Depp's Lone Ranger Prop Clip Passes 15 Million Views

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's 12:30 Eastern, this is BBN Town Hall, and the question in chat is about a clip that's now at fifteen million views: Johnny Depp, on the set of The Lone Ranger, looking confused when a prop malfunctioned.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWhich prop?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe title doesn't say. It's from a channel called Eggdar, it's number thirteen on the comedy chart, and it calls the confusion genuine.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo fifteen million people have vouched for the confusion of a man holding something none of us can name. That's how a civilization ends, quietly, in the comments.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMostly in the comments, yes.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd since we haven't aired the footage, I'm scoring on the title alone: eight out of ten, but the lion still beats it.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEight for a thing you haven't seen.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe prop is fine, Dale. The malfunction is that you watched it with the sound off, hashtag Eggdar.