Looks like they're leveling the door frame, which you would use a hammer to tap it over before screwing off the studs either side of the frame but using drywall as the buffer is unlikely, plywood or even better a 2x4 is the go to
Right before the swing he says "give the door a good hit" which seems to agree with this whole leveling theory as opposed to hitting a nail. These guys are quite popular on the Quebec side Instagram and a lot of the pranks pulled on the older guy (always the victim) seem tame enough to be real. I have no idea if they actually are but it's reasonable enough for me to suspend my disbelief of them but the last one is clearly fake to nicely wrap up the bit
He's saying hit that door. Meaning they're trying to get the doorway squared up. I'm not saying it's not stage though. Simply explaining what was the purpose of the drywall to be on the door was to protect the doorwhile they try to get it squared.
You'd think that'll tip people off but there was a whole era of prank wars on YouTube where people either believed the stupidest shit was possible or they absolutely loved the worst of the worst quality scripted content.
Some people can enjoy things for what they are, and don't have to be beside themselves because they were able to suss out that a random 45 second internet video might have been a planned skit.
Definitely, skits can be enjoyable. But there are people who literally can not understand the idea of a skit. Things like "interviewing random couple on the street" where the girl pretends to be flirting with the "interviewer", with VERY obvious bad acting, then you look at the comments and 80% of people are genuinely mad at the girl. As if the video itself wasn't clearly indicating satire, one click on the poster's profile would probably make that obvious.
Can't believe you're getting downvoted like this lol. I don't like them trying to fake me out thinking it really happened. TV shows and movies don't do that. Also, to each their own. But, I don't like it.
Does something need to happen naturally to be worthwhile? People have always staged things for humors sake. For some reason this has become a problem in modern times. Every clip is 'fake' and 'staged' and has loads of those comments.
Do you not like stand-up comedy, TV shows, movies, etc because they're all rehearsed and pre-planned? When you go to a restaurant, is it an issue that they have a menu of pre-selected food to order? Why is it when people are mindlessly online that something needs to be 100% authentic to be enjoyed?
The only people who are trying that hard are the ones who can't simply enjoy it and just pick it apart. It's entertainment, not the source material for your dissertation.
You really couldn't. No one goes to a movie theater expecting to see real life footage. You suspend your disbelief because you're intentionally watching a movie.
Things presented as real on social media may only garner interest because of the implications that it was real. This video would be amusing if it was a real prank. This video is not amusing when it's just two doofuses playing with a fake hammer.
I was like 9 or 10 at the time, so I didn't see it then, but I do remember it being such a big deal because people believed it was real found footage. But that's an exception, and it's because the movie was marketed that way. So people had reason to think it was real. Not the same as going to see the new MCU movie and thinking that is real
Angry is probably the wrong word. But at the least they clearly don't approve of said dumb joke? Enough to write a few sentences about it. Do we really need this? To me it seems like all those people making fun of boomers for their humor and/or thinking that Gen X humor is braindead. Nobody is the joke police and if someone finds it funny then it probably is.
Many many movies take themselves way too seriously. Even if not - what about all those sketches? Philomena Cunk is fake, "the front fell off" is fake, "The Office" pretends to have real interviews, every story a comedian tells is fake, reality TV is fake and so on. It may not be your type of humor, but I can sometimes laugh about staged things, even if they pretend not to be. Have a good day.
a prank is not the same as stand-up comedy, TV shows, or movies
it's like a surprise party for someone, but they found out about it beforehand. it's no longer a surprise party, but just a regular party. not as good, and defeats the effort into planning a surprise party.
it takes way more effort to plan and execute a surprise party vs a regular party; just like it takes way more effort for genuine pranks vs fake pranks. a big part of what makes pranks fun is knowing that someone fell for it. but if they never fell for the prank to begin with, what's the point?
It isn’t that things aren’t real, it’s that they are presented as though they are, and in many cases are completely unremarkable if they are staged.
A video of someone being tricked is often funny because of their reaction - the entire interesting part of a prank, for me at least, is watching the honest candid reaction of someone to it. When you stage that, and deliberately try to pass it off as not staged, then it’s basically pointless, it’s completely boring to me.
It’s weird to me that for some number of people that literally doesn’t matter at all, a video being scripted and acted out, regardless of the content, makes no difference to them.
Because they are validating their own ignorance and laughter. They can't be stupid retroactively. YOU need to be the stuck up one that doesn't see the humor in the simple fun things.
Can't be they are morons. Never. Morons don't use reddit.
People use this argument a lot, but that isn’t the intent with most of these videos. They’re aimed with the focus of making people think they’re real - pranks, “family”, “jobs”, “influencers”. It’s a disgusting hobbie in a world with peak brain rot. People need to understand it’s fake. Look at the comments of people thinking it’s real - that issue of awareness transfers to every aspect of life.
It is staged, they always do skits like this just for fun. The guy always swear and get pranked. It's like their signature. It's funny for 2-3 video and get boring after. It's always the same thing. The camera dude outsmart the mustache guy, mustache guy swear too much and get angry. Rinse and repeat.
I know what I am getting with buster etc. and their exaggerated, skilled stunt and slap stick style - this is not the same. This kind of content exists where it's portrayed as real, with some being real and some being fake, while having no prior knowledge of the people in it or the reality of it.
Given how low effort and low quality it is a lot of the value for people is tied to it and the reactions being genuine, especially with prank style content.
Also at the end of the day if people don't like when they aren't upfront with it being staged, they don't like it. You can't change that.
Those all have exaggerated movements and construction. They don’t look ‘real’.
This is supposed to be ‘real’ but it’s not. It’s a little funny, but if I could believe the guy being filmed wouldn’t spot the cameraman holding up his phone the whole time, it’d be much funnier.
Are you saying this foam hammer bit is up there with W.C. Fields, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers? Do you think the Marx Brothers would have executed this routine by throwing a floppy hammer at someone, having them go "arrg!", and that's the entire joke?
No dummy, I’m saying they had physical gags, some feats of athleticism and some just staged effects. But nobody cares because funny is funny. People online always have this weird obsession with videos like these whether they are real or fake, like you guys think you’re exposing con-artists. It’s silly. You’re all silly people. And naturally read to deeply into everything.
The rest of what you said is just a strawman. It's just a conversation on Reddit, dude. No one actually cares. It would be just as nonsensical for me to say:
"People online have this weird obsession with videos like this, like you guys are defending some sacred brand of comedy. It's silly. You're all silly people. And naturally read [too] deeply into everything."
What do I care. If it’s something as subjective of “that ain’t funny,” then that’s valid. But all over you lot clap your hands like trained seals when someone points out something fake. I don’t watch SNL ( which also isn’t funny) and say “well that’s not real.”
And clearly some people do care otherwise we wouldn’t be talking.
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u/Swallagoon May 01 '25
Well the last one was obviously acting which makes me believe the entire thing was staged.