So I can sympathize with Crank Yankers' problem in trying to take an essentially audio experience and making it work for TV. And with Star 69 and Caller I.D., can you even do prank phone calls anymore? Maybe it's a lost "art" after all.
CHIP DOUGLAS CRANK YANKERS FULL
Lee Ermey Full Metal Jacket calls, come close). Relatively innocent, and certainly puerile (a big laugh getter when we were in grade school was asking the local butcher if he had pig's feet), prank phone calls, at least practiced by the majority of stupid kids, would hardly be considered "art" (although The Jerky Boys and whoever did those R. Prank phone calls, at least when I was a kid, were a rite of passage. Calls were made in Nevada, the only state where only one party in a phone call has to be aware of a recording device (this was done to avoid lawsuits), with releases still sought from the marks once the bit was ready to air. Fans of the show may enjoy this compilation, but newcomers' reactions will depend on whether or not they accept the basic premise of the series - which may be problematic.Ĭreated by Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel, and premiering on Comedy Central in 2002, Crank Yankers' premise was simple enough: get comedians to pull prank phone calls on unsuspecting marks, and then re-create the calls on TV via the use of rude little puppet shows. Comedy Central DVD and Paramount have released The Best of Crank Yankers: Uncensored, a 58-skit compilation of the Comedy Central hit show that, through the use of puppets, celebrates the "art" of the prank phone call.
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