For those of you who haven’t seen the Prank War Videos from College Humor, take a look at our previous post on the subject. Two guys from College Humor (Amir and Streeter) have been engaged in a prank war for the past several years, and each prank gets more and more bold.
This video features Amir getting back at Streeter by scaring the shit out of him during a group skydiving incident. It’s equal parts funny as scary (I would crap my pants if this happened to me).
In the prank, it is staged so that when Streeter pulls the rip cord on his parachute and it comes completely out of the pack. Then he is told that the safety chute won’t handle his weight, so they are going to fall to their death.
Pretty scary scenario if it were real… fortunately, he’s just getting pranked by his buddy.
It’s funny how things come full circle. A few years ago when I was really into MySpace, I was updating my page all the time, adding funny videos, pictures, etc. and constantly changing them. It was basically a way of showing everyone the funny videos that I have seen and writing a 1-2 line comment about them. This is actually where I got the idea for Funny Video Search. I figured that if I could entertain a few friends every week by posting this stuff, I might as well make a site for the masses. Now this site is up, and the only visitors I get are STILL my friends, so I’m not sure that it worked.
With that said, the reason why I say things have come full circle is that on my MySpace page today, there is still a video embedded on there that is from the last time that College Humor posted a prank war… all the way back in 2007. The fact that this video is still prominently displayed on that page shows two things: 1) I don’t care about MySpace anymore and 2) this most recent prank has been years in the making.
The prank on my page features Amir at Yankee Stadium setting up his friend Streeter with a marriage proposal to his girlfriend on the jumbotron. It was really well done and I thought it was absolutely hilarious. It also served as a foray into my daily viewership of College Humor original videos. These videos are short enough to hold my attention, and are very funny. They have become one of the sites that I track regularly for this site as a result.
And this is where things come full circle. I went to their site because of that video. I arguably started THIS site because of that video, and now I am posting the sequel, almost 2 years after the original. I hope that you all can enjoy, becuase this is a great prank!
For this video, Streeter sets up Amir by having a mutual friend take him to a University of Maryland Terrapins basketball game. At that game, they arrange for Amir to take the half court shot for $500,000. Blindfolded!
Without ruining the video for you, I just need to let you know that after Amir is selected, he goes back stage to do paperwork. At that time, Streeter tells the entire crowd the premise behind the prank, and tells them to cheer for Amir no matter what happens. Hilarity ensues.
Congrats to Streeter for finally getting Amir back! Can’t wait to see the next round. Just hope that it comes sooner than later. Hopefully this site will be around too. Otherwise, I will be posting it on my Friendster page!