As someone who was born and raised in Luton, I'm so proud our reputation meant people were shitting themselves thinking they'd landed here instead of where they were meant to.
Wait, so Luton is actually the name of a place or town? I thought it was just the name of an airport, like Gatwick and Heathrow. I think this “joke” video will have fell massively short. People just get a plane ticket to London. Nobody knows where the different airports are. As soon as you get off the plane then you just get a transfer to the city centre. Wouldn’t make any difference to anyone which of the 3 airports you actually landed it. It’s irrelevant 🤦♂️
@@isyt1 Now when I travel to London which I have done once a year between 2010 and 2019, I always select Heathrow, because it is simple to get your luggage and go downstair and sit in the dark blue Piccadily Line train all the way to central London. I get off at Holborn and transfer to Central line to go to the station on Tottenham Crt Rd and then by foot to St. Giles hotel which is one of the most affordable hotels right next to Soho. I will admit with full luggage carrying all my souvenirs I elect to pay 65UKP for a cab to take me to the airport so I will not have to move the now heavy suitcases around manually. Also it makes sure we get to the airport on time. As Max' research quickly showed him doing this at Heathrow will not work, but people on the affected flights landing in Gatwick airport forget teh captain and cabin crews welcome message when their journey started and perhaps never paid any attention to messages about local time and weather at Gatwaick airport. I try to pay attention so I will know to put on a jacket or just tuck it into my backpack.
Jeremy Vine is a man who has been punished by the Olympians for some previous infraction and is now doomed to ask the stupidest questions and receive the world's stupidest answers from the world's stupidest people for all eternity like some kind of radio host Sisyphus. Seems like a nice enough bloke though.
It’s a joke and people that have a issue with it needs to check themselves. Like common if your that worried check your flight ticket or just wait when the plane lands to ask. Perfect joke
I used to teach a first year econ class at university, and as a small prank at the start of semester I would introduce myself to a new class and say welcome to advanced mathematics. The look of panic across the room was always amusing
I remember flying back home from Florida seeing the, "Welcome to Cleveland," sign. Someone talked over the plane's intercom and had to mention that we were, in fact, in Milwaukee. I was about 9 years old and thought it was the funniest thing I've ever seen, still get a great kick out of it. Glad to see you paying homage to this comedic genius.
That pilot announcement ad was one of the greatest ad placements I've come across 😂😂😂 fair play. You're one of the few TH-camrs who gets creative with it rather than just letting it be a bland placement
Haha NO WAY! When I saw this on Instagram I thought this would be a silly thing Max Fosh would approve of. Can't believe you were the perpetrator all along.
The woman on the plane talking about the person who put up the sign to the person who put up the sign, was so funny to me. That's like a real super villain move.
@@Crusina First of all, hyperbole, second of all. Media demonized this entire event saying it's cruel, caused panics, and ect ect. Learn what a hyperbole is and look at the media reaction vs actual people who saw the signs themselves
@@Casocki because the alternative would have been that these people wanted to do something nice and welcome travelers to their hometown but they forgot that their hometown isnt luton. yes. now i see.
The only thing he missed is that the Portuguese radio speaker is not a journalist, but was speaking in his daily "column" (I don't know what that's called in radio) of bizarre/out-of-the-normal/funny stuff. It was not newsworthy here for one single reason: we don't know the difference in Luton's and Gatwick's reputations and how switching their names would be such a big deal.
I was on one of those plane during the prank, and I can still remember the few minutes before landing very clearly... I am not an English speaking native. I was on a trip to Lonywith a few friends. My English is not the best (hence why we thought the trip would be fun) and I don't at all know any geography about great Britain except a city or two... So, when I saw the sigh, I genuinely questioned myself as if, during flight reservation, I did not mistaken London, with Luton... I managed to cometely miss the warning as I am not active on social media, and since I did not ask to the flight waitress either, I have spent the remaining flight minutes imaginating how I would tell my friends I made an error and we are in God knows where in the middle of England...
Just imaginate along with me and I'll imaginate with you Imaginate the things you want and we'll imaginate them true Just imaginate a private jet that comes with its very own private crew Or imaginate your favorite pet, and it's a pony just for you!
@@lmn6023 it's not in London. It's in the town/city of Luton. It just serves London air traffic. Source: I lived in a nearby town (Harpenden) for nearly half my life.
@@dasamont8274 Pretty sure he has had to much exposure already for him to be a good candidate for that. Beside also working in the same field as most of the people on the show so they might also know him from that.
2:23 just the NEOOOOOOOOW IM A PLANE is pure comedy gold so you can imagine putting up a sign that says welcome to Luton except one person here cant imagine it they actually did it.
That is exactly what a prank should be. A nice light hearted joke on sb's behalf that doesn't have to be staged or need you to behave like a jerk and is appreciated by everyone.
I have honed my instincts and now anytime I feel one of these coming on I quickly tap seven times on the right side of the screen (or 12 times on the right arrow on PC) and that will normally skip the ad almost exactly. It seems sponsors are usually paying for exactly 60 seconds.
The only victim of this prank is all flight attendants who always get questioned "did we land in the right airport?" like 1000 times 😂 every time they land at gatwick
If the pilots get hold of this however, imagine ending the "please fasten your seat belts we are now approaching Heathrow" with "for those on the left side of the plane,. watch out for the 'Welcome to Luton" sign".
