Film Review Fridays--Crank Yankers

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Instead of a film review today, I want to introduce you to Crank Yankers. Have any of you heard of or watched it before?? It used to come on Comedy Central and sometimes it would have me in tears. It's a show that re-enacts prank calls, using puppets; all of the calls are real. This show is hilarious!! I used to watch it when it was on TV, but I recently found it on hulu.com (which is one of my new favorite sites) and I subscribed to the episodes. I think I find Crank Yankers so funny because I am guilty of one or two prank calls in my day. Come on, I'm sure some of you, if not all, are guilty too. Ha ha ha!!

Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison are the producers of Crank Yankers. It premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and ran for 4 seasons. The prank calls are made by the show's regulars, as well as celebrity guests; some of the regulars are Tracy Morgan, Kevin Nealson, Sarah Silverman, Biz Markie, and Wanda Sykes. David Alan Grier, Dave Chappelle, Drew Carey, Sharon Osbourne, Denis Leary, Jeff Goldblum, Dane Cook and Seth Green are just a few of celebrity names that have taken part on the show.

It's Friday, take a few moments to start your weekend off with a few laughs. I've provided two episodes below to get you started. Check it out, but be careful, some of you may hate it, but others may become addicted. If you do, visit hulu.com and subscribe to the episodes. Enjoy!!

Season 3: Episode 18-Tracy Morgan and Jimmy Kimmel



Season 2: Episode 23-Jamie Kennedy and David Alan Grier