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How hard did you hit the wall during the April Fool's dance?asked by Mung

TL;DRThe April Fool's dance in front of the green screen was unscripted and came together in a few days, with Jared genuinely slamming into the wall and moving it.

Tyler WitkinCommunity Manager

Let me answer that one. So I was approached by a handful of people that asked if that was a scripted event. So not only was that not scripted, but the entire fact that we were dancing in front of a green screen was about five minutes of an idea before it actually happened. They stood us in front of the green screen and said, all right, dance. And then Justin was like, well, we need music. So Justin played music on his phone, and it was the most authentic and genuine reaction from Jared. I don't even know what you were thinking. He just flew across the frame, slammed so hard into it. It's this thing.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community

It's the same wall that's behind me now. They are 8 feet tall and 12 feet wide.

Tyler WitkinCommunity Manager

Yeah, the whole thing moved like 5 feet. Everyone was worried about you. That's why we all ran over immediately to make sure that you were okay.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community

I have lots of cushion. None of this was planned. The entire April Fool's gag came together in three days. We had nothing Tuesday afternoon and this thing had to go out Friday morning. So it was Tuesday afternoon. I had an incredibly bad idea and I'm like, no, this is bad. We don't have the time to do it. We don't have the resources to do it. And so I went into Ben's office specifically to have him talk me out of it and told him, hey, profession, career, food delivery. And he just goes, let's do it. And those are the three worst words that I can ever hear. Because whenever Ben says, let's do it, it means I'm not going to sleep for the next three days. And that's basically what that was. So it worked out. I liked it.

Reverse the Verse›May 6th, 2016·
Published on this date.6 May 2016
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