Idea for a followup: On the approach to Luton, make a "Welcome to Luton" sign so people who know the prank start panicking, thinking they've been diverted to Gatwick.
I once had to do a job at LSUHSC Shreveport and misinterpreted that as LSUHS in Baton Rouge. I only realized as I was leaving my hotel to go to the jobsite. That was a long day of driving!
apart from falsely claiming the airline promotes the app,that he was promoting..Misreprentation bigtime... Someone might invest using an app actually beleiving the airline was promoting it, not some youtube kid with spare money for pranks.
@@123ShoutNeymar Lots of people are not, hence why warnings on cups of coffee saying that the coffe is hot etc. Part of the reason really why financial products and their advertising are subject to strict regulations and control.
Except for the part that he's just copying an idea that was already done in the US and made international news before he did his own version of the idea
But think of the emotional and psychological trauma this has caused😔. These poor people thought they were flying to Luton. My prayers are with them and their families🙏🏻🕯️
@@user-tx3md6up5m Trauma from a wrong flight? I think you're disrespecting the sheer weight of trauma. Some people actually get trauma from abuse and Life-threatening situations, to say it's comparable to a wrong flight is ridiculous.
As a genetically humorless german I must say - THAT IS FUNNY! This is how it's made. Not hurting or humiliating anyone, no real harm done. This I like.
@Lipstick Nista If it's their first time arriving at the UK, then they could think Luton is a neighbourhood, or an adjacent town, could be a seasonal celebration or cultural event, a first timer would have no idea, and even someone in the know would ask the stewardess... panic attack? Leave that to the Americans and the mentally frail part of their society.
@Lipstick Nista rounding a corner can theoretically give someone a panic attack, i mean literally anything can give you a panic attack under the wrong cicumstance, this is not a harmful prank, and you should not hold yourself back from doing something for the microscopic chance that it results in misfortune for you or another, imagine we couldn't buy cake because someone with an allergy might buy it, it would be completely logical as we don't require cake to subsist and it in fact hinders our health, but the problem is you can just as easily invert the problem, what if we didn't buy a cake which causes us to have low blood sugar, in short any choice you make comes with it the possibility that your actions negatively affect others and the simple fact that there is a theoretical chance of that will always exist for every choice we make, including ones we don't realize.
Flight attendant announcement: "To prepare for landing, please stow your tray tables and return your seats to their full upright position. Some of you on the left side of the aircraft may have noticed a large sign on the ground welcoming you to Luton. Rest assured this is only a prank and we are indeed landing as scheduled at Stansted."
can we just take a moment to appreciate the excellency of Rosie the project manager, making her project £2000 back by renting the land they weren't using until 6 weeks later in the programme anyway. that one will go far.
@@presentlyinthepast2148 it's obviously a jobsite, they have the land but can't use it all at once. Rent it out while unused (not built on yet) then profit $$$$
Whahahaha I loved it. I was super confused when I saw the sign! I had to go to Maps just to check if that was correct! I loved it! Thanks for fulling me!
All the 'prank' channels that have ever existed-- THIS is a prank. The joke being so small and silly is contrasted to the amount of creative effort he had to put in which makes it really funny to see the outcome and people's reactions. I like pranks that don't harm unsuspecting innocents. Anyone actually upset-confused here would have been properly reassured by airport/flight staff that they are on the right flight. This is up there with James Veitch and the bit with the rubber ducks in the bathroom he shares with roommates.
The key to a good practical joke is to match the joke to the victim. This is a textbook example of doing it right. A low-key worry of every traveller is to end up in the wrong place. And Luton's reputation and vicinity and you have a believable scenario. it goes just far enough to give people that momentary jolt of panic, but is harmless enough that most people will laugh afterwards.
@@jensjensen9035 idk bro me shooting a bullet through my friend’s book treating it as a bulletproof vest and accidentally killing Him was a cooler prank
As much as the "Welcome to Luton" is funny, I think it's even more hilarious that you booked a flight out of Heathrow via Amsterdam JUST to make sure you can see it when you land at Gatwick...now THAT is dedication And to be fair to Luton, London Southend, Gatwick, and Stansted all have London in the name despite not being in London either. It's the same energy as how the international airport serving the city of Cincinnati, Ohio...is in Kentucky
This worked on me… I saw the sign and my stomach dropped thinking I somehow booked a flight to Luton. It wasn’t until the pilot said welcome to Gatwick did it click. Well played.
To be fair, people might not necessarily panic simply due to the fact that they're at 'Luton". It might more be that they will be late, miss other flights, people that are waiting to pick them up at said airport that can complicate things for them. So I can totally believe that they would "panic".
the funniest part is that i was in that ryanair plane that passed in the beginning. so good to see a celebrity in real life. i genuinely thought you guys were constructing a sign that i thought meant we were actually in Luton but now that i watch this video i know that its a total prank and not a mistake by some "construction workers".
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@@NightDragonNDYT???? Even if the video was already posted that date, the sign was there for 6 weeks and OBVIOUSLY the whole world didn’t watch this video the day it was uploaded neither does everyone check every single news everyday so I’m 100% sure the sign continued to confuse people until the day they took it off even after this video. We obviously don’t know if this commenter is telling the truth or not but his comment could be true, there’s nothing in it that debunks it
I was flying to Gatwick June 2022 and saw it, shat myself but then I laughed really hard on the plane while checking my phone's gps that it wasn't actually true.
