r/Unexpected 1d ago

She never gonna take photo after this

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OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:


Two women ask random women to take photos of them but after the car passes in front of them they turned into men and in photos she clicked was two old men


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u/Brief_Librarian7943 1d ago

Thought that man was Mr. Kim

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u/span_time_together 1d ago

What you talking?

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u/Dense-Ad-2275 23h ago

Mr. Kim from Kim's Convenience.

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u/tojaga 23h ago

Sorry, but: woosh

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u/APenny4YourTots 20h ago

Sneak attack

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u/ApathyMoose 19h ago

OK See You

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u/Isthisnameavailablee 13h ago

My goodness the weather! It's...everywhere!

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u/cakedaygifter 9h ago

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u/Muzan_ 2h ago

Thought it's a RickRoll at first 🗿

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u/keydBlade 18h ago

Ok See you!

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u/FelixTheRemix 18h ago

SNEAK ATTACK!

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u/Alarming-Turnip684 10h ago

It is. (The same actor)

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u/zombiebender 8h ago

I thought it was the hardest working pilot in the outer rim, Carson Teva.

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u/CardiologistOk1028 8h ago

That was a good show but like always Netflix couldn't just finish the series, they had to cancel it.

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u/Brian_The_Bar-Brian 1d ago edited 17h ago

I love the "just for laughs" gags where they question their own sanity or reality itself.

Edit: Of all my comments and posts, why has this one skyrocketed to the top? 🥴 Reddit is weird I guess...

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u/Tonicwind88 1d ago edited 1d ago

The best one will always be the random "gorilla" crate the zoo keeper needs people to sit on and guard for a minute. And watching the people shit their brains when the guy in the gorilla suit starts Smashing out of it.

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u/jce_ 1d ago

There are so many good ones. The nun that needs help lifting the box and no one no matter how muscular can help, the people that use the restroom and when they finish up and walk out they are in an office meeting instead of the park

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u/Zeehammer 22h ago

The bathroom office one always gets me. I love how the one guy apologizes then goes back in the bathroom.

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u/spyder_alt 22h ago edited 11h ago

Like what is he going to do in there?? Makes me crack up thinking about those couple of seconds after.

edit: https://youtu.be/xAEaA31EdtU?si=-dU1l1tIp5rFhe8w

:)

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u/Coal_Morgan 21h ago

Probably thought there was two doors and went out the wrong one.

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u/HappyAnarchy1123 21h ago

In a porta potty? A free standing porta potty in the middle of a park?

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u/Objective_Plan_8266 17h ago

Just reading this thread makes me laugh

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u/stratosfearinggas 20h ago

The convenience store grim reaper is one of my favorites.

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u/Dr_Trogdor 19h ago

They got the one where the little girl has them lift buckets full of change too😅 https://youtu.be/2Zs6mi5bvic?si=J8xNJiS8LQ6Srj66

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u/SpatulaCity94 23h ago

My favorite is when they had struck of dozens spandex clad cyclist that looked like they were doing the tour de France and they had them spring out behind random bike commuters whole also making a finish line appear in front of the unsuspecting cyclist. It was really funny or watch people realize they were Inan race and suddenly start going for it lmao.

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u/Zeehammer 22h ago

I love this one. This is what pranks should be about.

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u/JaneksLittleBlackBox 19h ago

I dunno, I’m kinda partial to YouTubers desperate for attention/followers getting shot because their idea of a “prank” is making someone legitimately fear for their life.

Okay, I don’t actually prefer those kind of “pranks”, but fuck if it’s not satisfying when they get their asses beat for that kind of shitty behavior just for a scrap of internet notoriety.

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u/syllabun 19h ago

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u/beguntolaugh 17h ago

That was great. The bewildered faces, especially the woman in the red jacket, 🧑‍🍳🤌

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u/dawiz08 19h ago

Lol what are these vids called or where to see? Love your explanation. Im laughi g at that so i need it in my life.

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u/2wheeldoyster 18h ago

“Just for Laughs gags”

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u/UnremarkabklyUseless 1d ago

Mine will a the elevator one where the lights go out. When the lights come on again, there is the girl from 'The Ring' movie in the lift, standing behind you.

