Looking for some laughs? Check out our list of the best episodes of Crank Yankers from Comedy Central on YouTube. These sketches are some of the funniest that you will ever see from Yankerville’s puppet citizens.
Creators Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison team up to make the Crank Yankers skits that include real calls to real people and actual businesses.
Featuring celebrities and stand-up comedians like Tiffany Haddish, Wanda Sykes, Natasha Leggero, Seth MacFarlane, Tony Barbieri, Bobby Brown, David Alan Grier, and Jimmy Kimmel, these skits will have you rolling on the floor laughing.
So grab a few friends and prepare to laugh your heads off! These are the best episodes and most popular YouTube videos of Crank Yankers.
#10 Gladys Calls a Charm School for Her Daughter
In this episode, Gladys has an incontinent child who isn’t potty-trained and she’d like to get her into charm school.
Creators Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison team up to make the Crank Yankers skits that include real calls to real people and actual businesses.
Featuring celebrities and stand-up comedians like Tiffany Haddish, Wanda Sykes, Natasha Leggero, Seth MacFarlane, Tony Barbieri, Bobby Brown, David Alan Grier, and Jimmy Kimmel, these skits will have you rolling on the floor laughing.
So grab a few friends and prepare to laugh your heads off! These are the best episodes and most popular YouTube videos of Crank Yankers.
#10 Gladys Calls a Charm School for Her Daughter
In this episode, Gladys has an incontinent child who isn’t potty-trained and she’d like to get her into charm school.
- 10/11/2022
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
Exclusive: Yankerville’s beloved Crank Yankers are coming back for a new season. Comedy Central has set a July premiere date for a now officially-announced Season 7 of Crank Yankers, its Emmy-nominated series from Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison. The series will return with new back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, July 7 at 8 Pm on Comedy Central. You can watch a teaser below.
The new season of Crank Yankers will feature fan-favorite characters such as Spoonie Luv, Elmer Higgins, Niles Standish, Bobby Fletcher, Terrence Catheter, Mr. Birchum and more, with voice talent including Kathy Griffin, Bobby Moynihan, Adam Carolla, Paul Scheer, Kevin Nealon, Desus & Mero, Tracy Morgan, Bobby Brown, Kyle Dunnigan, Jb Smoove, Wanda Sykes, Tiffany Haddish, Natasha Leggero and Jimmy Kimmel.
In Crank Yankers, Yankerville’s puppet citizens, voiced by celebrities and comedians, crank call real people – whether they like it or not. It premiered in 2002 and ran for four seasons on Comedy Central.
The new season of Crank Yankers will feature fan-favorite characters such as Spoonie Luv, Elmer Higgins, Niles Standish, Bobby Fletcher, Terrence Catheter, Mr. Birchum and more, with voice talent including Kathy Griffin, Bobby Moynihan, Adam Carolla, Paul Scheer, Kevin Nealon, Desus & Mero, Tracy Morgan, Bobby Brown, Kyle Dunnigan, Jb Smoove, Wanda Sykes, Tiffany Haddish, Natasha Leggero and Jimmy Kimmel.
In Crank Yankers, Yankerville’s puppet citizens, voiced by celebrities and comedians, crank call real people – whether they like it or not. It premiered in 2002 and ran for four seasons on Comedy Central.
- 6/15/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
More Crank Yankers is on the way. Comedy Central has ordered a new 20-episode season of the hit revival series from original series creators Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison.
Crank Yankers’ return on September 25, 2019, was Comedy Central’s best series launch in three years, per Nielsen, and the network’s best primetime launch with P25-54 and M25-54 in six years. In 2019, Crank Yankers reached 8.9M total viewers in L+7.
The current season resumes March 17 following the season premiere of Tosh.0. You can watch a promo voiced by Sarah Silverman below.
“The successful return of Crank Yankers in 2019 showed that the series is a timeless classic,” said Sarah Babineau, Head of Comedy Central Content and Creative Enterprises. “We can’t wait to see what America’s favorite dirty-talking pranksters have in store for next season!”
The current season of Crank Yankers features the biggest voices in comedy,...
Crank Yankers’ return on September 25, 2019, was Comedy Central’s best series launch in three years, per Nielsen, and the network’s best primetime launch with P25-54 and M25-54 in six years. In 2019, Crank Yankers reached 8.9M total viewers in L+7.
The current season resumes March 17 following the season premiere of Tosh.0. You can watch a promo voiced by Sarah Silverman below.
“The successful return of Crank Yankers in 2019 showed that the series is a timeless classic,” said Sarah Babineau, Head of Comedy Central Content and Creative Enterprises. “We can’t wait to see what America’s favorite dirty-talking pranksters have in store for next season!”
The current season of Crank Yankers features the biggest voices in comedy,...
- 3/5/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedy Central is giving its audience more “Crank Yankers.”
The network has ordered 20 more episodes of the comedy puppet show from Jimmy Kimmel’s Kimmelot production banner. New episodes from the original 20-episode order will continue to air from March 17.
“The successful return of ‘Crank Yankers’ in 2019 showed that the series is a timeless classic,” said Sarah Babineau, head of Comedy Central content and creative enterprises. “We can’t wait to see what America’s favorite dirty-talking pranksters have in store for next season!”
“Crank Yankers” originally aired on Comedy Central from 2002-2005 before being briefly brought back on MTV2 in 2007. Kimmel, the original series co-creator, is an executive producer on the updated version. Fellow co-creators Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison are also executive producers, while Jonathan Kimmel serves as showrunner and executive producer.
“We are thrilled that ‘Crank Yankers’ has been welcomed back so warmly and look forward to...
The network has ordered 20 more episodes of the comedy puppet show from Jimmy Kimmel’s Kimmelot production banner. New episodes from the original 20-episode order will continue to air from March 17.
“The successful return of ‘Crank Yankers’ in 2019 showed that the series is a timeless classic,” said Sarah Babineau, head of Comedy Central content and creative enterprises. “We can’t wait to see what America’s favorite dirty-talking pranksters have in store for next season!”
“Crank Yankers” originally aired on Comedy Central from 2002-2005 before being briefly brought back on MTV2 in 2007. Kimmel, the original series co-creator, is an executive producer on the updated version. Fellow co-creators Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison are also executive producers, while Jonathan Kimmel serves as showrunner and executive producer.
“We are thrilled that ‘Crank Yankers’ has been welcomed back so warmly and look forward to...
- 3/5/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
This weekend will be a little more retro and lo-fi with the release of Oscilloscope Laboratories’ forthcoming comedy VHYes from writer and director Jack Henry Robbins. In limited release, the pic is a new take on the found footage genre — and it’s all shot entirely on VHS.
For those of you who aren’t familiar, VHS is a form of media that was developed in the late ’70s and grew increasingly popular in the ’80s. It’s like streaming, but all in a clunky black plastic case that you insert in a machine and it plays on your television. It’s like a video with a retro Instagram filter.
