Jack Vale (comedian)
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| Born | September 2, 1973 |
| Other names | King of Pranks |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sherry Vale |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | www |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel(s) | Jack Vale Films, Vale Family, CENSORED |
| Genre | Pranks, vlogs |
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Jack Vale (born September 2, 1973) is an American comedian who has a YouTube channel featuring hidden-cameras and pranks. As of February 10, 2017, his videos have around 315 million views and his channel has more than 1.3 million subscribers.
Several of Vale's pranks are what he calls "Pooter" pranks. These involve Vale walking around in public making flatulence sounds, using a handheld device and capturing the reactions of the people nearby on a hidden camcorder. On one occasion this resulted in a physical altercation between Vale and an old man (whose wife Vale used the device on nearby). The subsequent police intervention led to the man being banned from that specific supermarket. Many of his pranks are completed in Huntington Beach, California.
Other pranks include "Paranoid", sketches in which Vale, pretending to be talking on his mobile phone, walks past customers in a shop or on the street and describes them to his imaginary conversational partner (in order to see whether they will react with paranoia), and "Nonsense", in which Vale confuses members of the public by approaching them and speaking gibberish.
Jack Vale's most elaborate prank to date which by most, is considered to be more of an experiment, is called "The Social Media Experiment". Vale searched hashtags in his local area and located people nearby. He then learned all about these people and convinced them he was psychic. The video was picked up by several national publications and he made appearances on various talk shows explaining how he did the experiment. The video resonated with people so well that it made the world think twice before posting their current locations online.
HLN a sister channel of CNN has announced that Jack Vale will have his own show premiering January 13, 2015. HLN says, "Our new HLN reality series reveals that pranking has become a family business involving wife Sherry and their five kids." The show Jack Vale: Offline follows the creation, planning, execution, editing, and posting of prank videos in Sin City. We also see the challenges of raising a family in the Internet age: How can Jack make them stop watching videos online, when they are videos of him? It is unknown if there will be a 2nd season due to another reformatting of HLN.
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