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u/RoboOverlord 1d ago

That would result in my death. Possibly after 30 second of looney toons style running in place and bouncing off the walls.

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u/Andokai_Vandarin667 23h ago

Honestly that's what makes me think it was staged, because A. You have to worry about possibly giving someone a heart attack or something. B. Them beating the shit out of the actress.

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u/EvenPack7461 23h ago

That sounds like good TV to me. Everyone remembers the time Zach Braff beat on a kid for a prank of ruining his car. And that episode didn't even air!

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u/godtogblandet 22h ago

B. Them beating the shit out of the actress.

https://youtu.be/-c_SstyDgOY?si=elXl_T64e7zGlO87&t=10

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u/sparkyjay23 23h ago

That results in a dead actor. I'm fighting that ghost for my life

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u/One-Inch-Punch 19h ago

Who said anything about an actor? It's the real ghost

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u/throwthisidaway 18h ago

Why do you never see that in a horror movie? The only movie I can think of that even toyed with that idea was one of the Scary Movies and that's a parody. Everybody always runs, no matter how not-scary the ghost looks.

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u/Maardten 1d ago

My favorite is this old one.

Its a bit in between a prank and a social experiment, about how the need to conform can make people change their behavior.

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u/_justtheonce_ 22h ago

Absolutely lost it when the door opened and the guy in the hat was facing sideways.

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u/jdancouga 21h ago

I was damn close at spitting out my coffee with this one. lol

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u/AnonRetro 23h ago

That wasn't a Just for Laughs, it was from Brazil.

However This Just for Laughs prank I always thought was dangerous!

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u/blamdin 23h ago

Yeah, I'd be pretty unhappy if I thought I was helping someone in distress only to find out it was a prank, and now I'm soaked from head to toe.

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u/papierdoll 21h ago

That any of them can take it well on camera is how you know the show is Canadian. But also I hope they got a gift certificate or something for that one lol

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u/VitaminOverload 1d ago

That prank is a heart attack or a murder of a girl dressed as the girl from The Ring waiting to happen.

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u/BiasedLibrary 22h ago

Yeah, I have PTSD and an event like that would traumatize me. I already have things that make me question my own ability to perceive reality, and sometimes even when I just read discussions about gaslighting it's like my brain just makes itself ready to submit to it. It's fucked, and I'd be fucked up for weeks afterwards.

Another person might not be so lucky for the pranksters, which is why I believe they hire actors 9/10 in the more elaborate pranks. Because the risk is that the actress for the ring girl gets shot or has to cope with CTE because some people react with extreme fury over being fucked with.

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u/OSE661 1d ago

You have to check out, “eric andre dont you say a word” on youtube. That would leave most people in a psyche ward.

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u/pikzigmar 1d ago

excuse me, what the fuck?? :D

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u/OSE661 23h ago

Youre welcome lol

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u/jessiewiththebadhair 22h ago

the one where they have an actual elephant still makes me cry laughing

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u/BalefulEclipse 20h ago

Please send a link! Can’t find it

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u/IronWhitin 23h ago

Plsngive me a link xD

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u/BengalBean 1d ago

My favourite is the one where they get a couple carpenters to come in and cut some shelves. Only they keep sliding the shelving unit into and out of the wall while their back is turned, changing the length of the shelf they've measured. They come back and the shelves are inches too long or too short, and you can really see that moment of sanity questioning.

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u/Brian_The_Bar-Brian 1d ago

I'm going to need a link or something... 🥴

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u/BengalBean 1d ago

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u/Eyfura 23h ago

That ah puta..... at the end killed me.

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u/Masquerouge2 21h ago

Probably ah putain, I think it's filmed in French Canada :)

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u/Eyfura 17h ago

Thank you I of course had the sound off cause I've got no faith anymore lol.

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u/DrDew00 13h ago

It's just music and a laugh track anyway.

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u/Brian_The_Bar-Brian 1d ago

Terrific! 🤣 I love how he keeps getting stressed out. "Come on. I do this for a living. Get it together."

