The Fall of YouTube Pranking (W/ Joey Salads)

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  • čas přidán 4. 02. 2021
  • The most infamous video genre since the inception of the CZcams platform - CZcams Pranking. Pranksters were once seen as gods around these parts, however have faded into obscurity, with the only survivors being those who have been smart enough to evolve their content. From Vitaly - To Prank Invasion - Then OckTV - All the way over to BigDawsTV, this video will cover it all. This is, The Fall of CZcams Pranking. (It was just a prank bro).
    Thank you guys for watching, like and sub if you enjoyed, Sunny XO ❤
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  • @callumg3330
    @callumg3330 Před 3 lety +8199

    People really didn’t know the difference between crimes and pranks for a while did they

    • @callumg3330
      @callumg3330 Před 3 lety +9

      @@Alex-fb2bs Gerard Way

    • @reallyriley123
      @reallyriley123 Před 3 lety +342

      Uh duhh the difference is saying its a prank did you not learn anything?!?!
      (Sarcasm obviously lol)

    • @kieran-2348
      @kieran-2348 Před 3 lety +112

      They still don't lol

    • @imperialfist2304
      @imperialfist2304 Před 3 lety +35

      The line blurs a bit, I mean most of the time.

    • @mudkitz
      @mudkitz Před 3 lety +32

      Some people still don't

  • @mephisto40
    @mephisto40 Před 2 lety +6687

    Its embarrassing how they seem to think shouting "it's a prank" somehow makes them immune to getting their ass' kicked

    • @BirdmanDeuce26
      @BirdmanDeuce26 Před 2 lety +237

      it works in "controlled" environments like schools, not so much in the real world with grown adults

    • @diverman1023
      @diverman1023 Před 2 lety +105

      But also 99% of the vids were fake

    • @Pumpkin0_0
      @Pumpkin0_0 Před 2 lety +61

      Besides saying that constantly, for some odd reason they all look similar, have similar vibes and similar voices and mannerisms. It's creepy.

    • @edwardhisse2687
      @edwardhisse2687 Před 2 lety +13

      Same can be said about any trendy social media genre, and really about any group of people with a following. Certain aestetic and mannerisms become associated with the genre and people fitting get platform, the cycle establishes inself.

    • @louskunt9798
      @louskunt9798 Před 2 lety +1

      Exactly!

  • @themusicaljunkie37
    @themusicaljunkie37 Před rokem +983

    I always hated those "pranks" that were done in retail and fast food restaurants. These workers already deal with enough crap with customers and get paid really poorly. They don't need to also deal with some morons with too much free time being a public nuisance. Leave them alone. It's not funny.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem

      They should prank feminazis ad sodomites instead. Have them put up a sign sayhing LGBTHIV! LOL!
      "Truthphobes don't accept dog marriage."
      "Dogs can consent by body language."
      "Love is love."

    • @cosmicsamurai207
      @cosmicsamurai207 Před rokem

      ima tap the whole menu at ur job

    • @cosmicsamurai207
      @cosmicsamurai207 Před rokem +1

      rap*

    • @Mr.LaughingDuck
      @Mr.LaughingDuck Před rokem

      Yep. If there was ever a group of people who deserved getting tazed in the balls

    • @anomaly395
      @anomaly395 Před rokem +8

      I don’t know about that. Not saying that it isn’t an inconvenience for some, but a lot of the ones that I watched seemed to enjoy the pranks.
      Edit: Let me just clarify that I’m just saying there are good and harmless pranks out there that people genuinely enjoy. One example I know of is MagicofRahat. In his drive through videos people are always laughing and pulling out their phones. Maybe OP was just referring to the stupid pranks that are out there that inconvenience people, in which case I agree. But from my pov at the time I thought they were talking about *all* pranks.

  • @hemanthemighty6523
    @hemanthemighty6523 Před 2 lety +189

    I'm so glad we're passed the "it's a prank bro!" Era

    • @ahstiasummers5583
      @ahstiasummers5583 Před rokem +2

      Idk... some of those prank videos are still up and petty children/teens who don't know its fake may try it for themselves, nuking relationships for a few minutes of internet fame or personal amusement

    • @daveledonio5793
      @daveledonio5793 Před rokem +2

      we are now in the tiktok era,

    • @plurz215
      @plurz215 Před 5 měsíci

      Top Notch Idiots have entered the chat

    • @patt5085
      @patt5085 Před 4 měsíci

      progress is there, but very very slow

  • @MidgetBarmaid
    @MidgetBarmaid Před 2 lety +1353

    I think Joey missed a large part as to why Prank videos became out of fashion. The pranks got worse and worse were it became to the point where these content creators were picking on the community and you genuinely felt bad for these people. There were large communities trying to shut these prank videos down because of it. There was even criminal charges and court dates because it of it. At that point its not funny any more.
    The worst group for the 3x brothers (Name slips my mind) who did crazy things to the public. Like dressed a terrorist and run through a mall. Or doing drive bys and throwing out fake bombs. It's not funny at that point.

    • @unforgednothing5539
      @unforgednothing5539 Před 2 lety +72

      Jalal brothers or something it was, I remember that shit coming up on my fb page years ago, they’d have that “RUN” music over the top of it

    • @ablackbunny3149
      @ablackbunny3149 Před 2 lety +77

      can't forget the Sam Pepper "classic" killing my best friend prank.

    • @519Chawk420
      @519Chawk420 Před 2 lety +8

      getting shot, fun , bombs, fun , fbi hello

    • @DaRealKing303
      @DaRealKing303 Před rokem +16

      pranks stop being cool after people realized many of their favorite prank vids were faked, that killed it for me anyway.

    • @animepiglover
      @animepiglover Před rokem +28

      There was also that one kid who didn't realize videos were fake, and did (I think if I remember) a killer clown prank and ran at a family with a knife and got shot.

