Remi Gaillard

Below are two clips of Remi Gaillard in action. Gaillard is a French performance artist who rose to fame staging elaborate, high-profile pranks. The first clip is a mash-up of Gaillard performing trick shots in between footage of him posing as a Lorient footballer after the team won the 2002 Coupe de France. During the celebration, but sadly not included in the clip below, Gaillard also met Jacques Chirac and, later, gave a television interview about the victory. Which isn't to insinuate that the following clip isn't worth watching. It certainly is, if only for Gaillard's deft touch and the incongruous AC/DC soundtrack. 

This second clip, though, shows a much more creative use of Gaillard's talents and is, therefore, about a thousand times funnier. In it, Gaillard dresses up as Pac Man and descends, along with his Ghost-clad cohorts, into a local supermarket, a golf course and, later, a pool hall to wreak havoc on his unsuspecting compatriots. Enjoy.

With Friends Like These

I once convinced a bartender to compliment my friend on his new shirt, which he had been bragging about all evening. She went out of her way not only to comment on the shirt but also on how well he filled it out. My friend fell for it, and my other friends and I were pretty pleased with ourselves, although, admittedly, we knew full well that the prank was pretty weak, and more than a little lame. It looks even lamer now after watching this friendly prank from two friends/CollegeHumor.com collegaues, which took place at an arena full of rabid University of Maryland fans, in retaliation for a series of earlier pranks. 

Take a look. 

Remind me never to get on either of these guys' bad sides, and to apologize again to my friend.

(Via With Leather)