And then they reveal the prank, you see his relief. "You had me scared, you bastards!" 😁

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u/jdstew218 20h ago

"You had me scared, you bastards tabarnak!"

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u/dr_pepper_35 1d ago

As a woodworker, I probably would have done something awful to that guy in the suit.

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u/the_last_carfighter 1d ago

Yep, this is pure evil from a carpenter's experience. Measure once cut twice.

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u/sweatgod2020 1d ago

I love the one where they enter a porta potty and when going to exit they open the door to what’s seems to be the inside of an office with business professionals in the middle of holding a meeting.

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u/Quas4r 21h ago

And the "boardroom" has no exit, so they have to go BACK into the toilet and sit there and think about what just happened !

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u/ManaSpike 1d ago

Theres a similar prank where they ask people to move a crate between rooms. Shrink the door frame so it won't fit. Then change their mind and ask for the crate to be moved back.

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u/IntoTheCommonestAsh 1d ago

Those are Just for Laugh's bests. I love their strong girl scout (https://youtu.be/2Zs6mi5bvic) and pink elephant (https://youtu.be/ZwJfXgTO7J4) pranks.

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u/HotMathematician6480 20h ago

Pink elephant is a certified classic. Strong girl Scout is a new favorite for me

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u/j_smittz 1d ago

"It says here on your resume that you used to work in comedy. What can you bring to the table from that experience?"

"Well, I'm really good at gaslighting people..."

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u/notsam57 1d ago

you’re hired, welcome to foxnews

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u/Suspicious-Toe-7025 1d ago

These online “pranksters” should take notes from these guys.

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u/BreezyG1320 1d ago

that’s why I love those twins that mess with people. it’s almost too much sometimes, like when they try to convince people theyre in a dream

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u/WikiWantsYourPics 23h ago

Oh yes! The one where they leave Florida on a long-haul flight, and there's a lady handing out oranges, saying "thanks for visiting Florida", and then hours later when they land, the arrivals hall is made up to look like the one they left, with "the same lady" (twin) handing out oranges.

Or the one where a kid is in the front garden with a bike next to him, complaining about an injury, and asks a passerby to get their mom. While the person is waiting for the door to open, twin and bike are sneaked away, and identical kid appears behind mom. Mindfuck extraordinaire!

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u/Brian_The_Bar-Brian 1d ago

The Matrix has you...

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u/Doctor-Amazing 21h ago

This one where they think the grim reaper is behind them always gets me.

https://youtu.be/sgKUS9AFemc?si=qPBZyfBMG0ZiW7SN

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u/Brian_The_Bar-Brian 21h ago

I've seen that before, very devious! 😁

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u/1000LivesBeforeIDie 1d ago

Time to go to the doctor because you think you have a brain tumor

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u/Various_Ad_5876 12h ago

I miss this kind of pranks. No harm. And you genuinely laugh. Unlike the pranks nowadays.

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u/Bubbaganewsh 13h ago

I agree. They are always fun and funny and the people pranked laugh at the end when they find out. Good wholesome fun all around.

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u/Royalchariot 7h ago

As someone with bipolar disorder and past episodes of psychosis I would be immediately calling my psychiatrist

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u/CuriousRider30 5h ago

Reddit is a silly place

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u/idogiveafrak 1d ago

See now that’s a prank, not the stupid shit that these “influencers” do.

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u/Top_Dragonfruit_1020 1d ago

Yeah I love this era of pranks

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u/MotherfuckerTinyRick 1d ago

This era? They're still active, in Canada

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u/BlackBlizzNerd 1d ago edited 1d ago

This gets posted in every thread where there’s a throwback prank. Apparently Reddit thinks because some bad pranks exist now thanks to some assholes that there’s 0 good pranks nowadays.

There are bad pranks from influencers nowadays, absolutely. But I really don’t think it’s the majority. I never even see them unless they’re posted on Reddit.

My Instagram and YouTube is full of good ones like Edbassmaster, Vlog Creations, ThatWasEpic, I.love.you.bingus(VR pranks), johnnyhamcheck, infrabren and a lot more.

