With success, "Crank Yankers" could attract some of the funniest people in the business, adding stars like Jeff Goldblum, Seth McFarlane and Snoop Dogg to the established stable of characters, as well as some terrific stand-ups like David Cross, Robert Schimmel and Gilbert Gottfried. Fortunately, there are ways around this, with one of the best being the addition of new voices. Set the bar too high, and the following episodes will pale in comparison if they don't rise above.
"Crank Yankers" came flying out of the gate in its first go-round, which could have doomed the series.
You can find DVDTalk's review of that release here. The 10-episode first season was released, uncensored, on DVD by Paramount in September of 2004. Then, the calls are illustrated as part of the fictional town of Yankerville, using some of the most impressive puppetry this side of Avenue Q, ading another layer of visual comedy on top of the calls themselves. With a team of fellow comedians, including Comedy Central stars Dave Chappelle, Wanda Sykes and Dave Attell, they pulled out the old phone favorites and added some new classics like the Special Ed calls. In their super-successful first season, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carrolla's crank-calling puppets brought back from the dead the art of harassing people over the phone.
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