Top 3 Most Viewed YouTube Pranks Of All Time A comedy article
by Daniel R Deakin 903 14 02/18/2010 02:43 PM 4739 views
YouTube is fantastic. Where else can you watch a 50-year-old man pretending he is Britney Spears, Britney Spears pretending she is a 50-year-old man, and a dog driving a car, all in one place? Of course, YouTube has an unbelievable amount of crap -- so much that finding a decent video clip can be quite a challenge. Consider that 131 million people voted in the 2008 American Presidential election, but 161 million people have watched the video of a baby biting a kid's finger. Just making a point.
So like all good beauty pageants, the Top 3 Most Viewed Pranks on YouTube, in reverse order, are:
3. Anal Probe THIS
Some of the most-viewed pranks on YouTube are really "non-pranks" that for some reason have the word "prank" in the description. This one is tough to classify -- it's a prank, sure, but technically a prank on the viewer. Matt and Rob have a friend, Chad, who hates aliens. A lot. After pranking him repeatedly with alien costumes -- including one prank in the shower, where they also nail him in the head with an ironing board -- Chad gets his revenge.
Over 13 million viewers, and rated 5 out of 5 stars? This proves one thing: people want to see more aliens getting punched in the face.
2. Not Very Funny Skunk Scares Fully Grown Men
The second most-viewed prank on YouTube is a guy holding a stick with a fake skunk skewered onto the end of it. He attacks a park bench, looking to sniff trousers, steal bags, bite ankles. It's a safe, PG-rated prank. So why is it so popular? Well, the video is described as "The Funniest Prank in History", but unfortunately for the poster, it isn't. Internet marketers, they do love their hyperboles.
Nearly 20 million viewers (at time of writing). 19,999,500 disappointed viewers, and 500 who thought it was a different type of skunk.
On a related note, the actual funniest prank in history was when Cleopatra told her handmaidens she wanted an axe. Oh, how they giggled when they handed her an asp! They knew the poor girl was terrified of snakes.
1. Sex Sells Everything, Including Pranks
The winner. The most-viewed prank clip on YouTube. With a massive 34 million views and counting, this prank naturally involves a sexy woman and a group of dirty men. In reality, there is no better combination for a prank. It is a proven fact that in the face of a sexy woman, a man will switch his brain off and gibber like a baboon. A short skirt and a short ladder combine to make a classic prank masterpiece.
Thirty-four million people viewed that prank on YouTube ... or was it thirty-four teenage boys watching it one million times each? This prank works because it relies on the fact that all men in the world will help a pretty lady in a short skirt go up a ladder. Never in all of humanity has peripheral vision been so necessary.
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