas once or twice a year, and while there would record new calls for the program.
With the exception of a few outside sources (including previous material from Jim Florentine and the [[Touch-Tone Terrorists]]), all the calls are made from [[Nevada]]. The [[Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968]] makes it illegal in eleven<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rev.com/blog/productivity/phone-call-recording-laws-state | title=Know Your Rights: Phone Call Recording Laws by State | date=18 March 2022 }}</ref> states to record telephone calls without both parties' consent. Under Nevada law, only one of the parties has to give consent (i.e., the caller), so prank calls can be recorded without the consent of the prank victims. One result of this was the series' schedule of creating and airing new episodes was fairly sporadic due to most of the celebrities living in Los Angeles, having Los Angeles-based jobs, and so were only periodically able to go to Las Vegas to make calls. Carolla, for example, took [[The Adam Carolla Show (radio program)|his radio program]] to Las Vegas once or twice a year, and while there would record new calls for the program.


The puppet designs were drawn by artist Todd James before being constructed based on the various marks' voices, and, along with a series of stock characters (such as "Niles Standish", "Bobby Fletcher" and "Special Ed") based on the performers' character voices, the calls are re-enacted for the skits.
The puppet designs were drawn by artist Todd James before being constructed based on the various marks' voices, and, along with a series of stock characters (such as "Niles Standish", "Bobby Fletcher" and "Special Ed") based on the performers' character voices, the calls are re-enacted for the skits.
Line 41: Line 39:
The main character puppets for the first season were constructed by Bob Flanagan's company Den Design with additional puppets built by BJ Guyer, Carol Binion, [[Rick Lyon]], Ron Binion, Jim Kroupa and Artie Esposito. An in-house puppet shop was set up for the following seasons to accommodate the fast-paced schedule of the show and the sheer volume of puppet characters required for each episode.
The main character puppets for the first season were constructed by Bob Flanagan's company Den Design with additional puppets built by BJ Guyer, Carol Binion, [[Rick Lyon]], Ron Binion, Jim Kroupa and Artie Esposito. An in-house puppet shop was set up for the following seasons to accommodate the fast-paced schedule of the show and the sheer volume of puppet characters required for each episode.


The puppets are puppeteered by Ron Binion, [[Rick Lyon]], BJ Guyer, [[Victor Yerrid]], [[Paul McGinnis]], [[Alice Dinnean]], [[Tyler Bunch]], [[Drew Massey]], Robin Walsh, Marc Petrosino, Artie Esposito & Andy Hayward.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
The puppets are puppeteered by Ron Binion, [[Rick Lyon]], BJ Guyer, [[Victor Yerrid]], [[Paul McGinnis]], [[Alice Dinnean]], [[Tyler Bunch]], [[Drew Massey]], Robin Walsh, Marc Petrosino, & Artie Esposito.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}


Originally, the show was titled ''Prank Puppets''; it was renamed after Comedy Central lawyers deemed that it implied [[Malice (law)|malice]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Adam Carolla Show: Matt Atchity (January 6, 2012)|url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/matt-atchity-2/|work=Podcast|publisher=ACE Broadcasting|access-date=7 January 2012|date=January 6, 2012|quote=@31:00min: Crank Yankers was originally called 'Prank Puppets' and the pussy fucking lawyers said ...}}</ref>
Originally, the show was titled ''Prank Puppets''; it was renamed after Comedy Central lawyers deemed that it implied [[Malice (law)|malice]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Adam Carolla Show: Matt Atchity (January 6, 2012)|url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/matt-atchity-2/|work=Podcast|publisher=ACE Broadcasting|access-date=7 January 2012|date=January 6, 2012|quote=@31:00min: Crank Yankers was originally called 'Prank Puppets' and the pussy fucking lawyers said ...}}</ref>


