Mean TV Prank



I love Japanese prank shows because they can get away with a lot more than is allowed on American TV. They walk a precarious line between hilarity and cruelty and occasionally things get ugly. I think that when people start developing PTSD it might have been taken a smidge too far.

23 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 6:16 AM

    oooooh my lordy, that poor guy looked like he had lost his frickin mind

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  2. AnonymousApril 11, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    panic face
    the shown really lives to its name

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  3. Chowder138April 20, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    did they just SHOOT them?!?!? PLEASE tell me those weren't real bullets!!!!

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  4. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    Impossibru!

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  5. AnonymousMay 31, 2011 at 3:21 PM

    dude, America has scare tactics. This isn't any worse.

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  6. AnonymousMay 31, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    I feel very bad about myself for laughing so hard. I guess we are all a little mean in our hearts...

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  7. jmalmstenJune 1, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    chowder... they're called "squibs" ;)

    Now he's going to need therapy a few years from now.

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  8. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 6:02 AM

    Chowder138: its wasnt real bullets, its small exploding sacks, taped to their skin underneith their clothes. common in action movies.

    bloody hell though, i bet that guy is scarred for life!

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  9. AnonymousJune 5, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    I seem to remember Derren Brown doing something similarly terrible to this, on British TV, involving hypnotism and zombies. Fun times.

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  10. AnonymousJune 8, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    lol, when I first saw this I thought of the Derren Brown zombie episode too. Shame I can't find a decent version online it was bloody great.

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  11. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 5:35 AM

    but this is real and all other shows are setup Derren Brown 100% fake maybe 1 or 2 scare tactics are real

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  12. AnonymousJune 17, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    lmmfao i wish they had this in america cause scare tactics will never get that good!
    and he will most definitely need therapy after that.

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  13. TallerJune 18, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    древнейший баян

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  14. AnonymousJune 19, 2011 at 4:37 AM

    @Anonymous Too risky, though. If you had this in america the tricked person would pull out his own gun and start shooting.

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  15. AnonymousJune 29, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    this gotta be fake

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  16. AnonymousAugust 20, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    I don't know. I think this video is REAL. Yep, I said it.

    Why?

    First off, he's a TV show celebrity (and in Japan they tend to be a bit girly, without showing it-- mostly the older men). So he wouldn't exactly stand up for himself! Especially if his life is on the line and nobody is watching (nobody sees, no embarrassment).

    Second, it's just a video. If it's fake (which I doubt), it was entertaining. Youtube video's job accomplished.

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  17. AnonymousAugust 25, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    In America we'd pull out a gun? Stop judging us by what you watch on TV!

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  18. AnonymousAugust 27, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    id pull my own gun, nuff said

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  19. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    Most people getting pranked on TV are comedians. In Japanese TV industry it is considered acceptable to pull some cruel/hilarious pranks on younger comedians. Senior comedians rarely receives such treatment although they went through it when they were younger. The people love it too. And yes... its all real... I grew up watching these shows since i was a kid.

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  20. AnonymousAugust 31, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Matter of time before someone bitch slaps them with a lawsuit?

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  21. Matt H.September 19, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    OMG WHY THE HELL CAN I NOT STOP LAUGHING, DID I FIND THIS THAT FREAKING FUNNY???

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  22. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    ; n ;

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  23. AnonymousNovember 24, 2012 at 7:52 PM

    IMPOSSIBRU!!!

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