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''Crank Yankers'' is a live-action and puppet show that used to air on Creator/ComedyCentral and also for a brief time on [=MTV2=] co-created by Daniel Kellison, Creator/AdamCarolla and the far better-known Creator/JimmyKimmel. It was revived in 2019 for a Season 5 and again in 2020 for a Season 6.
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''Crank Yankers'' is a live-action and puppet show that used to air on Creator/ComedyCentral from 2002 to 2005, and also for a brief time on [=MTV2=] (in '07) co-created by Daniel Kellison, Creator/AdamCarolla and the far better-known Creator/JimmyKimmel. It was revived in 2019 for a Season 5 and again in 2020 for a Season 6.
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-->-- Disclaimer before every episode from season 1 through 4
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-->-- Disclaimer before every episode from season Season 1 through 4
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* AnimalWrongsGroup: In episode 5, Will Forte calls Red Lobster and trolls them into answering his calls asking for both lobsters and supports for a lobster conservation movement.
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* AnimalWrongsGroup: In episode Episode 5, Will Forte calls Red Lobster and trolls them into answering his calls asking for both lobsters and supports for a lobster conservation movement.
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* YoureNotMyFather: Wesley Kimmel in episode 5 calls a DNA testing company claiming he doesn't want to be with his father anymore complaining he [[PottyEmergency ruins their bathroom]] too many times and asks the DNA professor, "Do you wanna be my dad?"
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* YoureNotMyFather: Wesley Kimmel in episode Episode 5 calls a DNA testing company claiming he doesn't want to be with his father anymore complaining he [[PottyEmergency ruins their bathroom]] too many times and asks the DNA professor, "Do you wanna be my dad?"
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The premise: transcripts of real prank calls are re-enacted, cutting between the rooms of each end of the call (usually with lots and lots of BackgroundGags going on). The victims and pranksters are played by Muppet-esque puppets. When not airing prank calls, the show makes the puppets do raunchy explicit things such as go to gay bars, strip clubs, perform public sexual intercourse, enact racist stereotypes, etc. as a form of {{Foil}} to the Muppets. In the U.S., it is illegal to record and broadcast prank calls without both parties' consent... except for Nevada, which only requires one (i.e., the callers). So, nearly all the calls are made in Nevada. However, this made taping and broadcasting episodes fairly uneven due to many of the celebrities being based in California. The show also helped bring fame to Pete Dzoghi, a man who basically made a career out of doing prank calls before selling them as albums for money. In 2011, Adam Carolla pitched a hand-drawn animated spinoff centered on his character Dick Birchum to Creator/{{Fox}} called ''The Birchums'' but FOX refused to pick it up.
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The premise: transcripts of real prank calls are re-enacted, cutting between the rooms of each end of the call (usually with lots and lots of BackgroundGags going on). The victims and pranksters are played by Muppet-esque puppets. When not airing prank calls, the show makes the puppets do raunchy explicit things such as go to gay bars, strip clubs, perform public sexual intercourse, enact racist stereotypes, etc. as a form of {{Foil}} to the Muppets. In the U.S., it is illegal to record and broadcast prank calls without both parties' consent... except for Nevada, which only requires one (i.e., the callers). So, nearly all the calls are made in Nevada. However, this made taping and broadcasting episodes fairly uneven due to many of the celebrities being based in California. The show also helped bring fame to Pete Dzoghi, a man who basically made a career out of doing prank calls before selling them as albums for money. In 2011, Adam Carolla pitched a hand-drawn animated spinoff centered on his character Dick Birchum to Creator/{{Fox}} called ''The Birchums'' but FOX refused to pick it up.
up. It was picked up in 2024 by The Daily Wire as "WesternAnimation/MrBirchum".
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* DoomItYourself: Chip Douglas, played by Creator/FredArmisen. He's a Hispanic man who's continually in the process of building his own house, which he's already living in. He calls people up, looking for assistance and building supplies, but his requests are equally hampered both by his poor English and the fact that he has ''no clue whatsoever'' about building a house.
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* RecursiveReality: In one episode, Elmer Higgins calls up his cable company to complain about the episode of ''Crank Yankers'' he just saw on TV. While he's talking, Elmer turns his head towards the TV and does a DoubleTake when he notices himself on the screen.
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* DirtyOldMan: Niles Standish, a rich British earl, he likes to do things like calling up a woman who does calligraphy and try to have her make up an invitation for "an ass-slapping competition."
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* DirtyOldMan: This show has two of them.
** Niles Standish, a rich Britishearl, he earl played by Creator/TonyBarbieri. He likes to do things like calling up a woman who does calligraphy and try to have her make up an invitation for "an ass-slapping competition.""
** Elmer Higgins, played by Creator/JimmyKimmel. He's an 85-year-old man who calls people up with inane requests and complaints. When he gets a woman on the line, he usually flirts with and propositions her.
* DirtyOldWoman: Helen Higgins, played by Creator/SusieEssman. Just like her husband Elmer, she loves to flirt with the men she calls up, though she's not as crude about it as Elmer.
** Niles Standish, a rich British
** Elmer Higgins, played by Creator/JimmyKimmel. He's an 85-year-old man who calls people up with inane requests and complaints. When he gets a woman on the line, he usually flirts with and propositions her.
* DirtyOldWoman: Helen Higgins, played by Creator/SusieEssman. Just like her husband Elmer, she loves to flirt with the men she calls up, though she's not as crude about it as Elmer.
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* TheVietnamVet: Dick Birchum, played by Creator/AdamCarolla. Lost his right leg there, and claims to have served three tours. Loves telling grisly anecdotes about his time in Vietnam; usually PlayedForLaughs.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Occasionally happens at the end of a call. For example, at the end of one Birchum call, the woman on the other end claims to have recorded the conversation and threatens to take it to the police.
-->'''Birchum:''' ''You'' recorded this? Well, guess what? I recorded it too, and I'm gonna put it on basic cable!
-->'''Birchum:''' ''You'' recorded this? Well, guess what? I recorded it too, and I'm gonna put it on basic cable!
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* SleazyPolitician: Tony [=DeLoge=], played by Creator/BobEinstein. He's a "district selectman" of Yankerville, and he has a history of soliciting kickbacks, drug abuse, public urination, and pyromania.
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* SleazyPolitician: Tony [=DeLoge=], played by Creator/BobEinstein. He's a "district selectman" of Yankerville, and he has a history of soliciting kickbacks, drug abuse, public urination, and pyromania.
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* SleazyPolitician: Tony [=DeLoge=], played by Creator/BobEinstein. He's a "district selectman" of Yankerville, and he has a history of soliciting kickbacks, drug abuse, public urination, and pyromania.
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* AdaptedOut: Special Ed has been axed out of the reboot by the network, as over time he was [[invoked]][[OnceAcceptableTargets deemed unpalatable for modern audiences]].
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* AdaptedOut: Special Ed has been axed out of the reboot by the network, as over time he was [[invoked]][[OnceAcceptableTargets deemed [[invoked]]deemed unpalatable for modern audiences]].audiences.
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* TelephoneSong: Both of the theme songs qualify: "''Come one, come all, 'cause we're havin' a ball. We're just makin' some calls to strangers!''" and "''This the new edition Mr. Telephone Man. Somebody playin' on the lines, run as fast you can!''"
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* SuperOCD: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-named OCD Ken]], who requests bizarre things from his callers such as pushing certain buttons on the phone.
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* SurrealHumor: Jeff is a bizarre middle-aged man whose calls mainly involve him saying strange, unrelated phases to the point where the people he’s calling just roll with it.
