Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Pranks gone wrong

Prancing had been an online crowd favourite for years and years , it has been widely perceived as an entertaining "time-passer" and has seen thousands and thousands of creative hardship but even the most planned prank can go wrong; victims can react in unsuspecting and dangerous ways , the setting  can be dangerous and even poorly planned ideas can cause failure; an excellent example of a prank gone wrong is a widely known video by very popular youtube sensations "viral brothers" ; this video sees the the two brothers scheming to put a pretend "feaces" made by one of the brothers onto a lamboghini whilst the owner is walking back to his car , we then see a sudden turn of what seemed to be a harmless event when the car owner becomes enraged and ends up  tasering the brother!  Crazy videos like these have been receiving millions of views and has changed the  pranking scene forever.

- shezan

Kissing pranks

With prank ing being at such high standards on youtube at the moment , it is hard to fault it's success , but in recent times certain you tubers have been found playing controversial pranks on unsuspecting strangers ; "kissing pranks" have taking the youtube world by storm and have had positive and negative outlooks, there are some who find this genre of prancing to be quite entertaining and almost " rewarding " whilst the other spectrum find it invading and inappropriate.

 Due to the nature of pranks , it is almost inevitable for these youtubers to receive backlash and spam; a certain youtube has escaped the black hole of "unpopular trends" and found himself one of the most subscribed channels , "prank invasion" receives more than 2 million views on almost all his videos  and is close to 1 million subscribers to date . Majority of his videos consist of harmless "games" which have been created to trick the victim into kissing him ; his clever ways have resulted in praise across the globe and  but has also received problems . In recent times , famous youtube "sam pepper" has been up for sexual harassment allegations for his kissing pranks, luckily, "prank invasion" has escaped these allegations by cleverly labelling the videos as "social experiments" , I will definitely be watching out for the more videos from these social experimenters.

Prank invasion video: http://youtu.be/YrgRVXV1P5I

- Shezan

Monday, 15 December 2014

Roman Atwood's Famous Anniversary Prank

Roman Atwood is a famous Youtube prankster who has gained a following of about 5,000,000 subscribers. His most famous prank is called "Anniversary Prank Backfires" and the prank involves his girlfriend. Roman set up a hidden camera in their hotel bedroom on the night of their five-year anniversary, sits his girlfriend down on the bed to discuss a serious matter, and Roman proceeds to explain that he has cheated on her and the he will never cheat on her again. His girlfriend starts breaking down and crying. In the midst of all of the tears and emotion, Roman's girlfriend tells him that she has also been cheating on him. Roman starts fuming with anger, punches the lamp, slams the bed, and it's quite hilarious. He couldn't believe that he had actually set up a prank where a certain truth had accidentally popped up. Later in the video, the girlfriend starts giggling and laughing and we discover that she in fact had found out about the hidden camera as she saw Roman setting it up, long before the prank had started. His girlfriend practically took advantage of the finding and wanted to spin the prank around on Roman. Roman could actually not believe what had just happened. Sighs of relief as his girlfriend explains that she saw Roman setting up the camera, so she improvised. Neither of them had cheated on the other and it was all for the sake of pranking. The video is a great example of how to counter a prank or how a prank can backfire. This prank has gained just over 53,000,000 million views since being uploaded last year on the 20th of November.

Link to Roman Atwood's prank:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7AXBOT8KzU

-By Arya Rafizadeh

Sunday, 14 December 2014

Water Pranks?

 What is a prank?

A prank can be known as a “practical” joke because it refers to the fact that the joke consists of someone doing something physical, instead of a verbal or written joke.

For example, the joker who is setting up and conducting the practical joke might hang a bucket of water above a door way and rig the bucket using pulleys so when the door opens the bucket dumps the water. The joker would then wait for the victim to walk through the doorway and be drenched by the bucket of water. This is a really common prank that people play on each other because it is really unexpected. These kinds of pranks may make people mad or make people have fun, there are people who are really serious in life and don't like playing with these kinds of pranks, while others play prank on people for a living, which is really annoying sometimes, but oh well. pranks are cool and fun.


Here is a link that describes the exact situation that I just described above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqEDk22NSjc

By: Arosha Sehgal

Saturday, 13 December 2014

OWNAGE Pranks On Youtube

Prank calling is quite possibly the most famous and notorious form of pranking. I love prank calling, my friends love pranking, everybody loves prank calling. It's certainly a great deal of fun.