==Regular characters==
== Regular characters ==
* '''Karl Malone''' (voiced by [[Jimmy Kimmel]]): Kimmel's impression of then-[[NBA]] star [[Karl Malone]]. He regularly refers to himself in the third-person. "Don't hang up on Karl Malone."
* '''Karl Malone''' (voiced by [[Jimmy Kimmel]]): Kimmel's impression of then-[[National Basketball Association|NBA]] star [[Karl Malone]]. He regularly refers to himself in the third-person. "Don't hang up on Karl Malone."
* '''Gladys Murphy''' (voiced by [[Wanda Sykes]]): A boisterous black woman who makes embarrassing announcements, generally of a [[scatology|scatological]] or sexual nature. Her many children do things like gluing her buttocks to the toilet and stealing money from a malfunctioning bank machine.
* '''Gladys Murphy''' (voiced by [[Wanda Sykes]]): A boisterous black woman who makes embarrassing announcements, generally of a [[scatology|scatological]] or sexual nature. Her many children do things like gluing her buttocks to the toilet and stealing money from a malfunctioning bank machine.
* '''Niles Standish''' (voiced by [[Tony Barbieri]]): The British Earl of Yankerville, a rich and eccentric middle-aged pervert with [[homosexuality|homosexual]] tendencies. He frequently calls various services and asks for their price, then orders them to "double it" (Once even confusing someone by telling them to "cut it in half, and double it!"). He has an assistant named Cavendish.
* '''Niles Standish''' (voiced by [[Tony Barbieri]]): The British Earl of Yankerville, a rich and eccentric middle-aged pervert with [[homosexuality|homosexual]] tendencies. He frequently calls various services and asks for their price, then orders them to "double it" (Once even confusing someone by telling them to "cut it in half, and double it!"). He has an assistant named Cavendish.
* '''Giles Standish''' (voiced by Tony Barbieri): Niles' deformed twin brother.
* '''Giles Standish''' (voiced by Tony Barbieri): Niles' deformed twin brother.
* '''Special Ed''' (voiced by [[Jim Florentine]]): Bobby Fletcher's [[intellectual disability|mentally challenged]] younger cousin who constantly repeats himself, makes random comments and shouts his catchphrase "Yay!" until the prank-victim gets frustrated. He makes a [[cameo appearance|cameo]] in one of Bobby's prank calls, "Let Me Put My Brother on the Phone". In two prank calls of his own (one to a movie theater and one to a video store), Ed reveals that his favorite film is ''[[Air Bud]]''. In the video-store call, he works in several references to ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''. Ed is not present in the 2019 revival due to the character being deemed too offensive for modern audiences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crank Yankers crawls out of the past, wisely leaves one character behind (September 25, 2019)|url=https://tv.avclub.com/crank-yankers-crawls-out-of-the-past-wisely-leaves-one-1838375350|website=The AV Club|date=September 25, 2019}}</ref>
* '''Special Ed''' (voiced by [[Jim Florentine]]): Bobby Fletcher's [[intellectual disability|mentally challenged]] younger cousin who constantly repeats himself, makes random comments and shouts his catchphrase "Yay!" until the prank-victim gets frustrated. He makes a [[cameo appearance|cameo]] in one of Bobby's prank calls, "Let Me Put My Brother on the Phone". In two prank calls of his own (one to a movie theater and one to a video store), Ed reveals that his favorite film is ''[[Air Bud]]''. In the video-store call, he works in several references to ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''. Ed is not present in the 2019 revival due to the character being deemed too offensive for modern audiences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crank Yankers crawls out of the past, wisely leaves one character behind (September 25, 2019)|url=https://www.avclub.com/crank-yankers-crawls-out-of-the-past-wisely-leaves-one-1838375350|website=The AV Club|date=September 25, 2019}}</ref>
* '''Dick Birchum''' (voiced by [[Adam Carolla]]): A [[psychosis|psychotic]] [[Vietnam War]] veteran whose hobbies include [[carpentry]], [[Shotokan|Shotokan karate]], spying on women in their beds or bathrooms by drilling holes or a hidden camera, and gun ownership. He has a 600-pound wife, a large 8-year-old son, and [[conjoined twin]] daughters. He lost part of his right leg in the war and 3 right-hand fingers in a carpentry accident. He frequently refers to his time in Vietnam and "smoking hash out of a human skull".
* '''Dick Birchum''' (voiced by [[Adam Carolla]]): A [[psychosis|psychotic]] [[Vietnam War]] veteran whose hobbies include [[carpentry]], [[Shotokan|Shotokan karate]], spying on women in their beds or bathrooms by drilling holes or a hidden camera, and gun ownership. He has a 600-pound wife, a large 8-year-old son, and [[Conjoined twins|conjoined twin]] daughters. He lost part of his right leg in the war and 3 right-hand fingers in a carpentry accident. He frequently refers to his time in Vietnam and "smoking hash out of a human skull".
* '''Jimmy''' (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): A Kimmel-based grown man who lives with his mother. He also has two young children who swear and play juvenile pranks.
* '''Jimmy''' (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): A Kimmel-based grown man who lives with his mother. He also has two young children who swear and play juvenile pranks.
* '''Bobby Fletcher''' (voiced by [[Jim Florentine]]): Ed's stoner underachieving older cousin. He is known to [[belch]] uncontrollably into the phone, which he uses to his advantage in order to annoy the victims of his prank calls.
* '''Bobby Fletcher''' (voiced by Jim Florentine): Ed's stoner underachieving older cousin. He is known to [[Burping|belch]] uncontrollably into the phone, which he uses to his advantage in order to annoy the victims of his prank calls.
* '''Elmer Higgins''' (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): A crabby, elderly man (based on Kimmel's grandfather). He makes complaint calls and frequently goes off on unrelated, long-winded tangents about his younger days and various irrelevant subjects. He sometimes mentions his brother Charlie, as well as his [[Homosexuality|gay]] grandson, Terrence Catheter.
* '''Elmer Higgins''' (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): A crabby, elderly man (based on Kimmel's grandfather). He makes complaint calls and frequently goes off on unrelated, long-winded tangents about his younger days and various irrelevant subjects. He sometimes mentions his brother Charlie, as well as his [[Homosexuality|gay]] grandson, Terrence Catheter.
* '''Helen Higgins''' (voiced by [[Susie Essman]]): Elmer's beautiful wife of over 60 years, she is an elderly woman who likes to proposition young men. Her son gave her a pet parrot who is well-versed in profanity. In a late-in-the-series sketch about Elmer wanting driving lessons, he mentions that she has died.
* '''Helen Higgins''' (voiced by [[Susie Essman]]): Elmer's beautiful wife of over 60 years, she is an elderly woman who likes to proposition young men. Her son gave her a pet parrot who is well-versed in profanity. In a late-in-the-series sketch about Elmer wanting driving lessons, he mentions that she has died.
* '''Landalious "The Truth" Truefeld''' (voiced by [[David Alan Grier]]): A former football player who likes to rap.
* '''Landalious "The Truth" Truefeld''' (voiced by [[David Alan Grier]]): A former football player who likes to rap.
* '''Spoonie Luv''' (voiced by [[Tracy Morgan]]): A smooth-talking African American [[Hip hop culture|hip hop]]-type character who makes lewd and suggestive comments. He often refers to himself as "Spoonie Luv from Up Above". In one particularly noteworthy prank call, he attempts to sell a video store tapes of himself [[Masturbation|masturbating]].
* '''Spoonie Luv''' (voiced by [[Tracy Morgan]]): A smooth-talking African American [[Hip hop (culture)|hip hop]]-type character who makes lewd and suggestive comments. He often refers to himself as "Spoonie Luv from Up Above". In one particularly noteworthy prank call, he attempts to sell a video store tapes of himself [[Masturbation|masturbating]].
* '''Hadassah Guberman''' (voiced by [[Sarah Silverman]]): A Jewish female college student who works various part-time jobs, including conducting surveys for ''[[O, The Oprah Magazine|O]]'' magazine. She frequently asks intrusive questions and makes veiled [[Passive-aggressive behavior|passive-aggressive]] insults. Her sexuality and sanity seem highly questionable.
* '''Hadassah Guberman''' (voiced by [[Sarah Silverman]]): A Jewish female college student who works various part-time jobs, including conducting surveys for ''[[O, The Oprah Magazine|O]]'' magazine. She frequently asks intrusive questions and makes veiled [[Passive-aggressive behavior|passive-aggressive]] insults. Her sexuality and sanity seem highly questionable.
* '''Terrence Catheter''' (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): Elmer Higgins' grandson is an effeminate redhead who acts as spokesperson for various celebrities, such as [[Tom Cruise]], [[Bill Cosby]], [[Jared Fogle]], [[J.K. Rowling]], [[Mr. T]] and the [[Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen|Olsen twins]]. He calls various places of business to book appearances and asks them to comply with the celebrities' ridiculous demands.
* '''Terrence Catheter''' (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): Elmer Higgins' grandson is an effeminate redhead who acts as spokesperson for various celebrities, such as [[Tom Cruise]], [[Bill Cosby]], [[Jared Fogle]], [[J. K. Rowling]], [[Mr. T]] and the [[Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen|Olsen twins]]. He calls various places of business to book appearances and asks them to comply with the celebrities' ridiculous demands.
* '''Tony Deloge''' (voiced by [[Bob Einstein]]): A loud-mouthed, fast-paced politician who calls random people to pander for votes as "district selectman". He occasionally tries to use his political power to get things for free.
* '''Tony Deloge''' (voiced by [[Bob Einstein]]): A loud-mouthed, fast-paced politician who calls random people to pander for votes as "district selectman". He occasionally tries to use his political power to get things for free.
* '''Cammie Smith''' (voiced by [[Lisa Arch]]): A [[nymphomania]]c, she is a somewhat conceited, condescending 23-year-old [[Stripper|exotic dancer]].
* '''Cammie Smith''' (voiced by [[Lisa Arch]]): A [[Hypersexuality|nymphomaniac]], she is a somewhat conceited, condescending 23-year-old [[Stripper|exotic dancer]].
* '''Boomer and the Nudge''' (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel and [[Patton Oswalt]]): Two obnoxious morning-radio [[disc jockey]]s who call people to make "on-air dares".
* '''Boomer and the Nudge''' (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel and [[Patton Oswalt]]): Two obnoxious morning-radio [[disc jockey]]s who call people to make "on-air dares".
* '''Junkyard Willie''' (voiced by the [[Touch-Tone Terrorists]]): An obstructionist in the form of a gravelly-voiced black man who is actually an import from the Touch-Tone Terrorists where he is a regular character. He appears in two sketches as a supervisor at YPS ("Yankerville Package Service").
* '''Junkyard Willie''' (voiced by the [[Touch-Tone Terrorists]]): An obstructionist in the form of a gravelly-voiced black man who is actually an import from the Touch-Tone Terrorists where he is a regular character. He appears in two sketches as a supervisor at YPS ("Yankerville Package Service").
* '''Jim Bob the Handicapped Hillbilly''' (voiced by the Touch-Tone Terrorists): A mentally disabled hillbilly who works with Junkyard Willie at YPS.
* '''Jim Bob the Handicapped Hillbilly''' (voiced by the Touch-Tone Terrorists): A mentally disabled hillbilly who works with Junkyard Willie at YPS.
* '''Sav Macauley''' (voiced by [[Dane Cook]]): The overly enthusiastic host of a phone [[game show]], "''The Phone Zone''", where he calls people and asks ridiculous random trivia questions for cash prizes and interjects his own sound effects.
* '''Sav Macauley''' (voiced by [[Dane Cook]]): The overly enthusiastic host of a phone [[game show]], "''The Phone Zone''", where he calls people and asks ridiculous random trivia questions for cash prizes and interjects his own sound effects.
* '''OCD Ken''' (voiced by [[Kevin Nealon]]): An accountant with [[obsessive-compulsive disorder]] who prefers cleanliness and [[Even and odd numbers|even]] numbers. He often requests people to press the [[Number sign|pound]] key as part of his disorder.
* '''OCD Ken''' (voiced by [[Kevin Nealon]]): An accountant with [[obsessive–compulsive disorder]] who prefers cleanliness and [[Parity (mathematics)|even]] numbers. He often requests people to press the [[Number sign|pound]] key as part of his disorder.
* '''Danny''' (voiced by David Alan Grier): A man who repeatedly gets nervous or disgusted causing him to vomit over the phone. The vomit is depicted as an ''[[The Exorcist (film)|Exorcist]]''-like liquid shooting out of the puppet's throat.
* '''Danny''' (voiced by David Alan Grier): A man who repeatedly gets nervous or disgusted causing him to vomit over the phone. The vomit is depicted as an ''[[The Exorcist|Exorcist]]''-like liquid shooting out of the puppet's throat. On the show, there is also a minor story arc of Danny marrying a Jewish woman.
* '''Chip Douglas''' (voiced by [[Fred Armisen]]): A [[Mexico|Mexican]] immigrant who is perpetually building a house with minimal supplies and poor command of the English language. He makes two prank calls to newspaper offices, one to attempt to sell cartoons and the other (a prank call in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]) to inform a Spanish-language newspaper that he has not received that day's edition.
* '''Chip Douglas''' (voiced by [[Fred Armisen]]): A Mexican immigrant who is perpetually building a house with minimal supplies and poor command of the English language. He makes two prank calls to newspaper offices, one to attempt to sell cartoons and the other (a prank call in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]) to inform a Spanish-language newspaper that he has not received that day's edition.
* '''Katie''' (voiced by Katie Kimmel): Kimmel's then-12-year-old daughter made occasional appearances from 2003, initially with a few short lines but later making entire crank calls herself (notably pretending to be a drunken 9-year-old trying to order alcohol by phone).
* '''Katie''' (voiced by Katie Kimmel): Kimmel's then-12-year-old daughter made occasional appearances from 2003, initially with a few short lines but later making entire crank calls herself (notably pretending to be a drunken 9-year-old trying to order alcohol by phone).
* '''Kevin''' (voiced by Kevin Kimmel): Kimmel's then-10-year-old son made occasional appearances from 2003, including as Elmer Higgins' great-grandson.
* '''Kevin''' (voiced by Kevin Kimmel): Kimmel's then-10-year-old son made occasional appearances from 2003, including as Elmer Higgins' great-grandson.
Line 77: Line 75:
* '''The Concierge''' (voiced by Tony Barbieri): A hotel [[concierge]] who calls guests informing them of issues with their room or the building and offering them little compensation, or otherwise inconveniencing their stay.
* '''The Concierge''' (voiced by Tony Barbieri): A hotel [[concierge]] who calls guests informing them of issues with their room or the building and offering them little compensation, or otherwise inconveniencing their stay.


