Crank Yankers Coming Back To Comedy Central

Comedy Central is reviving the series Crank Yankers. The popular comedic series was created and produced by Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla, and Daniel Kellison. It first premiered on Comedy Central in 2002. Crank Yankers featured some often-hilarious prank calls that were reenacted by Puppets that would have looked at home on Sesame Street but with names like Dick Birchum, Special Ed, and Gladys Murphy. The original show worked well, and it seemed to be inspired by popular comedy The Jerky Boys. Comedy Central believes the show will do well again as evident by their 20-episode order.

At the height of the show’s popularity, most cell phone owners favored brands like Nokia, Blackberry, and a personal landline was still essential. Pranking people’s phones was fun, and falling victim to a prank call wasn’t out of the ordinary. In today’s increasingly digital world, it seems a lot more difficult to fall victim to a phone prank. Something the show’s creators anticipated as the revival will incorporate modern forms of communication. On the revival, Comedy Central said – “the world’s favorite profane puppets will be pranking on phones, social media, e-sport platforms and any venue where trouble can be made.”

Crank Yankers will be the first project Jimmy Kimmel’s Kimmelot produces. The original series was made even funnier by the high-quality voice talent involved. Men in Black II’s Biz Markie, Pootie Tang’s Wanda Sykes, Fist Fight’s Tracy Morgan, and Ralph Breaks the Internet’s Sarah Silverman all lent their signature sounding voices to the series. No voice talent has been announced for the revival, but we’re sure to hear casting announcements as production gets underway.

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