Storytime with Thomas Sanders

December 13, 2014 10:53 AM

Thomas Sanders has been doing Vines in which he narrates people's lives for them, often surprising the subjects with what is actually happening. A 2m30s compilation gives you a taste of what he does.
posted by hippybear (10 comments total)

Some of those are adorable, but the wedding proposal one was ... yeah. You want to not *actually* fuck with people's lives as you do this sort of thing.
posted by jacquilynne at 11:11 AM on December 13, 2014 [2 favorites]

The old guy giving a thumbs up while picking up chicks is great
posted by ReeMonster at 11:24 AM on December 13, 2014 [2 favorites]

I love how people just... go with it. It's probably some pavlovian response to hearing Narrator Guy voice that we feel compelled to act it out.
posted by FirstMateKate at 11:32 AM on December 13, 2014 [1 favorite]

The quick-witted are the most amusing. I think I'd freeze like a deer in headlights.
posted by five fresh fish at 11:43 AM on December 13, 2014

I'm skeptical that some of these are real. The 'butt scratching' one seems absolutely fake, as do several others.

your favorite Vine sucks!
posted by still bill at 11:48 AM on December 13, 2014 [3 favorites]

Seems staged to me. I put my money on viral marketing.
posted by spork at 11:49 AM on December 13, 2014

MoTown: we get it all out in 2 minutes 30.
posted by clavdivs at 12:03 PM on December 13, 2014

These are funny, but I'm convinced that there's some degree of coordination in many, if not all of them. That doesn't diminish the video, I enjoyed it.
posted by the christopher hundreds at 12:23 PM on December 13, 2014 [3 favorites]

Butt-scratching guy looks over at his girlfriend at the exact moment she says the final "what?" Like he knew the line was coming?
posted by JoeZydeco at 5:06 PM on December 13, 2014

Some are obviously staged, some are obviously not.

I love vines. They're like the twitter of sketch comedy.
posted by dgaicun at 9:02 PM on December 13, 2014