  • @daltonpinell6251
    @daltonpinell6251 Před 3 lety +1903

    I've never understood how pranks that end up physically harming people are supposed to be funny

    • @ezrax3975
      @ezrax3975 Před 3 lety +48

      Humor is subjective man

    • @Appleeatpie97
      @Appleeatpie97 Před 3 lety +222

      @@ezrax3975 sure but not at someone's else expense.

    • @ghkilla8593
      @ghkilla8593 Před 3 lety +20

      That’s why EdBassMasters old pranks are basically the only CZcams pranks I enjoyed cause all his pranks are harmless

    • @ezrax3975
      @ezrax3975 Před 3 lety +23

      @@Appleeatpie97 slapstick comedy is a thing for a reason

    • @Appleeatpie97
      @Appleeatpie97 Před 3 lety +134

      @@ezrax3975 when willing participants are aware what they getting into sure , but not when you got folks who are rope into a prank that going cause a negative reaction out of them.

  • @TheJacklikesvideos
    @TheJacklikesvideos Před rokem +109

    Joey Salads sounds like somebody asked a first generation self learning AI to invent a fictional Italian mobster.

    • @thareelhelloagain
      @thareelhelloagain Před rokem +1

      Your comment reads like someone with an English degree trying as hard as they can to sound witty.

  • @origamisteve
    @origamisteve Před rokem +477

    I love when these "pranksters" got their asses kicked. Its the only time I laughed. So many laws broken. It was when the "pranks" started hurting people and getting "pranksters" jailed that it died.
    Also legit criminals would use prank trends to commit crimes. The scary clown trend is a prime example. Several of them were actual murderers. Then you heard about scary clown "pranksters" getting beat up left and right. Like the dumbass scary clown that was beat up trying to scare what turned out later to be gang members.

    • @PotatoObliteratorGD
      @PotatoObliteratorGD Před rokem +3

      damn

    • @M._mkid
      @M._mkid Před rokem

      Dennis Cee Moeandethan

    • @goldman77700
      @goldman77700 Před rokem +3

      It's the only reason I watched pranking videos. The ass kicking.🐴 👊

    • @gregoryl.levitre9759
      @gregoryl.levitre9759 Před rokem +1

      That's why they faked their videos.

    • @lowkeylokii4205
      @lowkeylokii4205 Před rokem +3

      That'll just start a new wave of pranksters getting beat up, all staged, for moreviews. Best just to ignore it altogether

  • @AustPro
    @AustPro Před 3 lety +4985

    If you ever want to rob a bank, just bring a camera to say it’s just a prank

    • @WDYMIMDED
      @WDYMIMDED Před 3 lety +29

      Genius

    • @whatevr99
      @whatevr99 Před 3 lety +179

      Pranker: “It’s just a prank, bro!”
      Pranker (while being arrested): “It’s just a prank, officer!”
      Pranker (while in court): “It was just a prank, your honor!”
      Cellmate (while in the shower with the pranker): “It’s just a prank, bro!”

    • @TheAMeister
      @TheAMeister Před 3 lety +14

      Your on every video I watch how do you comment so much lol

    • @relapseplus
      @relapseplus Před 3 lety +20

      Stoke Twins did that and didn't get away.

    • @toootdooot710
      @toootdooot710 Před 3 lety +4

      Rise to fame

  • @Jm-ki4su
    @Jm-ki4su Před 3 lety +505

    meanwhile, on a tombstone somewhere in the future:
    " don't cry for him, his last words were 'it's just a prank, bro' "

    • @NvanRoblox
      @NvanRoblox Před 3 lety +15

      Well that’s what they get for slapping my head for a “prank”

    • @aliceiscalling
      @aliceiscalling Před 3 lety +34

      @@NvanRoblox Someone recently did a bank robbery "prank" and died.

    • @D44RK_Iced_Yogs
      @D44RK_Iced_Yogs Před 3 lety +26

      Also the dude who died from getting shot when doing a machete murder prank or whatever

    • @NvanRoblox
      @NvanRoblox Před 3 lety +3

      @@aliceiscalling WHAT

    • @idunnodo1142
      @idunnodo1142 Před 3 lety +14

      A few sources have stated that in the recent death of that prankster who tried to rob people at knifepoint, his last words after being shot with a gun in retaliation for, well, attempting to rob people at knifepoint was "It was just a prank bro". God I want to die

  • @catd5307
    @catd5307 Před rokem +23

    A prank is something where both the prankster and victim can laugh about together later on
    If someone feels genuinely hurt, it’s no longer a prank and the prankster needs to apologize, and not the fake “I’m sorry u feel that way” kind of apology but a real one.

    • @meanberryy
      @meanberryy Před rokem

      Nah, a prank is always at someone's expense.
      You're thinking of a joke.

  • @hattoripool1533
    @hattoripool1533 Před 3 lety +1201

    I almost forgot this genre of CZcams even existed

  • @trosinesss
    @trosinesss Před 3 lety +449

    I remember when a guy did a “prank” asking black people for a place called “Ni**a” and almost nobody got angry and that was used to prove some similar pranks were fake.

    • @bigdaddyflavortown4606
      @bigdaddyflavortown4606 Před 3 lety +117

      I fondly remember the “pulling people’s pants down in the hood” prank. The funniest part was the prankster screaming “stop, it’s just a prank bro” while realizing the prank victim had a gun in his pants

    • @notevenfilthyyt9097
      @notevenfilthyyt9097 Před 3 lety +6

      it was diffrent back then people said the nigg word before..

