Redditor Ghost_of_Society wanted to hear about all of the worst ideas for comedy people have witnessed. So they asked everyone:
"What's the cruelest 'prank' you've ever seen?"
The only pranks I've pulled have been prank calls.
You don't know how people will react.
"friends"
Look Around Ok GIF by BounceGiphy"20 years ago, a friend of mine was prank kidnapped on halloween. Driven to a cornfield and left tied up and blindfolded for an hour. Was not funny. The 'friends' that did this actually got some time in prison."
PeeGeePeaKee420
Naked
"One of the guys on my high school track team was pantsed directly in front of the girls from the team. He wasn’t wearing underwear. The person who pantsed him was one of his close friends."
tornadobravo
"Yeah that happened to me when I was a kid. I had enough friends and self esteem that I wasn't devastated, and the girls were all really sweet like 'we didn't really see what happened' but I still never talked to that 'friend' ever again, and was a little traumatized for a while."
Live2ride86
Cruel
"Not so much a prank, but in high school, there was a girl who was apart of the spectrum and she was showing off a dance, and these cheerleaders were clearly laughing at her. The thing is, is that the girl didn’t realize they were making fun of her. They told her to do it again just so they could laugh more."
not7withu
Just like 90%
"I was 14 and going out to eat with my first girlfriend and my mom at Jimboys. Just like 90% of 14 year old males, I suffered from acne pretty bad. We were eating and having a good time and out of nowhere my mom looks to my girlfriend and asks."
"'Do you like popping bumps?'"
"My eyes widened, she knew I horrified by her question. My girlfriend just got quiet and her face went red. She then proceeds to say..."
"'What?!?!? It's not like she can't see them, and you need someone to do something about them.'"
"Then laughed, then got mad no one else thought it was funny and ruined the rest of the evening. I could never understand doing something like that to my child..."
The-DapAttack
Phoney
I Love You Valentine GIFGiphy"A girl wrote an elaborate letter pretending to be another girl in class and handed it to me. I was shocked to receive my first love letter and felt like garbage when I found out it was fake."
chdeal713
How would one think that's funny?
The Switch
oh no wtf GIF by BounceGiphy"I remember seeing a video where they switched the pregnancy test to a fake positive one on their 'friend' struggling with infertility. Messed up."
lydiethesquidie
Just Abuse
"There was that youtube 'family' that was like, 'daddy of five' or something, where one of the kids was literally -abused- constantly. They would do HORRIBLE crap to this boy and then say 'it was a prank for the channel' and he would be absolutely -destroyed- and scream he hated youtube..."
"Anything done as a prank for Youtube? Thats almost as bad as Child Abuse Pranking for Youtube."
rdewalt
The Reveal
"The TV show WB Superstar from the early 2000's. It was a show like American Idol, but they were actually looking for the worst singers. But they told the contestants they were looking for the best singers until the very end of the competition, when they revealed the truth to the winner after their final performance in front of a live audience. Very cruel show."
NerdSandwich
Hang Up
"I have no idea what radio station this was on as I was only a kid, but they used to do prank phone calls. I have little to no recollection of many of them except this one, as even as a kid I could tell it was just wrong."
"The radio host rang up a woman and advised that he was the manager of her husband's company and he was very sorry to tell her that he had been involved in an accident with some heavy machinery and it had resulted in his death."
"As you would expect the woman was beside herself with being told her husband had just died, she was wailing on the phone and the radio host couldn't really get another word in to explain it was a joke, and then they just cut off the phone call and played a song."
"Even as a kid I knew it was a really stupid and cruel idea, and I'm pretty sure that was the last time they did a 'prank' phone call."
kacey_88
Tragedy
Shaking Head Reaction GIF by GIPHY NewsGiphy"A group of 5 boys decided to throw rocks from an overpass at the cars below, one of the rocks ended up going through a car’s windshield and killed the driver. The boys got charged with 2nd degree murder."
noncenuggets450
Can we all agree to pranks are just dangerous?
