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Vinyl Obsession returns, with a look into the record collections—and musical minds—of comedian Jim Florentine (That Metal Show) and Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale. This week’s episode finds the pair at The Record Parlour, presumably flipping through bins of vinyl, reminiscing about their favorite albums, and perhaps engaging in some good-natured ribbing about each other’s musical […]

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The upcoming episode of “Vinyl Obsession,” titled “The One With Jim Florentine and Gavin Rossdale,” promises to be a treat for music lovers. This episode, airing at 11:30 Pm on Sunday, November 3, 2024, on Axs TV, features two iconic figures from the music world. Jim Florentine, known for his work on “That Metal Show,” joins Gavin Rossdale, the frontman of the rock band Bush.

In this episode, Florentine and Rossdale dive into discussions about timeless music and modern classics. They share their thoughts on what makes certain albums stand the test of time and how newer music fits into the larger landscape of rock. Their insights are sure to resonate with fans who appreciate both classic hits and contemporary sounds.

The highlight of the episode is when Florentine and Rossdale reveal their five favorite albums. This segment is bound to spark nostalgia and excitement, as viewers get a glimpse into the...

Greg Gutfeld is no stranger to swimming himself into hot water, and he didn’t shy away from some noxious takes about the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA double strike against the AMPTP on Friday night’s “Gutfeld!”

Teeing up his assortment of guests with hot takes and jokes (often at the artists’ expense), Gutfeld even teased guest panelist and comedian Jim Florentine for being a member of SAG-AFTRA himself, to which Florentine joked that he’s been calling himself a “scab” and his jokes might bomb because he “couldn’t write any.”

“Human being are strange animals — I don’t think think there could be an AI Jim Florentine,” Gutfeld said, turning to the comedian while discussing one of the unions’ primary contractual concerns.

“I mean, I don’t — I mean, maybe,” the “Crank Yankers” star responded. “But look, I’m in the SAG-AFTRA union, so…”

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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.

“Crank Yankers” is a television show that features crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests. The calls are re-enacted using puppets representing various characters. The show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central before airing on MTV2 between Feb. 9, 2007, and March 30, 2007. “Crank Yankers” developed a cult following over the years and has since been revived by Comedy Central.

In this article, we discuss some of the key characters of the TV show and provide updates regarding its current status.

Who Are the Main Characters of “Crank Yankers”?

The show features a wide range of characters voiced by comedians and actors. Here’s an overview of the main characters of “Crank Yankers.”

Karl Malone:

Voiced by comedian Jimmy Kimmel, the character is a caricature of NBA Hall of Famer Karl Malone. Karl refers to himself in the third person and often makes prank calls that involve requesting odd items from the prank victim.

Alice Cooper, Queensrÿche, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, and more will perform on the Monsters of Rock Cruise, which will return in 2022 for its 10th anniversary.

The cruise is set to take place February 9th through 14th, 2022, and feature performances from over 35 artists including Skid Row, Lit, L.A. Guns, Kix, Winger, Michael Monroe, Great White, H.E.A.T., Loudness, Pat Travers, Vixen, Faster Pussycat, and more. The cruise will set sail from Miami, Florida, and stop at two ports, CocoCay in the Bahamas and Labadee in Haiti.

Along with all the performances,...

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released the trailer for “#BlackAF,” and NBC announced the series finale air date of “Will & Grace.”

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NBC has announced the series finale of “Will & Grace” will air April 23 at 9 p.m. In the episode, “It’s Time,” Will (Eric McCormack) is determined to not reminisce about his life in the city or his ex and Grace (Debra Messing) is having false alarms of going into labor. Minnie Driver and Brian Jordan Alvarez guest star. Leading into the series finale episode, the network will air a “Will & Grace” retrospective special, hosted by McCormack, at 8:30 p.m.

HBO’s “The Undoing” is moving from spring programming to the fall. The six-part series based on the novel “You Should Have Known” by Jean Hanff Korelitz stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant as a married couple whose lives get upended after a “chain of terrible revelations,...

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,...

Exclusive: Truly Tasteless Jokes, a series of slim paperbacks that became a publishing juggernaut in the 1980s, is the subject of a new documentary feature just acquired by Virgil Films.

