query: who does the voice of special ed on crank yankers

pos: Crank Yankers 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 most states to record telephone calls without both parties' consent. Under Nevada law, only one of the parties has to give consent (i.e., the caller), so prank calls can be recorded without the consent of the prank victims. One result of this was the series' schedule of creating and airing new episodes was fairly sporadic due to most of the celebrities living in Los Angeles, having Los Angeles-based jobs, and so were only

pos: Jim Florentine Jim Florentine James "Jim" Florentine (born August 18, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and television personality. He is best known for co-hosting "That Metal Show" on VH1 Classic and voicing several characters on "Crank Yankers", including Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher. He hosts "Metal Midgets" on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and a podcast called "Comedy Metal Midgets". He has released six albums of stand-up comedy, two comedy specials, six installments in the "Terrorizing Telemarketers" prank call compilation, and three installments of the "Meet the Creeps" hidden camera show. His 2018 book "Everybody is Awful (Except You!)" reached

pos: Crank Yankers 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 most states to record telephone calls without both parties' consent. Under Nevada law, only one of the parties has to give consent (i.e., the caller), so prank calls can be recorded without the consent of the prank victims. One result of this was the series' schedule of creating and airing new episodes was fairly sporadic due to most of the celebrities living in Los Angeles, having Los Angeles-based jobs, and so were only

neg: Jim Florentine Telemarketers Volume 2" in late 2001, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla took a liking to Florentine's prank calls and hired him for a show to debut in June 2002 on Comedy Central called "Crank Yankers". Florentine played Special Ed, a developmentally disabled teenager, and Bobby Fletcher, a despicable, alcoholic slob who is the older cousin of Ed. After season 1, Eminem took a liking to Florentine's characters and flew him out to his Detroit studio to do prank calls together for the upcoming season of "Crank Yankers". The following year in 2004, Eminem and Florentine did a bit together on

neg: Jim Florentine the MTV Music awards show where Eminem beat up Special Ed, who kept annoying him (and tore his leg off). "Crank Yankers" lasted three seasons on Comedy Central. The show moved over to MTV2 in 2006 for one season. Florentine's Special Ed character that he created is still played at various sporting events at stadiums across the USA. Florentine was featured on the series premiere of "Down and Dirty with Jim Norton", a stand-up comedy series that aired on HBO on October 3, 2008. The series spotlights new and established talent, including Artie Lange, Bill Burr ("Chappelle Show"), Patrice O'Neal,

neg: Crank Yankers for a DVD release for seasons 3 & 4 Crank Yankers Crank Yankers is an American television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that 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. The show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007. The show screened in Australia on SBS Television and The Comedy Channel between 2003 and 2008. In 2011, there was

neg: Crank Yankers Crank Yankers Crank Yankers is an American television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that 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. The show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007. The show screened in Australia on SBS Television and The Comedy Channel between 2003 and 2008. In 2011, there was a pilot for a traditionally-animated spinoff called "Birchum" featuring

neg: Crank Yankers periodically able to go to Las Vegas to make calls. Adam Carolla, for example, took his radio program to Las Vegas once or twice a year, and while there would record new calls for the program. The puppet designs were drawn by artist Todd James before being constructed based on the various marks' voices, and, along with a series of stock characters (such as "Niles Standish", "Bobby Fletcher", and "Special Ed") based on the performers' character voices, the calls are re-enacted for the skits. The main character puppets for the first season were constructed by Bob Flanagan's company Den Design

neg: Ass Like That to choke Triumph, Triumph shouts out "I'm not your wife!" (alluding to Eminem's troubled relationship with his daughter's mother, Kim). The puppet dog becomes attached to Eminem's hand as the scuffle continues; and, as it is broken up, Eminem stands up with Triumph to sing the chorus of the song. The video then switches between the "real world" and the "puppet world". There are puppet versions of many of the celebrities Eminem makes fun of (listed above), as well as Nick Lachey. The puppets from Crank Yankers also make an appearance, including: Elmer Higgins, Terrence Catheter, Birchum, Special Ed, Bobby

neg: Jonathan Kimmel in the "Fishsticks" episode. After that he served as Co-Executive Producer and Head Writer for MTV's The Andy Milonakis Show; and Crank Yankers, where he was also composer and voice-over performer. Other writing credits include "That's My Bush!", "Drawn Together", "The Bonnie Hunt Show" and "The Man Show". Kimmel's performing credits include a guest starring role on "Life With Bonnie"; the character Xavier on the ABC pilot "Let Go", the voice of Scab in Disney's "The Wild", the Singing Ass in Sarah Silverman's "", the voice of the King on "Drawn Together", the Boneologist and as The Fog on "Minoriteam"

neg: Susie Essman publication looked forward to the return of the show. She also provided the voice of Helen Higgins on the Comedy Central series "Crank Yankers"; she was an occasional correspondent on the first season of the network's "The Daily Show". She appeared on Comedy Central's Roast of Bob Saget on August 17, 2008 and provided the voice of "Mittens" (the cat) in the Disney animated film, "Bolt", and reprised the role in the 2009 short "Super Rhino". She also made an appearance on the Regis Philbin version of "Million Dollar Password". Essman's book, "What Would Susie Say: Bullshit Wisdom About Love,

neg: Lisa Arch "Sporty Spice"), Alanis Morissette and Fiona Apple. After one season on the show, Arch left "MADtv" at the conclusion of season three to pursue other career opportunities. Since Leaving "MADtv", Arch has done many guest appearances and voice overs. She has appeared in such commercials as "Mervyn's" and "Southern Comfort." She has featured on the Comedy Central show "Crank Yankers" as the voice of "Cammie", an airheaded, bisexual party-girl in her early twenties. She also played the role of Samantha Samuels on the Disney Channel show "Cory in the House". She has also had a part in the children's TV

neg: Drew Massey Drew Massey Drew Massey (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor, voice actor, and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company for the Muppets and has performed in many films, television series, and commercials. He also lends his voice for commercials and video games. Massey's film credits include "Men in Black" (1997), "Dr. Dolittle" (1998), "Cats & Dogs" (2001), "Men in Black II" (2002), "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" (2005), and "The Producers" (2005). He has also performed on television in "Greg the Bunny", "Angel", "Malcolm in the Middle", "Muppets Tonight", "Cousin Skeeter", "Lost on Earth", and "Crank Yankers"; and

neg: Retaliation (Dane Cook album) Retaliation (Dane Cook album) Retaliation is the second album by American comedian Dane Cook. It was released on July 26, 2005 by Comedy Central Records. The CDs contain a concert done by Cook at The Comedy Connection in Boston, Massachusetts. The DVD contains Dane's appearances on "Shorties Watchin' Shorties" and "Crank Yankers", "Comedy Central's Denis Leary Roast" and "Comedy Central's Bar Mitzvah Bash". The Crank Yankers call Foreign Guy English Lessons is previously unreleased. The album debuted at #4 on the "Billboard" 200, which was the most successful comedy album debut since Steve Martin's "A Wild and Crazy Guy" in