Enough. And it goes without saying, but please do not try these at home, folks.
***WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SENSITIVE MATERIAL. PROCEED WITH CAUTION!***
I can't think of anything hilarious at the moment. Make us LOL.
Lady
Shocked Oh No GIF by Yêu LuGiphy"I have this friend, love him to bits, but his wife has a tendency of just constantly showing everyone pictures of their son at every social event. At the start it was understandable, but now I'm just like 'Lady, it's been two years; they're not going to find him.'"
UnoriginalUse
at 9am...
"Not the most morbid but I love Anthony Jeselnik’s story about his neighbor who has Alzheimer’s. 'One of my next door neighbors is a 90 year old man suffering from Alzheimer’s. And every single morning at 9am he knocks on my door and asks me if I have seen his wife.'"
"'Which means that every single morning at 9am I have to explain to a 90 year old man suffering from Alzheimer’s that his wife has been dead for quite some time. Now I’ve thought about moving. I have thought about just not answering my door in the morning. But to be honest, it’s worth it… just to see the smile on his face.”
dreagan021
Comedy?
"Why can't orphans play baseball? They don't know where home is."
GW2RNGR
"Why can't orphans play tennis? They get confused when they hear love."
JayDub506
People who make comedy are evil. LOL.
The Darkness
That 70S Show Reaction GIF by LaffGiphy"Dark humor is like food; not everyone gets it."
storm_the_castle
God Laughs?
"A Holocaust survivor dies and goes to heaven, where she meets God. To break the tension she tells God a joke about the Holocaust, but God doesn’t laugh. The lady shrugs and says 'I guess you had to be there.'"
“'I guess you had to be there' is a common expression used when someone doesn’t laugh at a joke. It means that the comedy may not translate without the context of the situation."
"In this case the Holocaust survivor is saying it, meaning that during the Holocaust God was nowhere to be found. It’s not really a joke about the Holocaust, but the absurdity of belief in a benevolent God. Hilarious right?"
semimillennial
Oh Baby
"How many dead babies does it take to fix a light bulb? More than 3 cause my garage is still dark."
sirnibs3
Jumpers
"Four people are on a plane, a British guy, a French guy, a Mexican guy, and a guy from Texas. The plane is about to go down so the pilot tells everyone to grab a parachute and jump. The British guy goes first, grabs a parachute, says 'long live the queen!' And jumps out. The French guy goes next, grabs a parachute, says 'vive la France!' And jumps out. Then the Texan goes next, says 'remember the Alamo!' And throws out the Mexican."
joebannaners
Oh Baby
"How many babies does it take to paint a wall? Depends how hard you throw ‘em."
BibleButterSandwich
"Dead baby jokes are my favorite. What’s funnier than a dead baby? A dead baby dressed as a clown."
InteligentTard
"I hate myself for laughing the way I did. I'm so ashamed."
LiteLit
Frozen
Oh My God Wow GIF by The Roku ChannelGiphy"To necrophiliacs there's nothing better than cracking open a cold one."
Schfifty561
Forest Story
"A stranger brings a person in a dark scary forest."
"-Sir, I'm scared."
"-Imagine me, I'll have to find my way back alone..."
Joyce_Windu
2 Chris'
"What’s the opposite of Christopher Reeve?"
"Christopher Walken."
About2Time
"I googled sick jokes one day and that was the first result. Savage."
Epatubiq
AHHHH!!
"What's the difference between a baby and a bag of coke?"
"Eric Clapton would pay enough attention for the bag of coke to not drop out of a window."
UnoriginalUse
"That’s Dark Dark."
Raichu-R-Ken
World Issues
"Why did the Ethiopian put up a clothesline?"
"So the children can play in the shade."
"How do you recognize a wealthy Ethiopian?"
"Rolex round the waist."
CropCircle77
Cheers?
"What was Bin Laden's favorite drink."
"A double Manhattan."
itamarka
"I always heard 'two kamikaze shots followed by a manhattan.'"
baf6
Oh no.