Tasteless, directed by Jeff Cerulli and Matt Ritter, traces the history of not only the books themselves but the way the material — much of it crude and controversial — has aged over the decades. The author of the books, Ashton Applewhite (who used the pen name Blanche Knott), later became a feminist and activist. She conceived of the original volume while making $8,500 a year as an entry-level employee in book publishing.

In a 2011 reminiscence she wrote for Harper’s magazine, titled “Being Blanche,” Applewhite reprised many of the jokes that filled the books, the first of which was the best-selling mass-market title of 1983. The punchlines started fairly PG-rated — “What’s the difference between garbage and a girl from New Jersey? Garbage...

VH1 Classic has cancelled That Metal Show after 14 seasons, which ran over the course of eight years. As the TV series title suggests, That Metal Show is a hard rock and metal-oriented talk show.

The cast of That Metal Show includes: co-hosts Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine, and Dom Jamieson, with Jennifer Gottlieb, as Miss Box of Junk. Past guests include: Sammy Hagar, Lita Ford, Zakk Wylde, Dee Snider, Ace Frehley, and Alice Cooper.

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We guarantee comedian Jim Florentine has a new divorce bit in his act -- his marriage is over ... but he and his ex have already divvied things up, and at least Jim will still have a place to write jokes.  Florentine -- best known for "The Howard Stern Show" appearances and "Crank Yankers" -- filed to divorce Samantha Florentine on March 6. They'd been together for 2 and-a-half years. No long drawn out battle here though ... sources...

Today VH1 Classic announced it will air the 2014 Golden Gods Awards, America’s only hard-rock and heavy-metal awards show, on Saturday, May 24th at 8 Pm Et/Pt. Hosting this year’s show is the trio from “That Metal Show” and VH1 Classic’s own resident metal experts: Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine. Additionally, VH1.com and the VH1 App will live-stream the entire four-hour live awards ceremony and the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards Black Carpet, hosted by Dee Snider, on Wednesday, April 23rd starting at 10 Pm Et/ 7 Pm Pt. Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose will take home this year’s Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award, and Joan Jett will take her place as the first female recipient of the Golden God Award, which will be presented to her by 2011 Golden God Award-winner Alice Cooper. Additionally, the 2014 Golden Gods will feature some of the most unforgettable moments...

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The Monkey King was recently released in Asia and lived up to expectations by breaking box office records within a few days of release. The movie made more than $46-million in China and was the Highest Grossing Movie In The World with a total of $54-million in just 7 territories alone, beating the previous number 1 movie Iron Man 3. Since then, the numbers have been going higher and higher, which Michael will mention in the interview.

The Monkey King also broke records in China as well as setting a new opening day, world record for IMAX screens. The Monkey King has an all star cast, which includes Donnie Yen, Chow Yun Fat, Aaron Kwok, Louis Fan and many more.

Kung Fu legend Donnie Yen was also very excited by the news and had this to sat in a recent interview, “The...

Brandi Glanville has said some pretty offensive things since she joined The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast in 2011, and her latest remarks are no exception. During a the Tuesday, Jan. 14, edition of her Podcast One show, Brandi Glanville Unfiltered, the former model made a flippant joke about child molestation during a discussion with her guests, comedians Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine. "I was actually stalking you online, Jim, and we have something in common! I, too, wanted to be molested as a child and was passed up," Glanville, a 41-year-old mother of two, said. "My sister got felt up by a principal, and nothing for me. He didn't even look at me sideways." Florentine played along and...

You don't say. Brandi Glanville is eating her words after making a tasteless joke about child molestation during her podcast "Brandi Glanville Unfiltered" on Tuesday, Jan. 14. During her show, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star joked that she "wanted to be molested as a child" while chatting with comedians Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine. "I was actually stalking you online, Jim, and we have something in common," she said. "I, too, wanted to be molested as a child and was passed up -- well, I [...]...

Did Brandi Glanville apologize for a joke? Is Kendall Jenner cool with her parents’ divorce? Has the script for X-Men: Days of Future Past leaked online?

