Awkward Phone Calls // Janoskians

Summary: The Janoskians play a public prank where they pretend to be having outrageous conversations on the phone just to see how the people around them react.

To find out what happens watch the video above.


Enjoyability: I have to admit I am a sucker for the Janoskians "awkward situations" videos, they are actually what made me like them in the first place. A lot of people may say that it is just lazy, vulgar humour but I think it shows what the Janoskians are about which is having fun and doing silly things. Their name literally stands for Just Another Name Of Silly Kids In Another Nation Skip so you can imagine what type of things they get up to. I found this video to be hilarious and I was even crying with laughter as it was just so outrageous and crazy and it was sooo funny to see the people's reactions. The Janoskians channel is not exactly kid friendly what with all their swearing and this video is no exception, however if you're a bit older and like stupid humour then this is a good video to watch.

Comparison to other videos: This is definitely not the best produced or executed video on YouTube but it does capture the essence of the YouTube community who started out with bad cameras in their rooms just trying to make people laugh. For this reason you can easily overlook the fact that it wasn't a super inventive, out of the box idea as it is the heart of the video that makes it so endearing. The Janoskians have definitely had a lot of videos way worse than this and I personally think the "Awkward situations" videos are the best ones on their channel. Simply because of the way they consistently make me laugh. Also this video shows the Janoskians going back to their roots and what made them popular in the first place which was public pranks and this makes the video appear even better.

Originality: It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to come up with the same idea or even say the same things that they did in the video but there is just something about the Janoskian charm that just sets them apart from every other group of obnoxious teens/young adult boys. It may be the way they fully commit to whatever character they are playing that makes them stand out as you can really envision them as that character and also how you would respond if you were in that situation. This is something other prank videos don't always do as the people's responses are often so dramatic that it takes away from the actual joke. However in this video the people acted fairly normal and almost as if they were just trying to get through the situation which is obviously more relatable.



Overall: This video was in a nutshell mindless fun, as in you will watch and laugh but will gain absolutely no knowledge and you may even lose a few brain cells after it. But if you are willing to risk this then I think you will enjoy it. But as you know lack of originality costs 2 points so this gets 8/10.

Do you agree with me? Or do you think I've gotten it all wrong? Leave your opinion down in the comments so you can have a say.