Fake strongman duo pranks local morning shows and the results are glorious comedy
Let's get a slow clap for "Chop" and "Steele," folks. Because this YouTube prank is straight up brilliant.
"Chop" and "Steele" are not actually the weightlifting strongman duo they purport to be. They're really a couple of major doofuses. But that didn't stop some earnest local TV morning shows from booking the duo for fitness demonstrations.
From karate-chopping twigs (wow!) to stomping on wicker baskets (impressive!), "Chop" and "Steele" gave local news viewers all the excitement they could handle. The funniest part is watching morning show anchors try to smile and nod along as our strongmen get weirder and weirder.
The bit, embedded atop this post, is part Best in Show, part Borat.
But who, you ask, are "Chop" and "Steele" actually? They're Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, a pair of comedians behind the The Found Footage Festival.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