I used to fake being a Greeter at the Walmart entrance and say the line from the Idiocracy movie, "Welcome to Costco, I love you." I loved the confused looks on people's faces 😂
When I was younger, I would often do animal sounds and people would start looking for the animal but see nothing. I once did it as a passenger on someone else's bike, in passing. Was hilarious. (I even fooled a cat outside once. Started looking for the other cat.)
I Love that the pilot will see it first. So they know where they are, yet they know what the passengers have seen. They can’t make an announcement until they landed. When you get off the jet bridge instead of stairs and a bus… you aren’t in Luton.
7:58 I love how Metro just tweeted "Passengers" were left in a state of panic, but not 'passengers to Gatwick' or anything. As if the sheer realisation that people were in Luton, even if they were planning to go there, puts them into panic 🤣
Passengers: "ha. this is amusing." Media around the world: "PASSENGERS IN SHOCK AND PANIC !" While this gap is amusing, it also makes me sad thinking how media is training us to view the world.
I think its great in particular amid soll these dark stories , wars, abusive relationships etc. A bit of old fashioned pranking not to be cancelled. Congratulations
The fact that London has 6 major airports all within 100 miles of each other is hilarious, not to mention the fact that you can actually book flights between these airports.
In South Korea, the government has a history of doing this trick in the past back in 1970. When North Korean Hi-jackers intercepted a flight departing from Japan, the hi-jackets threatened the pilots to head to Pyongyang. The government was smart enough to make Gimpo International Airport disguised as Pyeongyang Airport haha. Good joke btw 😂
“But that’s how far I’ll go. . . to make something SILLY.” I laughed out loud. Max never runs out of silly ideas! Love it!!! Thanks for the continuous laughs. 😂😂
"Why's you do it?"
"It was wednesday."
That's the best possible repsonse.
Precisely:
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Absolute
Would have been darker to go with Monday.
Love it, I am gonna remember this one :D
what do you do on a hump day when you're getting no humping?
paint a sign on the roof.....seems logical really....
As someone who was born and raised in Luton, I'm so proud our reputation meant people were shitting themselves thinking they'd landed here instead of where they were meant to.
1000th like,
🤣 🤣
thats really the funniest part imo
Wait, so Luton is actually the name of a place or town? I thought it was just the name of an airport, like Gatwick and Heathrow.
I think this “joke” video will have fell massively short. People just get a plane ticket to London. Nobody knows where the different airports are. As soon as you get off the plane then you just get a transfer to the city centre. Wouldn’t make any difference to anyone which of the 3 airports you actually landed it. It’s irrelevant 🤦♂️
@@isyt1 Now when I travel to London which I have done once a year between 2010 and 2019, I always select Heathrow, because it is simple to get your luggage and go downstair and sit in the dark blue Piccadily Line train all the way to central London. I get off at Holborn and transfer to Central line to go to the station on Tottenham Crt Rd and then by foot to St. Giles hotel which is one of the most affordable hotels right next to Soho. I will admit with full luggage carrying all my souvenirs I elect to pay 65UKP for a cab to take me to the airport so I will not have to move the now heavy suitcases around manually. Also it makes sure we get to the airport on time. As Max' research quickly showed him doing this at Heathrow will not work, but people on the affected flights landing in Gatwick airport forget teh captain and cabin crews welcome message when their journey started and perhaps never paid any attention to messages about local time and weather at Gatwaick airport. I try to pay attention so I will know to put on a jacket or just tuck it into my backpack.
5:20 “my life is just peg peg peg… wait no-“ - Max Fosh
So inspirational 🤧🤧
living the dream
He felt that😂
oh did you @@RayAkuma ;)
@PeoplecallmeLucifer I'm not refering to myself in the 3rd person lol
@@RayAkuma welp ... I misread that XD
“Practical jokes are always cruel”
He seems like the kind of person to take “down low, too slow” personally
Jeremy Vine for you
Jeremy Vine is a man who has been punished by the Olympians for some previous infraction and is now doomed to ask the stupidest questions and receive the world's stupidest answers from the world's stupidest people for all eternity like some kind of radio host Sisyphus. Seems like a nice enough bloke though.
yeah jeremy vine is a bit of a fanny
He's a bit of an egg head
The best part is that everyone assumed the landowner was the person who arranged the prank, because what kind of person would rent land for this?
But imagine if you booked the wrong flight and really wanted to fly to Luton. Then you would be disappointed.
@@danearl8607 Who would willingly fly into Luton?
@@Zestrayswede it’s bad enough flying into gatwick.
;'D Right?!
@@Zestrayswede The same hellish demons that like to fly to Newark
Practical jokes should be disturbing, amusing, shocking maybe , but ultimately harmless and cause no damage. This one is near perfect.
