In the midst of prepping for his late night show and smoothing out preparations for another crack at the Emmy-winning Live In Front of a Studio Audience, Kimmel picked up the phone to give us the details on this reboot, why it’s harder than ever to make a prank call in 2019, and how that’s not stopping them.ĮNTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What made you decide that 2019 was the time to bring back Crank Yankers? Others, like the not-suitable-for-2019 Special Ed, will wisely not be revived. on Wednesdays, also brings back many trademark characters, including Kimmel’s elderly Elmer, who is featured in an exclusive clip above, Morgan’s Spoonie Luv, and Silverman’s Hadassah Guberman. Kimmel returns as a guest artist alongside a stacked voice cast that includes Sarah Silverman, Tracy Morgan, Kathy Griffin, Tiffany Haddish, Will Forte, Chelsea Peretti, and Nick Kroll. “Because it has always been my favorite show to do.” “The truth is, I would’ve brought it back in 2014 if anyone had approached me about it,” he tells EW. After 12 years off the air, Crank Yankers is back and the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live, who serves as an executive producer, couldn’t be happier. Sadly, we didn’t think that far ahead.īut Kimmel still has lots to say about the crank call-meets-puppets series, which originally ran on the network from 2002 to 2007. So much so that when EW calls him up to talk about the return of Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers, he first asks if we’re really, truly EW or have set up an elaborate ruse to play a prank on him.
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