neg: Blackface incidents of white college students donning blackface. Such incidents usually escalate around Halloween, with students accused of perpetuating racial stereotypes. Jimmy Kimmel donned black paint over his body and used an exaggerated, accented voice to portray NBA player Karl Malone on "The Man Show" in 2003. Kimmel repeatedly impersonated the NBA player on The Man Show and even made an appearance on Crank Yankers using his exaggerated Ebonics/African-American Vernacular English to prank call about Beanie Babies. In November 2005, controversy erupted when journalist Steve Gilliard posted a photograph on his blog. The image was of African American Michael S. Steele,

neg: Sarah Silverman Money" (1997); "VIP" in the episode "48 Hours" (2002); "Greg the Bunny" as a series regular (2002); and on the puppet television comedy "Crank Yankers" as the voice of Hadassah Guberman (2003, 2007). She had small parts in the films "There's Something About Mary", "Say It Isn't So", "School of Rock", "The Way of the Gun", "Overnight Delivery", "Screwed", "Heartbreakers", "Evolution", "School for Scoundrels," and "Rent," playing a mixture of comic and serious roles. In 2005, Silverman released a concert film, "", based on her one-woman show of the same name. Liam Lynch directed the film, which was distributed by

neg: Stephen Colbert He voiced the characters of Reducto and Phil Ken Sebben in the Adult Swim's "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law", but left the show in 2005 to work on "The Colbert Report". His characters were both killed, though he returned to voice Phil for the series finale. Colbert also has provided voices for Cartoon Network's "The Venture Bros.", Comedy Central's "Crank Yankers", and "American Dad!", and for Canadian animated comedy series "The Wrong Coast". He appeared as Homer Simpson's life coach, Colby Krause, in "The Simpsons" episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs". Colbert filled in for Sam Seder on

neg: Dan Mintz Dan Mintz Daniel Alexander Mintz (born September 25, 1981) is an American comedian, voice actor and writer best known for his role as Bob's oldest daughter Tina Belcher on the animated show "Bob's Burgers". As a comedian, he is known for his extremely deadpan delivery, keeping his eyes fixed straight ahead and never looking toward the camera or audience. Born to a Jewish family, Mintz grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He is a graduate of Harvard University, where he wrote for "The Harvard Lampoon". He landed his first writing job at Comedy Central's "Crank Yankers", then worked on "Last Call

neg: Tracy Morgan special, "One Mic", on Comedy Central. He also hosted the first Spike Guys' Choice Awards, which aired on June 13, 2007. In 2003, he was on an episode of "Punk'd" in which his car was towed from the valet parking. He can be heard as "Spoonie Luv" on the Comedy Central program "Crank Yankers" and as Woof in the animated series "Where My Dogs At?". Morgan acted in commercials for ESPN NFL 2K, ESPN NBA 2K, and ESPN NHL 2K, co-starring with Warren Sapp, Ben Wallace and Jeremy Roenick. He appeared in Adam Sandler's film "The Longest Yard" as a

neg: Wanda Sykes popular show "Premium Blend", and voiced a recurring character named Gladys on Comedy Central's puppet show "Crank Yankers". She also had a short-lived show on Comedy Central called "Wanda Does It". In addition to her film and television work, she is also an author. She wrote "Yeah, I Said It", a book of humorous observations on various topics, published in September 2004. In 2006, she landed a recurring role as Barb, opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus, on the sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine"; she became a series regular during the series' third season in 2008. She also guest starred in

neg: Comedy Central Records "Crank Yankers," an uncensored album featuring human-like puppets voiced by comedic talent such as Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman and Fred Armisen, making off-color crank calls to one another. Upon its release, the album sold more than 80,000 copies, prompting network executives to release three more volumes of calls, including "The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Vol. 2" and the two part "The Best Crank Calls." In the early years, the label signed talent such as Dave Attell, Daniel Tosh, Dane Cook, Lewis Black and Mitch Hedberg to record deals. Their early releases included Daniel Tosh’s “True Stories I Made

neg: Jordan Rubin Jordan Rubin Jordan Rubin is an American film director. He directed the 2014 horror comedy film "Zombeavers"; which he also co-wrote with Jon and Al Kaplan. Jordan Rubin was born in New York City, NY, where he was also raised. He earned a degree from NYU. While Jordan was still studying at NYU, he began his career in stand-up comedy. He went on to write for television on comedy series such as The Man Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Crank Yankers, and Last Call with Carson Daly. He had his own half-hour Comedy Central special in 2008

neg: David Alan Grier cast of the improv-based ABC sitcom and Bonnie Hunt vehicle "Life with Bonnie" which ran only two seasons. During this time, he continued to appear in comedy films but also returned to drama in the films "Baadasssss!" and "The Woodsman". He starred in his own Comedy Central stand-up special "The Book of David: The Cult Figure's Manifesto". He is also a frequent guest on the Comedy Central show "Crank Yankers". Grier was the host of the NBC show "Thank God You're Here." He also appeared in the revival production of "The Wiz" at the La Jolla Playhouse directed by Des

neg: Richard G. Rosner appeared in both a Domino's Pizza commercial as well as one for Burger King and sued the quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" over an allegedly flawed question he missed as a contestant in 2000. He wrote and produced for quiz shows and several programs produced by Jimmy Kimmel, including "The Man Show", "Crank Yankers", and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Rosner grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He reportedly spent 10 years in high school, leaving in 1987. Rosner began working on a theory of everything around age 21, and had returned to high school at age 26 in order

neg: Touch-Tone Terrorists he would take incoming calls from people who had misdialed the number and were under the assumption that they had dialed the right number. He created a series of ridiculous exaggerated characters, all of which were voiced by him. Several Touch-Tone Terrorists calls were featured on "Crank Yankers" on Comedy Central and MTV2, most notably the Yankerville Parcel Service calls. At one point UPS tried to stop the sale of the Touch-Tone Terrorists CDs through a series of letters demanding, among other things, that all inventory of Infestation Records' CDs be "delivered" to UPS lawyers "for destruction", because UPS believed

neg: Thomas Crank Thomas Crank Thomas Crank is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 18 since January 10, 2017. When incumbent Republican Representative Fred Baldwin announced his retirement to run for the Wyoming Senate, Crank declared his candidacy. He faced candidates Scott Heiner, Zem Hopkins, Kevin Simpson, and Lyle Williams in the Republican primary. Crank initially won the primary by 42 votes, but primary voters in one Sweetwater County precinct received the wrong ballot, leading Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray to call a special election. While candidate Scott Heiner won the most votes