Meryl Streep talked up Chris Pine‘s singing skills to Jimmy Kimmel this week and last night Pine delivered with a swoon-worthy rendition of “Fly Me To The Moon.” Kimmel even quipped that he was falling in love with the Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit star. [YouTube] Brandi Glanville has apologized for offending people by joking on her podcast that she wanted to be molested as a child. The joke came up during an interview with Jim Florentine. [Eonline] Kendall Jenner might be keeping mum about her dating life, but she is opening up about her parents’ divorce. She said, “It sucks not having a dad live with you.” [People] Radar Online claims to have received leaked script materials from X-Men: Days of Future Past. The gossip site...

Are you serious, Brandi Glanville? As much as we all love the outspoken ‘Rhobh’ star, when she said she ‘wanted to be molested as a child’ during an episode of her podcast, we were shocked and disgusted. There is definitely a line, and Brandi just crossed it.

Brandi Glanville dropped an offensive bombshell while filming her appropriately titled podcast, Brandi Glanville Unfiltered. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star said that she wished she had been molested as a child, and that she regretted that she had been “passed over” by a predator. Yes, you read that all correctly. Brandi apologized for her tasteless joke, but not without causing outrage with her comments.

Brandi Glanville’s Child Molestation Joke: ‘Rhobh’ Star Says She Was ‘Passed Over’

Brandi entertained her podcast episode guests, comedians Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine, with a terribly offensive joke about child molestation.

‘Real Housewives’ Stars Duel...

Steven Adler reps VH1 Classic show onstage during Gn'r induction.

By MTV News staff

Steven Adler at the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday

Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Axl wasn't there, but Saturday night's (April 15) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony did feature three original members of Guns N' Roses — Slash, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler — who jammed with former Gunners Gilby Clarke and Matt Sorum (plus Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy stepping in to fill Rose's shoes) on a medley of the band's biggest hits.

Of course, there was also a cameo that only eagle-eyed fans of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" probably caught: The show's logo, worn squarely on Adler's chest.

Adler has appeared on "That Metal Show" before and is an avowed fan of the program — he even canceled a performance by his band Adler's Appetite in 2010 to appear as a guest.

Patrice O’Neal will get to make ‘em laugh once more. Radio hosts Opie and Anthony will say goodbye to their friend and the longtime visitor to their Sirius Xm Radio show with a weekend-long tribute to the late comedian who passed away Tuesday at the age of 41, due to the complications from a stroke.

According to a release from Opie and Anthony, the radio hosts, along with comedian Jim Norton, will broadcast a nonstop marathon of O’Neal’s funniest and most memorable visits to the program over the past eight years. (Highlights will include the actor/comedian reviewing popular country music,...

Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter Slash has released his first-ever live solo album Made in Stoke 24/7/11. This summer, near the end of his 2010-2011 tour in support of his globally chart topping and self-titled solo debut, Slash returned to Stoke on Trent, England, where he was raised to record Made in Stoke 24/7/11. The double-disc CD, and a special-edition 2 CD+DVD package (featuring five bonus tracks and an exclusive interview with Slash) is out now via Eagle Rock Entertainment. Slash is featured today on VH1 Classic.s .That Metal Show. - Saturday, November 19. Tune-in to watch Slash, host Eddie Trunk with co-hosts Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson discuss the live album, his forthcoming second studio album...

Clips from A Little Help starring Jenna Fischer! The Freestyle Releasing drama opens on July 22nd and also stars Chris O’Donnell and Rob Benedict. Also in the cast of the Michael J. Weithorn-directed and written film are Daniel Yelsky, Kim Coates, Brooke Smith, Lesley Ann Warren, Ron Leibman, Zach Page, Arden Myrin, Aida Turturro, Jim Florentine and Dion Dimucci. Set in suburban Long Island in the post-9/11 summer of 2002, A Little Help examines a period of chaotic and rather bizarre upheaval in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer). Up to now Laura has had the wind at her back in life by virtue of her good looks and effortless charisma. But lately things have begun to take some dark and difficult turns. Her marriage to real estate agent Bob Pehlke (Chris O’Donnell) has become tense and loveless – Laura even has suspicions that he’s...

