He maintains that his prank videos, even those that lead to legal trouble, are essentially harmless.

“it's hard it's harmless I got covered in fake blood wearing a jumpsuit and a shovel”

Ethan argues that while obnoxious pranksters are frustrating, being a prankster should not be a death sentence.

“but on the other hand we I don't think that being a obnoxious prankster is a death sent should be a death sentence right you know”

He believes the most effective and weirdest pranks today involve doing something completely normal rather than extreme.

“and then you start to think well what would be probably the weirdest thing I could do would be to just go do something normal now right because it seems almost like there's so much weird [ __ ] out there yeah maybe just to go do something uh you know normal”

Eric André believes that for a feature-length prank film, the protagonist must be likable and the destructive behavior must be portrayed as accidental.

“So because of that we realized early on that the pranks all my destruction and destructive Behavior had to be accidental I Chris Farley he was a big influence So like um once we realized that I had to be this lovable lovable boob who just uh means well and his heart is in the right place”

Humorous pranks should ideally be directed at the prankster themselves rather than belittling or making fun of others.

“I'm not there to make fun of anybody I'm not there to belittle anybody and that's not what I like to promote in my videos because I just don't find that funny like at the end of the day I'd rather the joke be on me and like you know I feel like that's where it's funniest”

He believes pranks directed at hourly wage employees should remain polite and not be mean-spirited.

“when you think about it cuz nobody wants you to be like a dick to like an hourly wage person but there's something like endearing about you're you're just you're not you're not demanding that's a big like factor in it”

Ted Danson expresses a personal fear and dislike of prank culture due to a concern for the suffering of others.

“I am terrified of pranks I am I'm you know we wait till the end of this podcast look under your Don't Look Under Your SE did he have time alone in this room before I got here no I wouldn't I came from so many shoulds and shouldn't you know it was like a gentleman never you know was rude intentionall”

He believes that the ambiguity of whether a prank is real or fake helps increase its viral success.

“what was making it go viral that's what was making people say is this real or fake the news is it real or is it fake why would i ever say it it's getting so many views dude”

Joe Gatto maintains that the most critical aspect of producing a successful prank show is ensuring that the participants never discover the hidden cameras.

“we learned quickly like the number one thing that ruins it is if people find the camera. Yeah, if people see a camera it's over.”