Beyond that, there are entire YouTube channels dedicated to or including cranking people over the phone like Ownage Pranks. Crank Yankers was a popular show, and a whole lot of people are excited that it’s coming back. Yes, the Crank Yankers might get in trouble, and they’ll almost certainly hear their share of outrage and expletives. With the changes in the times, there’s also a significant risk that never existed before. If you can hear the purple cheeks and throbbing forehead veins over the line, you’ve managed to pull off a next-level prank call worthy of Bart Simpson or well… the Crank Yankers. The more redfaced they get, the better a prankster has done their job. However, to truly prank someone, you need to make them get angry with you. Confusing people and getting them to say stupid things is all well and fine. We can see these puppets making a whole lot of spa owners, hair salons, and hotel staff lose their minds. That means a blocked number is no impairment for lots of places. Businesses like restaurants and anywhere else someone might need to make an appointment will always answer calls. While it’s strictly prohibited to prank 911 or similar services, there are still plenty of places that are required to answer the phone. Will the Crank Yankers be pranking gamers in the new season? We don’t know, but that would be outstanding! Some things will never change. Players of online multiplayer games like Call of Duty now essentially spend hours each day on phone calls. Jimmy Kimmel mentioned in a recent interview with Vulture that while caller ID and texting has undoubtedly hurt the prank callability of many people, new mediums are emerging as well. Picking on anyone in a way that might be considered a hate crime isn’t going to get the show anywhere. In the 2010s (nearly the 2020s now) folks are all ‘woke’ and making fun of people in that way doesn’t fly under the radar anymore. In the early 2000s, some people found this problematic, but for the most part, it went largely uncontested.
One character in particular that no one seemed to worry about too much by the name of Special Ed poked fun at the crank call victims as well as people with mental deficiencies. Let’s be honest, any show with Dane Cook and Sarah Silverman on the cast wasn’t planning to get famous for its manners. Less Offensive?!?Ĭrank Yankers made its fame by being incredibly offensive. Still, there are plenty of kindhearted souls out there who will let you use a few of their unlimited minutes if you’re in a bind. After all, strangers could steal your phone. Now that there are no phone booths, asking someone you see if you might make a quick call for a taxi when you break your phone or asking if you can call and see where your ride is at in transit are both very commonly given reasons. Many of us have handed our phones to a stranger in need. Of course, you can always be sneaky about things instead.
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Beyond that, there’s voice changing software that will help keep them anonymous. From burner phones registered to fake name to blocked numbers, the Crank Yankers will either find ways to adapt and overcome or getting caught will become a big part of the show. However, for every advance, there is an equal and opposite advance. Most people these days have phones that show the caller ID. Perhaps answering machine gags will be part of the new norm for prank calling. It just means they’ll have to work harder for their jokes. People are less likely to answer a call from a number they don’t know, but that won’t leave the Crank Yankers totally high and dry. Instead, they have changed with the times and will no doubt be using cell phones instead. The New Crank Yankers will not be using the ubiquitous landline phones. You’d be hard-pressed even to find one outside a museum. As strange as it may seem to mature generations, there are plenty of people now, adult people, who have never used a phone booth at all. However, as cell phone technology advanced the image of someone sitting on a landline phone, slowly phased out of pop culture. Kids being rude on wall mounted telephones or in phone booths was a staple of comedy in the ’90s and early 2000s.
Bart was likely a big part of the inspiration for Crank Yankers. Anyone who grew up watching the Simpsons is probably familiar with Bart’s constant harassment of Moe and the many prank calls he made to Moe’s Tavern.
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