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  • mopman wrote on April 1, 3:38 pm

    AHAHAHAHHAHA I knew it, I knew Erik was invincible

  • Joey (guest) wrote on April 1, 3:44 pm

    GGGGAAHHH!!! Damn it, you got me on this one :D!!!

    Good Job as usual guys!!!!!

  • iambubba wrote on April 1, 3:50 pm

    I kind of thought it was a joke, but still good.

  • sonnyfromda02 (guest) wrote on April 1, 3:55 pm

    Ha. Good one.

  • muffindog wrote on April 1, 3:55 pm

    dammit Erik! i feel right into that one and i thought that you were hurt because you were so sad. I should have seen this coming you sneaky sneaky man

  • NinternMike wrote on April 1, 3:59 pm

    Pwn't

  • gcubedproductions wrote on April 1, 4:11 pm

    Wow you guys had me fooled!

  • Kevin (guest) wrote on April 1, 4:15 pm

    Wow I knew it was a joke when you said that you were blind on that eye but I actually belived it when you in the last BFX said that you hurt your eye.

  • Waywardson256 wrote on April 1, 4:16 pm

    Didn't see that coming....Nice one!

  • toppie34 wrote on April 1, 4:16 pm

    i knew it because you used tape to cover your eye and you did it kinda fake way

  • NinternMike wrote on April 1, 4:21 pm

    riiiight.

  • Sminc wrote on April 1, 5:30 pm

    i bet.

  • toppie34 wrote on April 1, 6:36 pm

    i actually did .. but no way to prove it but you dont have to prove it either so nothing

  • Jesse (guest) wrote on April 1, 4:20 pm

    Alright, this is the best joke I have ever seen. Really Cool. It looked like a real accident. It made it even more real, becauselast episode or two you hurted yourself in the finger. And I was like no not again. This was all a joke. Really amazing!

  • ciwi286 wrote on April 1, 4:30 pm

    Wow guys...Great one! Since it was announced thursday I really didnt think it was a joke! When you said you were gonna be rockin the pirate patch permanently I wasnt so sure.
    I cant beleive you didn't tell steve!

  • felix78 wrote on April 1, 4:33 pm

    Don't ever scare me like that... again... or else....

  • wackozacho wrote on April 1, 4:44 pm

    Should have expected it with the vague blair witch accident video. Damnit I am such a stooge.

  • Jordan (guest) wrote on April 1, 4:45 pm

    you dirty bastards. I love you.

  • 17th Letter Films (guest) wrote on April 1, 4:47 pm

    Beautiful April Fool's joke.

  • MarkLutt wrote on April 1, 4:52 pm

    am i the only one who thinks this wasnt even cool or funny?

    couldve done soething much better. just trying to give some constructive criticism.

    its not even something that youre supposed to feel dumb about because you fell for it, and thats the point of april fools.

  • tommy012345 wrote on April 1, 5:05 pm

    Again, Damn You!!!! Good One Though. (See Youtube)

  • tommy012345 wrote on April 1, 5:06 pm

    Also, Did you break that camera you pushed over???

  • Choko8 wrote on April 1, 5:06 pm

    ...

  • taylorvanman88 wrote on April 1, 5:07 pm

    neat too bad the blood didnt show up verry well

  • hobo (guest) wrote on April 1, 5:26 pm

    Ahhhhh!!! screw you!!!! Jk you got me XD

  • broadwaybohemia wrote on April 1, 5:29 pm

    Oh Ha Ha!

  • mac_millz wrote on April 1, 5:31 pm

    u tricky S.O.B. Erik I'll get u someday (devilishly laughing), later bro

  • goldenkirby wrote on April 3, 6:41 pm

    let's team up and get him in his closet =x and then we can get him for steve =D

  • ugman77 wrote on April 1, 5:35 pm

    ha, nice one guys. had me going until you said it would be a regular part on the show

  • apstinky wrote on April 1, 5:42 pm

    LOL, u guys got me, can erick still wear a pirate eyepatch, and a pirate costume for the next Q and A?