neg: Jimmy Kimmel Ben Stein's Money", Kimmel co-hosted (with Adam Carolla) and co-produced (with Daniel Kellison), Comedy Central's "The Man Show". Kimmel left "Win Ben Stein's Money" in 2001 and was replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. "The Man Show"'s success allowed Kimmel, Carolla, and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Productions, "Crank Yankers" for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself) and later "The Andy Milonakis Show" for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film "Windy City Heat",

neg: Longmont Potion Castle Longmont Potion Castle Longmont Potion Castle (born 1972) is the pseudonym of an anonymous surrealist prank caller who has been active in Colorado and the Los Angeles area since 1987. Details about his personal life are scarce and his real name is unknown to the public. Over the years, his mostly self-released albums have gained a cult following, notably among musicians. The "LA Record" describes Longmont Potion Castle's albums as unlike those that most people associate with prank telephone calls, citing that his demeanor is nothing at all like that of The Jerky Boys and "Crank Yankers" and is actually

neg: Rhymefest and performs the new "Crank Yankers" theme song. Appeared on an episode of "Chancers" with Matthew Knowles. Appeared on an episode of "Last Call with Carson Daly", where he performed his single "Fever". Instead of reciting the third verse, he broke into a freestyle about Carson and people in the audience. Rhymefest appeared as a guest on WGN and CLTV's television show, Garrard McClendon LIVE. He had 3 appearances on the show, discussing WalMart's hiring of Blacks, his Englewood campaign for alderman, and his rap career. Smith co-wrote "Glory" alongside John Legend and Common, for the 2014 motion picture "Selma".

neg: Adam Carolla created the television show "Crank Yankers" for Comedy Central, which revived the Mr. Birchum character. (The show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007. The show screened in Australia on SBS Television and The Comedy Channel between 2003 and 2008.) From August 2005 to November 2005, Carolla hosted the talk show "Too Late with Adam Carolla" on Comedy Central. Also in 2005, Carolla was featured in a home remodeling program called "The Adam Carolla Project" wherein he and a crew of old friends renovated his childhood home.

neg: Bob Einstein Development". He was also featured on the Comedy Central show "Crank Yankers" as obnoxious district selectman Tony Deloge. Einstein was also on "The Man Show" where he did "Century Club" with Adam and Jimmy. In "Ocean's Thirteen" he played Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon)'s father, Robert 'Bobby' Caldwell, a master robber and con artist whose day job is as an FBI agent. Einstein appeared on the second season of "Anger Management" as Charlie Goodson's very angry neighbor, and his character in the show instantly got an unflattering nickname based on a feminine hygiene product. Einstein has voiced two characters from "The

neg: Adam Carolla show "Crank Yankers" (2002–2007). He hosted "The Adam Carolla Project", a home improvement television program which aired on TLC in 2005 and "The Car Show" on Speed TV in 2011. Carolla has also appeared on the network reality television programs "Dancing with the Stars" and "The Celebrity Apprentice". His book "In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks" debuted on "The New York Times" Best Seller list in 2010, and his second book, "Not Taco Bell Material", also reached "New York Times" bestseller status. Carolla has made numerous guest appearances on political talk shows as a commentator. He hosted a weekly

neg: Victor Yerrid collaborator and working partner of Drew Massey. Victor Yerrid Victor Yerrid is an American puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company and has performed Muppet characters in many TV shows, movies, and TV commercials. Yerrid is best known in the Muppet World for his work on the online series "", in which he performed Waldorf along with an assortment of other characters. Yerrid is also a lead performer of the Jim Henson Company's "Puppet Up!" improv show and is currently working on "The Skrumps" for the company as well. He also was a lead puppeteer on the shows "Crank Yankers" and

neg: Victor Yerrid Victor Yerrid Victor Yerrid is an American puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company and has performed Muppet characters in many TV shows, movies, and TV commercials. Yerrid is best known in the Muppet World for his work on the online series "", in which he performed Waldorf along with an assortment of other characters. Yerrid is also a lead performer of the Jim Henson Company's "Puppet Up!" improv show and is currently working on "The Skrumps" for the company as well. He also was a lead puppeteer on the shows "Crank Yankers" and "Greg the Bunny". Yerrid is a frequent

neg: Dan Ahdoot Johns Hopkins University but did not continue to medical school. He studied cinematography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Moving to New York City, Ahdoot helped found an improv comedy troupe, wrote freelance for "Crank Yankers", and opened for such headlining comedians as Lewis Black, Jay Mohr, and Dave Chappelle. Ahdoot has made many guest appearances, including ABC's "20/20" and Jim Breuer's Sirius Satellite Radio program. On January 10, 2011, Ahdoot appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". He is also a recurring character, as the falafel restaurant owner Phil from Khakhmakhistan, in the show "Kickin' It" on

neg: Tomato (musician) Crank Yankers version of "The Friendship Song". Tomato also has appeared on an episode of the Nickelodeon kids show The Naked Brothers Band (TV series), as guest drummer along with Questlove and Claude Coleman, Jr.. Tomato is also married to internet celebrity Lori Harfenist, host of The Resident. In 2009, in addition to playing with Sound of Urchin, Tomato opened his own after school music program in New York City entitled "Tomato's House Of Rock" [THOR]. Previously Tomato was the Music Director for the NYC Branch of the Paul Green School of Rock. On April 30, 2010, the formation of

neg: Paul McGinnis Paul McGinnis Paul McGinnis (born 1973) is an American puppeteer for Sesame Street and The Muppets. He has also performed in various non-Muppet television productions such as Julie's Greenroom, The Wiz Live!, Crash & Bernstein, Crank Yankers, Warren the Ape, Greg the Bunny, It's a Big Big World, The Book of Pooh, Between the Lions and Dog with a Blog. He performed on stage in the 2004-2005 Broadway tour of Little Shop of Horrors, as well as Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular. Paul also creates his own works of puppetry for . Paul was an additional Muppet performer on

neg: Tenacious D voices for animated films. In 2006, Tenacious D starred in their own film, "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny", in which they set out to become the greatest rock band in the world, by means of a guitar pick with mystic powers. Black and Gass have made several television appearances performing songs from their first album. On June 16, 2001, Tenacious D were featured as puppets performing "Friendship" on an episode of "Crank Yankers". They were guest starred when they were taught by Zorak how to perform in an episode of the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim series "Space Ghost Coast

neg: Rick Lyon Sesame Street for 15 seasons, from 1987 to 2002. He also worked with Nickelodeon on the Stick Stickly project and on the "Me + My Friends" pilot. He was a lead puppeteer for the first season of Comedy Central's television program "Crank Yankers". Lyon's company The Lyon Puppets, maintains a large permanent workshop outside New York City in New Jersey. In addition to building all of the Broadway and Las Vegas "Avenue Q" puppets, the company has built puppets for the original West End production of "Avenue Q" in London, the US national tour, and international productions in Brazil, Mexico,

