Crank Yankers is an American television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that featured actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call. The show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007.
Yankerville, a twisted town inhabited solely by puppets, is the setting for re-creations of actual crank phone calls. Comics and celebrities -- a list that includes people such as rapper Eminem and comics Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes and Drew Carey -- make the calls. Among the regular pranksters are show creators Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla. Characters featured on the show on a regular basis include Special Ed, Elmer and Bobby Fletcher. The show originated on Comedy Central but new episodes aired for a time on MTV2.
Comedy Works Entertainment will present ADAM CAROLLA LIVE AT THE STANLEY HOTEL at The Stanley Hotel Concert Hall in Estes Park, CO, with two performances scheduled. Carolla hosts the Guinness World Record-holding most downloaded podcast....
Wanda Sykes is returning to her roots for her third Netflix stand-up special, Wanda Sykes: Legacy, a new hour of comedy featuring the trademark wit and insight from the beloved comedian....
Comedian, actor, and podcast host Adam Carolla will perform at Comedy Works South at the Landmark, with an additional show added following a sellout performance. ...
LCT3 and SEAVIEW will present The Comedy Series Featuring Sam Jay: We The People, a new installment in their ongoing collaboration spotlighting contemporary comedic voices....
Emmy-winning comedy writer Carol Leifer visits The 92nd Street Y, New York on Wednesday, April 9 with actress Susie Essman to discuss her new book, How to Write a Funny Speech…For a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation, and Every Other Event You Didn't Want to Go to in the First Place. ...
State Theatre New Jersey and The Stress Factory Comedy Club will present Tracy Morgan in February. Learn more about Morgan and find out how to see him here!...
Wanda Sykes is coming to the Staller Center on October 18, 2024, in her Please & Thank You Tour as part of the Staller Center’s Fall 2024 Season! Tickets for Wanda Sykes are on sale April 10th for Staller Center Members and April 12 for the general public. ...
Limited tickets remain for a stand-up comedy triple headliner featuring Jim Florentine, Don Jamieson, and Mark Riccadonna, coming up on Sunday, March 10th, 2024 at 8:00PM at Debonair Music Hall....
Black Box Studios will present a stand-up comedy triple headliner featuring Mark Riccadonna, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine this March! Learn more about the event here....
Comedy Works Entertainment welcomes ADAM CAROLLA IS UNPREPARED for two nights. Find out where to catch the show here!...
Adam Carolla and Colin Quinn will be performing at The Den Theatre in Chicago. Tickets range from $36 to $85. Don't miss this opportunity to see these comedy superstars live!...
Comedy Works Entertainment welcomes ADAM CAROLLA IS UNPREPARED for two nights. ...
Having just starred in the Emmy nominated Book of Queer on Max and in Rogue Machine Theatre's Come Get Maggie, DENNIS RENARD joins For the Love of a Glove's cast as Michael Jackson's glove Thrill-Lha on June 2, 3, 30 and July 1!...
Dan Mintz is a comedian, writer and actor best known as the voice of Tina Belcher on Bob's Burgers. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Dan started his stand-up career in Boston and has gone on to appear on shows such as Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Conan O'B...
The newly renovated State Theatre New Jersey presents Tracy Morgan in the No Disrespect tour on Saturday, October 15 at 8pm. Tickets range from $35-$110. ...
The Den Theatre will present comedian Sam Jay, performing four stand-up shows September 23 – 24, 2022 on The Heath Mainstage....
MGM Television and Ring announced that Emmy-winning comedian and actress Wanda Sykes (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Crank Yankers, The Upshaws) has signed on to host Ring Nation, a new twist on the popular clip show genre. Ring Nation is a half-hour, studio-based series that gives audiences a daily dos...
The Den Theatre has announced comedian Sam Jay, performing four stand-up shows September 23 – 24, 2022 on The Heath Mainstage....
The Den Theatre has announced Emmy Award-nominated writer and comedian Morgan Murphy for five stand-up performances on June 16 – 18, 2022 on The Heath Mainstage, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. ...
Wanda Sykes is an Emmy winning stand up comic, writer, actress and producer who has been entertaining audiences for over twenty years. She has ranked among Entertainment Weekly's “25 Funniest People in America” and her peers have called her “one of the funniest stand-up comics” in the field...
Production designer and creative director David Korins returns to the Oscars, having been the designer in 2019. Korins’s prolific work for Broadway includes the Tony® Award-winning musicals “Hamilton” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” as well as “Beetlejuice.' He has also designed for Bruno Mars,...
Wanda talks about taping crank calls for Jimmy’s Comedy Central show “Crank Yankers,” Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, wanting to know what he’s doing now, the fact that every president ages during their presidency except for Trump, her parents getting the vaccine, her wife and kid...
In celebration of Back to the Future Day, DJ & producer DVRKO today released a scintillating reimagining of classic pop/rock track “The Power of Love.”...
Musician, DJ & producer, DVRKO, today released The Remixes for his fourth original single, “Somewhere in L.A.” ft. Sarah De Warren, out now and streaming on all available digital platforms via independent label L1N3 Records....
Emmy Award-nominated producers Guy Carrington, Reginald Hudlin, David Jammy and Ian Stewart will executive produce the 72nd Emmy Awards along with previously announced host and executive producer Jimmy Kimmel. ...