It’s a joke and people that have a issue with it needs to check themselves. Like common if your that worried check your flight ticket or just wait when the plane lands to ask. Perfect joke
Sums it up
Luton Town FC
There’s also first time travelers that would panic 🤣 imagine if something like this had happened to me on my first ever flight
Jack Dawson “near, but not perfect”
I used to teach a first year econ class at university, and as a small prank at the start of semester I would introduce myself to a new class and say welcome to advanced mathematics. The look of panic across the room was always amusing
Nah that is devious 😂
He's too dangerous to be left alive😭😂
Calm down Satan
I remember flying back home from Florida seeing the, "Welcome to Cleveland," sign. Someone talked over the plane's intercom and had to mention that we were, in fact, in Milwaukee. I was about 9 years old and thought it was the funniest thing I've ever seen, still get a great kick out of it. Glad to see you paying homage to this comedic genius.
Imagine being the woman on the plane, not realising that you had talked to the very criminal genius that had put up that sign until much later.
Rob Banks, international baddie
@@adamparkanyi3358 you know itt 😎
As the great Jim Carrey once said…, It was meeeee!
CRIMINAL GENIUS. lol
Death of Note Kira type beat
the funniest part of this story is that nobody panicked except for the imaginary people in the media's headlines.
Media has the tendency to exaggerate things.
@@BrianHopson to the point of no return
One of the top comments on this video is a guy who admitted to having panicked a little when he saw the sign
@@KasabianFan44 cool. you found THE ONE guy. now blow it out of proportion and you can start working in the news media..
@@obiwankenobi661 not only tgat, but he only pabicker A OITTLE
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That pilot announcement ad was one of the greatest ad placements I've come across 😂😂😂 fair play. You're one of the few TH-camrs who gets creative with it rather than just letting it be a bland placement
Yeah his ads are somehow always seamlessly placed
420th 👍🔥✈️ nice
A british man stating
"Im just too old to deal with that at the minute" as if hell be younger any other minute, is gold.
"Lemme just fly out and into my country real quick"
- UK and EU people.
He's flying from london to london tho
Oops nvm, i forgot the via Amsterdam part
I imagine him in Amsterdam airport stepping out from his "From London" flight to connect to his "To london" flight...
@@freezz31 would've been hilarious for ppl to watch, lol
Can probably be done for 50 quid or so. (Around US$60)
No way - I saw this across social media thinking nothing of it and now I'm wondering why my mind didn't go straight to Max right away.
Yeah same here
Sameee !!!!
SAME
Same! And I'm international lol. Its hilarious that I saw the news on Twitter before watching this video! XD
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The funny thing is how the truck driver instantly noticed the joke, and then later probably saw it on the news
Ok so now, near the Luton airport, you have to put up a near identical sign that also says "Welcome To Luton"
This would be very good
we now need someone to spell out "Welcome to Gatwick" at the Luton airport just to confuse people even further
Trouble most people would want to be at gatwick
@@Justgirlmustache not really, if they booked a flight to luton then they would be confused as f0ck as to why they at gatwick,
People would be delighted
people seeing that one would be like
"don't...don't give me hope"
Upgrades people, upgrades
Haha NO WAY! When I saw this on Instagram I thought this would be a silly thing Max Fosh would approve of. Can't believe you were the perpetrator all along.
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There is no other one after all than Max that has the determination for these kind of stuff hahaha
Same!
Same thought haha. I saw it in the news and immediately thought… this has to be Max.
These bots are getting out of hand.
- "Welcome to Luton"
+ "Aaaah noooo please"
- "haha jk it's Gatwick"
+ "Aaaah nooo please"
😂
This was a masterclass in harmless pranking; noone is actually affected by it, and it makes folks laugh
The woman on the plane talking about the person who put up the sign to the person who put up the sign, was so funny to me. That's like a real super villain move.
It seems straight out of a "despicable me" movie
Yep
Hm
The movie: Silly Me
like something out of a true crime show
Normal People: "Oi, that's funny."
The Media: "Practical jokes are literal terrorism"
Frfr
Some people can't take jokes seriously
@@RichelleG23 Ikr
@@RichelleG23 Nobody said that tho.
Funny how you accuse them but lie urswelf
@@Crusina First of all, hyperbole, second of all. Media demonized this entire event saying it's cruel, caused panics, and ect ect. Learn what a hyperbole is and look at the media reaction vs actual people who saw the signs themselves
For people asking the song at 8:10 is “in the hall of the mountain king”
By Norwegian Edvard Grieg
This song literally plays when you fight the final boss in Bramble: The Mountain King
Truck driver knew who it was all along but didn’t snitch. Props to that truck driver
The best part was when the truck driver figured it out immediately and laughed.
684 likes and no replies bro how
what do you mean "immediately"? i think he knows he is not in bloody luton
@@obiwankenobi661 he figured out that it was for trolling Gatwick specifically
@@Casocki because the alternative would have been that these people wanted to do something nice and welcome travelers to their hometown but they forgot that their hometown isnt luton. yes. now i see.
@@obiwankenobi661 there’s more places that planes come from than Gatwick but the driver knew it was for flights from there
I like how the location isn't enough to make them think all their booked travel plans are ruined but is certainly enough to freak them out
Getting your bag might be an issue
@@Frostbite_Unturned Or the shame of having landed in Luton. Even once ;)
@@Frostbite_Unturned it's on the same plane
@@gamma_dablam naw dawg didn't you know we mail each bag individual with Amazon by drone
repent g
That truck driver was the first outsider to be in on the joke (other than the people who owned the property) before the sign was completed! I love it!
7:07 "Somebody" XDXDXD
Once told me
Having to wear a high visibility vest and work boots just to walk around a field is the most English thing I’ve ever seen
Too right and you better have a builders cup a tea with it !