neg: Kirk Thatcher Trek IV: The Voyage Home". Kirk Thatcher was a supervising producer on the Emmy Award-winning ABC series, "Muppets Tonight". Thatcher has also written episodes for the Cartoon Network series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" and directed episodes of Nickelodeon's series "LazyTown", PBS' "Sid the Science Kid", and Comedy Central's "Crank Yankers". In 2014, Kirk Thatcher was seen on the SyFy Network’s series "Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge" where he appeared in each episode, filling the role of a judge for the competition. Kirk Thatcher has also directed The Muppets' "Bohemian Rhapsody", which was nominated for and won the "Viral Video"

neg: Tony Barbieri and recurring character on "Crank Yankers", playing Niles Standish. Barbieri began writing for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in 2003, and in 2004 started appearing on the show as the character Jake Byrd. Byrd is portrayed as a good-natured man obsessed with celebrities, and his bits involve him satirizing excessive media attention to celebrity spectacles such as the Michael Jackson trial or the arrest of Paris Hilton. Byrd usually interacts with the fans while they are being interviewed by the media or inserts himself into press conferences. He has successfully fooled major media outlets into thinking he is a real person, including

neg: Fred Armisen Seth Meyers", as of February 24, 2014. While not playing with the band Trenchmouth, Armisen's interests switched to acting. In a January 2006 interview, he said, "I wanted to be on TV somehow. For some reason, I always thought it would be an indirect route; I didn't know that it would be comedy and "Saturday Night Live". I just wanted to do something with performing that would lead me there." Armisen's subsequent television work, such as some "memorable Andy Kaufman–esque appearances" on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", as well as work for "Crank Yankers" and "Adult Swim", led to a

neg: Dave Dameshek "Crank Yankers", co-created by Kimmel and Carolla, as well as for "I'm With Busey" and "Trigger Happy TV". In 2002, he began writing for Kimmel's new late-night talk show on ABC, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", where he made several appearances in addition to his main responsibility of working on the show's nightly monologue. In 2004, Dameshek became the weekly sports correspondent on the Los Angeles FM station Indie 103.1's "Mighty Morning Show", hosted by Dicky Barrett, while making periodic appearances on regional and national ESPN Radio programs. "The Adam Carolla Show" debuted in January 2006, recorded in Los Angeles and airing

neg: Crank Yankers Dick Birchum as the main character. He was redesigned to look younger and had a mustache. The pilot was made for FOX but was not picked up as a series. The performers are given a basic outline of a premise by the writers, and call telephone numbers from a list of selected targets (known as "marks"). Using the basic premises, the performers improvise most of their lines, playing off of the responses of their marks, with the intention to keep them on the phone as long as possible. With the exception of a few outside sources (including previous material from

neg: Paul McGinnis "The Muppets Take the Bowl." Paul McGinnis Paul McGinnis (born 1973) is an American puppeteer for Sesame Street and The Muppets. He has also performed in various non-Muppet television productions such as Julie's Greenroom, The Wiz Live!, Crash & Bernstein, Crank Yankers, Warren the Ape, Greg the Bunny, It's a Big Big World, The Book of Pooh, Between the Lions and Dog with a Blog. He performed on stage in the 2004-2005 Broadway tour of Little Shop of Horrors, as well as Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular. Paul also creates his own works of puppetry for . Paul was

neg: Eminem "8 Mile". He said it was a representation of growing up in Detroit rather than an account of his life. He recorded several new songs for the soundtrack, including "Lose Yourself" (which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003 and became the longest-running #1 hip hop single in history). Eminem was absent from the ceremony, and co-composer Luis Resto accepted the award. Eminem has voiced the video game "" (as an aging, corrupt, Ebonics-speaking police officer) and guested on the Comedy Central television show "Crank Yankers" and a Web cartoon, "The Slim Shady Show" He was signed

neg: Prank call talk radio, radio stations, and normal people at home. They also have a fictional radio show called the "Jack and Rod show" where they call a major celebrity for an interview and prank them with sound effects or fake guests such as Cousin Brucie (where Howard imitates a famous radio host while using an exaggerated version of his signature speech patterns) and many other pranks. The television show "Crank Yankers" is a series of real-life prank calls made by celebrities and re-enacted on-screen by puppets for a humorous effect. "Fonejacker", a show started on April 5, 2007 on E4, stars

neg: Donkey Kong (video game) traveling through the first screen to save Pauline. The difficulty is increased compared to the original "Donkey Kong" because Link cannot jump, as in "Zelda". Since its original release, "Donkey Kong" success has entrenched the game in American popular culture. In 1982, Buckner & Garcia and R. Cade and the Video Victims both recorded songs ("Do the Donkey Kong" and "Donkey Kong", respectively) based on the game. Artists like DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and Trace Adkins referenced the game in songs. Episodes of television series such as "The Simpsons", "Futurama", "Crank Yankers" and "The Fairly OddParents" have

neg: Sal Iacono 1996. In 1997, Iacono moved from Long Island to Hollywood to pursue a career in television. Iacono's first foray into television writing was on the Fox Sports program "Sports Geniuses", a sports-themed game show starring Matt Vasgersian on which Sal also appeared nightly in a trivia challenge. From there, he joined the writing staff of Comedy Central's "The Man Show" starring Adam Carolla and Iacono's cousin Jimmy Kimmel. In 2002, Iacono joined Kimmel during his weekly prognostication sketches on "Fox NFL Sunday". Iacono wrote for the puppet show "Crank Yankers". When "Win Ben Stein's Money" co-host Nancy Pimental left the

neg: Sound of Urchin the "Live Jihad" DVD release) and have played with Ween, Dean Ween's Tenderloin and toured with the Dean Ween Group in 2018. B-ILL also played guitar on Ween’s “The Mollusk” album, and Tomato plays drums with Ween's bassist Dave Dreiwitz, as a duo called Crescent Moon. They have also collaborated with Tenacious D; Urchin was the opening act on their 2001 tour, and Tomato played drums with them for their 2002 Comedy Central Crank Yankers recording of “Friendship”. Sound of Urchin Sound of Urchin (SOU) is a musically diverse "outsider arena-rock" band from Brooklyn, New York and New Hope, Pennsylvania.

