You may or may not have seen this video; it is, as they say, burning up the Internets. Anyway, it's a segment from a Japanese hidden-camera show called "Panic Face King," the goal of which is to elicit a grimace of panic on the face on an unsuspecting participant. In any case, this gentleman, apparently convinced that he is part of a documentary about telephone scammers, is swiftly convinced that the room has come under attack by sniper fire. And the chortling ensues. While it is probably pretty easy to get judgey about the whole thing, I can't say I didn't laugh myself. But in horror. In horror!
Bitches! Panic Face King was to have been the title of my memoirs...
Stay tuned for "Stanford Prison Experiment Face King" followed by "Milgram Experiment Face King" at 11!
This is almost as funny as that prank where we made people think they were drowning, but they really weren't. What was that prank called again? Oh yeah, waterboarding! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!
The subtitles really help make the whole thing easier to understand.
For example, toward the end: 自分ã§汚れã¦ã„るï¼Âã©ã®よã†ã«æÂ¥ãšã‹ãÂ-ã„。means "I have soiled myself! How embarrassing."
No, the greatest prank ever was when we spent the 1980s thinking this group of betas and bozos was going to take over the world and plant a Rising Sun banner on Rockefeller Center.
Aho Aho Man! This makes me nostalgic the (comparatively) tame humor of "Downtown."
How is it that Japanese game shows (would this even be considered a game show?) haven't had a Jenny Jones Situation yet?
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(*"You will have nightmares for weeks, due to post-traumatic stress syndrome. However, we will give you free counseling!")
They really like their secret ingredients, huh?
The poor victim looks like an advanced Honda android robot using Nu-Skin technology.
Or a burn victim.
Plus, how much gun violence IS there in Japan that he knows to hit the floor promptly?
Being raised in several large crime-ridden cities, I know to hit the decks as soon as I hear gun play, but, I thought guns were rare in Japan.
Cruelly, I wonder if that panic face available in masks? I would love to be that guy for Halloween!
hate, hate, hate, hate this. totally fucking unacceptable
He should have just reached into his purse & pulled out his 9mm and... oh, nevermind.