Everyone’s favorite prank phone call show is coming back to Comedy Central for a 7th season – and third season since the show was revived back in 2019. For season 7 of Crank Yankers, some of the guest prankers include Kathy Griffin, Bobby Moynihan, Adam Carolla, Paul Scheer, Kevin Nealon, Desus & Mero, Tracy Morgan, Bobby Brown, Kyle Dunnigan, JB Smoove, Wanda Sykes, Tiffany Haddish, Natasha Leggero, Jimmy Kimmel and more. They will be bringing to life such characters as Spoonie Luv, Elmer Higgins, Niles Standish, Bobby Fletcher, Terrence Catheter, Mr. Birchum and more.
The show is produced by Jonathan Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla, and Daniel Kellison.
Crank Yankers is an American television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison that features actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call. The show premiered on June 2, 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007.
The performers are given a basic outline of a premise by the writers, and call telephone numbers from a list of selected targets (known as “marks”). Using the basic premises, the performers improvise most of their lines, playing off of the responses of their marks, with the intention to keep them on the phone as long as possible.
Crank Yankers returns to Comedy Central July 6th at 8 PM ET.
