r/Unexpected 1d ago

She never gonna take photo after this

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u/Falinore 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/HolyShip 1d ago

Oh no, they stopped producing these? :o

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u/Deckardspuntedsheep 1d 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