There is one man on Youtube who can, in my opinion, most definitely claim credit for the best prank calls. His channel name is Ownage Pranks. His pranks calls have had my friends and I in laughing fits. His channel has over  2,700,000 views and millions and millions of video views/hits. It is no surprise as to why he has gained such an incredible following. He has mastered one tool than allows him to perfect a prank call. I'm talking about accents.

The idea of a prank call is to piss somebody off without them realising who you are. Mastering an accent helps with that and it adds comedic value. The man behind Ownage Pranks has prank called using a Chinese accent, Vietnamese accent, Indian accent, and a great deal of others. He has even used a deep African-American voice, as well as a hillbilly voice. He adopts various personalities such as an Asian person by the name of Buk Lau. He sometimes uses this persona to prank call Asian restaurants. He also uses an American persona by the name of Russell Johnson where he tends to prank call in a more serious tone where the person being prank calls may fear that he or she is in trouble. The prank calls usually end up in a hot mess where the both parties at either end of the line start swearing at each other and dealing in threats.

Ownage Pranks tends to do this in a comedic manner, sometimes even laughs during his sessions. People provide Owange Pranks with recommendations such as pranking McDonalds and he then proceeds to prank call those numbers using Skype. There are also numerous incidents where anonymous people have provided Ownage Pranks with the contact details of a friend or something who a certain issue, Ownage Pranks then proceeds to revolve that whole prank around that issue, and that's where stuff really get heated up. The man is a genius. He is simply hilarious. People try to impersonate his famous voices, accents, and personas, but lack the magic. His famous phrases and catchphrases have also escaped into the outside world where people such as myself even use them at times.

Ownage's Latest Video - Japanese McDonalds Prank

Link to the Ownage Pranks Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/OwnagePranks/videos

- By Arya Rafizadeh

Pranking Sleeping People

With sharing experiences on social media being such a hit today, people tend to prank on their friends and video the event. They then post it on various media with the hope that it will go viral.

Though it can look like a very funny prank at the time and your friends that are around might even spur you on, pranking sleeping people could very well end in disaster. Pranking sleeping people can never be considered a safe idea as an individual's body may have problems adjusting to being awake especially when having been asleep for some time. By the time your friend finally wakes up, there is every likelihood that he or she could be accidentally injured by the prank you initiated.

Thus is absolutely necessary to think about the consequences of pranking somebody who is asleep. This is because they are caught unaware and be in a vulnerable state thus the victim of the prank may become angry and in their fatigue make an irrational choice as a way to get revenge.

Some common examples of pranking those asleep are like placing them in a different situation or location other than that in which they fell asleep. These pranks occur commonly in student hostels, while camping or when friends sleep over. One of the most dangerous times to pull a prank on a friend is when he or she falls asleep after drinking. Those who are drunk often act irrationally, and pranking them while they sleep will likely result in an injury to themselves, if not also to others around them.

Pranking can be fun thing especially for the young; however it is important that you engage in safe prank playing. It is also important that the victim of the prank should be awake. Not only does this make the prank more fun, but it also gives the victims of the prank a chance to laugh at themselves.


- Manisha

Punk'd !


Oh bring back our childhood to the best show MTV ever made, before all the rubbish got on it. PUNK'D, with sexy Ashton Kutcher. Sexy and creative just how I like my men!. The show offered massive pranks on celebrities like Hugh Jackman, Beyonce , Serena Williams , Usher and my personal favourite P!nk. Getting a glimpse into this hilarious hidden camera tv show were celebrities are put in awkward, disastrous and crazy situations.

The first prank was made on Justin Timberlake in 2003 ! ( omg we are so old now!). It happen in his own house where he was led to believe that government agents were seizing his home and valuables because of unpaid income taxes. This went on to be named Time magazines third most epic moment in Reality-TV history. Punk'd continued for 9 seasons with Ashton and has come back with Justin Bieber and the new host in 2011. Let have moment of silent for the god of prank himself Ashton Kutcher, may the prankster you've influenced carry on your torch! 

The only time KIM K doesn't cry :


 

- Manisha 

Friday, 12 December 2014

My Funny Pranking Experience

Pranking your friends has got to be one of the funniest things to do. I have a friend who is scared of the tiniest things and I mean like a grasshopper.