VHYes follows 12-year-old Ralph (Mason McNulty) mistakenly records home videos and his favorite late-night shows over his parents’ wedding tape. The result is a nostalgic wave of vignettes of home shopping clips, censored pornography, dramas, music, horror and nefarious true-crime...
For those of you who aren’t familiar, VHS is a form of media that was developed in the late ’70s and grew increasingly popular in the ’80s. It’s like streaming, but all in a clunky black plastic case that you insert in a machine and it plays on your television. It’s like a video with a retro Instagram filter.
VHYes follows 12-year-old Ralph (Mason McNulty) mistakenly records home videos and his favorite late-night shows over his parents’ wedding tape. The result is a nostalgic wave of vignettes of home shopping clips, censored pornography, dramas, music, horror and nefarious true-crime...
- 1/17/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Tracy Morgan voices the silk-robe-wearing puppet Spoonie Luv on Wednesday night’s episode of “Crank Yankers,” but the hotel receptionist he prank calls might be on to him.
Created by Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison, “Crank Yankers” makes all the crank phone calls you wish you’d made when you were a kid. Yankerville’s puppet citizens are voiced by celebrities and stand-up comedians who make real calls to real people.
Watch a clip of Morgan impersonating Spoonie Luv above, in which he propositions a hotel receptionist at “The Embarassy Suites” named Jenny to come visit the room he’s pretending to book and partake in his… festivities.
Also Read: Tracy Morgan Joins Eddie Murphy in 'Coming 2 America'
“Do you have cool people on your staff? Like people that could keep secrets?” he asks. “Do you have any ‘Do Disturb’ signs?”
And later, “What kinda toes you got?...
Created by Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison, “Crank Yankers” makes all the crank phone calls you wish you’d made when you were a kid. Yankerville’s puppet citizens are voiced by celebrities and stand-up comedians who make real calls to real people.
Watch a clip of Morgan impersonating Spoonie Luv above, in which he propositions a hotel receptionist at “The Embarassy Suites” named Jenny to come visit the room he’s pretending to book and partake in his… festivities.
Also Read: Tracy Morgan Joins Eddie Murphy in 'Coming 2 America'
“Do you have cool people on your staff? Like people that could keep secrets?” he asks. “Do you have any ‘Do Disturb’ signs?”
And later, “What kinda toes you got?...
- 10/16/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Comedy Central is bringing back Crank Yankers for a fifth season and original creators, Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla, and Daniel Kellison, have come back to develop it. Today we have the first trailer for the return of the series to share with you!
The show is set in the twisted little town of Yankerville, and is filled with puppets, and it features re-creations of actual crank phone calls. Yankerville’s puppet citizens are voiced by celebrities and stand-up comedians. In this next season, the trailer reveals that Tracy Morgan, David Allen Grier, Aubrey Plaza, Will Forte, Tiffany Haddish, Nick Kroll, Chelsea Peretti, and more will be involved.
The cable network has already ordered 20-episodes of the series and it has been updated “for a digitally driven audience, the show will now feature puppets pranking people on phones, social media, e-sport platforms, and other platforms.”
Kimmel previously had this to say...
The show is set in the twisted little town of Yankerville, and is filled with puppets, and it features re-creations of actual crank phone calls. Yankerville’s puppet citizens are voiced by celebrities and stand-up comedians. In this next season, the trailer reveals that Tracy Morgan, David Allen Grier, Aubrey Plaza, Will Forte, Tiffany Haddish, Nick Kroll, Chelsea Peretti, and more will be involved.
The cable network has already ordered 20-episodes of the series and it has been updated “for a digitally driven audience, the show will now feature puppets pranking people on phones, social media, e-sport platforms, and other platforms.”
Kimmel previously had this to say...
- 8/15/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, Tiffany Haddish and Kathy Griffin lead the cast for the long-awaited fifth season of Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers. The first episode of the revived series — in which comedians voice puppets reenacting absurd and outrageous prank calls — premieres September 25th.
Adam Carolla, Kevin Nealon, Chelsea Peretti, Will Forte, Nikki Glaser, David Alan Grier, Demetri Martin, Bobby Moynihan, Arturo Castro, Jeff Ross and Adam Pally will also contribute to Season 5. Returning puppet characters include Elmer Higgins, Niles Standish, Spoonie Luv and Bobby Fletcher.
Adam Carolla, Kevin Nealon, Chelsea Peretti, Will Forte, Nikki Glaser, David Alan Grier, Demetri Martin, Bobby Moynihan, Arturo Castro, Jeff Ross and Adam Pally will also contribute to Season 5. Returning puppet characters include Elmer Higgins, Niles Standish, Spoonie Luv and Bobby Fletcher.
- 8/14/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Jimmy Kimmel’s prank call show, “Crank Yankers,” will return of a new fifth season September 25 on Comedy Central. The network released a puppet-packed trailer Wednesday, which you can watch above.
This season will feature voice acting from the creators Kimmel and Adam Carolla, as well Tiffany Haddish, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Kroll, Jeff Ross, Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Nikki Glaser, David Alan Grier, Kathy Griffin, Arturo Castro, Will Forte, Lil Rel Howery, Abbi Jacobson, Natasha Leggero, Thomas Lennon, Demetri Martin, Bobby Moynihan, Kevin Nealon, Adam Pally, Chelsea Peretti, Tony Barbieri, Paul Scheer, Iliza Shlesinger, Jimmy O. Yang and Derek Waters.
Puppet characters like Spoonie Luv, Elmer Higgins, Niles Standish, Bobby Fletcher, The Truth, Terrence Catheter and Mr. Birchum will return as well.
Also Read: How Jimmy Kimmel Used Twitter to Diversify His Writers Room
Comedy Central ordered 20 new episodes of “Crank Yankers” at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in February.
This season will feature voice acting from the creators Kimmel and Adam Carolla, as well Tiffany Haddish, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Kroll, Jeff Ross, Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Nikki Glaser, David Alan Grier, Kathy Griffin, Arturo Castro, Will Forte, Lil Rel Howery, Abbi Jacobson, Natasha Leggero, Thomas Lennon, Demetri Martin, Bobby Moynihan, Kevin Nealon, Adam Pally, Chelsea Peretti, Tony Barbieri, Paul Scheer, Iliza Shlesinger, Jimmy O. Yang and Derek Waters.
Puppet characters like Spoonie Luv, Elmer Higgins, Niles Standish, Bobby Fletcher, The Truth, Terrence Catheter and Mr. Birchum will return as well.
Also Read: How Jimmy Kimmel Used Twitter to Diversify His Writers Room
Comedy Central ordered 20 new episodes of “Crank Yankers” at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in February.
- 8/14/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Howard Lapides, the veteran manager and producer whose clients have included the likes of Dr. Drew Pinsky, Tom Green and Adam Carolla, has died at the age of 68.