    • @billybobbobson3797
      @billybobbobson3797 Před 3 lety +45

      It’s just a word. I was given a nigga pass in high school because me and friends loved quoting Katt Williams and my friend got tired of me asking him to say the word mid monologue. I didn’t wanna be racist and he told me it’s how you say it. Once that taboo was gone and I could say it comfortably in completely non offensive ways i didn’t sound like the awkward white kid saying the Word to get a rise or to be cool.
      This is the attitude everyone needs to adopt.

    • @drtoobreezy2851
      @drtoobreezy2851 Před 3 lety +1

      The guy jumped off the bike lol almost ready to jump the bloak 😂

    • @Overqualification
      @Overqualification Před 3 lety +28

      @@billybobbobson3797 Well said, but someone is going to still going to probably start an argument with you about how it’s racist and how you’re a Nazi or something looney.

  • @bengary6558
    @bengary6558 Před rokem +1

    I've watched like 3 or 4 of your videos now and just wanted to say that your content is dope. It's explaining things that I have experienced around me, without even realizing it lol this vid is a perfect example. Super creative and well done. Subscribed!

  • @gaminggladiator06
    @gaminggladiator06 Před rokem +46

    It seems that over time, a genre can shift from “doing it because it’s fun.” to “doing it because it gets me money and clout.”
    And it’s just sad to see that because the realm of fun and innocence dies out with the change, and get’s replaced with stupidity and neglegence.

  • @ASAPShitPost
    @ASAPShitPost Před 3 lety +1039

    Mad respect for Joey for coming on here, talking about it all honestly, and giving us some insight into what it was like doing this stuff at the time

    • @lartinmuther2790
      @lartinmuther2790 Před 3 lety +88

      Also for pissing in his own mouth

    • @AHondaCivicEX
      @AHondaCivicEX Před 3 lety +19

      @@lartinmuther2790 He pulled the Steve-O straight up

    • @topcat5233
      @topcat5233 Před 3 lety +39

      Yeah the saladman has always been a good sport, like on h3h3podcast

    • @YuralRock
      @YuralRock Před 2 lety +11

      I've been convinced that Joey is a good guy after he donated his piss to human cake)

    • @cyborgchimpy
      @cyborgchimpy Před 2 lety

      @@YuralRock franku?

  • @SpencerCornelia
    @SpencerCornelia Před 3 lety +6007

    The pranking niche became terrible but it's such a big reason why CZcams became the biggest video platform IMO

  • @paparoach158
    @paparoach158 Před 2 lety +10

    Idk why but i miss the prankvsprank days. i enjoyed life back then, and they seemed like a genuine and happy couple. they actually give me the balls and motivation for some reason to become less introvert and get a girl of my own. 2011/2013 was a great time

    • @Joaquin546
      @Joaquin546 Před rokem +1

      So much fun back then with pvp! I remember watching their livestreams and vlogs but once they broke up I went on with life.

  • @oladunjoyedavid7515
    @oladunjoyedavid7515 Před rokem +26

    Sunny: *initially blurs out Joey's face*
    Also sunny: *puts joey as a featured guest in the title*

  • @songvevo123
    @songvevo123 Před 3 lety +362

    I'm surprised there was no mention of Sam Pepper. In my opinion he was a catalyst in the prank genre becoming more and more sour.... maybe even the souring of genuine pranks which lead to more fake pranks.

    • @Innocuousmale
      @Innocuousmale Před 2 lety +30

      If it makes you feel better I was trying to remember his last name the whole time & he never came up.
      You're my hero.

    • @kimberleywilliams7802
      @kimberleywilliams7802 Před 2 lety +22

      I think that's because of all the controversy surrounding Sam is mostly what lead to his decline, he wasn't going into the people behind the pranks more so what the pranks represented and it's effect on the platform, you can't talk about Sam pepper without addressing his controversies and this is a pretty short video, he'd take up 10 minutes of the video just based on some of his scandals.

  • @darrellcovello7917
    @darrellcovello7917 Před 2 lety +2043

    When I learned that the "Greatest Freakout Ever" was (allegedly) fake, it was like learning that Santa Claus wasn't real... a couple weeks ago.

    • @KidCypherTV
      @KidCypherTV Před 2 lety +61

      and all the psycho videos from McJuggerNuggets were fake too that was a big punch in the face

    • @maheshpun4804
      @maheshpun4804 Před 2 lety +35

      Hell alot of the early low quality pranks pre fake prank era was probably fake.

    • @Aaron-zt5ee
      @Aaron-zt5ee Před 2 lety +31

      I kinda figured it wasn’t real the first time I saw it. It was staged a bit too perfectly but I still thought it was funny.

    • @Pfuetz4
      @Pfuetz4 Před 2 lety +4

      I'm devastated.

    • @jhtsurvival
      @jhtsurvival Před 2 lety +1

      @@KidCypherTV I don't think I've thought anything from prank videos were real since like 2015 or 14 and even then some were def staged

  • @joshX200
    @joshX200 Před rokem

    I have watched a few of your vids back to back now and I gotta say I really appreciate the runescape music used :)

  • @Mattfromthepast
    @Mattfromthepast Před rokem

    One minor note, Pranks on video go back to the birth of TV with the show Candid Camera which was a follow up to the radio show Candid Microphone.
    Great videos otherwise. I was feeling sick today and have been binging your channel and it has brightened my day.

  • @austinfiregaming9740
    @austinfiregaming9740 Před 3 lety +1362

    *when she says it’s just a prank Step Bro*

  • @KarlRock
    @KarlRock Před 3 lety +4430

    Thanks! Good analysis. I wondered why it all died. Fakers are the worst.

    • @hardipusa
      @hardipusa Před 3 lety +28

      Sup Karl

    • @TeoTMM
      @TeoTMM Před 3 lety +20

      Ayyoo Karl

    • @Underb00t
      @Underb00t Před 3 lety +29

      Are there Indian prank channels too?