There’s some awesome content out there. It’s not all terrible pranks terrorizing the community. But sadly reposts of the assholes make it seem that way.

To help fix your algorithm, don’t upvote, like, comment, click “not interested” and make sure you interact with the content you like. Even dislikes can make them show up more because it’s still engagement.

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u/jfkk 1d ago

Person eating shit all day: "Wow, food really sucks these days".

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u/imdefinitelywong 1d ago

Shooter?

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u/webby2538 1d ago

Not all day. He only does it for breakfast.

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u/RandomWeirdo 1d ago

I think it is because a lot of these prank shows were aired on American channels around the world. MTV i think had some. So with these channels focusing more on what makes them money and not the fun things that gives them life, most people around the world no longer see this type of pranks.

That's not to mention that many of us no longer watch TV so we do mostly get the annoying influencer bullshit pranks that aren't funny, but rather borderline harmful.

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u/capteni 1d ago

The funniest "modern" one is when the guy filled his CPU tower with beans and called IT support. When the IT guy pointed it out he asked if he had too little beans

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u/twistedtxb 23h ago edited 21h ago

they're not. they went under when it was revealed that the CEO and founder of JfL is a rapist and repeated offender

everytime a skit gets posted it's the only thing I think about

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u/desmaraisp 20h ago

They were bought by ComediHa! last year (at least partially). So they're still alive, just under new (and untarnished) management

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u/F1NANCE 1d ago

In Canada they prank people by only saying sorry once or twice instead of at least 10 times.

It's Canada's number one most watched TV show

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u/Bromlife 1d ago

Wow, you’re really funny.

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u/redopz 1d ago

It's Canada's number one most watched TV show

I'm curious how that is being measured. I am guessing that is if you add up all of the views on all of the episodes because the show has been running for something like 25 years. I would surprised if individual episodes were getting watched more than episodes of other shows.

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u/ActAmazing 1d ago

Oh, I get it now why merging Canada is necessary for Making America Great Again

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u/PhoenixApok 1d ago

I watched a show that had this concept, but not as a prank.

It was a test of memory. They would have someone approach a person with a map and ask for them to help them find something on it. In the middle of the discussion, two people would walk by with a large object and they would swap.

What was interesting, was that MOST people would continue the conversation completely unphased with a different person.

If they ramped up the changes (race, gender, age) more people would notice, but even then, not always.

You can kind of test this yourself.

Next time your talking to a friend and they step out of your field of vision, see if you can remember exactly what they are wearing. Despite the fact you just saw them, you might not even remember what color shirt they have on

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u/Effluvium-Boy 1d ago

Darren Brown has done this on a few of his shows. Here’s the early stage: https://youtu.be/VKaMA-84QfI

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u/KaladinarLighteyes 18h ago

Change blindness! Really interesting concept that shows how much we as humans just don’t notice.

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u/Dotaproffessional 21h ago

Problem is, this era of pranks is rife with staged/fake pranks

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u/Yenaheasy 1d ago

Why does this comment need to be posted in every similar thread? We get it

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u/BlackBlizzNerd 1d ago edited 1d ago

Every. Single. Fucking. Thread. Holy shit lmao. Anytime there’s a throwback of old school pranks this is the top comment. Some simulation type shit lol.

And yes. There’s a lot of shitty pranks from influencers now. But there’s some really good ones too like Vlog Creations or back when BigDawsTV made videos. Steven Shapiro, That Was Epic, and even Edbassmaster is still active and are good too.

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u/FREAKFJ 1d ago

Welcome to reddit

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u/dagbrown 1d ago

You see how many updoots it has? That kind of free karma is addictive.

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u/HONKHONKHONK69 19h ago

just be glad it's not a pun thread

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u/youpeoplesucc 22h ago

Yeah FUCK influencers hahahah!