Frustrated Gecko GIFGiphy"They say there's safety in numbers... try telling that to 6 million Jews."
alan2998
Passengers
"I want to die like my granddad, while sleeping. Not like the two people screaming in his car."
VulgarVinyasa
"I've always heard this one as: I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandad. Not screaming for my life, like the passengers on his bus."
djAMPnz
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Because I don't know what it says about us as people if we laugh. Oye.
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I don't have anything off the top of my head. Help!
The waiter replies...
Big Brother Reaction GIF by MOODMANGiphy"Jean-Paul Sartre sits down in a cafe. The waiter comes over and Sartre says 'I'd like a cup of coffee with no cream, please.' The waiter replies, 'I'm sorry, monsieur, but we are out of cream. How about a cup of coffee with no milk?'"
DiogenesCantPlay
Oh the Farmer...
"A farmer challenges an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to fence off the largest amount of area using the least amount of fence. The engineer makes his fence in a circle and said it is the most efficient. The physicist makes a long line and says that the length is infinite, and that fencing half of the Earth is the best."
"The mathematician thinks for a minute, then constructs a tiny fence around himself and says 'I declare myself to be outside of the fence.'"
binglebongled
Infinite
"An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one asks for a beer. The second one asks for half a beer. The third one asks for 1/4 of a beer. Before the next one can open his mouth, the bartender pours two beers and walks away."
diamond
Fire Breaks Out
"A physicist, an engineer, and a mathematician or going on a trip. They go to a hotel and each get separate rooms. The mathematician can’t sleep and is looking out his window at the other two rooms. Suddenly a fire breaks out in the chemists room!"
"The smoke alarm wakes him, he sees the fire and he thinks about the chemical reactions at play. Knowing the reaction needs air he throws a blanket over the fire and puts it out. The mathematician is relieved. Suddenly, another fire breaks out but in the engineer’s room! The engineer is awoken and thinks about the proper way to handle it."
"He finds the correct fire extinguisher and correctly uses it to put out the fire. Again, the mathematician is relieved. The mathematician is tired and about to go to bed when all of a sudden a fire breaks out in his own room! Knowing that there are multiple solutions to the problem, the mathematician feels at ease and goes to bed."
latinomartino
Old Pavie...
Well Done Applause GIF by MOODMANGiphy"Here's an old one..."
"Pavlov was at the pub having a drink. A bell rang. Wide-eyed and alarmed, Pavlov stood up and exclaimed, 'Oh crap, I forgot to feed the dogs!'"
impolite_zebra
Pavlov never gets old. And dogs are always funny.
Eww...
Disgusted Steve Carell GIFGiphy"Some Germans are out drinking one night. As they’re walking home, one can’t hold it anymore and starts peeing on a tree."
"A woman walks by and says, 'gross!'"
"The guy says thank you."
K8isEnough
Werner
"While out driving, Werner Heisenberg is pulled over by the police for speeding. The cop says 'Do you know how fast you were going when I pulled you over?'"
"Werner replies 'No, but I know exactly where I was.'"
"The cop says 'You were driving 90 miles an hour.'"
"Werner replies 'Oh great! now we're lost!'"
proximalfunk
Time passes...
"A physicist, a biologist and a mathematician are sitting in a street café watching people entering and leaving the house on the other side of the street. First they see two people entering the house. Time passes. After a while they notice three people leaving the house. The physicist says, 'The measurement wasn't accurate.' The biologist says, 'They must have reproduced.' The mathematician says, 'If one more person enters the house then it will be empty.'"
damargemirad
Peanuts
"I got so drunk in the bar last night things started talking to me. The peanuts said I was lovely and then the cigarette machine called me a prick. I asked the barman what's going on? He said the peanuts were complimentary and the cigarette machine was out of order."
chillywilly00
Words
Golden Girls Lol GIF by HULUGiphy"I have the world's worst thesaurus. Not only is it terrible, it's terrible."
demanbmore
much less seven...
