The Paper Pranks of Obvious Plant
Jeff Wysaski is a comedian in L.A. who recently started Obvious Plant. What is obvious plant? It's a series of pranks including fakes signs, brochures, and other printed matter which are placed around town just for the lulz. His most recent prank is the most extravagant yet, and involves full color brochures placed in Hollywood Blvd. tourist kiosks for a mythical "Dadland" amusement park which promises naps, grilling, and discounts on sandals. Let's take a tour of the paper-based pranks Obvious Plant has been putting around L.A. in 2015...
Obvious Plant also likes to put up signs in your neighborhood advertising questionable activities:
Some of the pranks are more subtle and probably don't get noticed by all but a few (since people rarely read), such as this one which he describes as being placed "in a park near my house":
The local McDonald's isn't safe. The comedian notes that (there is no Sheila. This is not a thing).
OK so this joke is as old as Sam the Eagle on the Muppet Show back in the 70s, but it still cracks us up to imagine some well-meaning person putting money inside and then realizing what they've done.
We don't know if Jeff Wysaski is a dad himself, but he definitely has a certain type of lonely Dad humor nailed.
Get more Obvious Plant on the Facebook page or on Tumblr.
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