==Spinoff==
== Spinoff ==
{{main|Mr. Birchum}}
In 2011, there was a pilot for a traditionally-animated spinoff called ''The Birchums'' featuring Dick Birchum as the main character. He was redesigned to look younger and had a mustache. The pilot was made for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], but was not picked up as a series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://splitsider.com/2012/07/watch-adam-carollas-failed-animated-pilot/|title=Watch Adam Carolla's Failed Animated Pilot|website=Splitsider.com|access-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082744/http://splitsider.com/2012/07/watch-adam-carollas-failed-animated-pilot/|archive-date=12 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2011, there was a pilot for a traditionally-animated spinoff called ''The Birchums'' featuring Dick Birchum as the main character. He was redesigned to look younger and had a mustache. The pilot was made for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], but was not picked up as a series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://splitsider.com/2012/07/watch-adam-carollas-failed-animated-pilot/|title=Watch Adam Carolla's Failed Animated Pilot|website=Splitsider.com|access-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082744/http://splitsider.com/2012/07/watch-adam-carollas-failed-animated-pilot/|archive-date=12 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The series now retitled as ''[[Mr. Birchum]]'' was released on the conservative website ''[[The Daily Wire]]'s'' streaming service ''DailyWire+'' on May 12, 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/daily-wire-series-adam-carolla-megyn-kelly-brett-cooper-candace-owens-danny-trejo-roseanne-barr-1235643840/ | title=The Daily Wire Sets Adult Animated Comedy Series 'Mr Birchum' Starring Adam Carolla, Megyn Kelly, Brett Cooper, Roseanne Barr, Candace Owens, Danny Trejo & More | date=November 30, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.awn.com/news/sage-steele-joins-voice-cast-dailywire-animated-series-mr-birchum | title=Sage Steele Joins Voice Cast of DailyWire+ Animated Series 'Mr. Birchum' | date=April 29, 2024 }}</ref>


== Notable performers ==
== Notable performers ==
{{Section citations needed|date=July 2022}}
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2022}}
The voices of the characters have been provided by:
The voices of the characters have been provided by:
{|
{|
Line 99: Line 98:
:[[David Cross]]
:[[David Cross]]
:[[Desus Nice|Desus]] & [[The Kid Mero|Mero]]
:[[Desus Nice|Desus]] & [[The Kid Mero|Mero]]
:[[Deric Battiste|DJ D-Wrek]]
:DJ D-Wrek
:[[Ryan Dunn]]
:[[Ryan Dunn]]
:[[Bob Einstein]]
:[[Bob Einstein]]
Line 130: Line 129:
:[[Natasha Leggero]]
:[[Natasha Leggero]]
|valign=top|
|valign=top|
:[[Lil' Jon]]
:[[Lil Jon]]
:[[Ludacris]]
:[[Ludacris]]
:[[Seth MacFarlane]]
:[[Seth MacFarlane]]
Line 162: Line 161:
:[[Snoop Dogg]]
:[[Snoop Dogg]]
:[[Megan Stalter]]
:[[Megan Stalter]]
:[[Tom Stern (director)|Tom Stern]]
:[[Tom Stern (filmmaker)|Tom Stern]]
:[[Steve-O]]
:[[Steve-O]]
:[[Nicole Sullivan]]
:[[Nicole Sullivan]]
:[[Wanda Sykes]]
:[[Wanda Sykes]]
:[[Tenacious D]] ([[Jack Black]] & [[Kyle Gass]])
:[[Tenacious D]] ([[Jack Black]] and [[Kyle Gass]])
:[[Kenan Thompson]]
:[[Kenan Thompson]]
:[[Tim & Eric]] ([[Tim Heidecker]] & [[Eric Wareheim]])
:[[Tim & Eric]] ([[Tim Heidecker]] and [[Eric Wareheim]])
:[[Touch-Tone Terrorists]]
:[[Touch-Tone Terrorists]]
:[[Billy West]]
:[[Billy West]]
Line 192: Line 191:
|}
|}


==Episodes==
== Episodes ==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
Line 234: Line 233:
|style="background: #F68D22;"|
|style="background: #F68D22;"|
|[[Crank Yankers#Season 6 (2021)|6]]
|[[Crank Yankers#Season 6 (2021)|6]]
|20<ref>{{cite web |title=Crank Yankers season 6 episode list |url=https://www.cc.com/shows/crank-yankers/mkv6nz/season-6 |website=Comedy Central |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
|20<ref>{{cite web |title=Crank Yankers season 6 episode list |url=https://www.cc.com/shows/crank-yankers/mkv6nz/season-6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616114514/https://www.cc.com/shows/crank-yankers/mkv6nz/season-6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |website=Comedy Central |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
|{{Start date|2021|5|5}}
|{{Start date|2021|5|5}}
|August 3, 2022
|August 3, 2022
|}
|}


