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Crank Yankers

★ 6.2 4K votes 2002–2022 6 seasons · 115 episodes Ended MTV2
Sketch & varietySketches, segments and variety formats.This show: 8/10Cringe comedyLaughs mined from social discomfort and embarrassment.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10RaunchyExplicit, adult, boundary-pushing humor.This show: 7/10AbsurdistSurreal, logic-bending comedy.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Victor YerridPaul McGinnisArtie EspositoBJ GuyerBiz MarkieDan Payne
Written by
Daniel Kellison
Starring
Victor YerridPaul McGinnisArtie EspositoBJ GuyerBiz MarkieDan Payne
Written by
Daniel Kellison

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About

"Real prank calls acted out by puppets"

Crank Yankers takes real prank phone calls made by comedians and stages them with crude, googly-eyed puppets acting out both sides of the conversation. The joke is the collision of low-tech puppetry with genuinely mean, absurd, or baffling calls to real unsuspecting people. It's fast, juvenile, and episodic, built entirely on short sketches rather than any ongoing story. Some calls are inspired, others fall flat, and the puppet gimmick wears thin in long stretches, but at its best it's a dumb, gleeful showcase of comedians' improv chops on the phone.

Watch it for

the genuine, unscripted comedian prank calls turned into gleefully crude puppet sketches.

Maybe skip if

you need consistency, because the hit-to-miss ratio between calls varies wildly.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12002
6.1223103h 37m
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Season 22003
6.02263412h 23m
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Season 32004
6.712227h 46m
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Season 42007
7.45292h 51m
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Season 52019
5.8116204h 9m
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Season 62021
6.484205h 39m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Victor Yerrid Puppeteer, Lead puppeteer, Lead Puppeteer
Paul McGinnis Puppeteer
Artie Esposito Puppeteer
BJ Guyer Puppeteer
Biz Markie Announcer
Dan Payne Puppeteer
Andrés Montiel Puppeteer
Amy Mack Puppeteer
Phil Adele Puppeteer
Kerry Gooderson Puppeteer

Crew

Daniel Kellison

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