Crank Yankers

The Best of: Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser

source: phillyBurbs.com

 PA The Best of Crank Yankers - CRANK YANKERS finds Kimmel, Carolla, and several of their comedian friends making real prank phone calls to unsuspecting individuals and businesses while puppets act out the scenario on screen. With ample doses of outrageous ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Do It Today: Wanda Sykes, wine etiquette, digital art at HCC

source: Creative Loafing Tampa

 FL Wanda Sykes has taken on all manner of roles, from a puppet with hair rollers on Crank Yankers, to a talking spokesapple in the Applebee's commercials, to Stella the Skunk in the kid flick Over the Hedge, to her finger-pointing, name-calling cameos on ...

Published Thu, Jun 4

Magic Wanda: Sykes in town

source: Sun-Sentinel.com

 FL Stints as an in-your-face correspondent on HBO's Inside the NFL, the voice of a puppet on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers, yin to Larry David's yang on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Host of her own show, 2004's short-lived Wanda Does It, ...

Published Thu, Jun 4

Liberals Cash in on Their Own Brand of Hate

source: Business Media Institute

 VA Yes, you might only know Sykes' career if you watch B movies like “Evan Almighty” or the lame TV show “Crank Yankers” where puppets act out prank phone calls. So a D-lister like Sykes needs the notoriety and eventual paychecks that come from such ...

Published Wed, May 13

Wanda Sykes and Rush Limbaugh Kiss And Make Up - The Spoof

source: The Spoof

Wanda Sykes and Rush Limbaugh Kiss And Make Up Limbaugh then said that Sykes was the voice of a puppet on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers to which Sykes replied "I was." Getting a little agitated Limbaugh thought for a moment, he took a puff from his big old cigar, and said that Sykes is black. ...

Published Wed, May 13

'Bonnie Hunt' Gets Kellison as Executive Producer

source: Television Week

By Andrew Krukowski Daniel Kellison, co-creator of “The Man Show” and “Crank Yankers,” is stepping in as executive producer of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution's “The Bonnie Hunt Show” next season. Mr. Kellison also co-created and served ...

Published Mon, May 11

Laugh master comes to Danbury

source: Danbury News Times

 CT He has a number of TV credits, including "Crank Yankers," which is billed as "television's most beloved prank phone call show" and is now on MTV2. Florentine also won an Emmy for an HBO "Inside the NFL" comedy sketch. Writer Deb Keiser poses a few ...

Published Thu, Mar 19

Notable comics performing in Tampa Bay area

source: Tampabay.com

 FL - Jim Florentine is best known as the voice of some of Crank Yankers' more obnoxious puppet prank callers (belching Bobby Fletcher and Special Ed). ...

Published Wed, Jan 7