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Kip Kedersha (born December 12, 1957), better known as Kipkay, is an American author of how-to videos. [1] [2] [3] As of 2008, Kedersha was the all-time top-grossing Metacafe user, having earned more than $120,000 for his series of instructional videos. [4] The series broadcast on the internet and premiered on August 12, 2007.
The original set consisted in three prank calls; in these, the presenter of the show (which itself is known for making prank calls of this nature), called a person named Manuel (original for Manolo), a superintendent of a New York City building. After calling Manuel, "Manolo Cabeza de Huevo", Manolo would react angrily and insult the caller.
Pranknet initially operated through a chat room at Pranknet.org, and participants used Skype to make their calls. As of 2009, Skype used encryption and obfuscation of its communication services and provided an uncontrolled registration system for users without proof of identity, making it difficult to trace and identify users. [8]
Metacafe was an Israeli video-sharing website, launched in July 2003. During the mid-2000s it was one of the largest video-sharing websites, [citation needed] though it eventually began to be superseded by YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion. In August 2021, the platform's website became inactive, along with its social media pages having become ...
His exploits now primarily focus on the candid camera style of pranking, although telemarketing related and other prank calls are still included on occasion. [18] In 2008, Mabe was the Executive Producer, writer, and talent for the CMT ( Country Music Television ) comedy series, Mabe In America .
British physicist R. V. Jones recorded two early examples of prank calls in his 1978 memoir Most Secret War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939–1945.The first was by Carl Bosch, a physicist and refugee from Nazi Germany, who in about 1933 persuaded a newspaper journalist that he could see his actions through the telephone (rather than, as was the case, from the window of his laboratory ...
As a YouTuber, he produces prank videos, parodies, vlogs, comedy sketches and interviews. He is the recipient of two Streamy Awards. [3] As an actor, he starred in Tyler Perry's comedy horror film Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) and its 2017 sequel. In January 2025, he released his debut album, G7: The Death of Fousey, which earned mixed reviews. [4]
Prank Encounters is an American horror-themed hidden camera television series. It is a prank show recorded with hidden cameras. Each episode pairs two members of the public, strangers to one another, who are unwittingly introduced to each other by show actors, under the ruse of a tryout for a new job.