One day while bored at uni i decided that me and my boyfriend should pull one of the biggest pranks on her. while my parents were overseas she and he had slept over my house, i told her that he wouldn't be home by the time we got back from university

So me and him started to plan the prank, i told him to buy a scary mask from the dollar shop so when we come home he can wait on the balcony in the dark & she wouldn't even notice he was there. we got into the house and she had no clue about what was going on. i went into the room to ''change'' while she was in the living room waiting for me, by then i was recording but hadn't caught all the footage, my boyfriend knocked on the glass slide door with a knife and started to yell, she started running towards me screaming at the top of her lungs while crying saying '' THERES SOMEONE ON THE BALCONY!!'' i had to hold my laugh in while i acted scared and shocked myself, i ran into the toilet and she locked herself in the other room, my boyfriend walked in with the mask and knife and started to knock and yell at her through the door, you can hear her crying and screaming while i film, i swear i thought she was going to have a heart attack and faint. till this day i think it was one of the funniest things i have witnessed in my life.

- Amela Hamidovic

Thursday, 11 December 2014

My High School Senior Prank

 WHAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DO!

Pranking can be fun and annoying sometimes. In this blog, I would like to share my experience regarding pranks and all in my high school.

Two years ago in my senior year, we had something call the “senior prank.” Senior prank is when all the seniors get together and prank the entire high school on a random day. So, two years ago my year did a very weird prank which included the cafeteria and the school toilets. So what we did was picked up all the tables and chairs and kept it aside in the cafeteria so no one had any place to sit on. In the toilets, we threw tissue rolls everywhere, till the point where no one would walk into the toilet and we stuck tape from one end to the other, so you are unable to walk through it when you enter the toilets.

IT WAS PRETTY DAMN ANNOYING FOR THE STUDENTS WHO NEEDED THE TOILETS URGENTLY!

This was really fun especially for the girls, because a couple of girls hadn't noticed the tape and walked through it and their hair got stuck to it, and they started yelling. It was a fun prank that we played on our entire high school! But next thing we know, the whole grade got called into the principles office to write an apology letter because we didn’t ask for approval and continued with it. IT WAS SUPER FUN! At least we all graduated at the end!!!

Thats about it! my weird high school story about pranks and what not!


By: Arosha Sehgal

Don't Play a Prank on Me

My friend is a bad person!

So, my friend had thought it'd be funny to give me a prank call saying that my mum called her and wants me home straight away, the reason she called her is because she couldn't get through to me (''apparently'').

Anyways, she said that my mum wants me home because she found out that i snuck out of the house at 3am to meet up with a few friends and that she wanted me home immediately. i personally didn't believe it but i did know that i went out at 3 am a few days before that. I was scared for my life so as usual i tried to get home as fast as i could from the city on a friday night at about 12am.

I ran to the bus, got onto the train, was on the train for about 45 minutes, ran home from the train station and walked into the house but everyone was asleep.. something wasn't right.. i was so scared, there was so much adrenalin rushing through my body that i did not even think about taking alley ways and shortcuts to get home quicker, none of that bothered me or scared me, what scared me more was the look on my mums face when she sees me. so there I am standing in the hallway waiting for my mum to appear, no one came out, i peeked through her door she was asleep. I called my friend and said that my mum had been sleeping and all i heard was giggling, i wondered why she was laughing and then it hit me, i had been pranked and it had been one hell of a prank. she was laughing hysterically while i was fuming with anger.

Naturally i wouldn't leave again to go back to the city so i just went to sleep, the next morning my mum asked how my night was and if i had fun. Wow, till this day i hold a huge grudge on her, But we mostly just laugh about it.

- Amela Hamidovic

Pranking Power Couple

So on the big wide world of Youtube , a Youtube couple by the name of  "PrankvsPrank" , I have been watching their pranks for years and they just keep getting better and better. This couple ,could be also known as " Jesse and Jeana " create the best of humorous , scary and whimsical pranks to date and have been doing so for years . Within their 6000000 + subscribers is a fan base like no other; a daily collectivity of pranks keeps their regular and newbie viewers clutching their stomachs. There is a perfect contrast between the two pranksters as they regularly go head to head to "out-prank" each other , but in the end , the come together to form a royalty of historic pranks ; one of my favorites is their prank titled " zombie pizza prank" and it sees the two infidels disguised ; Jesse dressed as a pizza cook/waiter and jeana as a zombie ( who is currently resides under a collection of pizza boxes) , and although at first glance , may seem to be an interesting infusion but eventually combines to create an entertaining experience . With the combination of their skillful prancing ways , contending nature and close to 1 billion video views , this couple is almost unstoppable, and due to their clever ways , they warren named "best pranksters" on Youtube in 2013.  These pranksters create compelling videos such as fake marriage proposals all the way to bugs and creepy crawlies in food. I can't wait to see the crazy pranks they will create and am waiting by the door with the ever deserved crowns for best pranksters .