===Season 1 (2002)===
=== Season 1 (2002) ===
{{Episode table |background=#333333 |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |country=U.S. |episodes=
{{Episode table |background=#333333 |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |prodcode= |country=U.S. |episodes=
{{Episode list
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = [[Wu-Tang Clan]]
|Title = [[Wu-Tang Clan]] & [[Dave Chappelle]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|02}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|02}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 103
|ShortSummary = Shavin ([[Dave Chappelle]]) makes a reservation at a bed and breakfast; Bob Carlman ([[Bob Einstein|Super Dave Osborne]]) wants to include Bobby Dick in a book about unusual names; Elmer ([[Jimmy Kimmel]]) complains about finding a beak in his fried chicken; Hadassah ([[Sarah Silverman]]) responds to a newspaper ad for a nanny; Rob ([[Stephen Colbert]]) helps a deaf friend with phone sex; [[Wu-Tang Clan]] performs "[[Iron Flag|In the Hood]]".<br>'''NOTE:''' Wu-Tang Clan's performance is cut from the DVD version of this episode.
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
Line 254: Line 254:
|Title = [[Denis Leary]] & [[Sarah Silverman]]
|Title = [[Denis Leary]] & [[Sarah Silverman]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|09}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|09}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 102
|ShortSummary = Cammie ([[Lisa Arch|Lisa Kushell]]) wants to perform at a strip club with her seeing-eye dog; a kid ([[Billy West]]) calls a Chinese restaurant; Boomer ([[Patton Oswalt]]) and the Nudge (Jimmy Kimmel) call a listener at a convenience store; Spoonie Luv ([[Tracy Morgan]]) wants to send flowers to his unfaithful girlfriend; Jimmy (Jimmy Kimmel) calls a sex shop, and his mom (Sarah Silverman) is on the same line; Joe ([[Denis Leary]]) deals with a pet monkey who's going crazy; Special Ed ([[Jim Florentine]]) calls tech support.
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
Line 260: Line 261:
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = [[Jimmy Kimmel]] & [[Wanda Sykes]]
|Title = [[Tenacious D]] & [[Wanda Sykes]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|16}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|16}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 101
|ShortSummary = Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) tries to get an apartment for him and his pets; a turd is left in Gladys Murphy's ([[Wanda Sykes]]) car; a villain ([[Jordan Rubin]]) calls 411 for information on [[Batman]]; Birchum ([[Adam Carolla]]) applies for a job at a construction place; Mooshu (Billy West) calls a record store to get a [[Tupac Shakur|Tupac]] album; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) tries to get an apartment at another place; Special Ed (Jim Florentine) books a trip to [[Hawaii]]; [[Tenacious D]] performs "[[Tenacious D (album)|Friendship]]".
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
Line 268: Line 270:
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = [[Tracy Morgan]] & Wanda Sykes
|Title = [[Jimmy Kimmel]] & Wanda Sykes
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|23}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|23}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 104
|ShortSummary = Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) calls a country club to play golf; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) tries to schedule an appointment for a hearing aid; Wanda (Wanda Sykes) thanks a customer for visiting a porn site; Niles Standish ([[Tony Barbieri]]) calls for a live-in caregiver; a woman calls the [[Touch-Tone Terrorists]] about a diamond watch.
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
Line 278: Line 281:
|Title = [[David Alan Grier]] & [[Dave Attell]]
|Title = [[David Alan Grier]] & [[Dave Attell]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|30}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|6|30}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 105
|ShortSummary = Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) tries to get a job at an apartment complex; Lisa (Lisa Kushell) needs help with her computer; Frank ([[Dave Attell]]) inquires about hair removal; Birchum (Adam Carolla) calls a country club's lost and found for his prosthetic leg; Terrence (Jimmy Kimmel) makes a reservation at a restaurant for [[Bill Cosby]]; Danny ([[David Alan Grier]]) calls a phone sex line.
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
Line 286: Line 290:
|Title = [[Susie Essman]] & [[Jim Florentine]]
|Title = [[Susie Essman]] & [[Jim Florentine]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|7|07}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|7|07}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 106
|ShortSummary = A woman calls the Touch-Tone Terrorists about a package to her sister; Niles Standish (Tony Barbieri) orders invitations for an ass-slapping party; Helen Higgins ([[Susie Essman]]) wants to re-train a foul-mouthed parrot; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) calls to get a job at an alternative counseling center; Tony DeLoge (Super Dave Osborne) tries to secure a vote by surrounding a couple's son.
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
Line 292: Line 297:
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Sarah Silverman & Tracy Morgan
|Title = [[Dane Cook]] & [[Ween]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|7|14}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|7|14}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 107
|ShortSummary = Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) conducts a survey with [[O, The Oprah Magazine|Oprah Magazine]]; Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) pitches greeting card ideas; Sav Macauley ([[Dane Cook]]) hosts the Phone Zone game show; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) drowns his grandfather while calling a cell phone store; [[Ween]] performs "[[Quebec (album)|Hey There Fancypants]]".
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
Line 300: Line 306:
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = [[Kevin Nealon]] & [[Super Dave Osborne]]
|Title = [[Kevin Nealon]] & Super Dave Osborne
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|7|21}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|7|21}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 108
|ShortSummary = Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) places a personal ad; Mark (Super Dave Osborne) seeks advice about his wife sleeping with another man; Helen (Susie Essman) calls a supermarket about cookies; Ken ([[Kevin Nealon]]) seeks a date; Terrence (Jimmy Kimmel) arranges an appearance by [[Jared Fogle]].
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
Line 308: Line 315:
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Jimmy Kimmel & [[Adam Carolla]]
|Title = Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|7|28}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|7|28}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 109
|ShortSummary = [[Karl Malone]] (Jimmy Kimmel) is looking for [[Beanie Babies]]; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) seeks a job at an auto repair shop; Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) calls from municipal waste management; Birchum (Adam Carolla) gets an moving estimate for his morbidly obese wife; Danny (David Allan Grier) calls a caterer for a family reunion; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) complains about an offensive program (implied to be ''Crank Yankers'' itself) to a cable company.
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
Line 316: Line 324:
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = [[Dane Cook]] & Sarah Silverman
|Title = Dane Cook & Sarah Silverman
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|8|04}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|8|04}}
|ShortSummary =
|ProdCode = 110
|ShortSummary = Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) complains about a delivery man urinating on his front door; Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) orders roses for a girl; Gene Winterbuck (Dane Cook) calls a library to request a book; Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) complains to a beauty salon about [[Pediculosis pubis|crabs]]; Sav Macauley (Dane Cook) breaches a do-not call list to get someone to play the Phone Zone game show; Tony DeLoge (Super Dave Osborne) talks about his platform's policies for senior citizens.
|LineColor = 333333
|LineColor = 333333
}}
}}
}}
}}


===Season 2 (2003–04)===
=== Season 2 (2003–04) ===
{{Episode table |background=#0000CD |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |country=U.S. |episodes=
{{Episode table |background=#0000CD |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |country=U.S. |episodes=
{{Episode list
{{Episode list
Line 330: Line 339:
|Title = Jimmy Kimmel & Sarah Silverman
|Title = Jimmy Kimmel & Sarah Silverman
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|04}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|04}}
|ShortSummary = Birchum (Adam Carolla) calls for a job at a security office who is not hiring; Niles Standish (Tony Barbieri) asks for advice about caulk from a hardware store; Katie and Kevin Kimmel are asked to confess to a store employee; Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) calls a lost and found for a missing poker chip; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) calls a sex shop to find a gift for his wife; Special Ed (Jim Florentine) calls a record store asking for a specific song.
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 0000CD
|LineColor = 0000CD
}}
}}
Line 338: Line 347:
|Title = Wanda Sykes & [[Robert Schimmel]]
|Title = Wanda Sykes & [[Robert Schimmel]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|11}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|11}}
|ShortSummary = Gladys Murphy (Wanda Sykes) accidentally rents a pornographic video for a birthday party; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) calls about a sales job; Robert ([[Robert Schimmel]]) calls a phone sex line; Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) wants karate lessons before he goes to jail; Terrence (Jimmy Kimmel) plans to rent out a candy store for [[Rosie O'Donnell]]'s birthday; Niles Standish (Tony Barbieri) calls a chamber of commerce to set up a rehab center for violent, dangerous sex offenders.
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 0000CD
|LineColor = 0000CD
}}
}}
Line 346: Line 355:
|Title = [[Snoop Dogg]] & Kevin Nealon
|Title = [[Snoop Dogg]] & Kevin Nealon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|18}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|18}}
|ShortSummary = Ken (Kevin Nealon) calls for phone sex and is incredibly nervous; [[Snoop Dogg]] runs for state senator; Special Ed (Jim Florentine) asks for movie ticket prices; Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) complains about a lingerie store employee's conduct; Birchum (Adam Carolla) wants to take his wife horse riding; Kevin Kimmel asks a librarian for word definitions; Snoop Dogg calls a record store.
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 0000CD
|LineColor = 0000CD
}}
}}
Line 354: Line 363:
|Title = [[Jeff Garlin]] & [[Gilbert Gottfried]]
|Title = [[Jeff Garlin]] & [[Gilbert Gottfried]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|25}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|25}}
|ShortSummary = Terrence (Jimmy Kimmel) plans to take the [[Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen|Olsen Twins]] to play paintball; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) runs over someone while calling the water company; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) can't play a videotape on his DVD player; Jeff ([[Jeff Garlin]]) calls a variety store; Cammie (Lisa Kushell) orders pizza and her boyfriend (Jimmy Kimmel) gets angry; Tony DeLoge (Super Dave Osborne) wants a set of golf clubs; George ([[Gilbert Gottfried]]) calls a nutrition center about his swollen testicles.
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 0000CD
|LineColor = 0000CD
}}
}}
Line 376: Line 385:
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Adam Carolla & [[Jim Florentine]]
|Title = Adam Carolla & Jim Florentine
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|4|15}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|4|15}}
|ShortSummary =
|ShortSummary =
Line 1,013: Line 1,022:
|EpisodeNumber = 92
|EpisodeNumber = 92
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Adam Carolla, Punkie Johnson & Melissa Villaseñor
|Title = Adam Carolla, Punkie Johnson & Melissa Villaseñor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|5|12}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|5|12}}
|Viewers = 0.147<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-12-2021.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827203611/https://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-12-2021.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-08-27 |title=UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.12.2021 |publisher=Showbuzz Daily |date=2021-05-13 |access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref>
|Viewers = 0.147<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-12-2021.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827203611/https://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-12-2021.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-08-27 |title=UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.12.2021 |publisher=Showbuzz Daily |date=2021-05-13 |access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 22:19, 6 December 2024