neg: Tom Stern (director) Burns also collaborated on "The Chimp Channel". Stern has worked with Jimmy Kimmel's production company Jackhole Productions on shows such as "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "The Man Show" as segment director, and "Crank Yankers" as director and supervising producer. In addition, Stern appeared as an actor and worked as a writer for Trey Parker and Matt Stone's presidential parody, "That's My Bush!", as co-executive producer, served as director and writer for "The Andy Milonakis Show", and was one of the creators and producers of the Comedy Central travel show parody "Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust". Tom Stern (director) Tom Stern is an American

neg: National Lampoon, Inc. Satellite Radio, and began airing on the satellite radio service on October 1, 2006. Much of the programming is broadcast from National Lampoon World Headquarters in West Hollywood, California. The station had pre-recorded, mock-live comedy talk shows with hosts Nadine Rajabi "Nadine @ Nite", Kevin Couch, and Phil Iazzetta broadcasting five days a week. The programing was built around stand-up performances from famous comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, George Carlin, D. L. Hughley, and Bob Saget. The station also played prank calls from Crank Yankers and other sources, parody songs (labeled "Poon Tunes"), and interviews with active comedians

neg: Michael Ian Black "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!". He appeared on the Comedy Central shows "Crank Yankers" and "Reno 911!". He had a cameo in David Wain's 2007 film "The Ten" as a prison guard. In September 2007, he released his first stand-up comedy album, "I Am a Wonderful Man". In addition, he starred on the TV series "Reaper" as a gay demon trying to destroy the devil through acts of kindness. In 2008, Black published a book titled "My Custom Van ... And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face". Also in 2008, he

neg: I Love the 2000s of 2000: "Bring It On", "Gilmore Girls" and Von Dutch hats Oh My! Moment of 2001: Björk's Oscar outfit. Hotties of 2001: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez and Estella Warren Anti-Hero of 2001: Jack Bauer Guilty Pleasures of 2001: "The Fast and the Furious", "Temptation Island" and denim mini-skirts Oh My! Moment of 2002: Michael Jackson dangling his baby over a balcony. Hotties of 2002: Brandy, Jessica Alba and Kelly Ripa Anti-Hero of 2002: Vic Mackey Guilty Pleasures of 2002: "Crank Yankers" and spray tan Oh My! Moment of 2003: Pedro Martinez KO's Don Zimmer. Hotties of 2003: Kristanna Loken, Jennifer

neg: Tim Burns (writer) teleplay and story for the Teletoon TV movie, "My Babysitter's a Vampire", when the movie became a series, he became executive producer of the series and wrote the series premiere episode along with two other episodes so far. Tim Burns (writer) Tim Burns is a Canadian writer and producer for Canadian and American television; more popularly known as the show runner/executive producer of the Teletoon-Disney Channel shared, supernatural comedy-drama series, "My Babysitter's a Vampire" and for writing its TV pilot film. He was also supervising writer of the third season of "Crank Yankers" and was a composer on "The Sunny

neg: Tim Burns (writer) Tim Burns (writer) Tim Burns is a Canadian writer and producer for Canadian and American television; more popularly known as the show runner/executive producer of the Teletoon-Disney Channel shared, supernatural comedy-drama series, "My Babysitter's a Vampire" and for writing its TV pilot film. He was also supervising writer of the third season of "Crank Yankers" and was a composer on "The Sunny Side Up Show". Tim Burns began his writing career writing an episode of "The Jim Henson Hour" in 1989, two years later he created the sketch comedy "The Idiot Box" with Alex Winter and Tom Stern. He portrayed

neg: Jimmy Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC in 2003. Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2016, and the Academy Awards in 2017, 2018 and now 2019. Before hosting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", he was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's "The Man Show" and "Win Ben Stein's Money". Kimmel has also produced such shows as "Crank Yankers", "Sports Show with Norm Macdonald", and "The Andy Milonakis

neg: Dujeous Dujeous Dujeous is a live hip-hop band based in New York City. Dujeous songs are a diverse mix of topics, but they often talk about life in New York City ("City Limits," New York Views"), post-millennial paranoia ("Sometimes,""It's..."), and sometimes, just having a good time ("Good Green," "Drowsy"). Their music has been featured on television (the theme to "Crank Yankers," for example) and big screen (scoring Universal Pictures film "Blue Crush"). They've recently been promoting their weekly "No Clearance" free downloads, and leaks from their second album Day In Day Out. The band consists of seven main members: Dujeous first

neg: Dujeous 2006 2005 2003 2002 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1999 Dujeous Dujeous is a live hip-hop band based in New York City. Dujeous songs are a diverse mix of topics, but they often talk about life in New York City ("City Limits," New York Views"), post-millennial paranoia ("Sometimes,""It's..."), and sometimes, just having a good time ("Good Green," "Drowsy"). Their music has been featured on television (the theme to "Crank Yankers," for example) and big screen (scoring Universal Pictures film "Blue Crush"). They've recently been promoting their weekly "No Clearance" free downloads, and

neg: Todd James Todd James Todd James (born 1969) is a contemporary artist from New York City. Self-taught, he started tagging the New York City Subway system under the name REAS when he was very young. James designed the Beastie Boys' "Brooklyn Dust Elephant" logo (1987) and The Source logo and has also done work for Mobb Deep, Red Man, Eminem, Kid Rock. Art from his coloring book/zine "Attitude Dancer" was used as a cover for Iggy Pop's "Beat 'Em Up" album. Todd was the puppet designer for Crank Yankers on Comedy Central produced by Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla, and Jackhole Productions. He

neg: Adam Schlesinger 2012 Tony Awards, the 2011 and 2013 Emmy Awards, "Big Time Rush", "T.U.F.F. Puppy" (Nickelodeon), "Good Luck Charlie" (Disney Channel), "Fresh Beat Band" (Nickelodeon), "Kathy" (Bravo), "Crank Yankers", "Wedding Band" (TBS), the Billboard Music Awards, "Bubble Guppies" (Nick Jr.), "The Howard Stern Show", "Sesame Street", Comedy Central's "Night Of Too Many Stars", Robert Smigel's cartoons for "Saturday Night Live", The Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade with Neil Patrick Harris, the Comedy Awards (Comedy Central), "American Dreams", Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital", "The In-Laws", "The Man Show", "Too Late with Adam Carolla", "The Dana Carvey Show", "John Leguizamo's House Of Buggin"', "My

neg: Tom Freston produced feature films, and developed large consumer product and digital businesses. Popular characters and shows included: "Blue's Clues", "Beavis and Butthead", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Daria", "The Daily Show", "Jackass", "South Park", "Drawn Together", "Crank Yankers", "The Fairly Oddparents", "Aeon Flux", "Chappelle's Show", "I Love the...", "Behind the Music", "", "The Colbert Report", "Wonder Showzen", "Ren & Stimpy", "The Real World", "Dora the Explorer", "Rugrats", and "Star Trek" (from "" to ""). In 2004, after Viacom President & COO Mel Karmazin stepped down, Freston was named Co-President & Co-COO of Viacom (along with Leslie Moonves). Freston oversaw MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Famous

neg: Dujeous Dujeous travel the globe in support of "City Limits". They toured France and Poland, and also reached the West Coast and Midwest for the first time. Dujeous music has been featured in many television shows and movies. They produced and cowrote the theme song for MTV2's "Crank Yankers" with Chicago MC Rhymefest. Their music has also been featured in TNT's "Saved", Universal Pictures film "Blue Crush", and many other notable shows and movies (see discography). For full discography, see external links. 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 2007 2006 2005 2003 1999 2007

