Crank Yankers is an American television sketch comedy show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison.

It features actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, with on-screen re-enactments by puppets.

With the exception of a few outside sources (including previous material from Jim Florentine and the Touch-Tone Terrorists), all the calls are made from Nevada.

The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 makes it illegal in eleven[6] states to record telephone calls without both parties' consent.

[citation needed] Originally, the show was titled Prank Puppets; it was renamed after Comedy Central lawyers deemed that it implied malice.