    • @cg8939
      @cg8939 Před 3 lety +12

      India has also started opposing lewd and adult pranks

    • @cormacthem8406
      @cormacthem8406 Před 3 lety +9

      Why was JS interviewed at all he was unapologetically part of the problem. JS was caught creating fake prank videos and swore up and down it was real until he couldn’t deny it any longer. Then he tried to be a scummy politician until disgusting videos of him began circulating. This guy will do anything for a dollar, just disingenuous and unworthy.

  • @margotrosendorn6371
    @margotrosendorn6371 Před rokem +5

    Remember the prankster's code: "Amuse and confuse, but never abuse."
    It's not a practical joke if nobody's laughing.

  • @wabisabi7755
    @wabisabi7755 Před rokem +78

    Now we're dealing with straight married couples pretending to prank each other on Tiktok. 😂

  • @pecosfunnies4581
    @pecosfunnies4581 Před 3 lety +2848

    Can’t wait until the ‘Fall of Covid-19’ vid is out

    • @olegscannybob3923
      @olegscannybob3923 Před 3 lety +96

      yes lol
      when that day comes
      i will be happoy

    • @monkeyjosh339
      @monkeyjosh339 Před 3 lety +54

      who says there is a fall

    • @PetrolSniffer6969
      @PetrolSniffer6969 Před 3 lety +81

      GTA 6 is more likely to come out before then

    • @callumg3330
      @callumg3330 Před 3 lety +30

      2022 in the first world, 2024 in the third world. Will probably require regular vaccinations forever

    • @callumg3330
      @callumg3330 Před 3 lety +65

      @M M yes they do, 95% effectiveness. don’t spread misinformation

  • @chriservin5949
    @chriservin5949 Před 3 lety +511

    I'm surprised Sam Pepper wasn't mentioned in this. I feel like his "best friend murdered" video had to have been the beginning of the downfall.

    • @michaelfranklin2492
      @michaelfranklin2492 Před 3 lety +47

      Completely forgot that guy existed lmao

    • @kmillsusername
      @kmillsusername Před 3 lety +2

      I was surt also

    • @xxx423
      @xxx423 Před 3 lety +4

      That was wayy after it died down tbh

    • @chriservin5949
      @chriservin5949 Před 3 lety +10

      @@xxx423 the sam pepper video came out in late 2015 though, and this video sites the joey salads videos from around the end of 2016 with the election of donald trump coming up, so it really isn’t too far off the timeline, is it?

    • @ghostoflazlo
      @ghostoflazlo Před 3 lety +2

      Omg, wasn't there a lot of those? Like, people faking kidnappings, their own death and whatnot?

  • @williansouza8724
    @williansouza8724 Před rokem +3

    just seeing the clips of some pranks got me embarrassed and nervous. pranking got so bad that whenever i decided to watch one i’d always get afraid of what i’d really be.

  • @RongDMemer
    @RongDMemer Před rokem

    I love the music in this video
    It fits so well with the goofy old prank video

  • @keanuxu5435
    @keanuxu5435 Před 2 lety +294

    I bet these pranksters were bullies that used “it’s just a joke/prank, bro” in school, and got away with it too many times

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem +8

      To fit in or be popular or get monoey, people are willing to trample on others. I once did that in 5th grade. My parents did poorly to let me be taught how to behave by cartoons always depicting selfish behaviour even by the protagonists. Disney is shit.

    • @Paige02
      @Paige02 Před rokem +1

      @@scintillam_dei disney main characters are usually self centered and you start liking antagonists more which then worsens your personality

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem

      @@Paige02 They do present Mufasa as a party pooper but Scar as the "cool" uncle. Good point. And they make Scar a sodomite too; always pushing their filthy agenda onto unsuspecting kids.

    • @chrisamies2141
      @chrisamies2141 Před rokem +3

      Exactly! They remind me so much of school bullies who would terrorise more vulnerable kids and then say 'it's just a joke.'

  • @BloodylocksBathory
    @BloodylocksBathory Před 2 lety +460

    People who try to defend their sadism and harassment with "it's a prank," deserve getting beat up all the more. This whole era makes me appreciate the Jackass crew even more. Their stunts at least had a punchline.

    • @charlie.justcharlie.8373
      @charlie.justcharlie.8373 Před rokem +45

      Plus they are only hurting themselves lol

    • @BloodylocksBathory
      @BloodylocksBathory Před rokem +5

      @@charlie.justcharlie.8373 lol true

    • @byronvasquez200
      @byronvasquez200 Před rokem

      True but jackass were the reason for this clusterfuck.

    • @andimari9194
      @andimari9194 Před rokem +15

      Like Charlie said, it’s also just their friend group. They have had strangers see their pranks like the midget brawl and them getting fucked up in public LOL but there’s no harm to the other viewers

    • @AtrocityEquine01
      @AtrocityEquine01 Před rokem +9

      Their pranks also were more less harmful (except to themselves) to the Public.

  • @EQOAnostalgia
    @EQOAnostalgia Před rokem +21

    I hated this time. I thought it was dangerous to the people doing it, and impressionable people watching it.

    • @Joshua-uw7wm
      @Joshua-uw7wm Před rokem

      I agree and one dip shit tried it here in Tennessee and got shot dead where he stood

  • @TheInternetHelpdeskPlays
    @TheInternetHelpdeskPlays Před 2 lety +3

    You've missed the most essential start of it all.
    Back in the uk in the year 2000 until 2003 we had 'Trigger Happy TV' it was the original Prank TV show with Dom Joly.
    Bits are available on CZcams

  • @larsfinlay7325
    @larsfinlay7325 Před 3 lety +1151

    Not mentioning Jackass as an influence is making me feel old.

