Truth or Fail: HOAXES!

2009-10-25 · Hank · watch on YouTube · History & curiosities · curiosity idea

Hank hosts a hoax edition of the Truth or Fail game, pegged to the Balloon Boy hoax, arguing people have always fooled people, and poses round one: Poe as a serial hoaxer vs a girl's Statue of Liberty monkey hoax.

What is said

00:00:00 — Truth or Fail rules; Balloon Boy recap: the dad faked it to land a reality TV show

★ Hank explains Truth or Fail: a simple interactive YouTube game show where he gives two statements and viewers click the true one, or fail. — 00:00:00 · Truth or Fail, YouTube
★★ Hank recaps the Balloon Boy story: the dad pretended his son was in the balloon while the boy was in the attic, wanting a big story to land a reality TV show. (playful) — 00:00:00
★ Hank mocks the idea that being on a reality TV show is 'the one certain path to true and final happiness'. (satire) — 00:00:00

00:00:37 — People have fooled people since time began; round one: Poe as serial hoaxer vs a girl's lost-monkey hoax at the Statue of Liberty

★★★ Hank says people have been fooling people since time began, so this is the hoax edition of Truth or Fail. — 00:00:37 · Truth or Fail
★★ Round one, option one: Poe not only convinced the world a man had flown a gas balloon over the Atlantic, but was a serial hoaxer who tried to fool the news media at least six times (one option is false). (playful) — 00:00:37
★★ Round one, option two: at the Statue of Liberty's 25th anniversary a little girl claimed to have lost her monkey there, and it was closed two days before she admitted making it up (one option is false). (playful) — 00:00:37

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