Crank Yankers
From left to right, Niles Standish, Special Ed, Spoonie Luv, and Dick Birchum
Created byAdam Carolla
Jimmy Kimmel
Daniel Kellison
Jonathan Kimmel
Voices ofTony Barbieri
Adam Carolla
Susie Essman
Jim Florentine
Jimmy Kimmel
Tracy Morgan
Kevin Nealon
Sarah Silverman
Wanda Sykes
Biz Markie
Theme music composerAdam Schlesinger
Steven Gold
Opening theme"Crank Yankers Theme" by Fountains of Wayne[1]
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes110
Production
Running time21–22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkComedy Central
(2002–05, 2019–2022)
MTV2
(2007)
ReleaseJune 2, 2002 (2002-06-02) –
August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)

Crank Yankers is an American television sketch comedy 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 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.[2] 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.[3]

On March 5, 2020, Comedy Central announced Crank Yankers had been renewed for a 20-episode sixth season.[4] The sixth season premiered on May 5, 2021.[5]

Behind the scenes

[edit]

The performers are given a basic outline of a premise by the writers, and call telephone numbers from a list of selected targets (known as "marks"). Using the basic premises, the performers improvise most of their lines, playing off of the responses of their marks, with the intention to keep them on the phone as long as possible.

With the exception of a few outside sources (including previous material from Jim Florentine and the Touch-Tone Terrorists), all the calls are made from Nevada. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 makes it illegal in eleven[6] states to record telephone calls without both parties' consent. Under Nevada law, only one of the parties has to give consent (i.e., the caller), so prank calls can be recorded without the consent of the prank victims. One result of this was the series' schedule of creating and airing new episodes was fairly sporadic due to most of the celebrities living in Los Angeles, having Los Angeles-based jobs, and so were only periodically able to go to Las Vegas to make calls. Carolla, for example, took his radio program to Las Vegas once or twice a year, and while there would record new calls for the program.

The puppet designs were drawn by artist Todd James before being constructed based on the various marks' voices, and, along with a series of stock characters (such as "Niles Standish", "Bobby Fletcher" and "Special Ed") based on the performers' character voices, the calls are re-enacted for the skits.

The main character puppets for the first season were constructed by Bob Flanagan's company Den Design with additional puppets built by BJ Guyer, Carol Binion, Rick Lyon, Ron Binion, Jim Kroupa and Artie Esposito. An in-house puppet shop was set up for the following seasons to accommodate the fast-paced schedule of the show and the sheer volume of puppet characters required for each episode.

The puppets are puppeteered by Ron Binion, Rick Lyon, BJ Guyer, Victor Yerrid, Paul McGinnis, Alice Dinnean, Tyler Bunch, Drew Massey, Robin Walsh, Marc Petrosino, & Artie Esposito.[citation needed]

Originally, the show was titled Prank Puppets; it was renamed after Comedy Central lawyers deemed that it implied malice.[7]

Regular characters

[edit]
  • Karl Malone (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): Kimmel's impression of then-NBA star Karl Malone. He regularly refers to himself in the third-person. "Don't hang up on Karl Malone."
  • Gladys Murphy (voiced by Wanda Sykes): A boisterous black woman who makes embarrassing announcements, generally of a scatological or sexual nature. Her many children do things like gluing her buttocks to the toilet and stealing money from a malfunctioning bank machine.
  • Niles Standish (voiced by Tony Barbieri): The British Earl of Yankerville, a rich and eccentric middle-aged pervert with homosexual tendencies. He frequently calls various services and asks for their price, then orders them to "double it" (Once even confusing someone by telling them to "cut it in half, and double it!"). He has an assistant named Cavendish.
  • Giles Standish (voiced by Tony Barbieri): Niles' deformed twin brother.
  • Special Ed (voiced by Jim Florentine): Bobby Fletcher's mentally challenged younger cousin who constantly repeats himself, makes random comments and shouts his catchphrase "Yay!" until the prank-victim gets frustrated. He makes a cameo in one of Bobby's prank calls, "Let Me Put My Brother on the Phone". In two prank calls of his own (one to a movie theater and one to a video store), Ed reveals that his favorite film is Air Bud. In the video-store call, he works in several references to The Shining. Ed is not present in the 2019 revival due to the character being deemed too offensive for modern audiences.[8]
  • Dick Birchum (voiced by Adam Carolla): A psychotic Vietnam War veteran whose hobbies include carpentry, Shotokan karate, spying on women in their beds or bathrooms by drilling holes or a hidden camera, and gun ownership. He has a 600-pound wife, a large 8-year-old son, and conjoined twin daughters. He lost part of his right leg in the war and 3 right-hand fingers in a carpentry accident. He frequently refers to his time in Vietnam and "smoking hash out of a human skull".
  • Jimmy (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): A Kimmel-based grown man who lives with his mother. He also has two young children who swear and play juvenile pranks.
  • Bobby Fletcher (voiced by Jim Florentine): Ed's stoner underachieving older cousin. He is known to belch uncontrollably into the phone, which he uses to his advantage in order to annoy the victims of his prank calls.
  • Elmer Higgins (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): A crabby, elderly man (based on Kimmel's grandfather). He makes complaint calls and frequently goes off on unrelated, long-winded tangents about his younger days and various irrelevant subjects. He sometimes mentions his brother Charlie, as well as his gay grandson, Terrence Catheter.
  • Helen Higgins (voiced by Susie Essman): Elmer's beautiful wife of over 60 years, she is an elderly woman who likes to proposition young men. Her son gave her a pet parrot who is well-versed in profanity. In a late-in-the-series sketch about Elmer wanting driving lessons, he mentions that she has died.
  • Landalious "The Truth" Truefeld (voiced by David Alan Grier): A former football player who likes to rap.
  • Spoonie Luv (voiced by Tracy Morgan): A smooth-talking African American hip hop-type character who makes lewd and suggestive comments. He often refers to himself as "Spoonie Luv from Up Above". In one particularly noteworthy prank call, he attempts to sell a video store tapes of himself masturbating.
  • Hadassah Guberman (voiced by Sarah Silverman): A Jewish female college student who works various part-time jobs, including conducting surveys for O magazine. She frequently asks intrusive questions and makes veiled passive-aggressive insults. Her sexuality and sanity seem highly questionable.
  • Terrence Catheter (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel): Elmer Higgins' grandson is an effeminate redhead who acts as spokesperson for various celebrities, such as Tom Cruise, Bill Cosby, Jared Fogle, J. K. Rowling, Mr. T and the Olsen twins. He calls various places of business to book appearances and asks them to comply with the celebrities' ridiculous demands.
  • Tony Deloge (voiced by Bob Einstein): A loud-mouthed, fast-paced politician who calls random people to pander for votes as "district selectman". He occasionally tries to use his political power to get things for free.
  • Cammie Smith (voiced by Lisa Arch): A nymphomaniac, she is a somewhat conceited, condescending 23-year-old exotic dancer.
  • Boomer and the Nudge (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel and Patton Oswalt): Two obnoxious morning-radio disc jockeys who call people to make "on-air dares".
  • Junkyard Willie (voiced by the Touch-Tone Terrorists): An obstructionist in the form of a gravelly-voiced black man who is actually an import from the Touch-Tone Terrorists where he is a regular character. He appears in two sketches as a supervisor at YPS ("Yankerville Package Service").
  • Jim Bob the Handicapped Hillbilly (voiced by the Touch-Tone Terrorists): A mentally disabled hillbilly who works with Junkyard Willie at YPS.
  • Sav Macauley (voiced by Dane Cook): The overly enthusiastic host of a phone game show, "The Phone Zone", where he calls people and asks ridiculous random trivia questions for cash prizes and interjects his own sound effects.
  • OCD Ken (voiced by Kevin Nealon): An accountant with obsessive–compulsive disorder who prefers cleanliness and even numbers. He often requests people to press the pound key as part of his disorder.
  • Danny (voiced by David Alan Grier): A man who repeatedly gets nervous or disgusted causing him to vomit over the phone. The vomit is depicted as an Exorcist-like liquid shooting out of the puppet's throat. On the show, there is also a minor story arc of Danny marrying a Jewish woman.
  • Chip Douglas (voiced by Fred Armisen): A Mexican immigrant who is perpetually building a house with minimal supplies and poor command of the English language. He makes two prank calls to newspaper offices, one to attempt to sell cartoons and the other (a prank call in Spanish) to inform a Spanish-language newspaper that he has not received that day's edition.
  • Katie (voiced by Katie Kimmel): Kimmel's then-12-year-old daughter made occasional appearances from 2003, initially with a few short lines but later making entire crank calls herself (notably pretending to be a drunken 9-year-old trying to order alcohol by phone).
  • Kevin (voiced by Kevin Kimmel): Kimmel's then-10-year-old son made occasional appearances from 2003, including as Elmer Higgins' great-grandson.
  • Foreign Guy (voiced by Dane Cook): A nameless immigrant who calls various places looking for assistance or to purchase something.
  • Gene Winterbuck (voiced by Dane Cook): A paraplegic young man, who calls libraries requesting books with titles referring to disabilities in an offensive manner, such as "Johnny NoodleLegs".
  • Lou Vilman (voiced by Kevin Nealon): An easily impressed guy who responds "Wow!" to everything.
  • Dick Rogers (voiced by Seth MacFarlane): He will often call to complain about issues that would make someone from the 1940s uncomfortable, such as being hit on by men at a gay bar or getting a haircut from a female hairdresser. He also calls the YMCA for help with his alcohol problem.[citation needed]
  • The Concierge (voiced by Tony Barbieri): A hotel concierge who calls guests informing them of issues with their room or the building and offering them little compensation, or otherwise inconveniencing their stay.