Lapides died at his home on Thursday following a battle with colon cancer, a publicist confirmed to TheWrap.
As CEO of Lapides Entertainment, Lapides also represented Jimmy Kimmel, Tom Chapin, Kennedy, Mark DeCarlo and Christopher Darden, among others. He also served as executive producer on Pinsky’s “Celebrity Rehab” and “Sober House With Dr. Drew” on VH1.
Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2019 (Photos)
“Howard was more than a manager. He was family and I will miss him immensely,” Pinsky said in a statement. “He was the architect of everything I’ve ever done. He was my confidant, champion and protector for the last 25 plus years and I am devastated by this loss.”
Lapides’ other producing credits include Comedy Central’s “The Man Show,...
Lapides died at his home on Thursday following a battle with colon cancer, a publicist confirmed to TheWrap.
As CEO of Lapides Entertainment, Lapides also represented Jimmy Kimmel, Tom Chapin, Kennedy, Mark DeCarlo and Christopher Darden, among others. He also served as executive producer on Pinsky’s “Celebrity Rehab” and “Sober House With Dr. Drew” on VH1.
Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2019 (Photos)
“Howard was more than a manager. He was family and I will miss him immensely,” Pinsky said in a statement. “He was the architect of everything I’ve ever done. He was my confidant, champion and protector for the last 25 plus years and I am devastated by this loss.”
Lapides’ other producing credits include Comedy Central’s “The Man Show,...
- 8/2/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Once upon a time, in a fictional galaxy now owned by Disney, a blond farm boy named Luke Skywalker lived on the Lars homestead. Due to a susceptibility to military propaganda and religious extremism, he would eventually leave his rural moisture farm, which resembled a brutalist igloo dropped in the middle of the Tunisian Republic desert. 42 years later, one of the world’s most successful pop musicians and polymaths envisions a world where homelessness is combatted by some of the same architecture featured in George Lucas’s 1977’s hit Star Wars: A New Hope.
- 7/9/2019
- by Charles Holmes
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Kimmelot, the company formed by Jimmy Kimmel and Wheelhouse Group last year, has struck an unscripted production deal with ITV America.
The company has set up its recently announced revamp of Crank Yankers for Comedy Central as its first show to be produced through the exclusive arrangement.
The Jimmy Kimmel Live! Host launched the company in November with Brent Montgomery, boss of Wheelhouse, which was set up in January 2018 when Montgomery left his position as CEO of ITV America.
Kimmelot serves as Kimmel’s “creative lab” and will develop and produce unscripted and scripted projects for linear TV and digital as well as app/mobile-based content. ITV America, which produces shows including Netflix’s Queer Eye and the forthcoming reboot of Love Island for CBS, will be the production partner on Kimmelot’s unscripted slate.
The deal was unveiled by Scott Lonker, the former CAA agent who was named...
The company has set up its recently announced revamp of Crank Yankers for Comedy Central as its first show to be produced through the exclusive arrangement.
The Jimmy Kimmel Live! Host launched the company in November with Brent Montgomery, boss of Wheelhouse, which was set up in January 2018 when Montgomery left his position as CEO of ITV America.
Kimmelot serves as Kimmel’s “creative lab” and will develop and produce unscripted and scripted projects for linear TV and digital as well as app/mobile-based content. ITV America, which produces shows including Netflix’s Queer Eye and the forthcoming reboot of Love Island for CBS, will be the production partner on Kimmelot’s unscripted slate.
The deal was unveiled by Scott Lonker, the former CAA agent who was named...
- 3/28/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedy Central, the #1 brand in comedy, today announced a new late night series with David Spade; the return of Crank Yankers; a second season order for new, hit scripted series The Other Two; the first look at new scripted comedy South Side; and scripted projects in development with Naomi Ekperigin, Matteo Laneand Samantha Irby.
The announcements come on the heels of Comedy Central’s seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year share growth. While Comedy Central remains the #1 full-day cable entertainment network with people 18-34, in 2018 the brand recorded its highest-rated year among women 18-49 since 2014, up +13% from the previous year. To start 2019, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is the highest-rated late night series across all of TV among men 18-34.
More information on Comedy Central’s announcements from the TCA Winter Press Tour are included below:
Comedy icon David Spade will lead a new 11:30 p.m. series featuring his...
The announcements come on the heels of Comedy Central’s seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year share growth. While Comedy Central remains the #1 full-day cable entertainment network with people 18-34, in 2018 the brand recorded its highest-rated year among women 18-49 since 2014, up +13% from the previous year. To start 2019, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is the highest-rated late night series across all of TV among men 18-34.
More information on Comedy Central’s announcements from the TCA Winter Press Tour are included below:
Comedy icon David Spade will lead a new 11:30 p.m. series featuring his...
- 2/24/2019
- by Andrew Wendowski
- Age of the Nerd
Comedy Central is bringing back “Crank Yankers.”
The basic cabler announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Monday that they have ordered a 20-episode revival of the prank call series.
Updated for a digitally driven audience, the show will now feature puppets pranking people on phones, social media, e-sport platforms, and other platforms.
Original series co-creator Jimmy Kimmel will executive produce this new version, the first project under his newly formed Kimmelot production banner. Fellow co-creators Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison will also executive produce. Jonathan Kimmel will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
“’Crank Yankers’ has always been my favorite show to make,” Jimmy Kimmel said. “Nothing is more fun or makes me laugh harder than a great crank call and I am thrilled that Comedy Central asked us to do it again. At this time, I would like to ask all Americans to disable their caller ID.
The basic cabler announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Monday that they have ordered a 20-episode revival of the prank call series.
Updated for a digitally driven audience, the show will now feature puppets pranking people on phones, social media, e-sport platforms, and other platforms.
Original series co-creator Jimmy Kimmel will executive produce this new version, the first project under his newly formed Kimmelot production banner. Fellow co-creators Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison will also executive produce. Jonathan Kimmel will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
“’Crank Yankers’ has always been my favorite show to make,” Jimmy Kimmel said. “Nothing is more fun or makes me laugh harder than a great crank call and I am thrilled that Comedy Central asked us to do it again. At this time, I would like to ask all Americans to disable their caller ID.
- 2/12/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Crank Yankers is returning to Comedy Central with a 20-episode series order from original creators, Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison. The revival of the half-hour comedy marks Kimmel’s first project for his newly formed production banner Kimmelot.
Jonathan Kimmel will serve as showrunner and executive producer, joined by EPs/creators Kimmel, Carolla and Kellison.
Per Comedy Central, the new Crank Yankers is being updated for a digitally driven audience, in which “the world’s favorite profane puppets will be pranking on phones, social media, e-sport platforms and any venue where trouble can be made.”
The original series aired for four seasons from 2002-2007. It premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and moved to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running through March 30, 2007. The original featured actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call.
Jonathan Kimmel will serve as showrunner and executive producer, joined by EPs/creators Kimmel, Carolla and Kellison.
