Note to self: Don’t be a douchey drunk driver if you’re friends with a notorious YouTube prankster.
(Also – just don’t be a douchey drunk driver full stop. Obvs.)
Tom Mabe is known for his popular and elaborate pranks on YouTube. His friend is known for having been arrested FIVE TIMES for driving under the influence.
It was clearly never going to be a straight-up intervention.
Tom Mabe decided it was time to teach his friend a lesson. And obviously the best way to do that was to plan an elaborate prank in which they waited for him to pass out drunk, transported him to a fake hospital room and convinced him when he woke up that it was the year 2023 and he had been in a coma for ten years.
There is even a fake news report in which the anchor refers to “President Hillary Clinton”.
Did the prank actually work? Here’s hoping. He does look mighty confused, so that’s something.
It is pretty hilarious though:
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Cracked me up when he started slapping him at the end.
I must be a grump. I don't find it funny at all. A drunk driver killed my friend 27 years ago when I was 16.
His parents lost their only child, a 16 year old boy.
I wish they had told this idiot he had killed his daughter and let him sit and contemplate that for a few days.
There is nothing funny about drink driving and their laughter and play made me feel sick.
Totally agree!!
I think he was trying to shock him into realising that this COULD easily be his life... I don't think it was meant to be funny. The DUI guy is laughing at the end when he realises it's a prank - but I think it's more of a "you bastards" laugh ... the friend that set up the prank isn't laughing WITH him - you can tell he's really had enough. I think the friend is trying to stop this guy from making someone's fate that of your friend.
Drink driving is horrendous ... DUI charges / fines / loss of licence hasn't gotten through to this douche-bag - maybe realising that this could have been his reality might make him stop and think... and that's what might save a life.
As harsh as it sounds, I agree too - I lost my 20 year old nephew just over 2 months ago. He should have been told maybe that he had killed someone, and had an officer telling him he would be taken into custody, or that his daughter had signed over decision making because she didn't want to deal with it..
I think his mate seemed a bit upset, but they should have made him really sweat it, I would have been happier if he was less confused and more devastated that he had lost a decade.
I agree. While I appreciate how elaborate this was, and I commend their attempt to find a unique way to approach someone about their drink driving problem, I'm not convinced this will have the right outcome.
It may have scared the guy for a minute, only for him to laugh about it and think "Well nothing bad really happened", which just reinforces his mentality that it's ok to drink and drive.
If they'd gone ahead with the coma trick, but made the story more serious - perhaps included a fake newspaper story about the accident he caused - and then followed it up by a serious intervention - with stories from REAL people whose lives have been affected by drunk drivers, it may have had some impact.
Slapping the guy and laughing was a disappointing end to something that could have had the potential to change one person's life positively, and in doing so, prevent other people's lives being shattered.