Spinoff

[edit]
Main article: Mr. Birchum

In 2011, there was a pilot for a traditionally-animated spinoff called The Birchums featuring Dick Birchum as the main character. He was redesigned to look younger and had a mustache. The pilot was made for Fox, but was not picked up as a series.[9] The series now retitled as Mr. Birchum was released on the conservative website The Daily Wire's streaming service DailyWire+ on May 12, 2024.[10][11]

Notable performers

[edit]

The voices of the characters have been provided by:

Lisa Arch
Fred Armisen
Dave Attell
Tony Barbieri
Nick Cannon
Drew Carey
Adam Carolla
Chamillionaire
Dave Chappelle
Stephen Colbert
Dane Cook
David Cross
Desus & Mero
DJ D-Wrek
Ryan Dunn
Bob Einstein
Eminem
Susie Essman
Jim Florentine
Will Forte
Josh Gardner
Jeff Garlin
Nikki Glaser
Jeff Goldblum
Bobcat Goldthwait
Good Charlotte
Gilbert Gottfried
Seth Green
David Alan Grier
Kathy Griffin
Tiffany Haddish
Caleb Hearon
Mitch Hedberg
Abbi Jacobson
Punkie Johnson
Jamie Kennedy
Tom Kenny
Jimmy Kimmel
Jonathan Kimmel
David Koechner
Nick Kroll
Denis Leary
Natasha Leggero
Lil Jon
Ludacris
Seth MacFarlane
Biz Markie
Demetri Martin
Trixie Mattel
Andy Milonakis
Tracy Morgan
Bobby Moynihan
Annie Murphy
Kevin Nealon
Bob Odenkirk
Super Dave Osborne
Jack Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne
Patton Oswalt
Chelsea Peretti
Drew Pinsky
Aubrey Plaza
Brian Posehn
Paul Raff
Andy Richter
Rick Rosner
Jeff Ross
Robert Schimmel
Jason Schwartzman
Iliza Shlesinger
Sarah Silverman
Robert Smigel
J. B. Smoove
Snoop Dogg
Megan Stalter
Tom Stern
Steve-O
Nicole Sullivan
Wanda Sykes
Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass)
Kenan Thompson
Tim & Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim)
Touch-Tone Terrorists
Billy West
Roy Wood Jr.
Wu-Tang Clan

Chief artists working for the show include:

Xavier Corby
Chris Davis
Todd Hulin
Shane Klein
David Kolodny-Nagy
Dutch Merrick
Kristie Moore
Brook Shafer
Jason Tyne
Mark Walbaum

Episodes

[edit]
Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 10 June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02) August 4, 2002 (2002-08-04)
2 30 March 4, 2003 (2003-03-04) April 13, 2004 (2004-04-13)
3 22 July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20) March 30, 2005 (2005-03-30)
4 8 February 9, 2007 (2007-02-09) March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30)
5 20[12] September 25, 2019 (2019-09-25) June 3, 2020 (2020-06-03)
6 20[13] May 5, 2021 (2021-05-05) August 3, 2022

Season 1 (2002)

[edit]
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Wu-Tang Clan & Dave Chappelle"June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02)103
Shavin (Dave Chappelle) makes a reservation at a bed and breakfast; Bob Carlman (Super Dave Osborne) wants to include Bobby Dick in a book about unusual names; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) complains about finding a beak in his fried chicken; Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) responds to a newspaper ad for a nanny; Rob (Stephen Colbert) helps a deaf friend with phone sex; Wu-Tang Clan performs "In the Hood".
NOTE: Wu-Tang Clan's performance is cut from the DVD version of this episode.
22"Denis Leary & Sarah Silverman"June 9, 2002 (2002-06-09)102
Cammie (Lisa Kushell) wants to perform at a strip club with her seeing-eye dog; a kid (Billy West) calls a Chinese restaurant; Boomer (Patton Oswalt) and the Nudge (Jimmy Kimmel) call a listener at a convenience store; Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) wants to send flowers to his unfaithful girlfriend; Jimmy (Jimmy Kimmel) calls a sex shop, and his mom (Sarah Silverman) is on the same line; Joe (Denis Leary) deals with a pet monkey who's going crazy; Special Ed (Jim Florentine) calls tech support.
33"Tenacious D & Wanda Sykes"June 16, 2002 (2002-06-16)101
Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) tries to get an apartment for him and his pets; a turd is left in Gladys Murphy's (Wanda Sykes) car; a villain (Jordan Rubin) calls 411 for information on Batman; Birchum (Adam Carolla) applies for a job at a construction place; Mooshu (Billy West) calls a record store to get a Tupac album; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) tries to get an apartment at another place; Special Ed (Jim Florentine) books a trip to Hawaii; Tenacious D performs "Friendship".
44"Jimmy Kimmel & Wanda Sykes"June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)104
Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) calls a country club to play golf; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) tries to schedule an appointment for a hearing aid; Wanda (Wanda Sykes) thanks a customer for visiting a porn site; Niles Standish (Tony Barbieri) calls for a live-in caregiver; a woman calls the Touch-Tone Terrorists about a diamond watch.
55"David Alan Grier & Dave Attell"June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)105
Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) tries to get a job at an apartment complex; Lisa (Lisa Kushell) needs help with her computer; Frank (Dave Attell) inquires about hair removal; Birchum (Adam Carolla) calls a country club's lost and found for his prosthetic leg; Terrence (Jimmy Kimmel) makes a reservation at a restaurant for Bill Cosby; Danny (David Alan Grier) calls a phone sex line.
66"Susie Essman & Jim Florentine"July 7, 2002 (2002-07-07)106
A woman calls the Touch-Tone Terrorists about a package to her sister; Niles Standish (Tony Barbieri) orders invitations for an ass-slapping party; Helen Higgins (Susie Essman) wants to re-train a foul-mouthed parrot; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) calls to get a job at an alternative counseling center; Tony DeLoge (Super Dave Osborne) tries to secure a vote by surrounding a couple's son.
77"Dane Cook & Ween"July 14, 2002 (2002-07-14)107
Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) conducts a survey with Oprah Magazine; Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) pitches greeting card ideas; Sav Macauley (Dane Cook) hosts the Phone Zone game show; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) drowns his grandfather while calling a cell phone store; Ween performs "Hey There Fancypants".
88"Kevin Nealon & Super Dave Osborne"July 21, 2002 (2002-07-21)108
Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) places a personal ad; Mark (Super Dave Osborne) seeks advice about his wife sleeping with another man; Helen (Susie Essman) calls a supermarket about cookies; Ken (Kevin Nealon) seeks a date; Terrence (Jimmy Kimmel) arranges an appearance by Jared Fogle.
99"Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla"July 28, 2002 (2002-07-28)109
Karl Malone (Jimmy Kimmel) is looking for Beanie Babies; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) seeks a job at an auto repair shop; Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) calls from municipal waste management; Birchum (Adam Carolla) gets an moving estimate for his morbidly obese wife; Danny (David Allan Grier) calls a caterer for a family reunion; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) complains about an offensive program (implied to be Crank Yankers itself) to a cable company.
1010"Dane Cook & Sarah Silverman"August 4, 2002 (2002-08-04)110
Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) complains about a delivery man urinating on his front door; Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) orders roses for a girl; Gene Winterbuck (Dane Cook) calls a library to request a book; Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) complains to a beauty salon about crabs; Sav Macauley (Dane Cook) breaches a do-not call list to get someone to play the Phone Zone game show; Tony DeLoge (Super Dave Osborne) talks about his platform's policies for senior citizens.

