Random Guy Earns Celebrity Treatment

Today in It Actually Could Be You News: Some guy named Brett Cohen (who turns out to be a comedian and “web radio host”, surprise surprise) managed to pull a prank on Times Square tourists by convincing them that he was some kind of celebrity and recording their thoroughly embarrassing reactions with the obvious intention of creating a viral video…and we fell for it. The resulting 4:25 is worth a glance:

OK, we feel like we’re missing some crucial details from this story (and we can only hope that most of these victims were very drunk): It’s a slick production, we have no idea how the video was edited, and we can’t help but notice that Mr.

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