Per Comedy Central, the new Crank Yankers is being updated for a digitally driven audience, in which “the world’s favorite profane puppets will be pranking on phones, social media, e-sport platforms and any venue where trouble can be made.”
The original series aired for four seasons from 2002-2007. It premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and moved to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running through March 30, 2007. The original featured actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call.
- 2/12/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedy Central is dusting off “the world’s favorite profane puppets” for another round of telephonic terrorism. Crank Yankers, which originally aired from 2002 to 2007, is returning for a 20-episode revival, the network announced Monday during the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena.
For the (mercifully) uninitiated, Crank Yankers was a crass 30-minute show in which prank calls — dialed by the likes of Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes and Biz Marke — were brought to life via the magic of puppetry.
According to Comedy Central, the new Crank Yankers will be “updated for a digitally driven audience.
For the (mercifully) uninitiated, Crank Yankers was a crass 30-minute show in which prank calls — dialed by the likes of Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes and Biz Marke — were brought to life via the magic of puppetry.
According to Comedy Central, the new Crank Yankers will be “updated for a digitally driven audience.
- 2/12/2019
- TVLine.com
Comedy Central is bringing back Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla’s “Crank Yankers,” the Viacom-owned cable channel revealed Monday at the Television Critics Association press tour.
The revived “Crank Yankers” will get 20 new half-hour episodes from Comedy Central.
Updated for a digitally driven audience, the world’s favorite profane puppets will be pranking on phones, social media, e-sport platforms and any venue where trouble can be made, per the cable network.
Also Read: Seth Meyers Pleads to Save Canceled Comedy Central Series 'Detroiters': 'It Was Brilliantly Stupid'
This version of “Crank Yankers” will be Jimmy Kimmel’s first project for his newly formed production banner Kimmelot. Last week, Scott Lonker left agency CAA to run Kimmelot, a media company that will create scripted and unscripted content as well as digital and mobile apps, per its mission statement.
Jimmy’s younger brother Jonathan Kimmel will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
The revived “Crank Yankers” will get 20 new half-hour episodes from Comedy Central.
Updated for a digitally driven audience, the world’s favorite profane puppets will be pranking on phones, social media, e-sport platforms and any venue where trouble can be made, per the cable network.
Also Read: Seth Meyers Pleads to Save Canceled Comedy Central Series 'Detroiters': 'It Was Brilliantly Stupid'
This version of “Crank Yankers” will be Jimmy Kimmel’s first project for his newly formed production banner Kimmelot. Last week, Scott Lonker left agency CAA to run Kimmelot, a media company that will create scripted and unscripted content as well as digital and mobile apps, per its mission statement.
Jimmy’s younger brother Jonathan Kimmel will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
- 2/12/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Comedy Central is getting into the revival game. With puppets.
The cable channel has ordered a new version of Crank Yankers, in which puppets re-enact crank calls. The new series will run for 20 episodes. Comedy Central has also developing three new scripted series, two of them involving veterans of Broad City.
Jimmy Kimmel and original series co-creators Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison will executive produce the new version, along with Crank Yankers and South Park veteran (and Kimmel's brother) Jonathan Kimmel, who will serve as showrunner.
The show is the first project from Jimmy Kimmel's recently formed Kimmelot production company.
"...
The cable channel has ordered a new version of Crank Yankers, in which puppets re-enact crank calls. The new series will run for 20 episodes. Comedy Central has also developing three new scripted series, two of them involving veterans of Broad City.
Jimmy Kimmel and original series co-creators Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison will executive produce the new version, along with Crank Yankers and South Park veteran (and Kimmel's brother) Jonathan Kimmel, who will serve as showrunner.
The show is the first project from Jimmy Kimmel's recently formed Kimmelot production company.
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- 2/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Jimmy Kimmel has teamed with entrepreneur and producer Brent Montgomery to launch media company Kimmelot as a joint venture with Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment.
As part of the agreement, Kimmel also will become a partner in Wheelhouse Entertainment, the company Montgomery started in January 2018 after stepping down from his post as CEO of ITV America.
Kimmelot, which will be based in Los Angeles, will serve as Kimmel’s “creative lab” and will develop and produce unscripted and scripted projects for linear TV and digital as well as app/mobile-based content.
Going forward, Kimmel will produce all of his projects through Kimmelot. He will remain a partner in Jackhole Prods., the company he created with Daniel Kellison and Adam Carolla two decades ago, which produces Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Kimmel is able to launch a joint venture with independent producer Montgomery as he does not have a production deal with Disney-ABC.
As part of the agreement, Kimmel also will become a partner in Wheelhouse Entertainment, the company Montgomery started in January 2018 after stepping down from his post as CEO of ITV America.
Kimmelot, which will be based in Los Angeles, will serve as Kimmel’s “creative lab” and will develop and produce unscripted and scripted projects for linear TV and digital as well as app/mobile-based content.
Going forward, Kimmel will produce all of his projects through Kimmelot. He will remain a partner in Jackhole Prods., the company he created with Daniel Kellison and Adam Carolla two decades ago, which produces Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Kimmel is able to launch a joint venture with independent producer Montgomery as he does not have a production deal with Disney-ABC.
- 11/13/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Norm Macdonald Has a Show,” and it’s so stilted and strange, that it’s hard to understand what, exactly, it’s trying to do. Even David Letterman — who’s known Macdonald for years, produces the series, and was the one to suggest he do it in the first place — had to pause halfway through their half-hour interview to marvel at the sheer weirdness of what was happening. “I feel like I’m on a show in another country,” Letterman remarked, immediately inspiring a wave of giggles from Macdonald, his sidekick Adam Eget, and assorted crewmembers lurking just offscreen.
It’s a moment that, much to Macdonald’s delight, repeats itself over and over again in each episode as he, Eget, and a single guest take the sparse stage for meandering conversations. Macdonald punctuates the talks — which are only “interviews” in the absolute loosest sense of the term — with his...
It’s a moment that, much to Macdonald’s delight, repeats itself over and over again in each episode as he, Eget, and a single guest take the sparse stage for meandering conversations. Macdonald punctuates the talks — which are only “interviews” in the absolute loosest sense of the term — with his...
- 9/12/2018
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Norm Macdonald has a show, and Chevy Chase has a startling connection to Bob Dylan. Only one of those statements is the name of a new Netflix series (or true), but this trailer explains both.
The premiere season of Netflix’s Norm Macdonald has a Show launches Sept. 14 (all ten 30-minute episodes debut at once), and promises to showcase the former Saturday Night Live player at his driest. Does Drew Barrymore miss cocaine? Has Judge Judy been to a strip club? He asks, they answer.
Among the other guests of the talk show’s premiere season are David Spade, David Letterman, Jane Fonda, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Keaton, Billy Joe Shaver and Lorne Michaels. Macdonald’s sidekick is Adam Eget, who filled the same spot on Macdonald’s podcasts.
