Crank Yankers

Crank Yankers is an American television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison that features actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call. The show started in 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007. The show screened in Australia on SBS Television and The Comedy Channel between 2003 and 2008.

On February 11, 2019, 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.{{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}} The new season would include pranks on social media and other platforms. Kimmel's brother Jonathan Kimmel served as showrunner and executive producer. Season 5 started on September 25, 2019.

On March 5, 2020, Comedy Central announced Crank Yankers had been renewed for a 20-episode sixth season.

CD releases
 The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Volume 1 (2002)
 The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Volume 2 (2002)
 The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Volume 3 (2003)

Sources

Other websites
  from Comedy Central


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