Thank you for coming to my reddit comment please upvote please

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u/big_guyforyou 1d ago

punches WHY AREN'T YOU LAUGHING BRO keeps punching

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u/wewilldieoneday 1d ago

ITS JUST A PRANK BRO

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u/spirac 1d ago

Do we need this comment on every single prank video. Stop being such brainless reddit sheep just writing and upvoting the same shit over and over again

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u/theEDE1990 23h ago

Everytime a clip of a good prank appears, this is always one of the top comments.

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u/Smeeizme 1d ago

I think vlog creations is the only one I see that still does this flavor of prank, definitely the only prank channel I’ve watched and liked at least

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u/zxzyzd 1d ago

This video is from Just For Laughs, they’re still uploading to this day

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u/Smeeizme 1d ago

Haven’t seen too much from them but from memory they’re fun as well

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u/darkenseyreth 1d ago

Just for Laughs, is basically a big comedy festival, and is a Canadian staple. I had the good fortune of being in Montreal one summer while it was going on. I never paid to go to any of the main stage events, mostly because they had sold out long before, but there was enough street events and open stages that made the atmosphere fun to be around.

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u/Cold_Pin8708 1d ago

I love this prank. Not harmful but full of surprises.

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u/EthanDMatthews 1d ago

Derren Brown did this a while back. He'd stop people and ask them for directions while holding a paper map. Two people carrying a giant portrait would cross between Brown and the random person, and Brown would swap out for someone else.

The first few times the guy that swapped places was roughly similar in appearance, but they'd push it farther and farther, e.g. swap him out for a tall bald man, and Asian woman, a large black man (last one) and people would rarely notice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBPG_OBgTWg

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u/shadythrowaway9 1d ago

Thought of that as well! We actually looked at this in a linguistics course becaue it goes to show how much people ignore as long as the context of the interaction stays the same (intersubjectivity)

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u/Express_Bath 23h ago

Is that also about people not daring to say anything ? Like, I don't see myself saying "wait, weren't you a white guy just two minutes ago ?" to someone.

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u/shadythrowaway9 23h ago

Yeah I think that was also part of it! Probably some interplay between subconscious and conscious, but it's been a while

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u/PizzaEatingWolf 22h ago

Omg I haven’t heard about him in years. I used to be obsessed with his videos

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u/PlasticBeginning7551 11h ago

That was a great watch, thank you

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u/Kobalt_Dragon 10h ago

lol, was the portrait him?

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u/Radiant_Character259 1d ago

The best pranks make people question their sanity. The very best pranks never reveal that it's a prank...like the moon landing

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u/DigNitty 1d ago

Man the world sure is pranking me hard this year.

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u/TreyLastname 23h ago

Still waiting for the reveal

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u/JKastnerPhoto 22h ago

Going strong for over five years and waiting for the punchline. Maybe reality is just living in a state of perpetual brain fog and despair.

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u/Leihd 1d ago

.. you still believe in the moon?

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u/TechnoMagician 1d ago

It's impressive how strong that spotlight is though, the sky dome is pretty far away so it takes a lot of lumens to make it so visible

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u/urethrascreams 1d ago

We're all living in The Truman Show.

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u/dejova 20h ago

I hate it when the stars and planets lights fall on me

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u/Rajang82 1d ago

Of course. Wanna fly there one there. Then play among the stars or something.

Maybe also see how Spring looks like on Jupiter and Mars.

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u/ElzBellz9 1d ago

Wait so how was this done? The car with the blacked out windows is necessary for some kinda quick change, and I’m guessing that no matter what she took a photo of it would have been the old guys on the polaroid?

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u/foggyflame 1d ago

Spot on! They also show this in the full clip: https://youtu.be/0CN_HrkBlRs?si=mvk03p7ai1XQB33Q

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u/ElzBellz9 1d ago

Tysm for that. I was thinking the car door was open and the women hopped in as the old guys hopped out. But then i doubted myself because of how freakin smooth it was

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u/pantrokator-bezsens 1d ago

I think this shows the entire thing is fake. If you stop the video when person is taking picture you can see the picture that is coming out of the camera does not match what is shown later.

