Who got punk'd?

October 11, 2005 6:31 AM

We've discussed the Ashton Kutcher's voicemail problems, though many Mefites quickly caught on that it was fake. The media, it seems, wasn't so smart. The whole thing, it turns out, was an elaborate stunt created by the same guy who gave us The Credit Card Prank. It was the media and the people leaving the voicemails who ultimately got punk'd, but in the end, Ashton surrendered anyway. It's quite possible that by making this post I'm the most punk'd of all. I no longer know what's real and what's fake.
posted by bondcliff (35 comments total)

Computer Steeeeeeeeeeew. Me and you.
posted by bugmuncher at 6:47 AM on October 11, 2005

When did 'making people look stupid' become 'entertainment' ?
posted by mikeinclifton at 6:48 AM on October 11, 2005

Was there ever a time it wasn't?
posted by odinsdream at 6:50 AM on October 11, 2005

What's "real" is the synthesis of all possible points of view.
posted by kuatto at 6:58 AM on October 11, 2005

When did 'making people look stupid' become 'entertainment'

Dates back to the stone ages, doesn't it?
posted by dhoyt at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2005

re: the 'zug' site, kind of lame how he repeatedly tries to pimp his book, 'wanna know why I'm sooo cool? Buy my book! '
Dimwits pulling pranks on dimwits, and bragging about it.
posted by signal at 7:10 AM on October 11, 2005

bondcliff posted 'no longer know what's real and what's fake.'

Easy: it's all fake.
posted by signal at 7:11 AM on October 11, 2005

When did 'making people look stupid' become 'entertainment'

Dates back to the stone ages, doesn't it?

Yes, but I do believe Monica Lewinsky brought it back in style...
posted by any major dude at 7:18 AM on October 11, 2005

Who are those people and why would anyone make an FPP about them here?
posted by davy at 7:19 AM on October 11, 2005

They didn't punk Ashton Kutcher, unless they got him to believe that they really hacked his phone. I mean, that boy is stupid, but he's not that stupid.

Is he?
posted by 23skidoo at 7:20 AM on October 11, 2005

Yes, but I do believe Monica Lewinsky brought it back in style...

Heheh. Nice to see Jay Leno's joke writer was able to finally join us here in teh blue.

I feel your pain Bondcliff. Unless I see it with my own eyes, it's not real. At least this week.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:30 AM on October 11, 2005

Yes, but I do believe Monica Lewinsky brought it back in style...

What? No mention of Springer's influence?
posted by NationalKato at 7:32 AM on October 11, 2005

It's things like this (and everything else "Ashton" does) that makes me reluctant to disclose that I grew up near him and I know his parents.

I'd rather promote the fact that I used to play D&D with the Livingston brothers (John and Ron) and that we used to do community theater together. My wife was also an acting coach for kids for a particular modeling agent that later stuck one of her star students in my wife's little class.

There, I think I've redeemed myself. Oh, yea, and Terry Ferrell did a lot of cocaine in high school.
posted by thanotopsis at 7:41 AM on October 11, 2005

thanotopsis writes 'that makes me reluctant to disclose that I grew up near him'

Seems more like it makes you itch to 'disclose' it. Any other names you forgot to drop?
posted by signal at 7:46 AM on October 11, 2005

Seems more like it makes you itch to 'disclose' it.

As I mentioned, I don't like to drop his name. It paints a bad light on that area of the country. Particularly when he's seen wearing that stupid trucker hat.

Any other names you forgot to drop?

I'm sure there are. Last month I met Bradley Whitford. Does that count?
posted by thanotopsis at 7:54 AM on October 11, 2005

You know thanotopsis, you say you were hanging out with Ron and John Livingston yet knew Terry Ferrell in high school, something just doesn't seem right. Either you actually were in high school with Ferrell and hanging out with kids much younger than yourself or you were younger than Ferrell and only promoting hearsay.
posted by Pollomacho at 7:58 AM on October 11, 2005

Computer Stew rocked. I miss that show...
posted by AspectRatio at 8:00 AM on October 11, 2005

HOLY shit, step 6 - book deal?
posted by Peter H at 8:00 AM on October 11, 2005

Congrats to the guy behind this - I particularly liked his reasoning, "I especially wanted to prove most morning DJs stole their material from Fark.
posted by Peter H at 8:03 AM on October 11, 2005

I no longer know what's real and what's fake.

a sure sign we are past the singularity.
posted by 3.2.3 at 8:09 AM on October 11, 2005

Man, I totally read "Perry Farrell" did a lot of coke, and I was like "Yeah? And?". But then I found out it was that chick from DS9.
posted by antifuse at 8:16 AM on October 11, 2005

I believe it was Baudrillard who said, "Ashton Kutcher getting punk'd didn't happen."
posted by papakwanz at 8:42 AM on October 11, 2005

Either you actually were in high school with Ferrell and hanging out with kids much younger than yourself or you were younger than Ferrell and only promoting hearsay.

No, my wife, who is 3 years older than I, went to high school with her. I didn't attend that particular high school.
posted by thanotopsis at 9:10 AM on October 11, 2005

I once saw Gary Busey eating pancakes. Don't you wish you were me?
posted by gigawhat? at 9:29 AM on October 11, 2005

Hugh Grant touched my boobs once as he squeezed past me at a bar - am I cool?
posted by tristeza at 9:44 AM on October 11, 2005

I rode in an elevator with Tony Randall. I am too cool for school.
posted by crunchland at 9:48 AM on October 11, 2005

Four sentences per slow-loading page is not acceptable web behavior. Please chastise.
posted by nobody at 10:26 AM on October 11, 2005

zug.com needs a new server something awful. Maybe with this new book deal he can finally afford one, and then I can actually access his site and see ads for his book. I can only dream, I guess.
posted by ChasFile at 11:27 AM on October 11, 2005

So when is his celeb sex tape going to be 'accidentally' released?
posted by Smedleyman at 1:00 PM on October 11, 2005

At my brother's wedding I sat at the same table as Hugh Grant's PA.

You're right, you are not worthy.
posted by Sparx at 2:03 PM on October 11, 2005

Paul Linde chased my mother and I through the Miami airport and later through O'Hare airport. (She had that ethnic 'diva' look so favored by female impersonators). We had to get a cop to get him off us.

Do I win? Can I touch tristeza's boobs?
posted by Smedleyman at 3:05 PM on October 11, 2005

Yes. Yes, you can.
posted by tristeza at 3:46 PM on October 11, 2005

I touched John Hargrave's boobs.
posted by bugmuncher at 5:53 PM on October 11, 2005

Sweet Jesus, I miss Joey Skaggs.
posted by dhartung at 8:36 PM on October 11, 2005

Olivia Newton-John once hocked a loogie in my Cream Of Wheat.
posted by swell at 8:54 PM on October 11, 2005