One of the more surprising moments of the trailer? Jane Fonda thinks Macdonald resembles Marlon Brando.
The premiere season of Netflix’s Norm Macdonald has a Show launches Sept. 14 (all ten 30-minute episodes debut at once), and promises to showcase the former Saturday Night Live player at his driest. Does Drew Barrymore miss cocaine? Has Judge Judy been to a strip club? He asks, they answer.
Among the other guests of the talk show’s premiere season are David Spade, David Letterman, Jane Fonda, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Keaton, Billy Joe Shaver and Lorne Michaels. Macdonald’s sidekick is Adam Eget, who filled the same spot on Macdonald’s podcasts.
One of the more surprising moments of the trailer? Jane Fonda thinks Macdonald resembles Marlon Brando.
- 9/7/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is taking another try at a comedic talk show format with the Sept. 14 launch of “Norm Macdonald Has a Show.”
The “Saturday Night Live” alum has set “SNL” boss Lorne Michaels, David Letterman, Jane Fonda, Michael Keaton, Chevy Chase, Judy Sheindlin, and M. Night Shyamalan as guests. Netflix has ordered 10 half-hour episodes from Lionsgate TV, which will be released all at once.
Plans for the “Norm Macdonald” launch come on the heels of Netflix’s cancellation on Aug. 17 of two topical talk shows, “The Break With Michelle Wolf” and “The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale.” Netflix ordered Macdonald’s program to series in March.
Wolf came into her show with major momentum after her turn at the White House Correspondents Association dinner made headlines in April. “The Break” served up fresh episodes on Sunday nights. The quick hook for a show from a rising-star comedian suggests that viewership...
The “Saturday Night Live” alum has set “SNL” boss Lorne Michaels, David Letterman, Jane Fonda, Michael Keaton, Chevy Chase, Judy Sheindlin, and M. Night Shyamalan as guests. Netflix has ordered 10 half-hour episodes from Lionsgate TV, which will be released all at once.
Plans for the “Norm Macdonald” launch come on the heels of Netflix’s cancellation on Aug. 17 of two topical talk shows, “The Break With Michelle Wolf” and “The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale.” Netflix ordered Macdonald’s program to series in March.
Wolf came into her show with major momentum after her turn at the White House Correspondents Association dinner made headlines in April. “The Break” served up fresh episodes on Sunday nights. The quick hook for a show from a rising-star comedian suggests that viewership...
- 8/21/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Norm MacDonald has a show… and a guest list.
The talk show “Norm MacDonald Has A Show” will feature guests Chevy Chase, Jane Fonda and David Letterman as well as Drew Barrymore, David Spade, Judge Judy Sheindlin, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Keaton, Billy Jo Shaver and MacDonald’s former “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels.
All 10 episodes of the series will drop on Netflix on Friday, Sept. 14, it was also announced Tuesday.
Also Read: Norm Macdonald Lands Netflix Talk Show
The show, which features the “SNL” alum’s sidekick Adam Eget, and one celebrity guest per episode. According to Netflix’s description, it will consist of “great and unexpected conversation, jokes and a behind-the-scenes look at Norm’s world.”
MacDonald will co-showrun and executive produce the new Netflix show with Lori Jo Hoekstra. K.P. Anderson and Daniel Kellison will also serve as executive producers. David Letterman — who has his own...
The talk show “Norm MacDonald Has A Show” will feature guests Chevy Chase, Jane Fonda and David Letterman as well as Drew Barrymore, David Spade, Judge Judy Sheindlin, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Keaton, Billy Jo Shaver and MacDonald’s former “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels.
All 10 episodes of the series will drop on Netflix on Friday, Sept. 14, it was also announced Tuesday.
Also Read: Norm Macdonald Lands Netflix Talk Show
The show, which features the “SNL” alum’s sidekick Adam Eget, and one celebrity guest per episode. According to Netflix’s description, it will consist of “great and unexpected conversation, jokes and a behind-the-scenes look at Norm’s world.”
MacDonald will co-showrun and executive produce the new Netflix show with Lori Jo Hoekstra. K.P. Anderson and Daniel Kellison will also serve as executive producers. David Letterman — who has his own...
- 8/21/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Netflix has set Friday, September 14 for the premiere of Norm Macdonald Has A Show, a new talk show fronted by comedian and ex-SNLer Macdonald along with his sidekick Adam Eget.
Celebrity guests for the 10-episode first season also were announced. They include Drew Barrymore, David Spade, Judge Judy, David Letterman, Jane Fonda, Chevy Chase, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Keaton, Billy Joe Shaver and Lorne Michaels.
Lori Jo Hoekstra is executive producer and co-showrunner of Norm Macdonald Has a Show, which is being produced by Macdonald’s Anchor Spud Productions along with Pygmy Wolf Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, which also is behind McHale’s Netflix show. K.P. Anderson and Daniel Kellison are also executive producers.
Celebrity guests for the 10-episode first season also were announced. They include Drew Barrymore, David Spade, Judge Judy, David Letterman, Jane Fonda, Chevy Chase, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Keaton, Billy Joe Shaver and Lorne Michaels.
Lori Jo Hoekstra is executive producer and co-showrunner of Norm Macdonald Has a Show, which is being produced by Macdonald’s Anchor Spud Productions along with Pygmy Wolf Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, which also is behind McHale’s Netflix show. K.P. Anderson and Daniel Kellison are also executive producers.
- 8/21/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Norm Macdonald is following in the footsteps of longtime friend and peer David Letterman, by lining up his own Netflix talk show.
As announced on Friday by the Saturday Night Live alum, the streaming giant has given a 10-episode order to Norm Macdonald Has a Show, which will feature the titular host, sidekick Adam Eget and one celebrity guest in each installment. The talker promises “great and unexpected conversation, jokes and a behind-the-scenes look at Norm’s world.”
Macdonald will also serve as co-showrunner alongside fellow executive producer/former SNL staffer/longtime collaborator Lori Jo Hoekstra (Norm, A Minute with...
As announced on Friday by the Saturday Night Live alum, the streaming giant has given a 10-episode order to Norm Macdonald Has a Show, which will feature the titular host, sidekick Adam Eget and one celebrity guest in each installment. The talker promises “great and unexpected conversation, jokes and a behind-the-scenes look at Norm’s world.”
Macdonald will also serve as co-showrunner alongside fellow executive producer/former SNL staffer/longtime collaborator Lori Jo Hoekstra (Norm, A Minute with...
- 3/9/2018
- TVLine.com
Netflix is snatching up some of the biggest names in the comedy world. Add Norm Macdonald to the list.
Macdonald has signed up for 10 episodes of “Norm Macdonald Has a Show,” which the comedian referenced on Twitter early Friday.