    • @Nebraking
      @Nebraking Před 3 lety +53

      jackass was a prank tv show? they were famous for their crazy stunts and not pranks

    • @knightofjustice5475
      @knightofjustice5475 Před 3 lety +41

      Tom Green was the original pioneer in harassing strangers.

    • @larsfinlay7325
      @larsfinlay7325 Před 3 lety +3

      @@knightofjustice5475 also yes

    • @philipreid2542
      @philipreid2542 Před 3 lety +21

      @@larsfinlay7325 that and all the pranks Bam would play on his parents

    • @ThisSheetB4RealYo
      @ThisSheetB4RealYo Před 3 lety +2

      Was thinking same

  • @XJivCX
    @XJivCX Před 2 lety +1211

    Joey Salads has clearly matured over the years. Glad to see a guy who I used to genuinely dislike for his fake pranks admitting and talking about all this so openly. Props to the dude for owning up to it and clearly growing up.

    • @jaredsiew8413
      @jaredsiew8413 Před rokem +40

      Unfortunately, there are some POS trying hard to make him as the bad person in real life (look at you Ethan)

    • @Jart-qe3om
      @Jart-qe3om Před rokem +9

      Hes not even genuine in any way.. as if you can't even see it. You definitely don't think for yourself do you..

    • @Teddy-hk2qx
      @Teddy-hk2qx Před rokem +56

      @@jaredsiew8413 Ethan Klein?? If so he’s really fallen. The guy used to be my favorite now?? Not so much. He’s become the type of person he used to make fun of

    • @dyamondwomack549
      @dyamondwomack549 Před rokem +19

      I still hate him though

    • @5xmasterx548
      @5xmasterx548 Před rokem +3

      He was funny

  • @rimka6593
    @rimka6593 Před rokem +4

    prank invason was so famous in yt back then, there was no way you could go into a day without finding his videos trending

  • @bigberg2928
    @bigberg2928 Před rokem +1

    Great channel. Keep up the good work. 👍🏽

  • @ThatVenomousCat
    @ThatVenomousCat Před 2 lety +1942

    Ah man, that nostalgia. Back when H3H3 was actually entertaining, not just a crappy podcast.

    • @ITyraxI
      @ITyraxI Před 2 lety +156

      Right? It's a very mediocre podcast and I'm shocked it's still around and successful.

    • @birdiec
      @birdiec Před 2 lety +27

      So flo like antonio 🎶

    • @nicholasford8878
      @nicholasford8878 Před 2 lety +126

      @@ITyraxI it's like they traded their old audience for a completely diffrent new one

    • @9razzler9
      @9razzler9 Před 2 lety +7

      @@nicholasford8878 yeah ones with brain

    • @akaste4413
      @akaste4413 Před 2 lety +57

      @@9razzler9 this comment kinda negates itself when you don’t use the grammatically correct form of “brain” for what you’re saying. “Yeah ones with brains.” would be more appropriate if you’re trying to insinuate the old audience is dumb lol.

  • @wiibrockster
    @wiibrockster Před 3 lety +247

    Even today,the one line that grates on me more than any other is "It's just a prank bro!"
    It always struck me as just a lame excuse people used to cover their tracks after potentially going too far

    • @animeandstuff5377
      @animeandstuff5377 Před 2 lety +2

      i congratulate youtube viewers of this vid for not replaying "its just a prank bro" to you.

    • @djbeezy
      @djbeezy Před 2 lety +1

      "It's just a prank bro" and "mask up" are two that I hope to never hear again.

  • @helpmeget1ksubs681
    @helpmeget1ksubs681 Před rokem +1

    I used to watch these prank videos so much back in 2019.

  • @Inplasmical
    @Inplasmical Před rokem +5

    It's not a joke or prank if the victim isn't laughing. People need to hear that.

  • @kyltib24
    @kyltib24 Před 3 lety +458

    H3 totally destroyed prank channels by exposing them. That was the good ole days of H3, when they still made main channel vids.

    • @calamorta
      @calamorta Před 3 lety +56

      Not many channels were better than peak H3H3...

    • @stephenelder3162
      @stephenelder3162 Před 3 lety +21

      The good ole days. Now im even more depressed

    • @clarencebrown8471
      @clarencebrown8471 Před 3 lety +3

      Your 69th Like

    • @ITyraxI
      @ITyraxI Před 2 lety +26

      @@noonecareswhatyouthink his podcast showed a different side of him. I noticed he says stupid and uneducated stuff left and right, and his wife literally has no personality. I stopped following them after they switched to the lazy podcast route. But I'll never forget their peak reaction videos.

    • @wokeil
      @wokeil Před 2 lety +7

      @@ITyraxI Fr if Hila ever fucking talked I maybe could've watched it. Now its just Ethan talking absolute bullshit. Frenemies was good but only because of the dumpster fire that is trisha paytas

  • @GliderGuy
    @GliderGuy Před 3 lety +2022

    It's been way too long since I've seen this guy

  • @lollipop1894
    @lollipop1894 Před rokem +5

    CZcams pranks are making a massive comeback right now.

  • @winniewinner4545
    @winniewinner4545 Před 2 lety

    This channel is pure gold!

  • @strongfp
    @strongfp Před 3 lety +166

    I will direct you all to the OG of pranking shows, 'Just for laughs', where it's actually well thought out and still funny do this day. Nothing beats people popping out of legit mail boxes, or construction workers pretending to 'need a hand' with some obscure task, and watching the random stranger freak out.

    • @rustyray420
      @rustyray420 Před 2 lety +24

      Just for laugh gags is the shit. Funny, entertaining and light hearted. When i was young, my whole family would watch it together every night it was on.