Link to their Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/PrankvsPrank


- Shezan

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Pranks and the Social Media


I find this super hilarious because I'm sure this has happened to more than half of us. When we forget to log off Facebook or any other social media, crazy friends around your laptop would write weird things on your status, whether its about you or something completely nonsense. I'm sure everyone's gone through that, am I right?

Social media pranks do usually happen when one has forgotten to log out of a site, and other people would prank them by writing inappropriate or embarrassing messages on their Facebook or Twitter statuses.
As well as being a fun way to mess with your friends, these social media pranks can be mistaken to many people. Some people may laugh about it and comment back, while some people may take it as an offense depending what the status says.
There was a time when my friend forgot to log off her face book account and she went to get us food, we updated crazy statues like, I LIKE PIE, I AM STUPID, I FAILED MY MATH EXAM, OR LIKE I LOVE BOYS, OR RANDOM THINGS that could have pissed people off as well. But we were nice enough to make it “ call me maybe” yes we were pretty lame kids, but it was really fun! Pranks can be done in any way and I think the media does have a huge impact on people as well.


#crazy101


By: Arosha Sehgal 

Killer Clowns are Scary as Shit

Pranks are scary, whats even scarier is a prank involving a clown with a chainsaw. Personally, i think that clowns are one of the scariest things ever. The prank linked below is of two clowns hanging out in the dark with a fake/set-up scene of body parts, dead people and blood splurged everywhere. The clowns wait around in dark places where there are minimal people and start chasing people with a chainsaw, groups of boys/men even run away and scream as soon as they see the clown. For instance, i think I'm not the only one scared of clowns, because in the video it is obvious that even grown men are scared of clowns when they run away from a clown at the train station even if they see a pram with a ''crying baby'' in it, the men try to shout at the 'clown' and tell him to stop, but as soon as the clown starts running towards them the group of about 10 men start bolting for their lives. No matter how old or tough you are, if you see a clown in the dark that looks scary as shit, you're going to run for your life, and if he has a chainsaw you're going to run for 3 lives. clowns are scary as fxck. End of story.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RO_HQMvxLo

by: Amela Hamidovic

Friday, 5 December 2014

Vitaly Streaking Prank During World Cup Final

VITALY HAS NO FEAR

There is a famous prankster on Youtube by the name of Vitaly Zdorovetskiy. His channel is called VitalyzdTv and it has has accumulated over 7,700,000 subscribers and has gained around 860,000,000 video views.

That is an insane amount of followers. What does he do exactly? He performs pranks, notably public pranks, pranks with great risk. On occasion, he has been told to leave the premises, taken down by security guard, and yes, he has been arrested. It's most likely due to these crazy pranks that he has gained this internet following.

My personal favourite prank of his has to been the famous World Cup streak where he ran onto the field with shorts and the words "natural born prankster" written across his chest, during the prestigious 2014 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and Germany, an event that attracted the eyes of hundreds of millions of people around the world. He even tried to kiss a German player, Benedikt Hoewedes.Vitaly was then taken down by security and escorted off the field. Funnily enough, five hours before the game had started, he dropped a hint at what he was going to do by tweeting the following: "today is a very big day for me".

 On his channel, the video has gained approximately 10,800,000 views, not to mention the other videos of the prank uploaded onto Youtube by the people in the audience or other Youtubers. Vitaly simply has no fear.


Link to Vitaly's famous prank:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeThbsErE2E

Link to Vitaly's Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/VitalyzdTv

-By Arya Rafizadeh

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Playing pranks on your parents

Kids These Days !

Part of being a child is being allowed to do stupid things and sometimes the best reactions are from your parents. Since the invention of video we were able to record these outrages reactions of our parents freaking out over drastic new. For me the best is mom and dad I got my girlfriend or I got pregnant jokes! The reactions of the parents are hilarious especially strict parents normally of asian backgrounds. Some kid go as far as leaving a fake pregnancy test for their parents to find. Crazy!


Another one that is hilarious is " What happens if you text your parents pretending to be a drug dealer". This prank was a massively buzzed about, creating some of the most mind blowing reactions from parents. If I did the same I don't think I'll have the chance to talk to my parents again. This was a challenge poster on twitter encouraging kid to text their parents " I got 2 gram for $40" then right after than saying "sorry avoid that text", INSANE!.


Here is the link for the rest of the text :
http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/what-happens-if-you-text-your-parents-pretending-to-be-a-dru#.lx4BQ23bR3

-Manisha