What a rude fucker that guy was too!
I do wonder though, what would be the purpose of doing so
@@estrella-v1994 so that Britain can collect more taxes on work vest permits
there was a bloke in heavy machinery so probably just to make them visible to workers. wouldn’t want to get ran over by a digger
The line “Why has this gone international? It’s not that funny!” is so brilliant and goes to show how entertaining of an idea it was
The only thing he missed is that the Portuguese radio speaker is not a journalist, but was speaking in his daily "column" (I don't know what that's called in radio) of bizarre/out-of-the-normal/funny stuff. It was not newsworthy here for one single reason: we don't know the difference in Luton's and Gatwick's reputations and how switching their names would be such a big deal.
@@macario8836 still getting it on portuguese radio is pretty cool!
he doesnt realise planes can fly from country to country not everyone flys from heathrow to luton :)
Because it ain't funny, lame joke really
Prince charming being iconic: th-cam.com/video/ByBGLdfegy8/w-d-xo.html
The fact that this man got his prank shared on several news sources is legendary. Bravo, Max.
Why can't everyone do sponsors like this guy?
I was on one of those plane during the prank, and I can still remember the few minutes before landing very clearly...
I am not an English speaking native. I was on a trip to Lonywith a few friends. My English is not the best (hence why we thought the trip would be fun) and I don't at all know any geography about great Britain except a city or two...
So, when I saw the sigh, I genuinely questioned myself as if, during flight reservation, I did not mistaken London, with Luton... I managed to cometely miss the warning as I am not active on social media, and since I did not ask to the flight waitress either, I have spent the remaining flight minutes imaginating how I would tell my friends I made an error and we are in God knows where in the middle of England...
Just imaginate along with me and I'll imaginate with you
Imaginate the things you want and we'll imaginate them true
Just imaginate a private jet that comes with its very own private crew
Or imaginate your favorite pet, and it's a pony just for you!
@@reymorr9429 cocaine cocaine cocaine
@@ren5689 my man dropping sick ass bars
I also didn't know London had an airport named Luton. I've heard of all the others before, but Luton?
@@lmn6023 it's not in London. It's in the town/city of Luton. It just serves London air traffic. Source: I lived in a nearby town (Harpenden) for nearly half my life.
Congratulations to max on probably securing a spot on this year's big fat quiz of the year.
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The question is whether he'll actually show up as the guest they ask questions to, or if there will just be a normal question about this.
@@dasamont8274 was imagining the guest segment
@@dasamont8274 Pretty sure he has had to much exposure already for him to be a good candidate for that. Beside also working in the same field as most of the people on the show so they might also know him from that.
Can't wait.
2:23 just the NEOOOOOOOOW IM A PLANE is pure comedy gold so you can imagine putting up a sign that says welcome to Luton except one person here cant imagine it they actually did it.
That is exactly what a prank should be. A nice light hearted joke on sb's behalf that doesn't have to be staged or need you to behave like a jerk and is appreciated by everyone.
I laughed when I saw the article title on BBC and then totally lost it when I saw it was you behind it!! You're a legend Max never change
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BABAH same
that has to be one of the smartest segues to an ad read I've ever seen, bravo lmao
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I have honed my instincts and now anytime I feel one of these coming on I quickly tap seven times on the right side of the screen (or 12 times on the right arrow on PC) and that will normally skip the ad almost exactly. It seems sponsors are usually paying for exactly 60 seconds.
+1
you should one up Max by doing the same thing but with Keyboards
@@tissuepaper9962 that’s crazy but who asked 🤓
Max is one of the only TH-camrs I don't fast forward through the sponsorship gab - he's so creative it's actually enjoyable!
The golden rule of pranking: confuse, don’t abuse
The only victim of this prank is all flight attendants who always get questioned "did we land in the right airport?" like 1000 times 😂 every time they land at gatwick
If the pilots get hold of this however, imagine ending the "please fasten your seat belts we are now approaching Heathrow" with "for those on the left side of the plane,. watch out for the 'Welcome to Luton" sign".
HAHAHA
I would love when the pilots actually say we're now going to land in Luton
Prince charming being iconic: th-cam.com/video/ByBGLdfegy8/w-d-xo.html
LMAO ! You're right.
Max: “I want to prank everyone”
Also max: “why is this going international it’s not that funny”
Max underestimates his power.
th-cam.com/video/tDgoTwn90ds/w-d-xo.html
@@foxdavion6865 more like the monster he created
Why wouldn't it go international? It's an international airport, we fly to Luton, I mean Gatwick too.
@@andreinr88
LMAO😂
So happy I just found this Chanel. Such original content it’s refreshing
Cops: Why'd you do it?
The guy: It was a Wednesdy.
Cops: Understandable. Have a nice day.
£4,000 for a practical joke? You sir, are one dedicated lad to do this. And it's hilarious! Well done!
£4000 for a practical joke. But the 9.5 million TH-cam views? Priceless.
@@Reason077 9.5 million views isn't that much money
@@G0blinM0de how is 62,252.80 pound not a lot of money (plus ad revenue)
@@G0blinM0de 9.5k but was a risk
It got sponsored, so it probably only cost him a fraction of that.