    • @mythoughtsexactly2145
      @mythoughtsexactly2145 Před 2 lety +8

      @@jeremiahnakogee6798 yeah I realized back when I was like 11 that its all fake. Like it's too clean to be genuine imo

    • @francescablee3366
      @francescablee3366 Před rokem

      And Erik andre

  • @callumwebb4927
    @callumwebb4927 Před 2 lety +337

    The first few times it’s funny. But then it inevitably set the standard for the bar of stunts to be raised higher and higher until it just become obnoxious, mean-spirited, infantile and downright dangerous.

    • @callumwebb4927
      @callumwebb4927 Před 2 lety +1

      @Ch4rLz tHa PrInCe Nice original response too.

    • @callumwebb4927
      @callumwebb4927 Před 2 lety +1

      @Ch4rLz tHa PrInCe What an odd thing to say

    • @callumwebb4927
      @callumwebb4927 Před 2 lety +1

      @Ch4rLz tHa PrInCe Because why should I?

    • @psychedelicpain420
      @psychedelicpain420 Před 2 lety

      @Ch4rLz tHa PrInCe You have problemitos in your head, don't you loco?

  • @niekhaande5486
    @niekhaande5486 Před rokem

    Thnx for the nostalgia trip, quite amazing

  • @Zazazafggt
    @Zazazafggt Před 2 lety

    You got my sub for sea shanty alone, great vids

  • @Conceptcreator
    @Conceptcreator Před 3 lety +885

    so glad that has fallen though. Those "pranks" pfff

    • @aarmy913
      @aarmy913 Před 3 lety +2

      Me too

    • @GunsNRoses1123
      @GunsNRoses1123 Před 3 lety

      Same, honestly good CZcams stopped people from getting super rich from low quality videos like that (though you can still get rich from low quality if people watch).

    • @cheapskateaquatics7103
      @cheapskateaquatics7103 Před 2 lety +9

      It was good until it all became fake and only for reactions. Also glad the whole "social experiment" trend died out too.

    • @stantonclark
      @stantonclark Před 2 lety +5

      @@cheapskateaquatics7103 exactly

    • @azriel1668
      @azriel1668 Před 2 lety +2

      But after that youtube just so boring , with that rich kid vlog like david dobrik that so f boring

  • @thatguy1251
    @thatguy1251 Před 3 lety +188

    It fell because the people who watched these video’s grew up.

    • @thatguy1251
      @thatguy1251 Před 3 lety +21

      @Molaqate Yaran Still, most of these channels were directed to children and they grew up causing them to lose their audience. Around the time all that happened pranking wasn’t the same old 2014-2016 with 2017 a wave of children went to vlogging channels instead of prank channels.

    • @belowthedot8903
      @belowthedot8903 Před 3 lety +6

      Thats pretty much the answer to any now irrelevant CZcamsr/genre from 5 years ago

    • @thatguy1251
      @thatguy1251 Před 3 lety

      @@belowthedot8903 Yep.

    • @miamitten1123
      @miamitten1123 Před 3 lety +3

      @@thatguy1251 also it became criminal and racist and sexist were other reasons.

    • @thatguy1251
      @thatguy1251 Před 3 lety

      @@miamitten1123 Yea.. and most people do that because their fans grew up.

  • @JoeSiris
    @JoeSiris Před rokem

    I was not expecting to see Neg's Urban Sports here. Gonna have to go watch all of those again now.

  • @dacentabaal
    @dacentabaal Před rokem +1

    I love watching the compilation videos of when the pranks so terribly wrong and they get smacked

  • @jeffreytackett3922
    @jeffreytackett3922 Před 2 lety +515

    I remember watching the shampoo on beach showerer's heads prank, a long time ago. Unreal funny. Then it all went to shit.

    • @xxamylgrantxx
      @xxamylgrantxx Před 2 lety +20

      That, the zombie and the end of the world pranks were my favorite

    • @youngdirt2420
      @youngdirt2420 Před 2 lety +3

      my friend did one of the most popular ones ever (+20m) views. even that was fake :/

    • @_murdocsleftpinkietoe
      @_murdocsleftpinkietoe Před 2 lety +8

      That was really funny. Me and my dad lived those videos.

    • @crocsarethepurestformofwea3122
      @crocsarethepurestformofwea3122 Před 2 lety +16

      @@youngdirt2420 Suuuure

    • @alexgrae8226
      @alexgrae8226 Před rokem

      I really love those too. I think the first one I watched was made by a random person. He pulled the prank to his father. It was really funny until fake ones started to do it too.

  • @dieselpatches
    @dieselpatches Před 3 lety +2786

    CZcams pranks gave us H3h3 reaction videos so some good came out that type of content.

  • @TheEarthRealm
    @TheEarthRealm Před rokem +3

    7:35 - Omg, I remember those 'gold digger' videos! 😂😂😂

  • @iambravvo
    @iambravvo Před rokem

    That was epic and bigdawstv never seemed to crazy from when I watched them surprised they were mentioned then I realized they were given shout outs at the end for keeping it real😂

  • @Pyro67152
    @Pyro67152 Před 2 lety +41

    Joey Salads: "...where everybody needed to one-up each other...a gun getting pulled out...getting the cops...getting arrested."
    SunnyV2: "Now, there's no problem with this."

    • @korhol2065
      @korhol2065 Před rokem

      Top ten awkward moments in videos

  • @SmashedBurrito_
    @SmashedBurrito_ Před 3 lety +641

    ThatWasEpic is still pretty entertaining. He’s an amazing person

  • @Boozer13
    @Boozer13 Před rokem

    Bruh, the way u were blazing past those names in the intro made me burst out into the chorus “WE DIDNT START THE FIRE!” Hahaha

  • @agr0nianTV
    @agr0nianTV Před rokem

    7:02 Dude in the background looks like he could be a movie actor
    Very interesting, it's cool that you got one of the top pranksters to join you on this vid 😁

  • @lauradelrey2903
    @lauradelrey2903 Před 2 lety +682

    If you’re hanging around someone who loves watching extreme, violent, mean-spirited pranks, RUN. Anyone who takes pleasure in watching other people get hurt is not someone you want to be around. Soon enough, you’ll be on the receiving end of these “pranks.”