Season 2 (2003–04)

[edit]
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
111"Jimmy Kimmel & Sarah Silverman"March 4, 2003 (2003-03-04)
Birchum (Adam Carolla) calls for a job at a security office who is not hiring; Niles Standish (Tony Barbieri) asks for advice about caulk from a hardware store; Katie and Kevin Kimmel are asked to confess to a store employee; Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) calls a lost and found for a missing poker chip; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) calls a sex shop to find a gift for his wife; Special Ed (Jim Florentine) calls a record store asking for a specific song.
122"Wanda Sykes & Robert Schimmel"March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)
Gladys Murphy (Wanda Sykes) accidentally rents a pornographic video for a birthday party; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) calls about a sales job; Robert (Robert Schimmel) calls a phone sex line; Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan) wants karate lessons before he goes to jail; Terrence (Jimmy Kimmel) plans to rent out a candy store for Rosie O'Donnell's birthday; Niles Standish (Tony Barbieri) calls a chamber of commerce to set up a rehab center for violent, dangerous sex offenders.
133"Snoop Dogg & Kevin Nealon"March 18, 2003 (2003-03-18)
Ken (Kevin Nealon) calls for phone sex and is incredibly nervous; Snoop Dogg runs for state senator; Special Ed (Jim Florentine) asks for movie ticket prices; Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) complains about a lingerie store employee's conduct; Birchum (Adam Carolla) wants to take his wife horse riding; Kevin Kimmel asks a librarian for word definitions; Snoop Dogg calls a record store.
144"Jeff Garlin & Gilbert Gottfried"March 25, 2003 (2003-03-25)
Terrence (Jimmy Kimmel) plans to take the Olsen Twins to play paintball; Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) runs over someone while calling the water company; Elmer (Jimmy Kimmel) can't play a videotape on his DVD player; Jeff (Jeff Garlin) calls a variety store; Cammie (Lisa Kushell) orders pizza and her boyfriend (Jimmy Kimmel) gets angry; Tony DeLoge (Super Dave Osborne) wants a set of golf clubs; George (Gilbert Gottfried) calls a nutrition center about his swollen testicles.
155"Fred Armisen & Kevin Nealon"April 1, 2003 (2003-04-01)
166"Wanda Sykes & Bobcat Goldthwait"April 8, 2003 (2003-04-08)
177"Adam Carolla & Jim Florentine"April 15, 2003 (2003-04-15)
188"Adam Carolla & Dr. Drew Pinsky"April 22, 2003 (2003-04-22)
199"Jimmy Kimmel & David Alan Grier"April 29, 2003 (2003-04-29)
2010"Fred Armisen & Sarah Silverman"May 6, 2003 (2003-05-06)
2111"Jimmy Kimmel & Fred Armisen"September 16, 2003 (2003-09-16)
2212"Wanda Sykes & Kevin Nealon"September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
2313"Adam Carolla & Kevin Kimmel"September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)
2414"Jimmy Kimmel & Gilbert Gottfried"October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)
2515"David Alan Grier & Super Dave Osborne"October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14)
2616"Robert Smigel & Wanda Sykes"October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)
2717"David Alan Grier & Jeff Garlin"October 28, 2003 (2003-10-28)
2818"Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla"November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04)
2919"Bob Odenkirk & Fred Armisen"November 11, 2003 (2003-11-11)
3020"Jim Florentine & Kathy Griffin"November 18, 2003 (2003-11-18)
3121"Sarah Silverman & David Alan Grier"February 10, 2004 (2004-02-10)
3222"Kevin Nealon & Wanda Sykes"February 17, 2004 (2004-02-17)
3323"Jamie Kennedy & David Alan Grier"February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)
3424"Wanda Sykes & Kevin Nealon"March 2, 2004 (2004-03-02)
3525"Adam Carolla & David Alan Grier"March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)
3626"Sarah Silverman & Jeff Goldblum"March 16, 2004 (2004-03-16)
3727"Seth Green & Jamie Kennedy"March 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)
3828"Wanda Sykes & Adam Carolla"March 30, 2004 (2004-03-30)
3929"Kevin Nealon & Sarah Silverman"April 6, 2004 (2004-04-06)
4030"Jimmy Kimmel & Fred Armisen"April 13, 2004 (2004-04-13)

Season 3 (2004–05)

[edit]
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
411"Ludacris & Drew Carey"July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20)
422"Tracy Morgan & Adam Carolla"July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)
433"Andy Richter & Sarah Silverman"August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03)
444"Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla"August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)
455"Jimmy Kimmel & Kevin Nealon"August 17, 2004 (2004-08-17)
466"Wanda Sykes & Kevin Nealon"August 24, 2004 (2004-08-24)
477"Bob Odenkirk & Adam Carolla"August 31, 2004 (2004-08-31)
488"Ludacris & Kevin Nealon"September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)
499"Eminem & Tracy Morgan"September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)
5010"Jack & Sharon Osbourne"September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21)
5111"Holiday Special"December 21, 2004 (2004-12-21)
5212"Drew Carey & Jeff Goldblum"January 12, 2005 (2005-01-12)
5313"Wanda Sykes & Sarah Silverman"January 19, 2005 (2005-01-19)
5414"Tracy Morgan & Jimmy Kimmel"February 2, 2005 (2005-02-02)
5515"Jason Schwartzman & David Alan Grier"February 9, 2005 (2005-02-09)
5616"Adam Carolla & David Alan Grier"February 16, 2005 (2005-02-16)
5717"Tracy Morgan & Jimmy Kimmel"February 23, 2005 (2005-02-23)
5818"Wanda Sykes & Kevin Nealon"March 2, 2005 (2005-03-02)
5919"Bob Odenkirk & Tracy Morgan"March 9, 2005 (2005-03-09)
6020"Dane Cook & Kevin Nealon"March 16, 2005 (2005-03-16)
6121"Best-of Special 1"March 23, 2005 (2005-03-23)
6222"Best-of Special 2"March 30, 2005 (2005-03-30)

Season 4 (2007)

[edit]
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
631"Lil Jon & Sarah Silverman"February 9, 2007 (2007-02-09)
642"Jimmy Kimmel & Steve-O"February 16, 2007 (2007-02-16)
653"Dane Cook & Chamillionaire"February 23, 2007 (2007-02-23)
664"Good Charlotte & Lil Jon"March 2, 2007 (2007-03-02)
675"Dave Chappelle & Seth Green"March 9, 2007 (2007-03-09)
686"Andy Milonakis & Ryan Dunn"March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16)
697"Adam Carolla & Dane Cook"March 23, 2007 (2007-03-23)
708"Jimmy Kimmel & Nick Cannon"March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30)

Season 5 (2019–20)

[edit]
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
711"Tracy Morgan, Adam Carolla & Aubrey Plaza"September 25, 2019 (2019-09-25)0.482[14]
722"Jimmy Kimmel, Kathy Griffin & Jeff Ross"October 2, 2019 (2019-10-02)0.366[15]
733"Sarah Silverman, Abbi Jacobson & Will Forte"October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09)0.380[16]
744"Jimmy Kimmel, Tracy Morgan & David Alan Grier"October 16, 2019 (2019-10-16)0.409[17]
755"Sarah Silverman, Tiffany Haddish & Kevin Nealon"October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30)0.364[18]
766"David Alan Grier, Will Forte & Chelsea Peretti"November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06)0.397[19]
777"Tiffany Haddish, Roy Wood Jr. & Thomas Lennon"November 13, 2019 (2019-11-13)0.358[20]
788"Wanda Sykes, Nick Kroll & Tracy Morgan"November 27, 2019 (2019-11-27)0.305[21]
799"Adam Carolla, David Koechner & Natasha Leggero"December 4, 2019 (2019-12-04)0.368[22]
8010"Bobby Brown, Wanda Sykes & Kathy Griffin"December 11, 2019 (2019-12-11)0.352[23]
8111"Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman & Nikki Glaser"April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)0.269[24]
8212"Aubrey Plaza, Ron Funches & Derek Waters"April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)0.327[25]
8313"Tracy Morgan, Kevin Nealon & Adam Carolla"April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15)0.321[26]
8414"Chelsea Peretti, Derek Waters & Aubrey Plaza"April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)0.272[27]
8515"Jeff Ross, Tracy Morgan & Roy Wood Jr."April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29)0.173[28]
8616"Wanda Sykes, David Alan Grier & Abbi Jacobson"May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06)0.220[29]
8717"Kevin Nealon, Jimmy Kimmel & Paul Scheer"May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)0.187[30]
8818"Brian Posehn, Nick Kroll & David Alan Grier"May 20, 2020 (2020-05-20)0.199[31]
8919"Adam Carolla, Iliza Shlesinger & Demetri Martin"May 27, 2020 (2020-05-27)0.236[32]
9020"Nikki Glaser, Jimmy Kimmel & Tracy Morgan"June 3, 2020 (2020-06-03)0.215[33]