“you’re the welcome to luton man!”
bro literally ran for mayor of London and this is what he’ll be known for
Bro is literally the richest man in the world
th-cam.com/video/yRF3H9ZaHKA/w-d-xo.html finally it's here
@@linecraftman3907 was*
And a royal runway model
@@XIIEmber and a member of the royal family! (Heck, possibly even the first gay member of the royal family xD)
Perfect just perfectly matches my humor, thanks for your ideas and videos! Love them, not a single one let me down yet!
Yeah, the prank was great, but it's the pilot announcement for me. Well played.😂
Idea for a followup: On the approach to Luton, make a "Welcome to Luton" sign so people who know the prank start panicking, thinking they've been diverted to Gatwick.
Is that supposed to be funny?
@@tubeguy4066 Yes and it's hilarious.
@@tubeguy4066 Yes, and, in fact, it is!
thats a good one
He said in the video Luton has their own sign already.
I'm convinced Max will never run out of ideas
Yeah
i'm convinced verified youtubers farming subscribers and likes by commenting stale phrases will never end
Genius ideas* not just any.
yah because he recycles them
Although in this case, as he said himself, he got the idea from some bloke in Milwaukee. Nothing against Max though :)
You just need a huge round of applause for this! You made me laugh so much I have to subscribe!
Perfect and we need more of these.
Former frequent business flyer, I HAVE flown into wrong airports, totally believable, still funny as hell.
I once had to do a job at LSUHSC Shreveport and misinterpreted that as LSUHS in Baton Rouge. I only realized as I was leaving my hotel to go to the jobsite. That was a long day of driving!
Former, out of morbid curiosity: due to the pandemic or otherwise?
@BingBong he didnt say he was a pilot, just a frequent flyer.
Nice pfp
Hey i was wondering though how ?? Mind sharing????
This is a good prank. Funny, original, and most importantly, no real harm done.
What are you mate, did you forget about the grass?
apart from falsely claiming the airline promotes the app,that he was promoting..Misreprentation bigtime... Someone might invest using an app actually beleiving the airline was promoting it, not some youtube kid with spare money for pranks.
@@kensukadventures628 people should be smart enough to realize what’s going on
@@123ShoutNeymar Lots of people are not, hence why warnings on cups of coffee saying that the coffe is hot etc. Part of the reason really why financial products and their advertising are subject to strict regulations and control.
@@kensukadventures628 are you mad cuz you fell for it?
Only Max Fosh could make a prank that makes it to international news... 🤣🤣
Except for the part that he's just copying an idea that was already done in the US and made international news before he did his own version of the idea
The BBC really exaggerated it, no one would die from a heart attack on a practical joke.
Except me, if I saw this, I would.
I don't normally like pranks, but this one doesn't hurt or humiliate anyone. Its brilliant, but expensive.
But think of the emotional and psychological trauma this has caused😔. These poor people thought they were flying to Luton. My prayers are with them and their families🙏🏻🕯️
You make it Look like they died dude.
@@techking0082 that's the joke
idk, I wouldn't be surprised if a few people saw the "welcome to luton" and decided to just hop out of the plane to avoid entering the airport
@@user-tx3md6up5m Trauma from a wrong flight? I think you're disrespecting the sheer weight of trauma. Some people actually get trauma from abuse and Life-threatening situations, to say it's comparable to a wrong flight is ridiculous.
The best thing about this prank is that it's ultimately harmless, and everybody gets to laugh about it.
It's not harmless, my grandfather had a heart attack
Tbf mate arriving in Luton is like entering your limbo state.
@@deenel- Woah back up. Are you saying your grandfather was on that flight and seeing “Welcome to Luton” induced a heart attack??
@@sinkvenice857Glory to Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺
@@deenel source?
that truck driver is an absolute legend
This is how pranks should work. They cause no harm or damage. Great work! Really funny
I read the news about it, thought this is something Max would do, here we are and yet I am still surprised. 😂😂
Here I am, also surprised no one had replied to your comment.
@@naimas8120 TH-cam works in mysterious ways sometimes 🙃
super idol de xiao rong
Apeironnnnnn ❤️😍
Lmao saw something on fb about it and thought it had max written all over it
As a genetically humorless german I must say - THAT IS FUNNY! This is how it's made. Not hurting or humiliating anyone, no real harm done. This I like.
I have humor Iam Deutsch
Lol I am german as well and this is exactly our kind of humour.
Unless you're like me and willing enough to only hurt yourself rather then the individual during times when you're messing with people.
@Lipstick Nista If it's their first time arriving at the UK, then they could think Luton is a neighbourhood, or an adjacent town, could be a seasonal celebration or cultural event, a first timer would have no idea, and even someone in the know would ask the stewardess... panic attack? Leave that to the Americans and the mentally frail part of their society.
@Lipstick Nista rounding a corner can theoretically give someone a panic attack, i mean literally anything can give you a panic attack under the wrong cicumstance, this is not a harmful prank, and you should not hold yourself back from doing something for the microscopic chance that it results in misfortune for you or another, imagine we couldn't buy cake because someone with an allergy might buy it, it would be completely logical as we don't require cake to subsist and it in fact hinders our health, but the problem is you can just as easily invert the problem, what if we didn't buy a cake which causes us to have low blood sugar, in short any choice you make comes with it the possibility that your actions negatively affect others and the simple fact that there is a theoretical chance of that will always exist for every choice we make, including ones we don't realize.
