Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles 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.