Season 6 (2021–22)

[edit]
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
911"Jimmy Kimmel, Annie Murphy & Iliza Shlesinger"May 5, 2021 (2021-05-05)0.155[34]
922"Adam Carolla, Punkie Johnson & Melissa Villaseñor"May 12, 2021 (2021-05-12)0.147[35]
933"Chelsea Peretti, Heidi Gardner & J.B. Smoove"May 19, 2021 (2021-05-19)0.151[36]
944"Jimmy Kimmel, Wanda Sykes & Kathy Griffin"May 26, 2021 (2021-05-26)0.209[37]
955"Bobby Brown, Natasha Leggero, Paul Scheer"June 2, 2021 (2021-06-02)0.129[38]
966"Brian Posehn, Kevin Nealon, Quinta Brunson"June 9, 2021 (2021-06-09)0.179[39]
977"Tiffany Haddish, Tracy Morgan, Jimmy Kimmel"June 16, 2021 (2021-06-16)0.166[40]
988"Kathy Griffin, Trixie Mattel & Chelsea Peretti"June 23, 2021 (2021-06-23)0.132[41]
999"Jimmy Kimmel, Bobby Brown & Kyle Dunnigan"June 30, 2021 (2021-06-30)0.110[42]
10010"Wanda Sykes, Adam Carolla & Annie Murphy"July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)0.131[43]
10111"Jimmy Kimmel, Annie Murphy & Tiffany Haddish"July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06)0.170[44]
10212"Tiffany Haddish, Desus & Mero & Jimmy Kimmel"July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06)0.131[44]
10313"Desus & Mero, Jimmy Kimmel & Natasha Leggero"July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)0.118[45]
10414"Wanda Sykes, JB Smoove & Adam Carolla"July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)0.093[45]
10515"Jimmy Kimmel, Tiffany Haddish & Ron Funches"July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21)0.116[46]
10616"Tracy Morgan, Heidi Gardner & Kevin Nealon"July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21)0.105[46]
10717"Paul Scheer, Wanda Sykes & Ron Funches"July 28, 2022 (2022-07-28)0.099[47]
10818"Tiffany Haddish, Meg Stalter & Bobby Moynihan"July 28, 2022 (2022-07-28)0.155[47]
10919"Bobby Brown, Heidi Gardner & Jimmy Kimmel"August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)0.112[48]
11020"Tracy Morgan, Tim and Eric & Ron Funches"August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)0.116[48]

DVD releases

[edit]
DVD Name Release Date Ep # Additional Information
Season 1 - Uncensored September 28, 2004 10 "Dial 'T' for Torment: Mini-Documentary, Two Unaired Calls.
Season 2, Volume 1 - Uncensored April 26, 2005 15 Unaired Calls.
Season 2, Volume 2 - Uncensored November 29, 2005 15 4 exclusive audio calls from Fred Armisen, Eminem, Jim Florentine, and Jimmy Kimmel.
The Best of Crank Yankers - Uncensored December 4, 2007 58 Includes 58 favorite calls.

There are currently no plans for a DVD release for seasons 3 & 4, aka the MTV2 season of Crank Yankers.

CD releases

[edit]
  • The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Volume 1 (2002)
  • The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Volume 2 (2002)
  • The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Volume 3 (2003)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Shazam".
  2. ^ "'Crank Yankers' Revived at Comedy Central With Jimmy Kimmel Producing". Variety. February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. ^ ""Crank Yankers" Returns to Comedy Central(R) September 25 at 10:30 P.M. ET/PT". The Futon Critic. August 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "'Crank Yankers' Revival Gets Second Season at Comedy Central". The Hollywood Reporter. March 5, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "Comedy Central's Emmy-Nominated "Crank Yankers" Is Back with a New Season Starting on Wednesday, May 5 at 10:30PM ET/PT". The Futon Critic. April 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "Know Your Rights: Phone Call Recording Laws by State". March 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Adam Carolla Show: Matt Atchity (January 6, 2012)". Podcast. ACE Broadcasting. January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2012. @31:00min: Crank Yankers was originally called 'Prank Puppets' and the pussy fucking lawyers said ...
  8. ^ "Crank Yankers crawls out of the past, wisely leaves one character behind (September 25, 2019)". The AV Club. September 25, 2019.
  9. ^ "Watch Adam Carolla's Failed Animated Pilot". Splitsider.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  10. ^ "The Daily Wire Sets Adult Animated Comedy Series 'Mr Birchum' Starring Adam Carolla, Megyn Kelly, Brett Cooper, Roseanne Barr, Candace Owens, Danny Trejo & More". November 30, 2023.
  11. ^ "Sage Steele Joins Voice Cast of DailyWire+ Animated Series 'Mr. Birchum'". April 29, 2024.
  12. ^ "CRANK YANKERS (COMEDY CENTRAL)". The Futon Critic. March 26, 2020.
  13. ^ "Crank Yankers season 6 episode list". Comedy Central. Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  14. ^ Rejent, Joseph (September 26, 2019). "Wednesday cable ratings: 'American Horror Story' continues in front, 'South Park' premieres down". Tvbythenumbers. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  15. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.2.2019". Showbuzz Daily. October 3, 2019. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  16. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.9.2019". Showbuzz Daily. October 10, 2019. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  17. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.16.2019". Showbuzz Daily. October 17, 2019. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  18. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.30.2019". Showbuzz Daily. October 31, 2019. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  19. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.6.2019". Showbuzz Daily. November 7, 2019. Archived from the original on November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  20. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.13.2019". Showbuzz Daily. November 14, 2019. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  21. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.27.2019". Showbuzz Daily. December 2, 2019. Archived from the original on December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  22. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.4.2019". Showbuzz Daily. December 5, 2019. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  23. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.11.2019". Showbuzz Daily. December 12, 2019. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  24. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.1.2020". Showbuzz Daily. April 2, 2020. Archived from the original on April 2, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  25. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.8.2020". Showbuzz Daily. April 9, 2020. Archived from the original on April 9, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  26. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.15.2020". Showbuzz Daily. April 16, 2020. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  27. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.22.2020". Showbuzz Daily. April 23, 2020. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  28. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.29.2020". Showbuzz Daily. April 30, 2020. Archived from the original on April 30, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  29. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.6.2020". Showbuzz Daily. May 7, 2020. Archived from the original on May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  30. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.13.2020". Showbuzz Daily. May 14, 2020. Archived from the original on May 14, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  31. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.20.2020". Showbuzz Daily. May 21, 2020. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  32. ^ "Updated with Broadcast Finals: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.27.2020". Showbuzz Daily. May 28, 2020. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  33. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.3.2020". Showbuzz Daily. June 4, 2020. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  34. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.5.2021". Showbuzz Daily. May 6, 2021. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  35. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.12.2021". Showbuzz Daily. May 13, 2021. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  36. ^ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.19.2021". Showbuzz Daily. May 20, 2021. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  37. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (May 27, 2021). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.26.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  38. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (June 3, 2021). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.2.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  39. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (June 10, 2021). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.9.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  40. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (June 17, 2021). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.16.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  41. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (June 24, 2021). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.23.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  42. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (July 1, 2021). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.30.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  43. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (July 8, 2021). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.7.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  44. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (July 7, 2022). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Wednesday 7.6.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED with Broadcast". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  45. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (July 14, 2022). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Wednesday 7.13.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  46. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (July 21, 2022). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Wednesday 7.20.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  47. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (July 29, 2022). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Thursday 7.28.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  48. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (August 4, 2022). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Thursday 8.3.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Crank_Yankers&oldid=1261590532"