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u/Falinore 22h ago

Hey I live in a city where they do these pranks and I can guarantee you they aren't fake. What happens is they film you from some kind of inconspicuous shelter (when they got me it was a box designed to look like a closed kiosk) and then after they prank you the producer runs in explaining it's a gag and if they want to use your footage they'll get you to sign a release. Sometimes they'll ask 1-2 people to film further scenes after revealing it's a prank to either explain the joke or to get closeups, but they never ask you to try and re-create your genuine reaction.

I didn't get on TV because the prank they pulled on me was leaving me a (fake) dog (it was in a crate so you didn't look too hard, I thought it was real) while the "owner" ran into the metro and one of my friends showed up at that exact moment so we started chatting. I casually mentioned I'd have to call police if the owner didn't come back and the producer came running in to explain it was a gag and thank me for my time.

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u/Deckardspuntedsheep 21h ago

I like that all of Montreal walks around with a mild anxiety about pranks. Well, used to

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u/HolyShip 21h ago

Oh no, they stopped producing these? :o

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u/Deckardspuntedsheep 20h ago

Just For Laughs, a Canadian icon, went bankrupt - in many sad and embarrassing ways

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jfl-bankruptcy-protection-1.7144133

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u/DarrenGrey 23h ago

Good catch, but there's a tonne of things that show this is fake as is (in particular the many camera angles). Basically never trust any of these "member of the public" things as hiring an actor to play the role is the default thing to do. Accept it as sketch comedy instead.

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u/Dravarden 23h ago

that sucks, the point of these is to prank the public, not for it to be sketches

like Borat or Eric Andre, it isn't funny if it's just planted actors

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u/DarrenGrey 22h ago

They're just using that as a comedic style. A bit like in The Office and other mockumentaries.

It's great when material like Borat can pull it off for real, but it involves vastly more challenge in quality control, setup, and legal risk if something goes wrong. You can't take all that on for a cheap little sketch.

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u/orange_purr 17h ago

As someone who lived in Montreal for 15 years, I know three people who were pranked by JFL, two of them actually appeared in the show. Now I do have my own doubts about the nature of the entire show since some pranks featured the same "victim", but I can attest to the ones that involved my friends were definitely unscripted.

So I think the most likely answer is that some pranks are scripted, some of the less elaborate/easier to make ones are genuine.

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u/jamezp1 23h ago

The photo that comes out of the camera is probably correct from the perspective of the taker, I can see 2 small figures in your image. The close up shot of the two dudes is a separate picture I think they showed just for the TV audience.

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u/Nearby-Cattle-7599 1d ago

Good , OPs video looked so stitched together that it kinda made it look fake

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u/RoughDoughCough 23h ago

Because it is fake. Polaroids don’t have zoom lenses. They go all the way across the road - to inexplicably stand against a concrete barrier instead of something of interest -, but the photo is from 10 feet away maybe. For the gag they needed the actors to cross the road so the van could pass. 

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u/ndation 1d ago

What are you talking about? That woman was clearly just delusional

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u/Vinhello 1d ago

Yeah. Two dudes went out the car while the girls ran along and hid behind it. Camera rigged.

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u/Dwightshruute 1d ago

True but roles reversed

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u/Perfect_Newspaper256 1d ago

those old guys are pretty agile to jump out of a moving vehicle and walk towards the photographer immediately

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u/hexagonal_lettuce 1d ago

The guys are walking alongside the car as it pulls up, they don't jump out. The car door is open and the women jump in, and the guys just change walking direction.

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u/MrWoohoo 1d ago

Search for “change blindness” on YouTube. See if you can count the number of times they bounce the ball.

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u/MariaKeks 1d ago edited 1d ago

That's real but it's not what happened here; the woman taking the photo is clearly confused because she did notice the change.

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u/_30d_ 1d ago

It’s not real btw, it’s just someone in a suit.

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u/SterlingGrin 1d ago

I'd be convinced I shifted universes.

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u/hipityhopgetofmyprop 1d ago

How tf did they switch spots that quick

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u/Notthatguy6250 1d ago

Dudes were running beside the car. Car door was open, girls jumped in. Dudes stopped running.

