Crank Yankers (TV Series 2002–2021)

Crank Yankers: Created by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, Daniel Kellison. With Victor Yerrid, Paul McGinnis, Artie Esposito, BJ Guyer. A show with real ‘crank’ phone calls to real victims. Puppets are added as the ‘actors’ to give visual support to what is happening in the phone calls.

“ITu0026#39;S ABOUT TIME someone made a crank-call show. The Jerky Boys have been around since the early u0026#39;90s and itu0026#39;s taken this long to put the premise to a show. Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Corolla have pulled it off brilliantly. Using puppets to add visualization to the phony phone calls is a stroke of genius. This way, the producers can add to the u0026quot;storyu0026quot; by personifying the victims and extrapolating possible reactions to the calls, or simply by poking fun at the u0026quot;prankeeu0026quot;. I canu0026#39;t stop laughing every time I watch this show. I especially enjoy the varied u0026quot;celebrity yankersu0026quot; who make the calls. Itu0026#39;s interesting to try to put the voice to a name, and see if you were correct at the end of the show when they list the u0026quot;yankers.u0026quot; Bottom line: if you liked The Jerky Boys albums, you will love Crank Yankers.”