Later that week, Florentine's CD came in at #17 on the Internet Billboard charts.Īfter the release of Terrorizing 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.

The only artist ahead of him was the Backstreet Boys. After numerous plays on the Howard Stern Radio Show, his CD ranking on went from 282,363 to number 2. In July 2001, Florentine released Terrorizing Telemarketers Volume 1. He was married to lacrosse coach Samantha Warner from 2012 to 2015.

She stated that the breakup was amicable, that Florentine was 'genuine and honest,' and that he was the one who initiated the breakup. On July 28, 2008, Quivers announced on the radio show that she and Florentine had ended their relationship. Due to the attention this garnered, Quivers became tight-lipped about the topic. In August 2007, while a guest on the Howard Stern Show, Jim Florentine asked co-host Robin Quivers to go on a date with him during a show segment. His girlfriend of six years committed suicide in December 2006. He would often joke on air that marriage and kids were not for him. He later mentioned after seeing Andrew Dice Clay for the first time on a Rodney Dangerfield Comedy special, he wanted a career in stand-up comedy. Florentine was later a DJ on his college radio station in Hazlet, New Jersey WCNJ. He has stated his love of hard rock music set him on a straight path in life. In his late teens, Florentine had drug and alcohol problems and was in and out of rehab. The business, however, proved unsuccessful, and the family moved back to New Jersey. Florentine was interested in a musical career growing up because of his love for heavy metal music but would often joke that he never had the talent to play an instrument.įlorentine lived for several years in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where his father wanted to set up a family-run hot dog vending business. He has stated in various interviews and in his stand-up act that he disliked his religious upbringing. He came from a large Catholic family and was one of seven children who attended the Catholic school St Ambrose. Personal life įlorentine is a native of central New Jersey. He launched his career in New York City comedy clubs. He was born on 18 August 1964 in Brooklyn, New York to a large Catholic family he has six brothers and sisters. His 2018 book Everybody is Awful (Except You!) reached No. 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. He hosts The Jim Florentine Show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and a podcast called Everybody Is Awful (Except You). 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. On March 5, 2020, Comedy Central announced Crank Yankers had been renewed for a 20-episode sixth season.Jim Florentine (born August 18, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and television personality. Season 5 premiered on September 25, 2019. Kimmel's brother Jonathan Kimmel will serve as showrunner and executive producer. The new season will include pranks on social media and other platforms. On February 11, 2019, Kimmel announced on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that the show would be revived on Comedy Central for a fifth 20-episode season and mark the first project on Kimmel's new Kimmelot production imprint. The show screened in Australia on SBS Television and The Comedy Channel between 20. The show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007.

Comedy Partners (2002-05 2019-present)Ĭrank Yankers is an American television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison that features 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.

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