You’ve seen it on television and you’ve seen it in movies. Definitely not in real life, except perhaps at the circus. But now, someone has actually pulled the ‘tall guy in a trench coat’ trick IRL! And all for the love of free things!
Twitter user @stevelikescups shared a video of an insane con that he and his friend tried to pull off at a movie theatre for a screening of Marvel’s latest superhero flick, Black Panther. Wait for it!
We tried getting the two for one special at black panther. The manager was not having it. pic.twitter.com/Ktqsuh7s3m
— Pillsbury (@stevelikescups) February 16, 2018
LMAO!
Apparently, a mall in Moreno Valley, southern California, had a ‘two for one’ special offer running on their movie tickets, and the two friend tried to use the oldest and most hilarious trick in the book to pass off as one person: two people under an extremely tall trench coat!
Another angle of standing in line. pic.twitter.com/wYi9r3hFeq
— Pillsbury (@stevelikescups) February 17, 2018
Just like in those cartoons we used to see!
It took them a lot of efforts and prep to stand so tall! Another video shared by @stevelikescups shows them putting on the trench coat for their epic performance!
Here's the full video hahaha #BlackPanther pic.twitter.com/SFlJ7o9b3i
— Pillsbury (@stevelikescups) February 17, 2018
Alas! Their con wasn’t ‘con’vincing enough for the employee at the ticket window, who refused to let them in if they didn’t… umm… disband!
“You’re going to have to get down, man. We can’t let you in unless you get down.”
He did find it extremely funny though, so I guess that’s a good sign!
Guess who else found it funny? Twitter, of course! Folks were all over this crazy idea and the two geniuses who were all game to attempt it!
1. If only this guy was manning the ticket counter!
I would honestly just let the guys in cause that shit is funny af 😂😂😂 https://t.co/flF1jdpgFw
— coach (@Goon_Donovan23) February 17, 2018
2. Asking all the right questions! We all wanna know where that trench coat is from!
where did y'all find such a tall dang jacket
— CHANDLER (@CHHNDLER) February 17, 2018
3. You know what they say? Chicks dig tall guys!
https://twitter.com/jhzhhh/status/964962759493365760
4. Almost every second person made the Bojack Horseman connection, an American television show with a similar instance!
Were you in Bojack Horseman? 💀😂 pic.twitter.com/TqD855A6qF
— Caprice 🌷 (@capreezy) February 17, 2018
5. IKR!
Wow I've seen this in movies and cartoons.. never in real life tho. Great attempt tho pic.twitter.com/EqAlutY6nO
— ♚سپوژمی♚ (@spozy69) February 17, 2018
TBH, kudos to these boys for giving this trick a shot! The things we do for freebies and discounts! *sigh*