neg: Crank Yankers with additional puppets built by BJ Guyer, Carol Binion, Rick Lyon, Ron Binion, Jim Kroupa, and Artie Esposito. An in-house puppet shop was set up for the following seasons to accommodate the fast-paced schedule of the show and the sheer volume of puppet characters required for each episode. The puppets are puppeteered by Ronald Binion, Rick Lyon, BJ Guyer, Victor Yerrid, Paul McGinnis, Alice Dinean Vernon, and Artie Esposito. Originally, the show was titled "Prank Puppets"; it was renamed after Comedy Central lawyers deemed that it implied malice. Chief artists working for the show include: There are currently no plans

neg: Eric Appel The Office." Eric Appel Eric Appel (born August 13, 1980) is a writer/director working in television, film, and commercials. Originally from Endicott, New York, Appel attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, majoring in computer animation. In 2001, he moved to New York City to write and perform comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. After writing for shows like Human Giant, Crank Yankers and The Andy Milonakis Show, Appel moved to Los Angeles and worked as a staff writer/director at the comedy website Funny or Die. His past television directing credits include "Son of Zorn," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", "New Girl", "",

neg: Eric Appel Eric Appel Eric Appel (born August 13, 1980) is a writer/director working in television, film, and commercials. Originally from Endicott, New York, Appel attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, majoring in computer animation. In 2001, he moved to New York City to write and perform comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. After writing for shows like Human Giant, Crank Yankers and The Andy Milonakis Show, Appel moved to Los Angeles and worked as a staff writer/director at the comedy website Funny or Die. His past television directing credits include "Son of Zorn," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", "New Girl", "", "Eagleheart", "and

neg: Daniel Kellison Daniel Kellison Daniel Kellison (born June 28, 1964) is an American television/film producer and co-founder of Jackhole Productions, an entertainment group formed with partners Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla. Kellison was a producer for "Late Night with David Letterman" and "Late Show with David Letterman" for eight years. Kellison also executive produced and co-created ABC's "David Blaine: The Magic Man", Comedy Central's "The Man Show", "Crank Yankers" and was the original executive producer for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show". During his stint as a producer at the "Late Show with David Letterman", he infamously persuaded Drew Barrymore to flash her breast.

neg: Adam de la Peña Adam de la Peña Adam de la Peña is an American actor, comedy writer, producer, and director. De la Peña started his career writing for "The Man Show". From there he continued to work with Jimmy Kimmel's Jackhole Productions, writing for "Crank Yankers", and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". In 2003, De la Peña created and co-starred in a reality show, Comedy Central's "I'm with Busey", in which he documented days in the life of his childhood idol, actor Gary Busey. The show aired for one season (13 episodes.) In 2006, De la Peña co-created, wrote, directed, and voiced characters for the

neg: Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album) Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album) Crank is Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' sixth studio album, released in early March 1994. The album was produced by Ed Stasium (Ramones, Living Colour, The Smithereens), who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus previous studio album, "Kinky" in 1991. It was the band's first release on Zoo Records. The first single from the album, "The Right Time", released in November 1993, reached No. 41 on the ARIA Singles Chart with the second single, "You Open My Eyes", released in February 1994, reaching No. 43 and the third single, "Less Than a Feeling", released May 1994, peaking at

neg: Crank (film) Crank (film) Crank is a 2006 American action comedy film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (in their directorial debuts) and starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart and Jose Pablo Cantillo. The plot centres on a British hitman in Los Angeles named Chev Chelios who is poisoned and must keep his adrenaline flowing constantly in order to keep himself alive. He does so by various methods including taking drugs and getting into fights, while he tries to track down the man who poisoned him. The title of the film comes from the slang word for methamphetamine. The film

neg: Roger Daltrey 1992, Daltrey appeared as the voice of Barnaby in "The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You", a Canadian children's animation TV special along with American actor and voice actor Ed Asner. In 2001, he starred in the film "Chasing Destiny", where he gave actor Drake Bell his initial guitar lessons. In 2003, he starred as the voice of Argon the Dragon Bus Driver in the award-winning children's DVD called "The Wheels on the Bus: Mango and Papaya's Animal Adventure" from Armstrong Moving Pictures. The DVD featured Daltrey as a costumed children's dragon, who drove a bus for two lost

neg: Shirley Booth canceled after one season. In 1970, her name was listed as the voice of Tanta Kringle, in "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town". However the voice was really Joan Gardner. In 1974, Booth provided the voice for the character of Mrs. Claus in the animated television special "The Year Without a Santa Claus". It was Booth's final acting role after which she retired to her home in Cape Cod. On November 23, 1929, Booth married Ed Gardner, who later gained fame as the creator and host of the radio series "Duffy's Tavern". They divorced in 1942. She married United States

neg: Scrooge McDuck which Alan Young was hired to voice Scrooge McDuck playing the character who inspired his name, Ebenezer Scrooge (Thompson had died in 1971). Young, who himself was born in Great Britain, was best known for playing Wilbur Post on the hit television series "Mister Ed" from 1961 to 1965. Eight years later, the Walt Disney Animation Studios decided to make a featurette of this same story, this time dubbed "Mickey's Christmas Carol" (1983), and once again hired Young to voice the role. He also appeared as himself in the television special "Sport Goofy in Soccermania" (1987) (the only time when

neg: Hush Little Baby (novel) Dusty and Ed run out with Sam. Rowen and Muffin follow their car. Dusty and her cousin both stop at a house, and Muffin tries to rescue Sam. Ed catches Muffin and instructs Rowen to throw his car keys into the woods. After Rowen does, Ed takes off with Muffin and Sam. In the meantime, Kit unknowingly opens the door to Burt and Cinda, who imitated Muffin's voice. At home, the answering machine goes off with Kit's father telling her that he called the police. Burt and Cinda freak out at the mention of the police, and Cinda grabs a

neg: Special education social interactions and communication skills of a person. People who are autistic tend to think and act differently than others. Many children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) find themselves comfortable with a device in their hands. For students with autism, there are apps called "visual scene displays" that are most helpful for children who are having difficulty with verbal skills, according to Jules Csillag, a speech-language pathologist who focuses on special ed tech. Apps such as SceneSpeak and Speech with Milo help autistic children develop storytelling skills with text-to-speech voice and interactive storybooks. Using apps like these in a classroom