I have a new show on @netflix and I'm tweeting the text exchange that started it all. pic.twitter.com/xNA48bZlVl
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) March 9, 2018
The news may not come as a shock to fans, especially after the comedian revealed Netflix’s interest in a Reddit Ama back in January. But along with Friday’s news comes some additional official details. Co-host of the “Norm Macdonald Live” Adam Eget will also be joining this new Netflix venture, which will maintain some of the current show’s format: a famous guest and an informal chat. “Norm Macdonald Has a Show” will add the occasional outside-the-studio glimpse at “Norm’s world.”
Lori Jo Hoekstra...
Macdonald has signed up for 10 episodes of “Norm Macdonald Has a Show,” which the comedian referenced on Twitter early Friday.
I have a new show on @netflix and I'm tweeting the text exchange that started it all. pic.twitter.com/xNA48bZlVl
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) March 9, 2018
The news may not come as a shock to fans, especially after the comedian revealed Netflix’s interest in a Reddit Ama back in January. But along with Friday’s news comes some additional official details. Co-host of the “Norm Macdonald Live” Adam Eget will also be joining this new Netflix venture, which will maintain some of the current show’s format: a famous guest and an informal chat. “Norm Macdonald Has a Show” will add the occasional outside-the-studio glimpse at “Norm’s world.”
Lori Jo Hoekstra...
- 3/9/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Group Nine Media, the parent company of popular digital properties Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo, and Seeker, is bringing a fifth brand into the fold.
Group Nine has acquired Jash, according to The Hollywood Reporter, a comedy production company founded by former Jimmy Kimmel Live! execs Daniel Kellison and Doug DeLuca -- as well as Maker Studios vet Mickey Meyer -- in 2012. Jash was originally conceived as a comedy collective comprising Sarah Silverman, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, the actor Michael Cera, and musician Reggie Watts -- and was initially funded through YouTube's now-defunct Original Channels Initiative.
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Group Nine has acquired Jash, according to The Hollywood Reporter, a comedy production company founded by former Jimmy Kimmel Live! execs Daniel Kellison and Doug DeLuca -- as well as Maker Studios vet Mickey Meyer -- in 2012. Jash was originally conceived as a comedy collective comprising Sarah Silverman, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, the actor Michael Cera, and musician Reggie Watts -- and was initially funded through YouTube's now-defunct Original Channels Initiative.
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- 11/7/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
The first TV show ever produced by the digital comedy network Jash has arrived. The High Court with Doug Benson, in which the titular host deliberates on a series of real cases, premiered its first episode on at midnight on February 28th on Comedy Central.
In each High Court episode, Benson -- who in his career has built much of his shtick around his love of weed -- hears testimony from a plaintiff and defendant and then makes whatever decision his drug-addled mind thinks is best. A series of stand-up comedians, including Michael Ian Black, Rory Scovel, and Jash co-founder Reggie Watts, will serve as The High Court’s “guest bailiffs.”
As noted in an Esquire article, Jash co-founder Daniel Kellison recruited Benson as host, reasoning that the comedian’s perpetually-stoned demeanor would make him the right man for the job. "I guess I'm the go-to pot guy," Benson told Esquire.
In each High Court episode, Benson -- who in his career has built much of his shtick around his love of weed -- hears testimony from a plaintiff and defendant and then makes whatever decision his drug-addled mind thinks is best. A series of stand-up comedians, including Michael Ian Black, Rory Scovel, and Jash co-founder Reggie Watts, will serve as The High Court’s “guest bailiffs.”
As noted in an Esquire article, Jash co-founder Daniel Kellison recruited Benson as host, reasoning that the comedian’s perpetually-stoned demeanor would make him the right man for the job. "I guess I'm the go-to pot guy," Benson told Esquire.
- 2/28/2017
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Digital media veteran Max Smith is the new Chief Financial Officer at Jash, the comedy-driven media company run by former Jimmy Kimmel Live producers Daniel Kellison and Douglas DeLuca and digital video producer Mickey Meyer. Jash also said today that TV execs Kate Gill and Max Broude have joined the company as Directors of Series Development. "I've joined Jash based on the collective vision of Daniel, Doug, and Mickey,” said Smith, who has managed the acquisition and…...
- 12/2/2016
- Deadline TV
This is not your father's The People's Court. Comedy Central has ordered The High Court TV show, starring Doug Benson. The fifteen-minute strip series features “Judge Doug,” who gets high and rules on real small claims court cases.Benson, Bruce Smith, Jash’s Daniel Kellison, Propagate’s Ben Silverman, Howard Owens and Kevin Healey, executive produce. The High Court's concept is inspired by Benson and Jash’s YouTube show, Getting Doug with High. The High Court is slated for a 2017 premiere. Judge Wapner, wherefore art thou?Read More…...
- 10/19/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Comedy Central is getting Doug with “High.” The cable network has ordered the new series “The High Court,” a daily show starring comedian Doug Benson as he smokes weed, gets high, then rules on real small claims court cases.
The show is loosely based on Benson’s YouTube series “Getting Doug with High.” Benson is also a regular on Comedy Central’s late-night series “@midnight.”
“The High Court” (or “Thc,” natch) will air as a daily 15-minute series. Comedy Central hasn’t said yet whether the show will be stripped with another 15-minute show (or be paired with two segments back-to-back), or how many episodes have been ordered. The show is being eyed for a late-night run.
Read More: 3 Things to Consider When Selling Direct-to-Fan, from the Distributor of Doug Benson’s Stoner Comedy Special
According to Comedy Central, both parties who bring their dispute to “The High Court” to...
The show is loosely based on Benson’s YouTube series “Getting Doug with High.” Benson is also a regular on Comedy Central’s late-night series “@midnight.”
“The High Court” (or “Thc,” natch) will air as a daily 15-minute series. Comedy Central hasn’t said yet whether the show will be stripped with another 15-minute show (or be paired with two segments back-to-back), or how many episodes have been ordered. The show is being eyed for a late-night run.
Read More: 3 Things to Consider When Selling Direct-to-Fan, from the Distributor of Doug Benson’s Stoner Comedy Special
According to Comedy Central, both parties who bring their dispute to “The High Court” to...
- 10/18/2016
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Sarah Silverman corralled a whole bunch of funny friends, including Seth Rogen, John C. Reilly, Key & Peele and Tig Notaro, to contribute to the inaugural episode of Rubberhead, a new comedy variety show from Vimeo and the comedy collective Jash.
Silverman hosts the first episode, and as she succinctly introduces it in the trailer, "Welcome to a night of weird." The succession of clips includes everything from Rogen and Silverman engaging in some some high-octane cop action to a man with a weirdly shaped head chucking a Big Gulp at an innocent pedestrian.
Silverman hosts the first episode, and as she succinctly introduces it in the trailer, "Welcome to a night of weird." The succession of clips includes everything from Rogen and Silverman engaging in some some high-octane cop action to a man with a weirdly shaped head chucking a Big Gulp at an innocent pedestrian.
