I didn't laugh at all. He was just really, really loud. I wouldn't be surprised if that's like his uncle or something.
the difference between a good joke, and a bad joke, is knowing when to stop. I doubt the kid will be scarred for life, but the guy is a dick.
He's using the kid as a prop. Using people, generally, as a prop is bad enough, but with a kid who doesn't even know what's happening in life? Seems cruel to me. I didn't find it funny, and normally I have a pretty twisted sense of humor. Ed O.
You can tell too that if the kid could, he would beat the shit out of the adult. He tries to chase him around and hit him to stop.
I horse around with my two and four year old boys all the time. I can't imagine screaming at them after they start crying. Guy is a total dick. I'd love to show up at his house in a police uniform and inform him that his mom and dad just died in a car wreck. After he collapses to the floor crying, I'd smile and say, "Oh, is that scary? Is that scary?" And then leave without saying anything else.
Total dick move but I laughed just as hard as I did when I first watched it like 8 years ago. [video=youtube;-qhucVsq9CE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qhucVsq9CE[/video]
Oh yeah, I agree. People were making it seem like the kid will be in therapy for years. The dude doing it needs a punch in the head, but the kid does seem like a whiny little crybaby, to be honest.
I remember watching that on tv, and I think in someways the kids had it coming, staying up late watching a horror movie. They admit they like being scared.
Not really funny and I laugh at just about everything. Not particularly cruel but not exactly loving either. About a year ago there was a young family walking around the grocery store. I think he was the uncle but a young guy kept hiding around corners and scaring a little girl of about 4 or 5. She got startled but laughed and was having a great time. You could hear them all over the store and it was very entertaining. Same idea but done with some tact.