  • M3n747 (guest) wrote on April 1, 5:45 pm

    I second that! We want Erik in a pirate costume!

    Arrr, Steve, lad! :D

  • M3n747 (guest) wrote on April 1, 5:44 pm

    The best April Fools joke I ever believed. :D Damn you, Erik, I actually felt sorry for you for a moment. :)

    But you won't get us so easily the next year. :)

  • justin (guest) wrote on April 1, 5:52 pm

    Nice. I knew that today was a joke, but I never thought that the whole thing was fake. Nice Job!

  • Nerupe wrote on April 1, 5:56 pm

    Sneaky bastards....here i have a better thingy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

  • Peter Marquardt (guest) wrote on April 1, 6:00 pm

    Hell yeah! You got me up until the "regular part". Excellent preparation. Glad you're OK

  • mike1630 wrote on April 1, 6:08 pm

    Wow :) that was an april fool's like 10 days in the making. You sneaky bastards.

  • elle (guest) wrote on April 1, 6:15 pm

    DANG IT, hahahaha. Here I was feeling bad for secretly laughing when the camera got shoved over.

  • Zak (guest) wrote on April 1, 6:21 pm

    dude that was great, good job! glad you can see tho lol

  • oooyo (guest) wrote on April 1, 6:45 pm

    that was a great trick.you should do a episode on how to pull pranks.

  • Internettom (guest) wrote on April 1, 6:50 pm

    excellent one guys, I was fooled

  • randychico wrote on April 1, 6:52 pm

    Hahahahaha... you bastards!!!! April fools on the internet is usually lame.... this time.. I fell in it face first shame on you fool me twice.

  • Raleigh Latham (guest) wrote on April 1, 7:04 pm

    hahah damn, you definitely got me. I thought...Oh nooo, hopefully his eye really got pwned. Glad it was a sweet joke.

  • ninjapiratemonkey wrote on April 1, 7:07 pm

    lies all lies!!!!!
    haha steve didnt know!!!!

  • Blake (guest) wrote on April 1, 7:15 pm

    YOU BASTARD!! good prank. I actually felt bad for you when you hurt your eye.. but now I think we need to sacrifice it as retribution for a prank well done.

  • daydreamer1 wrote on April 1, 7:18 pm

    Damnit,you guys suck...but great prank!

  • Kevinaz (guest) wrote on April 1, 7:29 pm

    Wow. I COMPLETELY didn't see that one coming. Nice work!

  • astalapitjes wrote on April 1, 7:31 pm

    haha you had me there you bastards

    but i dont understand, if steve didnt know about the joke, then why did we see him help you true the door of the clinic?
    or was that a joke aswell?

  • Kevinaz (guest) wrote on April 1, 7:38 pm

    Wow. I did not see that coming. Good one indymogul!!!

  • greenhouse studios (guest) wrote on April 1, 7:38 pm

    What sold it for me was the q and eric epi where you were acting paranoid and getting scared of gary the puppet. that's exactly what I would do to someone if they were doped up on pain killers. I did think it was weird on bfx when you didn't show any gore shots...that's not your style.

    glad your fine though.

    peace.

  • ionfilms wrote on April 1, 8:11 pm

    what was that sound you made when the balloon popped. Haha funny.

  • ResidentEman wrote on April 1, 8:13 pm

    Holy sh*t! You guys totally had me on that! I felt really bad at the beginning of the episode but then I found out it was just a cheap trick! You bunch of A-holes!

  • Homecrisp56 wrote on April 1, 8:25 pm

    Scared the shit outta me.

  • orientalpuzzleboxproductions wrote on April 1, 8:32 pm

    ahhhh!!! This only makes me love you guys more and more and MORE AND MORE!!!!!!!!
    But u did scare me....
    I almost cried when I saw Eric get hurt then curse then run out of the room....
    GREAT JOB!!!!!!

