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Length · 29 Sept 2026
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Video #43524 · Skit

Satirical local news segment comedyfrom @canteen_boi

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Overview

A creator, acting as a news reporter, presents a satirical 'breaking news' segment about a huge poop discovered in a TGI Friday's bathroom. She interviews the man who found it and his friends, who all treat the discovery with mock seriousness and awe. The report follows the story from its discovery, the emotional impact it had on the friend group, the tragedy of it being flushed by a janitor, and concludes with their plans to hold a candlelight vigil in its memory.

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Simple outline

  1. 1Frame trivial event as major news
  2. 2Interview 'witnesses' with mock gravity
  3. 3Detail the event's tragic conclusion
  4. 4Show the community's emotional response

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Related videos

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Classification

Format
Concepts
Mockumentary Sketch
Elements
Lower ThirdScreenshot as EvidenceB-Roll CutawayGraphic Overlay

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Title hook · 50%

BREAKING NEWS HUGE POOP FOUND AT TGI FRIDAY'S

Verbal hook · 40%

Over the weekend, a huge poop was found in a TJI Friday's bathroom impressing a local group of 30 year old men.

Visual hook · 10%

A woman dressed as a professional news reporter stands in front of a TGI Friday's, holding a microphone, with a bold 'BREAKING NEWS' graphic on screen, creating an immediate juxtaposition between a serious format and a ridiculous topic.

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Hook template

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BREAKING NEWS: [absurd discovery] FOUND AT [ordinary location]

  • — BREAKING NEWS: A SIX-FOOT ZUCCHINI FOUND AT A GROCERY STORE
  • — BREAKING NEWS: A GOLD-PLATED TOOTHBRUSH FOUND AT A GYM
  • — BREAKING NEWS: A TINY THRONE FOUND AT AN OFFICE

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

A 'Breaking News' style introduction that presents a ridiculous, low-stakes event with the utmost seriousness, creating immediate comedic dissonance.

Payoff

A final, philosophical reflection from a witness that draws a profound, existential, or life-altering lesson from the completely trivial event, delivering the ultimate punchline of the parody.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Mockumentary News Report

To create comedy by applying the formal structure, tone, and gravitas of a serious news report to a completely trivial, absurd, or juvenile event. The humor arises from the extreme contrast between the format and the content.

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    The Eyewitness Account

    Introduce the primary 'witness' or person involved, who recounts the trivial event with detailed, serious, and overly dramatic testimony, lending it a false sense of reality and importance.

  2. 2

    The Corroborating Evidence

    Bolster the mock-serious narrative by presenting 'evidence'—such as expert quotes, artistic renderings, or data visualizations—that treats the trivial subject with analytical rigor.

  3. 3

    The Social Ripple Effect

    Expand the story by interviewing secondary witnesses (friends, colleagues) who describe the profound emotional or social impact the trivial event had on them, further escalating the absurdity.

  4. 4

    The Tragic Turning Point

    Introduce a conflict or climax where the subject of the report is lost, destroyed, or irrevocably changed, framed as a moment of genuine tragedy.

  5. 5

    The Memorialization & Aftermath

    Detail the community's response to the 'tragedy,' such as plans for a memorial or vigil, showing the lasting, over-the-top impact of the event.

Themes

  • parody
  • friendship
  • absurdism
  • media satire

Techniques

  • mockumentary
  • deadpan humor
  • on-location reporting

Post caption

If it bleeds, it reads #journalism #guys #comedy

Text overlays

  • title · beginning

    BREAKING NEWS HUGE POOP FOUND AT TGI FRIDAY'S PORTER RANCH, CA

  • branding · throughout

    CBN NEWS

  • contextual · beginning

    GARRETT MCKENNA FIRST ONE TO SEE THE POOP

  • contextual · beginning

    ARTIST'S 3D RENDER OF GARRETT'S POV

  • informational · middle

    "It spanned the entire diameter of the bowl like a bridge. I told my friends immediately." GARRETT MCKENNA

  • contextual · middle

    BRYAN GARRETT'S FRIEND

  • contextual · middle

    MAX GARRETT'S FRIEND

  • title · end

    BREAKING NEWS JANITOR ENDED UP FLUSHING IT PORTER RANCH, CA

  • informational · end

    CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL FOR FLUSHED POOP 10/4 @ 8PM

Transcript

Over the weekend, a huge poop was found in a TJI Friday's bathroom impressing a local group of 30 year old men. Porter Ranch local Garrett McKenna is said to have been the first one to discover the poop. So it was in the second stall from the right if if your back is to the sink in the men's best. And I remember opening the the stall door and looking down at it and going, woah. The second I saw it, I knew I was looking at something very special. After finding the huge poop, which Garrett says banned the entire diameter of the bowl like a bridge, He went immediately to tell his friends. Your friends were in the middle of eating. Were you at all worried that they might find this information disgusting? Not at all. My friends are very piggish guys. I knew that they'd be stoked to hear about the poop. Yeah. Honestly, it was like a chill night, you no, like, super mellow. And then when we saw, like, the poop, it, like, on... It changed up everything. New energy. Right when I saw it, I took a couple photos and sent it to my brother-in-law. And he was like, that's AI. And I said, that's not AI. It's the real deal. But those photos best to a brother-in-law would end up being the only proof that it ever existed. After about twenty minutes, a, janitor came in and actually flushed it. Sorry. It's heartbreaking. The force of the flush was so great that it actually tore the piece of poop right in two. Garrett and his friends say they plan on holding a candlelight vigil later this week in memory of the flushed poop. Nothing's permanent. You know? The only thing that we really have is the here and the now. For CAN News, I'm Rank Sledge.