- 11/18/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Vimeo continues to build up its library of premium, on demand content, and for its latest release, it has turned to one of the strongest comedy networks on the Internet. Jash is behind Rubberhead, a variety show hosted by Sarah Silverman. Rubberhead, which was conceived during the spring and filmed in July, is a 45-minute comedy showcase featuring more than 25 performers. According to a release, Silverman hand-picked the comedians who took part in the event. "The people you think are funny?" reads the release, "This is who they think are funny." “The idea behind Rubberhead is a new type of comedy experience— a no holds-barred show without the middleman,” said creator and executive producer Daniel Kellison. “What you see is the comedy created wholly by the artist, without interference from executives or networks or standards and practices. We put our full trust in our artist partners. Nothing is off-limits.” So...
- 11/18/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
You knew it was only a matter of time. After Netflix scored with original programming like "Orange Is the New Black" and "Arrested Development," Amazon quickly jumped into the game -- and now Xbox is, too. Pretty soon, look forward to new shows from your microwave and blender. Xbox will launch Xbox: Originals this June with 12 projects. They will be available on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and other Microsoft devices, and, of course, the shows will offer "interactive capabilities." To prove they're not kidding around, Xbox Entertainment Studios has attracted names like Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott, who are attached to two separate scripted projects based on the “Halo” franchise. Because hey, you can never get enough "Halo." Other shows in production include an unscripted series about international street soccer, an original drama about robotic servants in a dystopian world, and a documentary about the search for discarded Atari games in...
- 4/28/2014
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
On Thursday, February 27, a delegation of YouTube stars and digital influencers visited the White House to have a candid conversation with President Obama about how he and his office can do a better job of communicating with younger Americans by way of online video. As we noted when we broke the news, the goal of the attendees was that this brain trust can advise Obama and all future Potuses on a number of issues - like anti-bullying, education, and economic opportunity - facing many registrations to come, but the first and most pressing of those issues is the Affordable Care Act and the impending March 31, 2014 deadline for Open Enrollment. Obama asked the attendees if they could all let their fans know how to obtain information about health care enrollment with the hope that by doing so, more Americans would at least have a great knowledge of and access to their health care options.
- 3/6/2014
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
President Barack Obama can now count a handful of YouTube stars among his top advisors. On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen and Camp Takota; Tyler Oakley of being awesome on the internet; Iman Crosson, who the online video and Vine worlds know as Alphacat; Michael Stevens of VSauce; Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Bros. (and a possible Nickelodeon TV series); Mark Douglas, Todd Womack, and Ben Relles of YouTube’s very own Barely Political; Peter Shuckoff and Lloyd Ahlquist of Epic Rap Battles of History; and Mickey Meyer and Daniel Kellison of burgeoning online comedy network Jash all sat around a large conference table with the 44th President of the United States for the better part of an hour, discussing ways in which the White House could do a better job of reaching the YouTube generation. The meeting wasn’t about any single topic (though...
- 3/3/2014
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
President Obama drew some major Hollywood star power to help drum up for support of his Obamacare health care exchanges on Monday – including Jennifer Hudson, Amy Poehler and former White House special advisor Kal Penn. YouTube's Daniel Kellison and Royal Pains creator Andrew Lenchewski were also on hand, while Funny or Die production president Mike Farah said he'd start looking at scripts for videos to feature on his site. Farah said he would enlist both Fod vets and newcomers to produce videos by September to support the Affordable Health Act program,...
- 7/23/2013
- by Ira Teinowitz
- The Wrap
A group of Hollywood artists, actors, musicians, writers and producers met with President Barack Obama and top White House staff Monday to offer their help informing young people about the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Jennifer Hudson, Kal Penn, Amy Poehler, Michael Cera, Funny or Die's Mike Farah, The Talk co-host Aisha Tyler, Jash and YouTube Comedy producer Daniel Kellison, Royal Pains creator Andrew Lenchewski, and singer Jason Derulo attended the meeting, according to administration officials. Also in attendance were representatives for Oprah Winfrey, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Naras, and The Latin Recording Academy. Related: Hollywood Braces for the
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- 7/22/2013
- by Tina Daunt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In this day and age, there are a lot of online outlets delivering great video content in the realm of entertainment. One such group is Jash, a comedy collective featuring original content by partners Michael Cera, Tim & Eric, Sarah Silverman, Reggie Watts and producer Daniel Kellison (of Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman) with additional contributions from their many friends. This time Cera is behind the camera for a short film called Failure, and he also stars in the story of a young man unnerved by a very peculiar and stalker-esque girl played by Aubrey Plaza (it's her eyes that really sell the fear). Watch below! Here's Michael Cera's short film Failure from Jash, via The Playlist: For more great content, check out the Jash YouTube channel and see what else the group has cooking. And if you really want to know what Jash is all about, you can watch...
- 6/19/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
YouTube Comedy Week kicked off this week and is showcasing the best of comedy with live events, video premieres and creative collaborations from the world’s funniest people. From May 19-25, YouTube Comedy Week is bring together the biggest names in comedy on YouTube and beyond to create a one of a kind experience for comedy fans.
To kick things off YouTube put together The Big Live Comedy Show, a live 2-hourcomedy variety show that was live streamed across the globe featuring Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, Vince Vaughn, The Lonely Island, Key & Peele, Reggie Watts and many more comedy stars. The show was produced by Jash channel co-founder Daniel Kellison, along with Joel Gallen.
The all-star list of performers includes:
3 Loco, Barely Political, Beardyman, Brody Stevens, Craig Robinson, Dax Flame, Epic Meal Time, Eric André, Fidlar, Garfunkel & Oates, Gregory Brothers, Hannibal Buress, ImprovEverywhere, Jack McBrayer, Jeff Ross, Jenny Slate, Jerrod Carmichael,...
To kick things off YouTube put together The Big Live Comedy Show, a live 2-hourcomedy variety show that was live streamed across the globe featuring Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, Vince Vaughn, The Lonely Island, Key & Peele, Reggie Watts and many more comedy stars. The show was produced by Jash channel co-founder Daniel Kellison, along with Joel Gallen.
The all-star list of performers includes:
3 Loco, Barely Political, Beardyman, Brody Stevens, Craig Robinson, Dax Flame, Epic Meal Time, Eric André, Fidlar, Garfunkel & Oates, Gregory Brothers, Hannibal Buress, ImprovEverywhere, Jack McBrayer, Jeff Ross, Jenny Slate, Jerrod Carmichael,...
- 5/24/2013
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
YouTube is planning a massive, multimillion dollar, comedy week festival-of-sorts featuring famous online video personalities and household Hollywood names with a presence on the platform performing and sharing their online video creations at a number of venues in the Greater Los Angeles area. Stephanie Carrie at the La Weekly tipped readers off to the event last month, but today YouTube made it official. The first-ever YouTube Comedy Week will take place May 19 through May 25, with a packed billing comprised of live events, video premieres, and collaborations from some of the funniest people with at least one foot in the online video world. Produced in conjunction with Daniel Kellison (who co-founded Jackhole Productions with Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla and is one of the leading forces behind the new YouTube comedy supergroup / multi-channel network Jash), the week will kick off with a livestream on Sunday, May 19 at 5Pm Pt / 8Pm Et...