"An engineer and a mathematician attend a lecture on advanced physics. As the lecture goes on, the mathematician smiles and nods and the engineer becomes more and more agitated. The mathematician notices the engineer’s consternation and asks what’s wrong."
“'I just don’t understand how you can follow along while the lecturer blathers on about seven dimensional space. I have trouble imagining more than three, much less seven.'” The mathematician replies, “'Well it’s really easy. Just imagine an n-dimensional space and let n equal 7.'”
Spacewolf1
We got it!
"A physicist, a biologist and a statistician go hunting and as they are hiding in the bushes they see a deer 70 feet ahead of them. The physicist makes some calculations, aims and fires at the deer. His shot ends up five feet to the left of his target. The biologist analyzes the deer's movement, aims and fires. His shot ends up five feet to the right of the deer. The statistician shouts, 'We got it!'"
themattboard
Yell Back
"Guy yells to a stranger across the river, 'I need to get to the other side.' Stranger yells back... 'You are on the other side.'"
thestonez
"Similarly, if a stranger mistakes you for someone they know and say 'Oh, I thought you were someone else' the best reply is 'I am.'"
LazyDynamite
"My name's River and boy do I wish people would stop yelling at me!"
ReviLogic
Type of?
rabbit playing GIFGiphy"A monk, a priest and a rabbit walk into a blood bank. The attendant asks if they know their blood type. The rabbit looks at the other two and answers first, 'I’m probably a type-o.'"
eadgster
Newton
"Einstein, Heisenberg, Pascal and Newton are playing hide and seek. Einstein covers his eyes and begins counting. While Heisenberg and Pascal run off and hide, Newton takes out some chalk and marks a square on the ground with a side length of exactly 1 meter, then sits down inside the square."
"When Einstein is finished counting and sees Newton sitting on the ground, he yells, 'Ha, I've found you, Newton!' Newton however replies, 'No you haven't! You've found Pascal!' And where's Heisenberg? We don't know."
iamtheoneorgasmatron
Infinite
"An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second one orders half a beer. The third one orders one fourth of a beer. The fourth one orders one eight of a beer. Then the barman snaps and says 'okay, I see how it is! Here's two beers; you split them and leave me out of this!'"
MegawackyMax
Lessons in School
"When I was at school we were given lessons on how not to be racist, the teacher stood me up and said 'now, I want you to use the words 'Foreigner' and 'contagious' in the same sentence without being racist.' For a moment I pondered and replied 'My neighbor's a foreigner, he's trying to paint his house but he's only got a 2-inch brush, it's going to take the contagious.'"
Fuzzwuzzle2
He orders one beer...
"A beta tester walks into a bar. Jumps into a bar. Runs into a bar. Flies into a bar. Crawls into a bar. Rolls into a bar. Teleports into a bar. He orders one beer. Two beers. Three beers. Zero beers. Minus one beers. One million beers. He leaves the bar through the door. Through the window. Through the wall. Through the ceiling. Through the floor. Another man walks into the bar and it breaks."
Macaroni-N-Beans
Perfect Landing
Channel 9 Reaction GIF by Married At First SightGiphy"Ok, so a physicist, an engineer, and a statistician are out golfing. The physicist does some calculations, hits the ball, and lands three feet short of the hole. The engineer takes the physicist's calculations, adds a fudge factor for drag, hits the ball, and lands three feet long off the hole. The statistician yells 'HOLE IN ONE!'"
Robbylution
A good working with words is always a smart choice.
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Redditor Jessimania92 asked:
"What movie scene never fails to make you bust out laughing?"
Emperor's New Groove
"Kronk doing his own theme music."
- deanykg
"This, and also Yzma as a cat falling, hitting the trampoline, and evil laughing her way back up."
- theevilgiraffe
"Wrong lever!"
- Riganthor
GiphyTommy Boy
"The scene where he's pitching Callaghan brake pads to a potential client and the clients toy model cars end up on fire....'all because you wanted to save a couple of extra pennies'."
- kaydub12
GiphyGalaxy Quest
"Hey, don't open that! It's an alien planet! Is there AIR? You don't know!"