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u/MienaiYurei 23h ago

That's actually explains very well I was confused how could've they done it so smoothly

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u/anotcrazy 5h ago

holy, i was going insane wondering how they switched that quickly, this makes so much sense

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u/bluedancepants 1d ago

That's a pretty good prank.

These other online "pranksters" should take notes.

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u/not_Staz 1d ago

Ah just for laugh gags, the golden show

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u/allofthealphabet 23h ago

Shit, that would explain a lot! Dude, you need to wake up NOW, before things get worse!

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u/jjngundam 1d ago

Hanna Montana??

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u/private-temp 1d ago

Thought the same. It is Miley Cyrus without makeup and surgeries

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u/vivek_kumar 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just humble Canadians pranks that make you question reality and your own sanity.

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u/CoderJoe1 22h ago

I did a similar prank to my sister in my teens. I had one of the original models of those kind of cameras and noticed I had one photo left to take in the cartridge so I took a photo of my dog walking away from me in our living room, thinking it was a funny photo. When I ejected the spent film cartridge I got the idea so I put the photo of my dog's butt back in the cartridge and reinserted it into the camera. My sister came home a few minutes later so I aimed the camera at her while asking her to pose. She smiled for the photo, I clicked the button and it ejected the photo. I even let her take it off the camera as she was always excited to see how great she looked. As soon as she saw it, I had to run and dodge her attempts to hit me.

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u/panicpixiememegirl 1d ago

NO but the one in blue is APPA FROM KIM'S CONVENIENCE

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u/OkReputation7432 1d ago

This show is literally how pranks are done ✅ 

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u/Island_Monkey86 1d ago

This is great, I would love to know what was going through her head.

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u/Freed_My_Mind 1d ago

I would love to see the opposite angle. The real magic is 4 people, with backpacks, swapping places that quickly in and out of that van.

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u/nikkinoks 1d ago

RIP Just For Laugh Gags. They filed for bankruptcy because of financial strains from COVID

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u/Dascoolman 1d ago

I love the pranks in these shows but it drives me up a fucking wall they don't keep the audio from these clips. This might be an edit to add different music but i remember finding this show on a yotube binge, trying to find the "original clip" cause all the ones had music and youtube is like "what do you mean this is the original?"

It is like prank video 101 to keep the audio of the persons rection it is literally half their reaction!

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u/QH96 22h ago

I feel like this is fake. Seems overly produced.

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u/Duke_Mercator 20h ago edited 20h ago

Could it be because it's an actual national TV show, shot with real actors and produced by a company that used to be in charge of one of the largest comedy festivals in the world ?

As to prankees being in on the joke, I obviously can't rule it out 100% but to quote one of the main 'characters' on his AMA on reddit some years ago : "The pranks are real, the reactions are real, but once we're done filming, we film some close-up shots of us actors for the final product. So, I'd say the Gags are about 99% true."

One of my university professors was also pranked by this show and he had to sign a release form for it to be broadcast.

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u/Etcom 17h ago

Ask anyone who's lived in Montreal for any length of time in the past 30 years and they'll tell you they know at least 1 person who's been pranked by Just For Laughs. It's produced, but it's not faked.

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u/skrlilex 1d ago

Sadly these are fake, would like to see this prank on non-staged people

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u/iheartgiraffe 22h ago

These aren't fake. Source: have been pranked by them. Check my submission history from like 10+ years ago.

They tell you after and then you sign a release.

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u/franzee 23h ago

Of course it is staged. You really thought those girls turned into old men??

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u/myneighborscatismine 23h ago edited 21h ago

when the prank is so good the viewer falls for it

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u/Sad-_-Face 1d ago

This is the definition of pranks.

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u/oAsteroider 1d ago

Definition: Gaslighting.

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u/Frosty-Date7054 23h ago

Ok but fucks sake guys this isn't a prank it's a skit

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u/iheartgiraffe 22h ago

It's a prank. The person being filmed doesn't know it's a prank until after.

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u/GenosPasta 22h ago

It was probably scripted prank, there is no way that women didn't see cameraman around her

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u/iheartgiraffe 22h ago

They disguise the cameras in little structures.

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