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  • Just gonna grow it out.

  • Both the beard and the hair-- I'm growing it out.

  • (dog barking) Marley hates it. See, he's mad.

  • Hey, guys!

  • So I'm gonna be talking about one of the biggest trends

  • that exist today: prank videos.

  • And I'm sure you guys already know, but right now,

  • prank videos are, like, the most watched videos that are online.

  • And I mean, I get why.

  • I personally always loved pranks.

  • Pranks are always gonna be a big thing.

  • But lately, I feel like

  • there's just so many prank videos out there.

  • Like, we've seen all the best pranks.

  • It's really hard to come up with a new funnier prank,

  • because there's so many funny pranks out there.

  • And because there's such an over-saturation of these pranks,

  • prankers are being forced to step their game up.

  • They're all trying to top each other.

  • And of course, not all of them, but I feel like

  • a lot of these prankers are just going way too far

  • to the point where they're not even pranks anymore.

  • They're just straight-up crimes.

  • Some prankers are going on the streets,

  • and they're calling out random guys to fight

  • or grabbing random girls' butts.

  • I've even seen a video of some guys

  • throwing fake bombs at people.

  • Because I guess terrorism and murder is so hilarious.

  • Like, that's not even funny. That's just shocking.

  • The only way that these so-called pranks are not crimes

  • are if they're staged or fake.

  • But that's, like, a whole 'nother story.

  • We'll talk about that later.

  • Anyway, it is getting ridiculous, and not in the good way.

  • Pranks used to be good, innocent fun.

  • Nobody got hurt or sexually assaulted or bombs thrown at them.

  • And I don't know, maybe I was just brought up differently,

  • but you just don't prank people that you don't know.

  • You prank your friends.

  • Whatever happened to the good old-fashioned

  • clean harmless pranks?

  • Like, when we were young,

  • we used to spray PAM on the floor

  • so that when somebody would walk on it, it'd be slippery.

  • Or the "pat someone on the back" prank,

  • where you're really actually putting a sign on them

  • that says something

  • that would probably be considered offensive today.

  • Or when one of your friends leave their phone

  • to go to the bathroom,

  • so you and your friends grab it and hide it

  • and then basically watch him freak out a little bit

  • and then give it back.

  • Or, like, what even happened to the most innocent,

  • harmless prank of all: the prank call?

  • (line rings)

  • - (on phone) Hello? - Hey.

  • I-is your refrigerator running?

  • Well, you better go catch it! - (on phone) Oh my god.

  • Oh my god, do you know something?

  • - I'm sorry, w-what?

  • - My son, he's been missing.

  • Have you seen him? Have you heard something?

  • - Wait, I'm s-- I don't understand.

  • - Please, he's a little white fridge

  • with A-B-C magnets tatted on his lower right door.

  • He doesn't even have a freezer yet. Please, we're so desperate.

  • - Well, no. I-I-I actually don't know anything about any fridge.

  • - (angrily) Then why would you call?

  • - It was just supposed to be a prank call.

  • I didn't-- - A prank?

  • My baby goes missing, and you think that's funny?

  • - (empathetically) No, I-I didn't know.

  • I'm sorry! - Is this some kind of sick joke?!

  • - I'm so sorry! I had no idea. - He's an only child.

  • He doesn't even know how to survive out there!

  • - (crying) I didn't know when I called!

  • - HOW DARE YOU?!

  • (both crying)

  • - You see? Good old-fashioned harmless pranks.

  • No one gets hurt.

  • Anyway, like I was saying,

  • pranks used to be innocent.

  • But because there's so many good pranks out there,

  • that now you just have to do something

  • completely crazy to stand out.

  • Those innocent pranks you just saw?

  • That's what pranks looked like five to ten years ago.

  • But those pranks would never get viewed today,

  • because they're not crazy enough.

  • Now, if those pranks came out today,

  • those pranks would look like this.

  • (excitedly) Hey, dude.

  • We should spray PAM on the floor,

  • but this time we add glass shards and a lemon,

  • so that when they slip and fall, they get cut by the glass shards

  • and then lemon juice goes inside of their cuts.

  • (laughter)

  • How's it going, Sean?

  • Working hard or hardly fireworking?

  • (laughs nervously) Working. Hardly working.

  • - I'll be right back.

  • - (giggles quietly)

  • Dude, look, he left his phone.

  • Hey, you know what we should do?

  • We should hide it.

  • But this time, let's not give it back.

  • - Yeah! And...

  • we'll take his wallet too! - Yeah!

  • And you know what?

  • We'll take his truck. (snickers)

  • - Yeah! All right, let's go.

  • - Wait.

  • We're taking his phone, his wallet, and his truck

  • and not giving it back.

  • Is this even funny?

  • ♪ (somber music) ♪

  • Dude... we should take his mini-fridge.

  • - Yeah! Now, that-- that's a prank.

  • - (mini-fridge) What are you guys do--

  • Hey! Ma! Ma!

  • - This is the prank of the century, man. - (mini-fridge) Ma!

  • - This'll be so funny. (door slams)

  • - (gasps) Kevin!

  • - Sad part is I'm not even exaggerating that much.

  • These pranks probably already exist somewhere.

  • Sorry, not pranks. These are crimes.

  • There's so many pranks these days that are actually crimes

  • that people think it's okay.

  • So many people these days think that

  • just by saying the infamous line,

  • "It was just a prank,"

  • that they can get away with whatever they want.

  • And those people are absolutely right.

  • - (gasps) - What? It was just a prank.

  • - Oh. Okay then.

  • (whump) - (snickers)

  • - Dude, what the hell?

  • - It's just a prank, bro.

  • - Good one.

  • - It was just a prank. - Oh.

  • - Hey! - (Ryan) It's just a prank!

  • (loud gunshot) - (groans)

  • - What? It was just a prank, bro.

  • (rocket roars)

  • - Whoa, dude, too far. That's a rocket launcher.

  • - I'm sorry, man. I-I didn't realize I was going too far.

  • - You shot that way too far. I'm right here!

  • - (both) Ah!

  • - That was a good one, though, right? - Yeah, good one.

  • But what do you think's gonna happen to that rocket though?

  • (swoosh!)

  • - Hey! Where are you guys taking me?

  • Ma! Ma! - Keep it down.

  • - Mom!!! - Kevin!

  • - Mama! - Oh crap, we better hurry.

  • (grunting)

  • ♪ (suspenseful music) ♪

  • (rocket zooming overhead)

  • - (worriedly) No. No.

  • NO!!!

  • (kaboom!) (sobs)

  • (mournfully) My baby. Oh, Kevin.

  • - Ehh, it was just a prank.

  • - No, I don't think it was.

  • - What do you mean?

  • - You just blew up two people and a fridge.

  • That's not a prank. - Oh.

  • - That's a social experiment!

  • - Ah! - Ah!

  • - Social experiment. - Right.

  • - Come on. Let's go shoot more things.

  • Before people get all defensive over their favorite prankers,

  • I'm not talking about all prankers.