Clips from A Little Help starring Jenna Fischer! The Freestyle Releasing drama opens on July 22nd and also stars Chris O’Donnell and Rob Benedict. Also in the cast of the Michael J. Weithorn-directed and written film are Daniel Yelsky, Kim Coates, Brooke Smith, Lesley Ann Warren, Ron Leibman, Zach Page, Arden Myrin, Aida Turturro, Jim Florentine and Dion Dimucci. Set in suburban Long Island in the post-9/11 summer of 2002, A Little Help examines a period of chaotic and rather bizarre upheaval in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer). Up to now Laura has had the wind at her back in life by virtue of her good looks and effortless charisma. But lately things have begun to take some dark and difficult turns. Her marriage to real estate agent Bob Pehlke (Chris O’Donnell) has become tense and loveless – Laura even has suspicions that he’s...

Clips from A Little Help starring Jenna Fischer! The Freestyle Releasing drama opens on July 22nd and also stars Chris O’Donnell and Rob Benedict. Also in the cast of the Michael J. Weithorn-directed and written film are Daniel Yelsky, Kim Coates, Brooke Smith, Lesley Ann Warren, Ron Leibman, Zach Page, Arden Myrin, Aida Turturro, Jim Florentine and Dion Dimucci. Set in suburban Long Island in the post-9/11 summer of 2002, A Little Help examines a period of chaotic and rather bizarre upheaval in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer). Up to now Laura has had the wind at her back in life by virtue of her good looks and effortless charisma. But lately things have begun to take some dark and difficult turns. Her marriage to real estate agent Bob Pehlke (Chris O’Donnell) has become tense and loveless – Laura even has suspicions that he’s...

Watch a Jack Dylan Music Video "You're No Match" from A Little Help, staring Jenna Fischer, Chris O'Donnell and Rob Benedict. The Michael J. Weithorn-written and directed drama opens July 22nd via Freestyle Releasing and also stars Rob Benedict, Daniel Yelsky, Kim Coates, Brooke Smith, Lesley Ann Warren, Ron Leibman, Zach Page, Arden Myrin, Aida Turturro, Jim Florentine and Dion Dimucci. A Little Help is the story – funny, touching, sad, and real – of an ordinary person, engulfed by ordinary events, making an extraordinary emotional journey.

Watch a Jack Dylan Music Video "You're No Match" from A Little Help, staring Jenna Fischer, Chris O'Donnell and Rob Benedict. The Michael J. Weithorn-written and directed drama opens July 22nd via Freestyle Releasing and also stars Rob Benedict, Daniel Yelsky, Kim Coates, Brooke Smith, Lesley Ann Warren, Ron Leibman, Zach Page, Arden Myrin, Aida Turturro, Jim Florentine and Dion Dimucci. A Little Help is the story – funny, touching, sad, and real – of an ordinary person, engulfed by ordinary events, making an extraordinary emotional journey.

Watch a Jack Dylan Music Video "You're No Match" from A Little Help, staring Jenna Fischer, Chris O'Donnell and Rob Benedict. The Michael J. Weithorn-written and directed drama opens July 22nd via Freestyle Releasing and also stars Rob Benedict, Daniel Yelsky, Kim Coates, Brooke Smith, Lesley Ann Warren, Ron Leibman, Zach Page, Arden Myrin, Aida Turturro, Jim Florentine and Dion Dimucci. A Little Help is the story – funny, touching, sad, and real – of an ordinary person, engulfed by ordinary events, making an extraordinary emotional journey.

I've had someone point out that my time for "WWE: Raw" is apparently inaccurate for wherever they are twice now. I'd like to apologize, first of all, in case this individual missed the first hour of "Raw" when all the important plot lines are established and thus spent the second hour wondering why all these greasy men in swim trunks were throwing each other around the ring. I know that it's hard to follow the subtleties of such a show without all the information presented up front. However, I'd also like to remind all of you that whatever I put here is subject to local scheduling abnormalities and time zone weirdness. Most of the shows I list are listed by their Eastern time slots, so if you aren't blessed enough to live in the correct time zone then please always double check with a local source for anything you really don't want to miss.

From Secret Handshake Productions, Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the comedy drama "A Little Help", written and directed by Michael J. Weithorn, starring Jenna Fischer, Chris O'Donnell, Kim Coates, Rob Benedict, Arden Myrin, Daniel Yelsky, Jim Florentine

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The four thrash founders shared the stage together for the first time in the U.S. on Saturday.

