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-The lottery guys!

i don't know Thad or anything, but i heard that the guys conveniently checked the winning lotto numbers later that night... so all that had to be seen was a freeze frame (properly chosen by Haas) from the TiVo'ed drawing.

classic.

check out www.dallasmontage.com for the full story. (including all the emails leading up to the prank and inside info. on the NY trip)

i repeat i don't know Thad,
Thad's friend luke

Good question, unfortunately,Thad says there was no date on screen. Visit www.dallasmontage.com for details and GREAT t-shirts.

I can't believe you referenced Full House.

isn't the original idea from "Full House" where they use VCR to make prank?

I think one of the best parts is how excited the dog gets. Obviously it's just reacting to everyone else's excitement, but I know if it was me in that room the dog jumping, everyone yelling and going crazy.. it'd all make me totally buy into it and ignore the date. What I don't get is that usually they say stuff like "today's drawing, thursday january 8" or whatever... Still, this is one of those good, authentic, really-got-him kind of jokes. Kind of sucks for the dudes who weren't in on it though, this is kind of a multi-person prank

It would've been funnier had it been the Lost's numbers but still quite funny