  • @boid9761
    @boid9761 Před 3 lety +123

    Seeing this guy in 2021 feels like watching an outdated piece of media.

  • @jaydolan8278
    @jaydolan8278 Před rokem +1

    At the end of naming the CZcamsrs at the beginning I couldn’t help think “we didn’t start the fire!” After you was done 😂

  • @kaarel545
    @kaarel545 Před rokem

    Appreciate the Runescape music in the background of your videos :D

  • @InsideYourClosetRn69
    @InsideYourClosetRn69 Před 2 lety +115

    Him: **kidnaps friend and tortured his friend for months**
    Also him: It's just a prank bro chill!

    • @buecherrys1939
      @buecherrys1939 Před 2 lety +6

      His friend definitely Has tr@*m@ and Trust issues-
      I hope his friend gets therapy, gets better, and Never meets a guy like his friend.

  • @ElliYeetYT
    @ElliYeetYT Před 3 lety +135

    I’m surprised SunnyV2 didn’t talk about Sam Pepper’s controversial prank videos.

    • @Rico-oz4ct
      @Rico-oz4ct Před 3 lety +18

      Truee wasn't he a big reason why these pranks got a bad image?

    • @monstrosity6738
      @monstrosity6738 Před 3 lety +4

      Probably saving it for later

    • @Rico-oz4ct
      @Rico-oz4ct Před 3 lety +18

      @@KingSpaghetti he kidnapped a friend and staged the execution of another guy in front of the kidnapped guy if I remember correctly. Was probably fake but it was so tasteless he received a huge backlash.

    • @utopia2134
      @utopia2134 Před 3 lety +4

      @@KingSpaghetti and he also started a go fund made for a million dollars for him to remove his channel since he was so hated. Of course nobody was that dumb and nobody gave him shit

  • @iank472
    @iank472 Před rokem

    Oh you sweet, fresh faced child! Prank shows have been around for DECADES! I remember back in the dark, misty past of the late 80s to early 90s the show Beadles About.

  • @seeteasea5497
    @seeteasea5497 Před rokem

    I pretty much missed all this, I remember the prank videos but I just completely dismissed them because they all seemed so fake from the start. I completely missed the prank review stuff, I had no idea it was even a genre or that there was even one prank review video. Shows the power of the algorithm

  • @Metrix2D
    @Metrix2D Před 3 lety +254

    If SunnyV2's channel dies he will probably do a video on it! 🤣

  • @cddevelopment363
    @cddevelopment363 Před 2 lety +317

    Pranks never died... the bar just got higher. VlogCreations is still going strong and their content is very entertaining. I think mainly the pranks that fell from grace were just the ones that were clearing hurting/harming the victims in some way.

    • @rudellius
      @rudellius Před 2 lety +19

      Vlog Creations content is the kind of stuff you could only ever get away with in florida lol

    • @DylanDkoh
      @DylanDkoh Před 2 lety +10

      Nope the bar got lower, VlogCreation literally stopped posting violent, upsetting, and rude pranks when youtube being to stop demonizing violent pranks and change their TOS.
      Now, VlogCreations only posts harmless and kind pranks ever since the monetizations and TOS change and sometimes even pays/tips people for the slightest trouble or inconvenience.
      This is was not the case in the past, if you go digging through some of his old videos you can check it out for yourself.
      Here's some of them:
      czcams.com/video/udUm5Cgrhi8/video.html
      Oh wait he private them, here's one of them I found in my watch history

    • @kasid4759
      @kasid4759 Před rokem +3

      You can clearly see a view curve peaked at 2-3 years ago on that channel before it went down.
      None of this year video came close to breaking 2 M but 2-3 years ago 3 - 4 M vid is pretty common, Therefore “dying”.
      I would personally use the word “decline” since 1M is still a very healthy view count and no where close to being dead.
      the same applied to a lot of these “dying channel” videos sunny does, So presumably his definition of a “dying” channel is different from us and he already knew that.

    • @FuckFascistYouTube
      @FuckFascistYouTube Před rokem

      Aaaaand Cole and Jared are gone now. New crew sucks. Channel will be dead in a year or so

    • @5xmasterx548
      @5xmasterx548 Před rokem +1

      Nelk

  • @RongDMemer
    @RongDMemer Před rokem +1

    I love how joey just talks about it like someone talking about their childhood

  • @Reno420alex
    @Reno420alex Před rokem

    That radar ticket machine video looks pretty dam funny 🤣

  • @mirageops2323
    @mirageops2323 Před 3 lety +56

    When Joey started talking about the prank that popped the bubble I 100% though he meant that one prank where a guy told a gang member “You ready to dye” and the prankster was shot and killed

  • @statisticsisbetter17
    @statisticsisbetter17 Před 3 lety +100

    I love how this guys uses Sea Shanty as background music.
    I am 33 years old and I still play runscape

    • @bawicz0
      @bawicz0 Před 2 lety +2

      I'm 40 and I will live with my mum

    • @Limbbiscuit
      @Limbbiscuit Před 2 lety +2

      Best music on osrs ;)

    • @finished6267
      @finished6267 Před 2 lety +5

      I'm 50 and my kids call me daddy. It's fucking HORRIFYING.

