More CRANK YANKERS on its way

[punkNpuppets]

u should download the "Tribute" video dude

 

[pezbalubah]

There are times when I can not laugh at a whole episode and times when I crack-up. There are some un-original un-funny attempts at laughs, while others are hilarious. This is the kind of show that old (and young), yuppie, religious nuts don't like, but those are the same kind of people that said rock and roll is the music of the devil. Overall the puppetry and look of the show is great.

 

[sidcrowe]

Mmmm...I'm not fond of Crank Yankers either. Too mean

 

[punkNpuppets]

no such thing as a tv show being too mean...just not mean ENOUGH!


okay...theres such thing as too mean...but crank yankers, not too mean. just too funny!

 

[Buck-Beaver]

Yeah, what these shows are doing are positioning themselves as "anti-Muppet". They are lampooning the audience's perception of the Muppets, not necessarily the Muppets themselves.

And the thing is, this all was done years ago by Peter Jackson's Meet The Feebles. All these other shows (Crank Yankers, Greg The Bunny, Puppets Who Kill, etc.) are just playing different angles of that basic premise.

Feebles worked because it wasn't just puppets behaving badly, it was puppets maiming, killing, sleeping around and doing other disgusting things I won't mention here. It was supposed to lampoon the Muppets and it was played to the hilt. It really works as satire, if you can make it through the movie without heaving.

It was a shame about Greg The Bunny, because I liked the characters (the puppets, Eugene Levy and Seth Green anyways) and they had a few neat ideas but the stories sucked. If Fox had supported it more it might have gone somewhere.

Now Crank Yankers isn't my cup of tea (BTW, there's a cover story in the current issue of Mass Appeal Magazine on Crank Yankers) but it serves an audience in it's own, "Jerky Boys" kinda way. It's not ment to appeal to most Muppet fans. If it's good and funny it'll be around awhile. If it's just a novelty show it'll be gone soon.

Then again, we still have America's Funniest Home Videos with us......

 

[Comical_DrBob]

Originally posted by Janice & Mokey's Man
I've found some of it kinda distasteful or "not my cup of tea" (even though I hate tea with a passion), but I also find some of it to be really funny!

Seen ads for it on the comedy channel never watched it but there's this british show on it called "pets" which are puppets & its a little distasteful too but kind of amusing .

 

[Buck-Beaver]

I love Pets! I've never seen a full episode though....just clips on the web.

BTW, there's a great Kevin Smith-ish movie on the web called "Sam". Anyone else seen it?