Video of the Day: Yankee Stadium Proposal Prank

Isn't it sweet (or cliché) when you go to a baseball game and the jumbotron flashes a marriage proposal? It's such a nice personal event that the couple is sharing with thousands of other people. While we secretly hope that someone says no, this prank proposal at Yankee Stadium takes things to a whole new level. Some background: two College Humor guys have been engaged in a "Prank War" starting earlier this year. The cruelness of the pranks has escalated as they continue and this one might be the meanest one.

Amir (the prankster) finds out that his friend Streeter (the prankee) is going to Mariners-Yankees game with his girlfriend. He buys a jumbotron marriage proposal and tickets nearby to capture Streeter and his girlfriend's reaction. The results are hilarious, yet so, so wrong.

UPDATE: Deadspin talked to Amir (prankster) about the prank. Streeter is still together with his girlfriend.

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By tien mao on September 12, 2007 12:28 PM

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bradedward

If that was real I would be more than happy to help get that kid back. He seems like a douchebag.

Agent00Soul

no way #35 - smart rich people rule!

guest

sort of dumb -- nothing worse than a dot-com cashed up brainy self-professed funny guy getting his kicks.

I'll pay $500 out of my modest savings to first person posting video of streeter clocking that dweeb.

I'll dub in the self-satisfied play-by-play later.

ha!

matty

also this was all staged. duh.

matty

stupid, everyone at vimeo at college humor are faggots.

guest

semites (#30) with internet. Happy Jew Year!

banjoandro

Hilarious. The prank wars will definitely end with a death

guest

idiots (#29) with stupid posts.

guest

jews with money.

Nick S

i was into it until the slap. shit like that doesn't happen in real life!

the other prank war segments are good though

guest

old and totally staged.

MissPinkKate

Come on, that's totally staged.

guest

I find it fascinating that closeted gay men inevitably fall in love with their straight friends and then try to break them up. Not funny, but fascinating.