![]() SF mayor reacts to ‘Good Morning America’ segment saying downtown is ‘dangerous’.Routes: United will begin flying innovative electric air taxis across Bay Area.New information emerges on California couple who died in Baja California Sur hotel.Emeryville office building may be converted to residential housing.If that's the kind of territory that will get you rankled, no need to tune in. That most of them are funny is beside the point. ![]() There are no sacred cows on Comedy Central anyway, and let's just say that every breed of livestock might be offended after a viewing or two of "Crank Yankers." If you've seen "The Man Show," then you know what you're getting into. If that's not an issue for you, consider this: It's not remotely for anyone wearing a PC police badge, either. That said, "Crank Yankers" airs late at night because it's raw and not meant for kids. It's the kind of show that will definitely hook the "South Park" and "Beavis & Butt-head" aficionados. Watching the same conversation unfold with an elderly, disingenuously sincere old man shushing his animal brood is a visual treat that completes the joke.Ī word of caution on two fronts, before going any further: "Crank Yankers" has the look of the next big Comedy Central hit. A guy with a lot of barking dogs - and other animals -Ĭalling up to rent an apartment that doesn't take pets is amusing on a vocal level. There may be comic gems in the phone material, but the real heart and comedic soul of "Crank Yankers" comes from the hilarious puppet characters and the town they inhabit. It doesn't take long before you get a sense of Yankerville - twisted, backward, damn funny. They have created Yankerville, a kind of foam puppet soap opera town where many of the same characters will figure in various story lines, acted out through the material generated by prank phone calls. Actually, late '50s, but who's counting? The shtick just needed to be refined.Īnd so Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, the guys behind Comedy Central's "The Man Show," along with Daniel Kellison, have come up with something ludicrous but clever. ![]() Yes, there's a certain genius to it, a devilish American horribleness that makes you laugh even before you've seen it. Fridays), takes the Jerky Boys one step further: prank phone calls played out by puppets. Fresh on the tarnished heels of the Fox network's cancellation of "Greg the Bunny," a series in which foulmouthed puppets lived almost peacefully among humans, Comedy Central has taken up the challenge to fill the gaping cultural gorge. Let this be a warning to the rest of the world as it goes Bollywood on us and tries to steal our culture in every corner of the globe: If one puppet show goes down, you can rest assured there will be another.Īnd so there is.
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