neg: The Day After Tomorrow (TV special) the credits. Brian Blessed and Joanna Dunham, starring as the husband-and-wife duo of Doctors Tom and Anna Bowen, and billed above Tate, had both appeared in guest roles – Blessed in the episode "Death's Other Dominion", Dunham in "". In the role of Space Station Delta Commander Jim Forbes was Don Fellows, who had played an uncredited voice part in "Space: 1999"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first episode, "". Ed Bishop had voiced the character of Captain Blue in Anderson's late-1960s puppet series "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" before taking on in the lead role of Commander Ed Straker in the live-action "UFO". Neither

neg: Thomas Crank in the special election, it was not enough to make up for the deficit, making Crank the winner with 32% of the vote. Crank defeated Democratic nominee Michele Irwin in the general election with 80% of the vote. Thomas Crank Thomas Crank is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 18 since January 10, 2017. When incumbent Republican Representative Fred Baldwin announced his retirement to run for the Wyoming Senate, Crank declared his candidacy. He faced candidates Scott Heiner, Zem Hopkins, Kevin Simpson, and Lyle Williams in the Republican primary. Crank initially

neg: Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show brother after one of Eddy's schemes left the cul-de-sac in a state of devastation. Antonucci first announced a "90 minute special" in 2006, and its title in 2007. Originally set to air in 2007, its premiere date was then moved to 2008, the year it was completed in, and finally to 2009. The series' sixth season was shortened, as Antonucci and the team at a.k.a. Cartoon wanted to focus on the production of the film. The score is composed by Patric Caird, who also composed the music for the series. The voice cast features all of the series' voice actors,

neg: Pinky and the Brain Pinky and the Brain is shown in the episode "The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special". Two characters shown as writers for Pinky and the Brain cartoons within the short are caricatures of Fitzgerald and Minton. While Ruegger initially based The Brain after Minton, the Welles connection came from Maurice LaMarche, a big fan of the actor/director, who had supplied the voice for Orson Welles in the 1994 movie "Ed Wood". LaMarche stated that on coming in to audition for the character of the Brain, he saw the resemblance to Welles and went with that for the voice, and he

neg: Crank (novel) user's perspective – not just from an adult lecturing in a classroom." Niki Burnham added, "What Hopkins does, in just a few paragraphs, shows readers how irrational and overwhelming an addiction to meth can be." "Crank" was a New York Times Bestselling Novel. 2005 Awards: Quills Award nominee, Book Sense Top 10, NYPL Recommended for Teens, PSLA Top Ten for Teens, Charlotte Award, IRA Young Adult Choices Award. 2006 Awards: Kentucky Bluegrass Award, SSLI Honor Book Award, Gateway Readers Awards winner. Crank (novel) Crank is a novel by Ellen Hopkins published in 2004. It is based loosely on the real

neg: The Story of Santa Claus his voice work, and went on to make other Christmas specials such as "" and "The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus". The special was first broadcast on December 4, 1996 on CBS. The special has been rebroadcast in later years. It was released on VHS by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. John Leonard, writing for "New York", called the special "somewhat less animated" than the 1996 live action special "Mrs. Santa Claus". The Story of Santa Claus The Story of Santa Claus is a 1996 animated television special directed by Toby Bluth. It features the voices of Ed Asner,

neg: Ed Trotta Stormrage. Ed Trotta is also known for other workings such as playing Abraham Lincoln in "Extreme Movie" and the play "Two Miles A Penny"; as well as playing in various other roles including "Liar, Liar"; "Pump Up the Volume"; and "". Ed Trotta Ed Trotta is an American actor, director and voice actor who is most known for doing voice-over work for Blizzard including filling the role of Tyrael in "Diablo II" and "" who is an arch-angel determined to save the human race from not only demons but from other angels who view humans as vile creatures, and he

neg: Cary Wolfe (Winter 1997), ed., with Joseph Tabbi. Online. World Wide Web: http://www.altx.com/ebr. The MSN issue: Music/Sound/Noise, special issue of EBR: Electronic Book Review, ed. with Joseph Tabbi and Mark Amerika. Online. World Wide Web: http://www.altx.com/ebr. Zoontologies: The Question of the Animal (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003). The Other Emerson, ed. with Branka Arsic (New York: Fordham University Press, forthcoming 2007). Cary Wolfe Cary Wolfe (born 1959) currently teaches English at Rice University. He has written on a range of topics, from American poetry to bioethics. He has been a significant voice in recent debates in Animal Studies and advocates a

neg: A Feather in His Hare Indian's body shape, along with the glasses he wears, suggest that he is meant to be a parody of Ed Wynn, although the voice does not match. Most of the episode is spent with Bugs getting vengeance by "thinking up some more deviltry for that Apache." At the climactic moment, Bugs, looking at the camera, says "Imagine this guy! Just who does he think he is to be chasin' me?", the Indian answers, holding Bugs at arrow-point, "Me? Me last Mohican!". "Last of the Mohicans, eh?", Bugs says, "Well, look, Geronimo, cast your eyes skywards." Looking up, he sees several

neg: MWM AKD 112 Z air-cooling of the engine, the cylinders have cooling fins made of centrifugal cast metal. The combustion chamber of the engine is a part of the piston bowls because of the direct injection. The pistons are made of a special highly heat resistant light metal alloy, they have three piston rings and one oil control ring. The connecting rods are cranked as well as the lower crank ends. The lower big crank ends are made of steel-lead-bronze, the upper small crank ends are made of special-bronze. The camshaft is supported by rolling bearings. The overhead valves are pushed by rockers and

neg: Crank (person) widely regarded as wrong or not necessarily a "fringe" belief. Similarly, the word "quack" is reserved for someone who promotes a medical remedy or practice that is widely considered to be ineffective; this term, however, does not imply any deep belief in the idea or product they are attempting to sell. "Crank" may also refer to an ill-tempered individual or one who is in a bad mood, but that usage is not the subject of this article. Although experts in the field find a crank's beliefs ridiculous, cranks are sometimes very successful in convincing non-experts of their views. A famous

neg: Engine balance crank throws, offset at 180° to its partner, with 13. an evenly spaced firing. If the pistons could lie on the same crank rotational plane, then the design is inherently balanced for the momentum of the pistons. But since they cannot, the design, despite having a perfect 3. phase balance largely cancelling the non-sinusoidal imbalance, inherently has 4., 6., 14. and 16. imbalances due to the crank pin rotating planes being offset. This offset, the length of which partly determines the strength of the rocking vibration, is the largest on the parallel twin with a 180° crankshaft, and does not

neg: New York City Fire Department If a company/unit in a firehouse does not acknowledge the run within 30 seconds, the computer will notify the "Voice Alarm Dispatcher" (VAD), who will call that unit via radio in their firehouse by the dedicated intercom system. One minute after the alarm is released, it will appear on the computer screen of the radio dispatcher (Radio), who will announce the alarm and the response two times and ask for acknowledgment from any companies assigned who have not done so by radio, voice alarm or MDT. The radio dispatcher has a special keyboard called the Status Entry Panel (SEP), which

