The Prank You Missed if You Took the Weekend Off from Online-Video
It’s clear that Friday afternoon is the best day for posting online videos and getting insta-views. Weekend videos rarely do as well. But I couldn’t resist posting one of my favorite recent pranks on Saturday because that’s the day we pulled it off.
- Inspired by Charlie Todd’s recent book titled “Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere
,” I decided on Friday to place a classified ad for a garage sale at the nearby home of my friend Terry (who is known online as Zipster08).
- Of course I didn’t tell him… it’s much more fun when garage sales surprise you.
- Babysitterofnalts met me at 5:45 am on Saturday, and we rushed to hang up giant signs promoting the sale. Sign543 also helped us plan. Here’s the “Fake Garage Sale Prank” video, but Zipster’s vlog account of the morning is funnier. He is a great storyteller.
- I also posted the debrief on my top secret responseofnalts, where Zipster’s mom talks about the frightening bearded guy who knocked on her door at 6:00 a.m.
Good times. Good times. Nothing like a fresh prank to make your weekend.
I loved that MoZ guessed right away it had to be you. It had your trademarks: 1. a prank. 2. a video camera. 3. somebody running away.
You made our Saturday! (our Sunday? can’t remember) Thanks.
Get a load of this: (Link)
You may recognize a particular garage-sale-prank victim at :53
I did a literal double-take when I saw it.
I watched all three. The videos were funny, but what was most interesting was the psychology behind the whole thing. I found myself wondering what Mo was wondering and how her thinking process must have been working to make sense of it all. The roll of leadership and manipulation, fear, reticence, making choices the whole gamut. Listening to Terry reveal the stages made this even more interesting. Having all sides accounted for could actually be used in a class on human behavor.
@3: I agree. Having all three viewpoints to watch made the whole thing even funnier.
BTW, Kevin, you REALLY need to learn to videotape without laughing. 😉
I dunno, Marilyn, I kinda like Kevin’s giggle.
I think Terry really wanted to kill you. Really.
I would have kicked you in the balls.
@8: Where have you been, missy?