Idk why but at 7:49 I thought the paper he was holding was his hand wearing a glove and he was flipping us off-
ME TOO
I cracked up when he said "Why is it going international? It's not that funny!!!" 😂😂
Flight attendant announcement: "To prepare for landing, please stow your tray tables and return your seats to their full upright position. Some of you on the left side of the aircraft may have noticed a large sign on the ground welcoming you to Luton. Rest assured this is only a prank and we are indeed landing as scheduled at Stansted."
:-D
that would be the best reverse uno ever
When the flight attendants acknowledge your prank, you know you’ve made it.
@DFDalton1962 legit thought Stansted is a Deeznut joke
@@cardswarzreov2115 no its just the shittiest airport in london
can we just take a moment to appreciate the excellency of Rosie the project manager, making her project £2000 back by renting the land they weren't using until 6 weeks later in the programme anyway. that one will go far.
where did you learn this?
@@presentlyinthepast2148 it's obviously a jobsite, they have the land but can't use it all at once. Rent it out while unused (not built on yet) then profit $$$$
@@bryanjk yeah, great one
Yep, future Tory mp.
Rosie should be promoted
I love how much research and effort this took
Whahahaha I loved it. I was super confused when I saw the sign! I had to go to Maps just to check if that was correct! I loved it! Thanks for fulling me!
All the 'prank' channels that have ever existed-- THIS is a prank. The joke being so small and silly is contrasted to the amount of creative effort he had to put in which makes it really funny to see the outcome and people's reactions.
I like pranks that don't harm unsuspecting innocents. Anyone actually upset-confused here would have been properly reassured by airport/flight staff that they are on the right flight. This is up there with James Veitch and the bit with the rubber ducks in the bathroom he shares with roommates.
You should check out Vlogcreations, they do pranks and they have to be the funniest pranks I’ve ever seen
True
Just for laugh gags has the best prank of them all
@@realityhits3022 too much editing and laugh tracks for my taste
Not really.. He copied someone who did this years and years ago in the U.S.
The key to a good practical joke is to match the joke to the victim. This is a textbook example of doing it right. A low-key worry of every traveller is to end up in the wrong place. And Luton's reputation and vicinity and you have a believable scenario. it goes just far enough to give people that momentary jolt of panic, but is harmless enough that most people will laugh afterwards.
Idk I think the killing my best friend prank was better
Victim?
@@jensjensen9035 idk bro me shooting a bullet through my friend’s book treating it as a bulletproof vest and accidentally killing Him was a cooler prank
@@yingames275 That was hillarious
@@jensjensen9035 I lured them into a porta-potty by providing free ultra-hot tacos and then catapulted it into the grand canyon
I enjoy the bite size video, considering all the effort and time put into these, that could drag on for a season (yeah, Discovery Channel!)
Got to appreciate the attention to detail by adding the uhs into the sponsor segment
imagine being the flight attendant and being questioned by the mastermind himself who put it there
Npc
@@JONBA. what happen
@@backan7404 verified account farming likes and subs.
@@JONBA. either way it was a good comment idc
@@JONBA. oh
As much as the "Welcome to Luton" is funny, I think it's even more hilarious that you booked a flight out of Heathrow via Amsterdam JUST to make sure you can see it when you land at Gatwick...now THAT is dedication
And to be fair to Luton, London Southend, Gatwick, and Stansted all have London in the name despite not being in London either. It's the same energy as how the international airport serving the city of Cincinnati, Ohio...is in Kentucky
We all know why we flew to Amsterdam though, don't we
yeah and new yorks worst airport is in newark new jersey, not even in one of the 5 boroughs
That's because northern kentucky is practically ohio anyways.
@@_wyans facts
@@2aj. New Jersey is just the worse New York, it checks out
I mean listen.. credit is due where credit is due. Good idea, well executed. If you think about it, that positioning is CLUTCH! So well done.
If a sponsor ad transition is creative i will always watch it. I love how it takes you a second to clock that the pilot isn't actually doing it
The fact that he invested in an actual flight just to look at the sign shows full commitment to the prank! 🤣😂
Well after the 4000 pounds spent on the land and sign, another 90 or so pounds for the flight isn't a big deal I guess 😉
@@meisjeViv yes but he had to get 2 flights maybe more if he didn't come in from the east the first time and that would take a good amount of time
@@SarabjeetSanghera Sorry that I have to break it to you but they don't use the Euros in the UK.
he's just trying to make a better youtube video so he can make more money
who hurt you bro? why are you sad? maybe because your little channel couldnt make two bucks?@@CodyCha
This worked on me… I saw the sign and my stomach dropped thinking I somehow booked a flight to Luton. It wasn’t until the pilot said welcome to Gatwick did it click. Well played.
Never laughed so maniacally in my whole life.
This is insanely funny
It speaks volumes that the idea of arriving into Luton in and of itself is enough to make people panic.
"oh gawds, not there!"
Well, I've been sent to Coventry before. Just as heart-wrenching.
@@got2kittys almost as heart wrenching as a man United game
Lived in Harpenden for half of my life, can confirm Luton sucks backside.
To be fair, people might not necessarily panic simply due to the fact that they're at 'Luton". It might more be that they will be late, miss other flights, people that are waiting to pick them up at said airport that can complicate things for them. So I can totally believe that they would "panic".
