Mediocre Films played a prank on one of the “Free Hugs” guys by offering Deluxe Hugs for $2.
Here’s the original Free Hugs video from YouTube (43 million views and counting):
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The guy is funny, but he’s making fun of free hugs.
Jokes have to be made. I like the woman who snarked right back at him.
I’m not going to lie, I laughed throughout nearly the entire thing.
Great video
Haha, i absolutely love this prank.
Btw, what’s up with the free hug guy, he looks like a frustrated weirdo with no sense of humor.
In my country you sometimes find a free hug campaign (at festivals etc) but they always consist of a group young happy boys & girls.
Just one male frustrated chump seems a bit weird to me.
After analyzing this a bit more I think the free hug guy is actually in on the prank and pretending to be pissed. Still funny though:)
Well, this is cool, but Switzerland did it first!
There was a free hugs event in Zurich. Zurimprov was part of it, but we sold payhugs, hehe. That was in August 2008. You can see more about it here: http://www.zuerimprov.ch/wordpress/archives/34 
Deluxe Hugs inspired this tee – It’s a money maker!
http://www.chestees.com/products.asp?ProductID=46