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Silverman!! Kimmel!! Armisen!! Herc’s Seen The First New CRANK YANKERS Since March 2005!! SWEEPS DAY NINE!!
SPOILER ALERT !!
I am – Hercules!!
If you’re not familiar with the franchise, it’s about puppets providing visuals for real prank phone calls.
“Crank Yankers” has moved to MTV2, so gone is the “Sesame Street” opening. An elaborate new title sequence has been built around the puppet version of a rapper and hip hop producer named Lil Jon.
Seven segments follow, with Sarah Silverman and Jim Florentine ably compensating for weaker components:
1) Lil Jon (Lil Jon) tries to recruit a classical harpist to tour with him. This doesn’t work because a) Lil Jon isn’t a comedian and b) the harp lady, rather sensibly, has no problem with doing a few tour dates with a hip-hop artist.
2) Chip Douglas (Fred Armisen) calls a U-Haul place and offers the clerk a long, wholly unnecessary list of the things he wants to load into it. The U-Haul doesn’t seem much to care, and neither I suspect will the viewers.
3) Andy Milonokis (Andy Milonokis) sings and raps to local merchants. I wouldn’t find this funny if Andy were seven. IMDb tells us Andy turned 31 on Jan. 30.
4) Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine) gets a call from a salesman trying to talk Bobby into using his debt consolidation company, but Bobby’s (stoned?) roommate (Jim Florentine) keeps picking up and asking if Bobby is still using the phone. The best part is listening to the sales guy’s desperation as he tries to end the call.
5) Hadassah (Sarah Silverman) calls a mall security office about a missing cup of Jamba Juice. When her initial call is met with dismissive contempt, she disguises her voice and pretends to be other characters concerned about the juice. Hilarious.
6) Terrence Cathater (Jimmy Kimmel), claiming to be Jessica Simpson’s effeminate assistant, calls a waxing parlor to warn them about his boss’ "not-a-penis." Funny premise, but the waxing lady is too polite and professional and drains away all the fun.
7) Hadassah finds her Jamba Juice, but discovers a whole new angle with which she can mock the mall cops.
10 p.m. Friday. MTV2.
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yeah silverman!
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what I've seen of "crank..." has been either bizarre to me(Harry, I am an Aqua Teen fan, so some of this stuff is pretty weird) or hilarious alternately.
This sounds worth it for the Kimmel/Silverman humor. Plus, Lil Jon is always worth a check out. Best part of the Eminem tour 1+1/2 back...Lil Jon. Purely entertaining, always emotional, yet somehow hilarious.
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So.. Now that MTV2 doesn't show music videos anymore, is there an MTV3 we can turn to?
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why is this show still on? it was never funny. i thought it died and i was sleeping better because of it.
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I know it's old, but I saw it again a few days ago :) -
"why is this show still on? it was never funny. i thought it died and i was sleeping better because of it. "
Since *you* don't like it, the show shouldn't be on the air? What a jerk. -
How did this happen?
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Prank phone calls seem so 1990s.
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And they're pissed.
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When does Beat the Geeks come back on?
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As long as Tracy Morgan is involved in future eps I'm in.
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I have always enjoyed the unsung pranks of Kevin Nealon. I think my favorite prank was Brian Posehn calling and telling the other person to hang up the phone. The reason this show is still on the air is the same reason the Simpsons is still on the air. Some people don't notice quality if you give them catch phrases. Doh!
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