So you're telling me that most of the customers at the malls in Los Angeles are paid actors?

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The Golden Gate Bridge

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The video uses humor and a surprising twist to keep viewers engaged. The initial premise of mall customers being paid actors is intriguing, and the speaker's subsequent offer to sell absurd items like the Golden Gate Bridge creates a memorable and shareable moment.

Summary

The video features a conversation about acting as paid extras in malls, with the speaker revealing they were once hired to make a mall look busy. The speaker then humorously offers to sell viewers the Golden Gate Bridge and stars in the sky, implying they can help acquire anything.

Structure

1The speaker claims most mall customers are paid actors.
2They explain how they got started as an extra during a political campaign.
3The speaker details the different roles and instructions for extras at a mall.
4They offer to sell the Golden Gate Bridge and stars in the sky.
5The speaker invites viewers to contact them to discuss purchasing items.

Product placement

The video features multiple images and clips related to malls, shopping, and acting, including "The Grove" mall, "Central Casting," and the "Golden Gate Bridge." The speaker also mentions "Anthropologie" and "Onward" (a Pixar movie).

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SO YOU'RE TELLING THE CUSTOMERS AT THE MALLS IN LOS ANGELES ARE PAID ACTORS? HOW DO YOU KNOW BECAUSE I AM ONE IT'S THE BEST ONE THAT'S THE MOST CONSISTENT STARTED IN THIS? IT WAS DURING TO SHOW THAT HE WAS SUCCESSFUL AND PROFITABLE HE REACHED OUT TO CENTRAL CASTING AND JUST HIRED EXTRAS TO MAKE THE GROVE LOOK LIKE IT WAS THRIVING WHAT WERE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS YOUR ACTING INSTRUCTIONS AT THE GROVE? AT THE BEGINNING YOU COME IN YOUR LOOP WHEN YOU FIRST YOU'RE OUT IN THE SUN HITTING YOUR ANTHROPOLOGIE PAST THE CINEMAS OR YOU GET STUCK DOING THE PARKING GARAGE OH I WAS AN ESCALATOR SIX MONTHS WAY UP YOU GET TO GO INTO BUT SENIORITY IS THE TROLLEY DOWN TO THE PEOPLE RIDE ON THE TROLLEYS EXTRAS? 'CAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE- PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON THAT TROLLEY THERE'S PROBABLY FIVE EXTRAS ON THAT TROLLEY WHAT ARE THE CONVERSATION ARE YOU DOING WHEN- YEAH MINE'S NON-SPEAKING ANOTHER CUSTOMER OR ANYTHING LIKE SPEAKING PART- DIRECTIONS ONE TIME I WAS FOUNTAIN GUY WHAT'S FOUNTAIN GUY? PRETEND YOU'RE GOING OFF WOW! IF YOU GUYS BELIEVE THAT WHOLE NONSENSE I WILL SELL YOU THIS BRIDGE CURRENTLY IN SAN CALLED THE GOLDEN GATE TO CHANGE THE NAME AS SOON IT FROM ME I WANNA SELL YOU A COUPLE OF STARS IN THE SKY THAT I PERSONALLY OWN THE TITLE I HELP YOU ACQUIRE OTHER THINGS TOO SUCH AS THE Eiffel Tower GRAND CANYON IF COME FIND ME SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THINGS AND BUY

Transcript

So you're telling me that most of the customers at the malls in Los Angeles are paid actors? Yeah. How do you know that? Because I am one. It's the best acting job in Hollywood, or at least the one that's the most consistent. How did you get started in this? It was during Rick Caruso's campaign to show that he was successful and profitable. He reached out to Central Casting and just hired extras to make the Grove look like it was driving. Well, you're instructions, your acting instructions when you're working at the Grove. At the beginning of every shift, you come in and you you get to sign your loop. When you first start out, you're out in the sun, you're probably hitting your anthropology, past the cinema, or you get stuck doing the parking garage which Oh, wow. I never thought of that. I was an escalator guy for the first six months. As you work your way up, you get to go into the food court, but seniors the trolley. Down to the people that right on the trolleys, those are all extras. You don't need as many because that's obviously the most regular people are getting on that trolleys. There's probably five extras on that trolley. What are the conversation you're having? Are you doing Improv or what do you what do you Yeah, mine's non-speaking. You don't want to interact with another customer or anything like that. There's a few speaking directions. One time I was uh, fountaine guy. What's fountaine guy? Pretend you're the fountaine going off. Wow. If you guys believe that, whole nonsense, I will sell you this bridge currently in San Francisco. Right now it's called the Golden Gate, but you're welcome to change the name as soon as you buy it from me. And then I want to sell you a couple of stars in the sky that I personally own. I'll show you the title. I mean I could probably help you acquire other things too such as the Eiffel Tower, Grand Canyon, if you like. Come find me so we can talk about things you can purchase some by.