![]() However, for every advance, there is an equal and opposite advance. Most people these days have phones that show the caller ID. Perhaps answering machine gags will be part of the new norm for prank calling. It just means they’ll have to work harder for their jokes. People are less likely to answer a call from a number they don’t know, but that won’t leave the Crank Yankers totally high and dry. Instead, they have changed with the times and will no doubt be using cell phones instead. The New Crank Yankers will not be using the ubiquitous landline phones. You’d be hard-pressed even to find one outside a museum. As strange as it may seem to mature generations, there are plenty of people now, adult people, who have never used a phone booth at all. However, as cell phone technology advanced the image of someone sitting on a landline phone, slowly phased out of pop culture. Kids being rude on wall mounted telephones or in phone booths was a staple of comedy in the ’90s and early 2000s. Bart was likely a big part of the inspiration for Crank Yankers. Third Person Person: Karl Malone.Anyone who grew up watching the Simpsons is probably familiar with Bart’s constant harassment of Moe and the many prank calls he made to Moe’s Tavern.Super OCD: The aptly-named OCD Ken, who requests bizarre things from his callers such as pushing certain buttons on the phone.Sound Effects Bleep: For certain names and establishments, but phone numbers are interestingly bleeped out with their respective DTMF counterparts.which prompts Ed to happily shout, "I peed in your pool! YAAAAAAYYY!" repeatedly. The manager acknowledges his apology, and kindly reassures him that it's okay. ![]() Potty Failure: One sketch involves the mentally handicapped character "Special Ed" tearfully phoning a health club to apologize for peeing in the pool.You can see how this could go wrong, can't you? ![]() I Can't Hear You: Elmer tries to make an appointment to get hearing aids.Hypocritical Humor: Elmer (old man character) called a cable provider and complained about a show featuring "sick, puppet things".Funny Background Event: Sometimes the gags going on in the background are actually funnier than the contents of the calls themselves.Early Installment Weirdness: The first season featured a different 'Cammie' who was blind, has curly blonde hair, and was accompanied by a seeing-eye dog.He normally closes with "Get it?" which can easily kill the other jokes he tells.He explained the "Wife who puts man in doghouse will soon find him in cathouse" joke in two words when closing. Don't Explain the Joke: The short Confucius sketches where he tells a classic dirty joke.Candid Camera Prank: A variant, as the show consists of re-enactments, but it's the same idea.Bear Trap Bed: Featured in one segment.However, this made taping and broadcasting episodes fairly uneven due to many of the celebrities being based in California. So, nearly all the calls are made in Nevada. except for Nevada, which only requires one (i.e., the callers). In the U.S., it is illegal to record and broadcast prank calls without both parties' consent. The victims and pranksters are played by Muppet-esque puppets. ![]() ![]() 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 Background Gags going on). PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP.Ĭrank Yankers is a live-action and puppet show that used to air on Comedy Central. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.
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