Luton's bounced back!
Flying to Luton is not a prank, it's a living nightmare. Well done, lad, well done.
He made a worthy sacrifice for the content
Hats off to the guard at the gate. Safety first.
I love the Barber di Sevilla as a background. Perfect choice of music
the funniest part is that i was in that ryanair plane that passed in the beginning. so good to see a celebrity in real life. i genuinely thought you guys were constructing a sign that i thought meant we were actually in Luton but now that i watch this video i know that its a total prank and not a mistake by some "construction workers".
This should get pinned
Was it a hard landing on that flight?
@@jupiter776Heard the plane did three somersaults and a roundoff before properly landing
Ryannair.....hahaah
@@echoisaway LOL 😂😂😂😂
Amazing 😂Smooothest brand integration I've ever seen too
bruh this nerds here
Damn didn't expect Ally Law here
had me in the first half
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Damn that was good! 😂
He pranked me too.😂 i thought we were actually landing to luton.I was so scared.😂😂i did this journey in 27 th of may in 2022
Imagine capping bro 💀 that date is 2 days after this vid came out. So ur capping
@@NightDragonNDYT???? Even if the video was already posted that date, the sign was there for 6 weeks and OBVIOUSLY the whole world didn’t watch this video the day it was uploaded neither does everyone check every single news everyday so I’m 100% sure the sign continued to confuse people until the day they took it off even after this video. We obviously don’t know if this commenter is telling the truth or not but his comment could be true, there’s nothing in it that debunks it
@@NightDragonNDYTYou really think it’s that unlikely he’s telling the truth with this?
I was flying to Gatwick June 2022 and saw it, shat myself but then I laughed really hard on the plane while checking my phone's gps that it wasn't actually true.
Being diverted to luton has to be the most terrifying thing that could possibly happen
You reckon it's at the same level as "welcome to detroit" sign?
Probably even worse
Living here is worse, trust me :-)
+Twig Stickman such as Luton
As a Lutonian, I can confirm.
I used to fake being a Greeter at the Walmart entrance and say the line from the Idiocracy movie, "Welcome to Costco, I love you." I loved the confused looks on people's faces 😂
There are two types of people in the world.
Those who laugh when you follow a greeter line with "I love you" and those that think you're being weird.
They probably just thought you were a r***rd
When I was younger, I would often do animal sounds and people would start looking for the animal but see nothing. I once did it as a passenger on someone else's bike, in passing. Was hilarious. (I even fooled a cat outside once. Started looking for the other cat.)
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂
I Love that the pilot will see it first. So they know where they are, yet they know what the passengers have seen. They can’t make an announcement until they landed. When you get off the jet bridge instead of stairs and a bus… you aren’t in Luton.
I’m in the car at 1:17 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
7:58 I love how Metro just tweeted "Passengers" were left in a state of panic, but not 'passengers to Gatwick' or anything. As if the sheer realisation that people were in Luton, even if they were planning to go there, puts them into panic 🤣
I only realised after you said this 😂😂
I'm so glad you pointed that out HAHAHA
The shadow of Luton haunting the hearts of man
Rather Luton than Milton Keynes or Stevenage.
That gave me a good laugh 😂
Passengers: "ha. this is amusing."
Media around the world: "PASSENGERS IN SHOCK AND PANIC !"
While this gap is amusing, it also makes me sad thinking how media is training us to view the world.
Wow, way to be hyperbolic/remove context. That's quite ironic actually, considering your message.
That's actually exactly what I was thinking lol
I mean, I'd say that's accurate. Giving people a harmless shock was literally the intent.
Very true. There is no more media. Its all propaganda and fear agenda
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I think its great in particular amid soll these dark stories , wars, abusive relationships etc. A bit of old fashioned pranking not to be cancelled. Congratulations
the guy in the truck has a contagious laugh at 4:42
The fact that London has 6 major airports all within 100 miles of each other is hilarious, not to mention the fact that you can actually book flights between these airports.
You missed this "via Amsterdam" bit, I would be surprised if there are any passenger flights between them.
There's an Unfinished London video here on TH-cam talking about the airports.
Direct flights between the London airports? Sounds like a good business plan!
I was surprised at the short flight too
Hahaha, what ?!?! That's crazy !
Everyone talking about how good the prank was but not how smart that ad read on the airplane tannoy was. Creative sir 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yes I came here just to say this 😅👏👏
Perfect
I usually skip sponsered ads but gave it a watch because it was creative
What are you talking about the pilot was just sharing valueble information about lightyear.
I must have blacked out for that part
Good!... I'm gonna put up WELCOME TO LAGOS near JKIA Airport in Nairobi 😂😂😂. Let me now look for finances😂😂😂
In South Korea, the government has a history of doing this trick in the past back in 1970. When North Korean Hi-jackers intercepted a flight departing from Japan, the hi-jackets threatened the pilots to head to Pyongyang. The government was smart enough to make Gimpo International Airport disguised as Pyeongyang Airport haha.
Good joke btw 😂
“But that’s how far I’ll go. . . to make something SILLY.” I laughed out loud.
Max never runs out of silly ideas! Love it!!! Thanks for the continuous laughs. 😂😂
It wasn't his idea
No worries
@@Ahmed-iam Huh?
Wholesome prank