Half Court Shot Prank Goes Horribly Right A comedy article
by Johnny Plankton 754 5 01/28/2010 09:52 AM 2861 views
Some guys have all the luck.
While the dictionary defines serendipity as "The phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for," my grandmother said it better: "Sometimes you step in dog crap and come up smelling like a rose."
Which is precisely what Kansas high school seniors Brad Keepes and Matt Sinclair did when they parlayed the initial panic of a prank gone disastrously wrong into Final Four Tickets for their (now) favorite teacher, an appearance on Good Morning America -- and maybe a date with some grateful cheerleaders, if they play their cards right.
Coach poses in front of excellent cheerleaders on GMA
Taking a page from the playbook of master prankster Streeter Seidell, who orchestrated the famous Half-Court Basketball Shot prank, the lads decided to punk the girls' basketball coach Joel Branstrom by promising him Final Four tickets if he sunk a half court basketball shot -- blindfolded.
The idea was to get the entire student body to cheer wildly, as if he'd actually made the shot -- then reveal it was all a prank. What they didn't count on was that he might actually make the shot.
The novice pranksters watched in horror as the ball swished through the net.
"I didn't believe it. I just put the microphone down, and walked out of the gym," said Keepes, who was interviewed with his cohort exclusively by ZUG at their spirit and leadership class, Raven Flight Corps. His partner was equally shocked. "That wasn't supposed to happen," thought Sinclair as the shot went through, and he stepped back and sunk to the floor in shock.
You would too, if you had promised a pair of highly prized tickets to the NCCA Men's Basketball Final Four to your teacher, but only had a gift certificate to Chipotle as a prize. It's kind of like being promised a date with Megan Fox [Exhibit 1], and ending up with Doris Roberts [Exhibit 2].
Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2.
But then the Gods of Good Fortune smiled upon the boys, and not only did they get off the hook, they became veritable lamp genies, bestowing the Kansas town with more good stuff than the Wizard of Oz.
After the schools' crack video team posted The Shot on YouTube, it got picked up by ESPN as the network's "Play of the Day." This started off a media frenzy, with Coach, pranksters Keepes and Sinclair, and cheerleaders appearing on Good Morning America, The Early Show and the BBC. Coach Branstrom scored (well-deserved, c'mon, the guy wore a pink breast cancer awareness T-shirt on GMA) Final Four tickets for his whole family, plus accommodations, through anonymous donors. And Keepes already has a cheerleader girlfriend. Sinclair admits he is "struggling" to get a cheerleader date, but with the roll he's on, he'll probably date the whole squad.
Asked by ZUG if they selected the girls' coach hoping that he would shoot like a girl, the pranksters admitted that they knew he played for the '97 Kansas Elite Eight team. Silly, silly, LUCKY boys!
Keepes, who was interviewed with his cohort exclusively by ZUG (...) This started off a media frenzy, with Coach, pranksters Keepes and Sinclair, and cheerleaders appearing on Good Morning America, The Early Show and the BBC
I don't think the word "exclusively" means what the people of ZUG think it means.
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