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Old 07 April 2007, 08:22 PM
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The College Prank as Viral Video

Thomas Bartlett
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6 April 2007

Type "college prank" into YouTube and you will be greeted with hundreds of videos. Most will be really, really dumb. Many won't even be pranks at all. Some will make you furrow your brow, shake your head, and fear for the future of our country.

But a few of them push the art of the prank to new heights. Being able to share videos online has encouraged the best college pranksters to make their stunts more elaborate. It also allows us to share in their glorious inanity.

A Chronicle employee — OK, fine, it was me — spent hours sifting the semi-funny from the truly idiotic in order to bring you five of the best college prank videos.

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http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=t52cg5dxff6nzqk6z21kt4dcmwp91n1v
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Old 07 April 2007, 09:34 PM
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Lecture Musical is brilliant and drinking time is really funny. The rest though eh.

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Old 08 April 2007, 06:16 AM
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I like college saga better.
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Old 10 April 2007, 04:40 AM
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"Drinkin' time!" is my new battle cry.
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This one really made me laugh. Curse you snopes.com for making me stay up late watching college prank videos!
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Drinking Time was pretty cute. I enjoyed the yellow pages one too, it had a bit more punch than all the stills from the up-side down one. The opening sound one bored me to tears though.
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Old 11 April 2007, 08:00 AM
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I like college saga better.
Wow. This is the best thing I've ever seen. So far, that is.
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