    • @kingofracism
      @kingofracism Před 2 lety +1

      @@finished6267 How the fuck is that horrifying?😂😂😂😂

    • @ThePerfectG
      @ThePerfectG Před 2 lety

      facts

  • @atheg6725
    @atheg6725 Před rokem +2

    This is why Jidion is the Goat of pranks. He Timeless

  • @dominicknatale5866
    @dominicknatale5866 Před rokem

    Ahhhh... sea shanty. The perfect song for every video 💙

  • @TheAmishRifle
    @TheAmishRifle Před 3 lety +100

    Joey Salads - “if you live in today’s society”
    I guess we really do

  • @snapwizaard3609
    @snapwizaard3609 Před 3 lety +242

    And now a young CZcamsr just got killed cause he “pranked” someone by robbing them at knife point..

  • @craighaley1658
    @craighaley1658 Před 2 lety +29

    People who perform pranks on unsuspecting people are pieces of shit. I've never taken any pleasure from laughing at the reaction of someone, who believes themselves to either be in an uncomfortable situation, or in imminent danger. I've always instantly empathised with the victims of these videos. If I were put in their situation, I'd be beyond livid.

  • @eng.ahmedamir7606
    @eng.ahmedamir7606 Před rokem

    My favourite channel was definitely gags 😂🔥
    They knew what pranks are

  • @abhirathod464
    @abhirathod464 Před 3 lety +8

    Your editing skills are amazing! Made it so much more entertaining by not just showing the Joey Salads interview but also other footage + storyline buildup.

  • @Flop_Studios
    @Flop_Studios Před 2 lety +69

    The lifetime of any trend is always fascinating but pranking is one of the most fascinating. I didn't ever really care for pranks in their "prime" but I'm glad for people like Ross/Vlog Creations who still do jokes that are creative but not harmful. Like filling his gas tank with spaghetti-os or putting a gas engine in a tesla.

  • @gordywarin6804
    @gordywarin6804 Před rokem +1

    At 1:55 sea shanty 2 started I knew this shit was about to pop off 🤣🤣🤣💪🏽

  • @Pfuetz4
    @Pfuetz4 Před 2 lety +1

    How Vlog Creations is still vibing and thriving is even more impressive to me now.

  • @nagaykei6611
    @nagaykei6611 Před 2 lety +88

    This was completely nostalgic nonetheless even remembering Ethan or Frank just shitting on em

  • @0111DTheProphet
    @0111DTheProphet Před 2 lety +16

    I’ve been absolutely binge watching you for 4 days straight. Amazing work man, screw terrible humans

  • @blakewaters8195
    @blakewaters8195 Před rokem +2

    I feel so old cuz I was watching these videos from 2015-2017 and now we've got documentaries on them. I will say, the most legendary prankster channel is definitely TopNotchIdiots. They are definitely not faking those and one of them is going to get seriously hurt one day.

  • @DYMABASE
    @DYMABASE Před 14 dny

    I used to watch so many prank videos back in my college years

  • @CJ-xq7wr
    @CJ-xq7wr Před 3 lety +32

    Me: Watches Pranks
    My Recommendations: this video
    *That's what I get.*

  • @organs8917
    @organs8917 Před 2 lety +24

    "and it's mommy make our day" I JUST START BURSTING OUT OF LAUGHTER

  • @SugaryPhoenixxx
    @SugaryPhoenixxx Před 2 lety +6

    I remember one night in ~2014 I clicked on a gold digger prank video that was on my suggested list. It was kind of entertaining so I clicked another one. That one made me laugh so I clicked another one. 5 hours later I had done nothing but watch different prank videos it seems I fell down some sort of rabbit hole.
    I was pretty disturbed that I could waste so much time of my life so I never clicked on another prank video again. But it was that night that I realized how big the "prank" community was on youtube.

  • @tanjiros.udonnoodles
    @tanjiros.udonnoodles Před rokem

    out of all of these “pranks” on vines, thomas sanders was the best honestly. he didn’t do dangerous ones, and the pranks he did were actual pranks. i love him sm and he is so funny 😭

  • @Nextraker
    @Nextraker Před 3 lety +515

    Good thing I’ve only ever done DIY pranking 💪

    • @lilr8642
      @lilr8642 Před 3 lety +19

      Bro you helped me sneak candy into class back in 2018. Og of pranks 🐐

    • @ANormalDoggo
      @ANormalDoggo Před 3 lety +2

      e

    • @_--__-
      @_--__- Před 3 lety +9

      @David Avila Hes still bigger than you

    • @JaidenRMA
      @JaidenRMA Před 3 lety

      @@_--__- OOOOOOOOH

    • @SecretFloatingHeads
      @SecretFloatingHeads Před 3 lety

      @@_--__- And? Even though he has like 2 million subs his latest video has like 40 thousand views, its obviously a lot, but for a 2 million subscriber channel this is pretty pathetic

  • @Tommy_salami69
    @Tommy_salami69 Před 2 lety +80

    It seems like Nelk deserved a bit of observation in this video. Their ascension from being generic pranksters at the tail end of the prankster wave to multimillionaires with a completely unrelated brand to pranking is pretty impressive.

    • @zlw1998
      @zlw1998 Před 2 lety +2

      2016-17 Nelk was top tier, hasn’t been the same since they moved to LA

    • @alexanderbankowski5617
      @alexanderbankowski5617 Před 2 lety +1

      @@zlw1998 forsure, they still get millions of views

  • @taskintarik5835
    @taskintarik5835 Před rokem +1

    Jidion is reviving this genre in another style

  • @botchedoperations3485
    @botchedoperations3485 Před rokem +3

    I am not going to lie, I kind of feel nostalgic and miss that age of CZcams. Now I know there fake. But as a kid, I found them entertaining. I could still watch old vitaly prank videos. But I will not click on the new ones. They don’t feel the same.

  • @HaplessOne
    @HaplessOne Před 3 lety +66

    Man, those classic clips of h3h3 got me in the feels. Sucks that he'll never go back to that. Never thought he would have went from that, to having a podcast segment with trisha peytas...