- Number127
"I'm not even supposed to be here. I'm just 'Crewman Number Six'. I'm expendable. I'm the guy in the episode who dies to prove how serious the situation is."
- Girl-Jacrispy
"By Grabthar's hammer......(contemplates life choices)........ what a savings."
- moistie
GiphyTropic Thunder
"Tom Cruise yelling at that guy in Tropic Thunder."
- CnelAurelianoBuendia
"Then after he goes off on them with the epic rant and hangs up - 'Could you uh, find out who that was'."
- NateDogTX
"The scenes with him killed me. I f'king love that he hangs up, everyone in the room seems a little nervous, and after a moment of silence he declares 'We don't negotiate with terrorists'. Everyone starts clapping."
- xRocketman52x
GiphyCool Runnings
"Ey sanka, ya ded?"
"Ya man."
- 77happytrigger77
"The scene that gets me is when he exits the airport, only to turn right back and dress in everything inside his bag, including the bag."
- RoVeR199809
GiphyThis Is The End
"I always crack up at the part when Jonah Hill gets an exorcism."
“The Power of Christ compels you...”
"And Jonah Hill says 'Does it Jay? Does the power of Christ compel me?'”
- deansn8keshofosho
"'Guess what? It's not that compelling'."
- Spookyfan2
jonah hill GIFGiphyLoki, Loki, Loki
"The scene when Thor explains the snake story and everyone looks at Loki had me cracking so hard in Thor Ragnarok."
- X_HANEEF_X
"Loki’s face after the story is told.. always makes me giggle."
- decadentdarkness
"It's not at all a serious movie, but Thor Ragnarok is probably my favourite Marvel movie. Just wall to wall stupid memeable fun."
- 6432987012
"The one really memorable scene from The Dark World was Loki imitating Captain America. It’s f'king brilliant."
- Karnakite
GiphyDrop Dead Fred
"The dinner scene in Drop Dead Fred."
- Almyra_Raven
"I always bust out laughing when she's on the houseboat and Drop Dead Fred jumps out of nowhere and yells 'PIRATES!'"
"Also, 'wow! Cobwebs!'"
- mypal_footfoot
GiphyBlazing Saddles
"Blazing Saddles: Sheriff Bart's arrival in Rock Ridge."
- JohnRandolph
"Tollbooth scene for me..."
"The Petomane Thruway?! Now, what’ll that a**hole think of next….Somebody’s gotta go back an’ get a sh*tload of dimes.”
‐ _Poppagiorgio_
"'Where the White women at' is one of my all time favorite movie lines. That had to be Richard Pryor writing that line."
"What did you expect? 'Welcome, sonny?' 'Make yourself at home?' 'Marry my daughter?' You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the New West."
"You know..."
"...morons."
- Arch27
"I've read that the 'moron' line was ad-libbed by Gene Wilder, and Cleavon Little's response is genuine."
"Such an amazing movie."
- vantuckymyfoot
GiphyGuardians of the Galaxy
“Where is Gamora?”
“Yeah I’ll do you one better: who is Gamora?”
“I’ll do you one better: why is Gamora?”
- Aggravating_Egg_143
GiphyMonty Python And The Holy Grail
"In Monty Python and the Holy Grail. When Lancelot is running towards the castle, dramatic music playing in the background, he doesn’t gain any ground but continues to run swiftly until suddenly he’s amongst the wedding guests, flaying about him with his trustee sword, slaughtering indiscriminately."
- Joham22
"Same movie but the whole scene where the dad is telling his son he has to marry the princess. The real estate discussion, the singing, the guards, it’s all great!"
- ReadinII
"Son one day all this will be yours!"
"What the curtains?"
- Arampantrhino
"I fart in your general direction."
- StripperThatReads
"Your mother was a hamster!"
- FairyRabbit
"And your father smelt of elderberries."
- Pacific9
"SHE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT!"
"A newt?"
"...I got better."
