The creators and performers of Crank Yankers are skilled at creating the illusion that the puppets are living characters. Still, occasional goofs slip through and make it onscreen.
Season 1[]
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Jimmy Kimmel & Wanda Sykes During the crank call, while Gladys is saying, "My car is fine, it's that big ass turd in the backseat!", a patch of hair on the puppeteer's head can be briefly seen. |
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Jimmy Kimmel & Wanda Sykes When Jim lifts his hand from the window blinds, the puppeteer's finger and rod dowel can be briefly seen moving Jim's hand. |
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Denis Leary & Sarah Silverman Joe's monkey grabs the knife from the wall. The puppeteer's arm can be briefly seen at the end of the arm sleeve. |
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Wu Tang Clan & Dave Chappelle The puppeteer's head can be seen when Elmer shoves the cover from the table and again when he says, "I just found another one!". |
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Jimmy Kimmel & Wanda Sykes While Ms. Raden beats up her husband, the puppeteer's head can be briefly seen. |
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David Alan Grier & Dave Atell While Cammie is rubbing her mouse against her breasts, the black dowel connected to the bottom of Cammie's arm rod becomes visible. Also, in this crank call, she is mistakenly named "Lisa." |
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Susie Essman & Jim Florentine Near the end, when Willie falls back, the puppeteer's hand becomes visible for a split second. |
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Sarah Silverman & Tracy Morgan When two girls leave the scene, a distinct frame cut is seen at the corner of the screen. |
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Dane Cook & Sarah Silverman When Sav throws the money, the puppeteer's head becomes visible. Also, his assistant did not open her mouth after Sav asks her if that was him ("Yeah."). |
Season 2[]
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Jimmy Kimmel & Sarah Silverman A puppeteer's arm can be seen during Birchum's question ("...Before he began his 3 year tour?"). |
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Jeff Garlin & Gilbert Gottfried While Rocko yells at Bob on the phone, the head of Cammie's puppeteer becomes visible. |
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Wanda Sykes & Bobcat Goldthwait A black arm sock can be seen visibly under Gladys when she is stuck sitting on the toilet seat. |
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Adam Carolla & Jim Florentine A puppeteer's head becomes visible when Katie throws her head back while she and Kevin are laughing hysterically. |
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Jimmy Kimmel & David Alan Grier As Cammie corrects Raven that she meant how long of an inch is he, the hair of a puppeteer's head pops under her. |
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Adam Carolla & Kevin Kimmel A puppeteer's head is visible as Cammie approaches to her mirror. |
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David Alan Grier & Super Dave Osborne When Special Ed jumps in the bed, his arm sleeve becomes visible. |
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Robert Smigel & Wanda Sykes As Gladys turns her mannequin around, her puppeteer's head becomes visible. |
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David Alan Grier & Jeff Garlin A puppeteer's head appears when the administrator threatens the children. |
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Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla Sherry's arm sleeve becomes visible when she grabs a meat stick. |
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Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla The elbow of the puppeteer's arm becomes visible when the female butcher approaches to the telephone. |
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Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla Two of Gladys' puppeteers (one for her body and head and one for her hand) becomes visible through the screen of her television set. |
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Jim Florentine & Kathy Griffin When Katie says, "Then I would like some service." and lies on her bed, her arm sock can be seen and her puppeteer's head bobs up and down. |
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Adam Carolla & David Alan Grier A puppeteer's head pops up when Barbara Finnigan reaches for her telephone. |
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Sarah Silverman & Jeff Goldblum After Hadassah asks, "Really?", a human hand helps her closes her magazine, as well as her puppeteer's arm. |
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Wanda Sykes & Adam Carolla Carnez's arm sleeves and her puppeteer's head becomes visible when she throws the dangerous chemical filled balloon. |
Season 3[]
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Intro Sequence Gladys receives a helping hand from below to perfect her dancing with Birchum and Niles, but two fingers are shown. |
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Ludacris & Drew Carey A puppeteer's head pops up under Ludacris. |
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Ludacris & Drew Carey A puppeteer's head, headset, and arm sleeve can be seen. |
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Tracy Morgan & Adam Carolla The button of the puppeteer's ball cap can be briefly seen underneath. |
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Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla A puppeteer's head can be seen when Landelius asks, "But, you don't know a girl named Short Stack?". |
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Jimmy Kimmel & Kevin Nealon When Bobby lets out a burp, a puppeteer's head can be seen underneath him. |
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Wanda Sykes & Kevin Nealon A black dowel can be seen operating the puppet's hand, pointing the sign. |
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Bob Odenkirk & Adam Carolla When Carolla Schrapp asks, "72?", a portion of her puppeteer's ballcap can be seen underneath. |
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Bob Odenkirk & Adam Carolla The puppeteer's head and Birchum's arm socket pops up when he hops. |
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Bob Odenkirk & Adam Carolla A performer's head is seen underneath Robbie. |
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Ludacris & Kevin Nealon A puppeteer's ballcap becomes visible under Ludacris at one point. |
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Jack & Sharon Osbourne When Gladys grabs her tongs, her arm socket and puppeteer's arm are briefly seen. |
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Holiday Special When Elmer throws the grapes on the tree, a puppeteer's hand is shown. |
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Drew Carey & Jeff Goldblum When the camera pans away, a puppeteer's arm can be briefly seen at one point. |
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Drew Carey & Jeff Goldblum As Katie walks over to Kevin, the hair of a puppeteer's head becomes visible underneath. |
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Wanda Sykes & Sarah Silverman A puppeteer's head pops up underneath the ceramic store employee numerous times. |
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Tracy Morgan & Jimmy Kimmel A puppeteer's head is visible underneath Spoonie when he says, "My name is Spoonie Luv from up above." |
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Tracy Morgan & Jimmy Kimmel When the woman asks, "What're those?", the puppeteer's head pops up. |
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Adam Carolla & David Alan Grier Katie's arm sleeve is visible when she jumps off her bed. |
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Tracy Morgan & Jimmy Kimmel A woman's arm sock is seen. |
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Tracy Morgan & Jimmy Kimmel A black arm sock is seen controlling Elmer. |
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Bob Odenkirk & Tracy Morgan A puppeteer's arm is visible underneath Mrs. Robinson when she jumps to see inside the air vent. |
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Dane Cook & Kevin Nealon The woman's arm socket is visible when she reaches for her card. |
Season 4[]
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Good Charlotte and Lil' Jon The woman's shirt has not yet fully covered, resulting one of her breasts being half-exposed. |
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Good Charlotte and Lil' Jon A puppeteer's head briefly pops up when Willie picks up the receiver. |
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Andy Milonakis & Ryan Dunn The cap of Diana's puppeteer is briefly seen when she puts a hat on to a cactus, then shown when she asks, "The dog concert? Who is this?". |
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Andy Milonakis & Ryan Dunn A puppeteer's head briefly pops up when Amanda hangs up the phone. |
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Andy Milonakis & Ryan Dunn A puppeteer's head is shown when Jim Bob explains the way their system works and when he is scratching the inside of his ear. |
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Adam Carolla & Dane Cook A puppeteer's hand is briefly seen controlling the hand of Sav's assistant. |
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Jimmy Kimmel & Nick Cannon The Stu puppet is obviously lip-syncing to the audio track with Vladimir's voice. It is unknown why the Stu puppet was chosen instead of a different puppet for Vladimir, who is another character of the Touch-Tone Terrorists. |
Season 5[]
Coming soon!
Season 6[]
Coming soon!