History Series / CrankYankers

* VomitIndiscretionShot: [[UpToEleven Up to]] ''[[UpToEleven Eleven]]'' during Danny's call to a rabbi about converting in preparation for a marriage to a Jewish woman, from hearing about circumcision to ''how many rabbis'' are needed for the ceremony. ''Slow-motion footage'' of it is even used during the episode's credits.

The premise: transcripts of real crank 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.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Junkyard Willie only made 2 appearances in Season 1 and never showed up again in spite of his significant presence in the opening sequences for both Season 1 and 2. He doesn't appear at all in Season 2.

->''"You're on Creator/{{CNN}}! The show that leads into me is puppets making prank phone calls! What is ''wrong'' with you?"''
-->-- '''Creator/JonStewart''' [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter to Tucker Carlson]], ''Series/{{The Daily Show|WithJonStewart}}''

* RageBreakingPoint: The main goal of the prank calls is to get the victim to have a meltdown on the phone as loudly and angrily as possible. Most victims however just hang up or calmly tell them off or don't get angry at all. Junkyard Willie was one of the very few successful ones who met this goal.

* ThatsWhatSheSaid: Gladys [[https://youtu.be/CAO3egZyXXM tries to get this patented]], stating that she is that person, and came up with it. Though, the representative of the US Patent Office is unfamiliar with the phrase. That and, like the representative states, that's more suitable for a trademark anyway.

''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 for a in 2020 for a Season 6.

* HaveAGayOldTime: After each basket scored on Niles Standish's basketball team, the Las Vegas Showman, they have to cheer, "Hurrah, hurrah, what fine chaps we are. What a gay occasion."

* ProudBeauty: One sketch has Cammie calling a Catholic church desk clerk to gloat about how beautiful she is and asking her how does it feel to be ugly.

''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.

[[folder: Revival / Seasons 5-6]]

[[folder: Revival / Season 5]]

* AdaptedOut: Special Ed has been axed out of the reboot by the network, as over time he was [[invoked]][[UnfortunateImplications deemed unpalatable for modern audiences]].

* AdaptedOut: Special Ed has been axed out of the reboot by the network, as over time he was deemed unpalatable for modern audiences.

* AssholeVictim: Mostly depends what kind of victim the Crank Yanker phoned. Many victims were telemarketers and scam callers.

* RearrangeTheSong: This season the theme song is sung by a children's choir, same as the first theme ("Come one, come all, 'cause we're having a ball / We're just making some calls to strangers..."), but with a few lines changed ("We're back on the cell, and the world's gone to hell").

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* ProductDisplacement: 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.

* AdaptedOut: Special Ed has been axed out of the reboot by the network, as [[Main/PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad over time he was deemed unpalatable for modern audiences]].

The premise: transcripts of real crank 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 gay bars, strip clubs, public sexual intercourse, 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.

* AdaptedOut: Special Ed has been axed out of the reboot by the network, as [[Main/PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad people have become much more sensitive since Season 4]].