dont try to prank me or uou will get pranked back

Even the third party observers, watching from our TVs, only know it’s a prank if told ahead of time, otherwise there’s no distinction between what we are watching and an actual traffic stop or Subway security camera footage.Īlong with being corny as hell, the themes that pop up ever so frequently on these shows are rightly problematic in a way I can’t imagine flying in 2020 and beyond. Elsewhere in the comedy world, that’s on par with a comedian having to explain why their joke is funny, and if you have to do that you’ve failed. Once the prankster announces their true intentions, then and only then is it funny. Their targets, the live audience, are not allowed in on the joke until after the big reveal.

Unlike stand-up, roasts, improv, sitcoms, and movies, pranks do not acquire the audience’s consent first. What is a prank but just a lie? Whether it’s pretending to do something unpleasant or pretending to be someone you’re not, it is completely indistinguishable between farce and fact to the pankee (sometimes done to elicit terror rather than amuse like on Scare Tactics).

As we look into what we do and don’t need in a post-COVID world, surely we can let the terrible genre of prank comedy die along with business formal dress codes and millionaire celebrities getting nude for votes. Disastrous casting aside, the lowest form of comedy are pranks. In the dodged bullet of the year, Netflix announced they were scrapping an upcoming prank show starring-wait for it-comedians Bryan Callen and Chris D’Elia, both of whom have been accused of sexual assault.

Dont try to prank me or uou will get pranked back