- LandauTST
"There's so many different kinds of jokes in that movie and none of them fall flat. It's quite astonishing."
- Meese46290
GiphyBruce Almighty
"When Jim carry makes Steve Carrell speak gibberish on the news in Bruce Almighty."
- karmaredemption
"Yess! Especially with the butt rip in the end."
‐ jessness024
"Steve Carell is a very talented comedic actor. I read somewhere that he got the role of Evan Baxter in this movie because of all the people they auditioned he could do this scene the best without breaking character."
- VeryDPP
GiphyPrincess Bride
"The scene in the Princess Bride where Wesley says 'the rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist' then immediately gets rocked by a ROUS."
- liladey
"Let me esplain..."
"No... there is too much. Let me sum up."
- Bgrum
"You seem like a decent fellow. I hate to have to kill you."
"You seem like a decent fellow. I hate to have to die."
- Small_Time_Charlie
"André The Giant (Fezzik) rhyming every line: 'Anybody want a peanut?"
- random1029384
"I know it's a cliche but the 'AS YOU WISH' while rolling downhill always does it for me."
"Also most scenes where Westley can't move his body."
"Also the whole movie."
- SweetRollsForever
GiphyClue
"Clue….At the end…'I’m going to go home and sleep with my wife'."
- bobcat73
"That whole movie is gold. I love the part when they argue about how many bullets are left in the revolver."
- zisnotabird
"I'M NOT SHOUTING"
"OK"
"I'M SHOUTING I'M SHOUTING I'M SHOUTING"
- Azsunyx
GiphyRobin Hood: Men in Tights
"Robin Hood: Men in Tights"
"When the blind dude, Blinken, is on the toilet with a Playboy."
- skm7430
"Ay Blinken just liked reading the articles."
- Ultimateace43
"Did you say Abe Lincoln?"
- Chickan_Good
GiphyThe Other Guys
"The Other Guys has a lot of great scenes but when the first set of guys jump off the building gets me."
- Lovelyladykaty
"For me, it’s any scene with Captain Gene. Specifically when he is working the Bed Bath and Beyond job talking about their serial rapist in Crown Heights."
"'That’s from my other job. Ignore that. Forget that. Well don’t ignore it if you live in Crown Heights. Walk in pairs'."
- RoseIsGolden
"For me when they get the last part of those other 2 cops conversation, 'I woke up, took the belt off my neck, got in my car and got outta there, thought I'd have to shoot my way out. But what you gonna do though—Bar Mitzvahs'."
- Ok-Bullfrog-3010
GiphyNapoleon Dynamite
"When Uncle Rico throws a steak at Napoleon’s face while he’s riding a bike."
- scaryboilednoodles
"Rex Kwon Do always does it for me."
"Grab my arm. Other arm. My other arm."
- TheNateRoss
"For me it's the driving over the tupperware scene."
- oxalis_rex1
"I remember watching this first time in the theaters not having any idea what the movie was about at all."
"Him throwing that steak made me laugh so hard I almost fell out of the chair. One of the best movie experiences of my life."
- johnnyutah30
GiphyDeadpool 2
"Deadpool 2 Shirtc*cking scene. I am smiling just thinking of it."
- walk_through_this
"When they talk about Russell's prison wallet is what always gets me."
- NorthMurph
"Xavier and company in the room and Beast silently closes the door behind Deadpool’s back in the Mansion."
- PaigeOrion
GiphyAirplane
"The coffee scene in Airplane (I take my coffee like my men)."
"The whole Airplane movie."
- DrPhollox
"Nervous?
"Yes, very."
"First time?"
"No I’ve been nervous lots of times."
- Bashmore83
"This woman has to be gotten to a hospital."
"A hospital? What is it?"
"It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."
- Wheelazor
"What do you make of this?"
"Well I could make a hat, or a broach, or a pterodactyl..."
- ReallyHadToFixThat
"Leslie Nielsen was the god of flawless deadpan delivery."
“We're sorry to bother you at such a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn't dead then.”
- Karnakite
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