neg: Crank: High Voltage This does not include Blu-ray sales or DVD rentals. In Germany, the uncut DVD and Blu-ray was indexed on March 31, 2010. In regards of a third film, actress Smart said "It's been talked about." Smart also noted that "Crank 3" might be made in 3-D. During an 'Ask me anything' on Reddit, Brian Taylor gave a possible 2013 release date for "Crank 3". In March 2015, Statham gave an update on the sequel, saying that he'd love to do it and he was waiting for Neveldine and Taylor to "get their heads together." Statham stated that Neveldine and Taylor

neg: V8 engine hand crank. Not only does increasing the size of the engine make this harder, the number of pistons is a factor, because with a 4 cylinder engine, a piston comes into compression every half turn of the crank, and overcoming this with the crank is not difficult. With eight cylinders, there is only 1/4 of a turn of the crank before another cylinder comes into compression. To overcome this problem, electric starters were developed. The first marque to equip its cars with electric starter motors was Cadillac, in 1912, and Cadillac consequently was the first production automobile with V8s, introduced

neg: Jim Boyd (actor) to use Aniforms in a television show that became known as "The Electric Company". During the first season, Boyd’s voice was used extensively, especially for the character J. Arthur Crank, who was just an angry voice on the telephone at the time. Boyd was unseen until season two, when he became a regular cast member, appearing on-camera until the show stopped production in 1977. Other characters he played included Andy, Wolfman, Blue Beetle, Paul the Gorilla, Fred Baxter, Steve Awesome, and Lorelei Loverly. Boyd also appeared in the 1974 TV movie "Out to Lunch", a Children’s Television Workshop production in

neg: Ed Trotta Ed Trotta Ed Trotta is an American actor, director and voice actor who is most known for doing voice-over work for Blizzard including filling the role of Tyrael in "Diablo II" and "" who is an arch-angel determined to save the human race from not only demons but from other angels who view humans as vile creatures, and he also voiced Malfurion Stormrage, the twin brother of Illidan Stormrage, in "Warcraft III" "Reign of Chaos" (2002), "The Frozen Throne" (2003) and once again in "World of Warcraft " (2010), as well as "" and "Heroes of the Storm" as Malfurion

neg: Electric bicycle laws not defined specifically in the law. In addition the specific wording of the law may or may not prohibit the use of a "mid-drive" or "crank-drive" motor set-up where the motor drives the rear wheel of the bicycle through the existing chain drive of a bicycle that has multiple gears depending on several points of interpretation of the law. Specifically the interpretation of the wording, "does not require clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged". A "mid-drive" or "crank-drive" motor set-up on an electric bicycle does indeed allow the operator to change gears in the

neg: Reverse overshot water-wheel The steeper the incline, the greater the risk of the user slipping from the top of the screw. No doubt the reverse water wheel was easier to use with a horizontal treading surface. On the other hand, the screw could be operated by a crank handle fitted to the central axle, but would be more tiring since the weight of the operator does not bear on the crank, as it does when trod from above. Like the reverse water wheel, the cochlea was used for many other purposes apart from draining mines. Irrigation of farmland would have been the most

neg: Crank of a partition "M"(−1,1) = −"M"(0,1) = "M"(1,1) = 1 as given by the following generating function. The number of partitions of "n" with crank equal to "m" modulo "q" is denoted by "M"("m","q","n"). The generating function for "M"("m","n") is given below: Andrews and Garvan proved the following result which shows that the crank as defined above does meet the conditions given by Dyson. The concepts of rank and crank can both be used to classify partitions of certain integers into subclasses of equal size. However the two concepts produce different subclasses of partitions. This is illustrated in the following two tables. Classification

neg: Seigi Choujin vs. Ancient Choujin Seigi Choujin vs. Ancient Choujin This film is the first to feature anime original character Kinkotsu-Obaba. Although this film is set after the Golden Mask Arc, the character Geronimo does not appear as an active fighter until the next film. He does, however, appear in flashbacks to the Golden Mask conclusion. This is also the second time voice actor Ichirō Nagai appears in a Kinnikuman work playing the main villain. He had previously appeared in the TV Special. It also features the return of voice actors Kōzō Shioya and Yasuo Tanaka, who had previously appeared in the first film Stolen

neg: Ed, Edd n Eddy also played the part of May, one of the Kanker Sisters, except in season 3 when she was voiced by Jenn Forgie. The other two Kanker sisters, Marie and Lee, were voiced by Kathleen Barr and Janyse Jaud. Eddy's adult brother is mentioned frequently throughout the series but does not appear until "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show", where he is voiced by series voice director Terry Klassen. Antonucci, an advocate of hand-drawn animation, wanted to ensure "Ed, Edd n Eddy" was produced in a way similar to cartoons from the 1940s to 1970s. As a result, the series

neg: Cam engine surfaces, a main surface on which the pistons worked when running and another ring inside this that gave a desmodromic action to constrain the piston position during engine startup. Usually, only one cam is required, even for multiple cylinders. Most cam engines were thus opposed twin or radial engines. An early version of the Michel engine was a rotary engine, a form of radial engine where the cylinders rotate around a fixed crank. The short dwell time that a crank produces does not provide a more-or-less constant volume for the combustion event to take place in. A crank system reaches

neg: Eric Dorman-Smith meet his ideals of efficiency. During 1955–56, his estate was used as a training-ground by the IRA two weekends a year but he was excluded from playing a role despite his eagerness to assist. He does not appear to have kept these contacts secret. Dame Daphne du Maurier, wife of his former Sandhurst adjutant Frederick "Boy" Browning, wrote a story about this side of his life, "A Border-Line Case". The British establishment appears to have dismissed him as a harmless crank. On 15 December 1956, after the failure of Operation Harvest and the introduction of the Special Powers Act, Charlie

neg: EDtv for a while. Ed TV thus becomes extremely popular. At Cynthia's insistence Ed starts a relationship with Shari which is short lived, as Ed grows more interested in staying on TV and Shari is abused by viewers who find her unappealing. Ed then goes on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and meets beautiful model/actress Jill (Elizabeth Hurley) who takes a liking to Ed. Ed then visits Shari and she tells Ed that she does not want to be with him until "Ed TV" stops airing. She then leaves town. Ed goes to the park with Ray and some friends

neg: Hoodoo Gurus The album was originally scheduled for release in September 2009 but they were not happy with the final mix. Hoodoo Gurus then sent their songs off to Durango, Colorado, where Ed Stasium, who worked on the band's previous albums "Kinky" and "Crank" worked with Faulkner. Faulkner flew to the US after Hoodoo Gurus performed in Japan, their first performances there in over 20 years. On 6 May 2009, Faulkner was inducted into the Western Australian Music Industry (WAM) Hall of Fame. In August 2009 it was revealed that Shepherd had been diagnosed with cancer and was recovering from recent surgery.