By Ryan J. Downey

Metallica's James Hetfield performs at the Big 4 concert on Saturday

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Indio, California — One week after indie hipsters and pop enthusiasts stood on the same desert ground for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, an estimated 55,000 metal fans watched "The Big 4" of thrash share a U.S. stage together for the first time.

"This is history tonight and you're part of it," Metallica frontman James Hetfield told the crowd Saturday at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. "Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica as one — with you!"

As members of all four bands gathered together toward the end of Metallica's set to perform the Diamond Head classic "Am I Evil?," fans roared. The group of friends, sometime rivals and ex-bandmates embraced one another affectionately and shared wide smiles.

Comedian Don Jamieson is part of the three-headed heavy metal monster otherwise known as That Metal Show, VH1 Classic's popular television show. And on April 26th, Metal Blade Records will release Jamieson's first-ever comedy album, Live and Hilarious.

To celebrate the album's release, Mr. Jamieson agreed to a Short-But-Sweet Interview.   

Ugo:  How heavy is Live and Hilarious?   

Don Jamieson:  Live & Hilarious is very heavy. Kirstie Alley heavy. The jokes hit harder than Chris Brown and the crowd is more juiced up than The Situation.   

Ugo:  Does heavy metal and comedy mix?   

Don Jamieson:  Metal and comedy definitely mix. Some of the funniest guys are in metal. Ozzy is like a metal Rodney Dangerfield. He's got a million one-liners and is always hysterical. Same with Lemmy, very dry and deadpan like a hard rock Steven Wright. And of course, let's not forget the dearly departed Pete Steele who was...

Everyone's favorite metal TV show, That Metal Show, recently announced that it would return for a seventh season on VH1 Classic. 

Once more, the show will be hosted by the insanely metal-knowledgeable Eddie Trunk, as well as stand-up comedians Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson. 

As with last season, each show will be an hour in length, and will feature a smorgasbord of renowned veteran metal guests, including Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Ace Frehley (ex-Kiss), David Coverdale (Whitesnake), and Duff McKagan (ex-Guns N' Roses), among others. 

The season's first episode will premiere on Saturday, March 19, at 11 pm (Est/Pst). 

According to the Wikipedia site, here is what to expect this season on That Metal Show: 

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Hi all… Melissa, your beloved geek here. I just had the privilege of talking with Jenna Fischer, star of the upcoming indie film A Little Help, and Hall Pass. (Do I need to mention that she plays the role of Pam on The Office). She was extremely nice, and very sweet. I thank her much for her time. So, naturally I have to share it with my fellow geeks!!! Enjoy!!

Your character is very relatable and real. How did you prepare for such an intense role?

The character that I play is so unlike me. At the same time it was fun playing such a misfit. I actually had to learn to smoke for this role, because I don’t smoke. I am not a beer drinker either. For most big budget movies, they will make cans with fake beer in them, but for an indie film, they just don’t have the budget.

U.S. TV personality Kerri Lee Tucker, of VH1 music programme That Metal Show, has been found dead at her Los Angeles home.

Tucker, known as Miss Box Of Junk girl on the show, was reportedly discovered in her apartment on Thursday morning, reports Blabbermouth.net. No further details were made available as WENN went to press.

The weekly programme featured the latest rock news and celebrity guest interviews with co-hosts Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine, and Don Jamieson, and Tucker, who performed skits during the show.

Trunk writes on his web site: "I have no details at all as to what happened. Kerri was a great part of the show and we had fun with her on the days we shot. I did not know her well outside of our working relations but she was fun to have as part of That Metal Show in seasons two and three... My condolences to her friends, fans and family and she will be missed as an asset to That Metal Show."...

Jim Florentine, the voice of “Special Ed” of Crank Yankers regaled us with stories about urinating next to Ozzy Osbourne, punking Van Halen fans and hanging out with Rush. Along with reknowned metal afficiando Eddie Trunk, Jim hosts VH1 Classic’s new That Metal Show which provides a forum for the likes of old school hair metal legends like Lita Ford. Well, Kiss me deadly!!