- 4/25/2013
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
With a promise to "permanently delete all videos from YouTube" and start anew, alt-comedy masterminds Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Tim & Eric and Reggie Watts launched the new Jash YouTube comedy channel. The Hachacha production, led by producers Daniel Kellison, Doug DeLuca, Mickey Meyer and Fullscreen Inc., launched at South by Southwest and debuted with a high-gloss video in which a fake president of YouTube acknowledges that it has too much content and needs to start over. Jash isn't an entirely fresh start, but does significantly up YouTube's comedy game by putting...
- 3/11/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
With a promise to "permanently delete all videos from YouTube" and start anew, alt-comedy masterminds Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Tim & Eric and Reggie Watts launched the new Jash YouTube comedy channel. The Hachacha production, led by producers Daniel Kellison, Doug DeLuca, Mickey Meyer and Fullscreen Inc., launched at South by Southwest and debuted with a high-gloss video in which a fake president of YouTube acknowledges that it has too much content and needs to start over. Jash isn't an entirely fresh start, but does significantly up YouTube's comedy game by putting...
- 3/11/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
A new podcast network promises to bring the best and brightest comedians to their channel. At Mipcom, comedy producer Daniel Kellison announced he partnered with fellow producers Doug DeLuca and Mickey Meyer and Fullscreen Inc., to create two new original YouTube comedy channels, Jash and Video Podcast Network, under the banner Hachacha. From the press release: The newly formed production company.s two premium YouTube channels promise to present a platform for comedians/artists to control their digital content and fully share in the revenues. The YouTube channels will also attract top-tier talent by providing them with the financing, production resources, editing facilities, and personnel to create online videos. Jash and Video Podcast Network will launch in January 2013...
- 10/8/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Producers best known for their work with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel are set to announce Monday they are creating a couple of YouTube channels with partners that include Sarah Silverman, Adam Carolla and others. The two channels, one called Jash and the other called Video Podcast Network, will come from HaChaCha, a newly formed production company founded by Daniel Kellison, who co-created The Man Show, was the original producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live and was a producer of Late Night With David Letterman and The Late Show With David Letterman.
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- 10/8/2012
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Rises making all things Batman topical again, I've been lucky enough to repeatedly talk about my favorite Batman and first movie crush, Michael Keaton, over and over again. It's a thrill that I especially value as the typically private star has fallen out of the spotlight since his '80s/'90s heyday. Though thankfully to those of us who still adore him, he's still popping up in memorable movie roles, like the fabulously fashionable Ken in Toy Story 3, and a frustrated police captain in Will Ferrell/Mark Wahlberg comedy The Other Guys. But now, Keaton has opened up in a surprisingly unguarded and intimate interview at Grantland, where among his respect for Stephen Colbert and his favorite movies, he has revealed some intriguing new projects he has in the works. Out of the blue, Keaton gamely tells reporter Daniel Kellison, "I'm actually getting...
- 7/16/2012
- cinemablend.com
It's Sunday afternoon, or: your last chance to read all that stuff you meant to read last week before Monday brings a new deluge of things you will want to read. Below, some of our recommendations: "One Direction: The Tumblr Interview," by Jessica Bennett (Storyboard/Tumblr): The British boy band answers the tough questions, including, "What’s it like having swarms of girls chasing you around the globe?" "Is It Creepy to See Someone Reading Fifty Shades of Grey on the Subway?" by Adam Sternbergh (The New York Times Magazine): At this point, it's a question every single commuter has asked themselves. "Dinner With Daniel: Michael Keaton," by Daniel Kellison (Grantland): The actor on Beetlejuice, technology, almost starring in Lost, almost turning down Jackie Brown, and much, much more. "What Ever Happened to Hysterical Realism?" by Lev Grossman (Time): An argument in favor of contemporary...
- 7/15/2012
- by Andre Tartar,Caroline Bankoff
- Vulture
In a rare interview with Daniel Kellison of Grantland.com, Michael Keaton talks about everything from Tim Burton, how he worked on Mr. Rodgers, Politics, but I'm sure I, like most everyone else on this site wonders what he thinks of the new Batman movies. Daniel Kellison asked a very candid Keaton to rank all the Batman movies, then followed up with why he turned down Batman Forever. Here is the exchange: Daniel: Ok, and I'm guessing there's no way you'll answer this, but I'll ask anyway: (6) Rate the Batmans in order of your favorites — best to worst. Michael: You're not going to believe me. I've only seen the first one. The one I did. And, well, most of the second one, because you see it while you're looping. But I've never seen any of the other ones. Daniel: You've never seen any of the other ones? Michael: No, I don't see many movies.
- 7/13/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
The number of celebrities and entertainment industry executives who have signed on to host the Obama re-election campaign’s young Hollywood fundraiser has swelled to more than 40, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Among those who now have joined the reception’s host committee are What's Your Number producer Beau Flynn, The Avengers actor Clark Gregg, actress Jennifer Grey, BrewPR founder Brooke Hammerling, The Virgin Suicides producer Chris Hanley, Gobbler CEO Chris Kantrowitz, TV producer Daniel Kellison, actor Donovan Leitch and One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush. Aside from helping to draw a bigger crowd, host committee members -- who also include David Fincher,
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- 6/26/2012
- by Tina Daunt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
And the winner for "Best Comedy Series that never made it to air" is ... "Alligator Boots."
The pilot, which co-creator and executive producer Daniel Kellison describes as "the hip-hop 'Muppet Show,'" looks like comic genius in a behind-the-scenes video unearthed by The Vine. But sadly, the folks at Comedy Central passed on the project, landing it in trash heap of TV history.
The show, which was a joint project between rapper Kanye West's company Rhymefest and "Crank Yankers" producers Jackhole Productions, was shot in 2008. It was to be a combination of sketches featuring mostly puppets and a human guest star.
The footage below includes interviews with puppeteers, talent, writers and producers as well as Kim Kardashian dressed in Princess Leia's metal bikini.
We weep a little bit wondering what might have been.
Here's the video.
The pilot, which co-creator and executive producer Daniel Kellison describes as "the hip-hop 'Muppet Show,'" looks like comic genius in a behind-the-scenes video unearthed by The Vine. But sadly, the folks at Comedy Central passed on the project, landing it in trash heap of TV history.
The show, which was a joint project between rapper Kanye West's company Rhymefest and "Crank Yankers" producers Jackhole Productions, was shot in 2008. It was to be a combination of sketches featuring mostly puppets and a human guest star.
The footage below includes interviews with puppeteers, talent, writers and producers as well as Kim Kardashian dressed in Princess Leia's metal bikini.
We weep a little bit wondering what might have been.
Here's the video.
- 9/15/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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