IAN! WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOOU!?!?!

How many idiots out there believe this is real?

seriously, in real life he would have been tazered a long time ago

Wether its real or not its fucking funny as hell.

I don't doubt things like this happen. It's just between the absurdly good audio quality (for a security camera) and the Will Ferrell imitation toward the end, it's pretty obviously a fake. It would have been funnier if it were real. It was okay.

in the freeze frame before you play it he sort of looks like the real kenny powers. just slightly more blurry.

hahahahahahahaha Thats what happens when a fat 20 something goes bersecer!



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Way too many drugs to wake up in the morning... :)

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> Way too many drugs to wake up in the morning... :)


If you have ever worked around somebody who does coke (something I saw a lot of in the 80s), they are out of control like this. But, really, the guy is doing a poor man's Will Ferrell imitation. Odds are he is a stand up comic trying to generate some buzz for his act.

Coffee!? guys? COFFEE!?!?!? LMAO. I work with a high strung guy like this.

Okay. I have watched it a few more times and it has gotten funnier with each viewing. The best scene, "Still with the coffee. (Whack) What is going on here, guys?"

The first security guy got tossed like a rag doll.

But the second one....must have played football. Great open field hit.

Hey, if you grew up as Inkahootz's little brother, you'd have a short fuse too.

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I know enough people like that to not be sure whether or not it's fake.

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> I know enough people like that to not be sure
> whether or not it's fake.


From a strictly technical standpoint, I would say it is fake because the sound is too damn good. He would have to be wearing a mic and have someone working a soundboard for that kind of quality. Besides, I don't know of any hotels that have microphones throughout common areas like that. I could see the front desk, possibly. But by the coaches on the other side of the lobby?

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> > I know enough people like that to not be sure
> > whether or not it's fake.
>
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> From a strictly technical standpoint, I would say
> it is fake because the sound is too damn good. He
> would have to be wearing a mic and have someone
> working a soundboard for that kind of quality.
> Besides, I don't know of any hotels that have
> microphones throughout common areas like that. I
> could see the front desk, possibly. But by the
> coaches on the other side of the lobby?

To preface, I'm not claiming to be an expert on this.

1. If he's wearing a hidden mic... as much as the guy was flailing around, I didn't hear any mic noise from, say, a shirt or arm brushing it.

2. It didn't exactly look like a Day's Inn or Red Roof hotel. I would think that a fancy hotel could afford security cameras with higher-quality microphones.

We've all seen enough fake videos that looked real to be justifiably suspicious of anything that seems too good. I can't tell if it's real or fake, and honestly, neither would come as a surprise.

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I'd say fake. The sound of the tackle sounds quite loud as in the mic struck the ground as part of his roll...

I also think the first security guard looks pretty comfy after having been knocked down. He would not have gone from rolling to sitting perfectly still in 0.25 seconds.

But a very good fake.



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Another thing that makes me think it is fake is that this clip has been out there for two years and doesn't have a huge YouTube following. Typically when something like this comes out, it tends to lose steam when it is debunked. Case in point, Marc Ecko tagging Air Force One...





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why would a security cam in a lobby have sound on it?

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> why would a security cam in a lobby have sound on
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That, and the fact that unmanned mics have limiters on them. When he started yelling, the sound would either drop out or overmodulate. Also, when he is standing at the desk asking about coffee, you can hear what he is saying, but not what the people at the check-in desk are saying. Wouldn't that be the point of having a mic? To hear the people at the check-in desk?

The real clue is the fact that you can only hear sound clearly in proximity to his location. All the other voices are "out of focus" when they are from people not near him. Also when he finally hits the ground at the end you can hear the body thud clearly as if the mic is involved in the impact.

Having dealt with audio from security cameras and video teleconferencing it is nothing like someone moving in and out of proximity of a mic in their area. He is the focal point of the sound which makes it pretty clear he is wearing the mic or has it in his pocket.

EDIT: Yeah, WTL and I sort of said the same thing there :)



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> EDIT: Yeah, WTL and I sort of said the same thing
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Yours was a better explanation.

But wouldn't that mean the hotel management and security staff would have to be complicit in the making of this video? I can't imagine a lot of fancy hotels that would say, "sure, go ahead and throw a tantrum in our lobby in front of our other guests. It'll be hilarious."

During the "coffee" portion, dude throws the coffee pots down, turns around, and starts walking away. Someone behind the desk says, "You might want to call security," but his voice doesn't get quieter. If the mic was on dude, wouldn't the voice have faded as he walked away?

When they start walking back slightly before that, when she says, "My computer is frozen," they do fade out, only to pick back up and get louder when the angle switches.

EDIT: In spacious hotel lobbies, people usually talk in lower tones because of how much it echoes, and I worked with a guy whose normal speaking voice was just below a shout.

I'm not trying to prove it's real, I just still can't decide for myself at this point. There's evidence supporting both.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/22/2009 09:58AM by MrMephisto.

They could have had two people with mics. The other guy near the desk could have been a plant as well. If it was real security camera footage (assuming the video is from security cameras) they would have just had to sync the audio. So I would say that potentially there was some collusion by folks working at the hotel, but it didn't have to be that they were "in on it". All I can say for sure is, there had to be a mic on (and or near the guy) the guy since his voice is always the clearest voice on the audio, and the thud at the end when he hits the ground.

EDIT: I went back and listened to it again, and there are points where it appears there is a mic right where his computer and papers were. At the front desk his is the only voice you can hear clearly, although you do hear the phone ringing very clearly.

Whomever had access to the video could have done all sorts of audio editing, especially as they obviously pulled the video from multiple cameras. Usually audio in security systems are recorded in "channels" or are tied directly to the video of a given camera. Rarely do they have a "composite" audio from all cameras.



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The thud at the end is a solid piece of evidence for "fake."

What if the security guards were wearing a wire?

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