  • flamytacos21 wrote on April 1, 8:41 pm

    hahahahahaha u got me there :)

  • maxillianchameleon wrote on April 1, 8:52 pm

    haha but you really had me going there

  • Cosmic Gecko (guest) wrote on April 1, 9:12 pm

    pheww thank god i thought BFX was done! Good joke guys, you had me fooled. Keep up the good work!

  • demonattwo wrote on April 1, 10:02 pm

    oh man that was the best one i see in a long time

  • lilman555 wrote on April 1, 10:24 pm

    well played sir...i can honestly say that this is the only april fools prank i fell for...congrats!

  • maguilla wrote on April 1, 10:38 pm

    I really thought Justin was abusing Erik, and the "I hurt my eye with a door" thing was to cover things up.

    I was thinking about mailing Erik some shelters addresses.

    Well at the end everything is ok, but I still think Erik is a passive aggressive bitch.

  • synchronicity23 wrote on April 1, 10:38 pm

    he should show us how to make a fake throwable boulder that does'nt hurt

  • BonOfTheDead (guest) wrote on April 1, 11:29 pm

    I expected your eye to be better, but to have been never hurt in the first place? i knew that camera push looked rather peculiar.

  • BentCanuck wrote on April 1, 11:29 pm

    hahaha!......bastards. My other half was convinced that would happen to me......gotta show him the new clip now....great work

  • Cuboos (guest) wrote on April 2, 1:33 am

    wow, you had me going, the patch one was obvious, but you did do a very convincing job.

  • YoungAndBald (guest) wrote on April 2, 1:52 am

    You SUCK- I was worried dude; and since it's fake you suck for not using enough blood- I didn't notice any blood until the other angle- Head wounds bleed a lot more than other wounds because there is so much more blood flow for the brain so even small wounds bleed a LOT. Glad your O.K.

  • MaverickUK (guest) wrote on April 2, 3:24 am

    Son of a.... well played sir! :)

  • ljung90 wrote on April 2, 5:35 am

    got me:P

  • Dudez (guest) wrote on April 2, 8:06 am

    O_O pwn't D: best april fools joke

  • Hejhog101 wrote on April 2, 9:11 am

    hahahahahahaha!

    I forgot to think of pranks for april first

  • plugs wrote on April 2, 9:25 am

    DAMMMNNNN YOUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!

  • stripedflag wrote on April 2, 10:32 am

    he really does need to be in a pirate suit in the next Q and Erik

  • Leesdad (guest) wrote on April 2, 10:45 am

    OMG, that was great.

  • HazMatt Productions wrote on April 2, 10:46 am

    I honestly fell for the whole thing... Erik's acting was the seller... However I want to thank indy mogul for giving us an unforgetable lesson in safty.

    (You guys are jerks)

  • ringkingstudio wrote on April 2, 11:12 am

    I started wondering if it was a prank. I didn't see your eye patch on when you were finishing the build for the Death Ray. Nice job!

  • helmet098 wrote on April 2, 11:22 am

    For the record I CALLED IT HAHA still pretty good though...

  • kitus (guest) wrote on April 2, 11:23 am

    haha that was great, I kinda thought that this vid was a fool and u'd had a gd fast recovery but i never thought the whole thing wos, u got me bad!

  • salty joe wrote on April 2, 11:35 am

    dang! I realy thought you got hurt. good one

  • Timharcourt-powell wrote on April 2, 11:40 am

    Haha Legends, totally didnt see that coming it was that well thought out!

    but I'm agreeing with the Pirate Suit idea!

    Pirate!
    Pirate!
    Pirate!!

  • Mark (guest) wrote on April 2, 11:59 am

    HAVE YOU NO SHAME!

  • Rainer666 wrote on April 2, 12:16 pm

    wow you got me but you did tell steve he was there with the balloons

  • himynamesryan wrote on April 2, 12:50 pm

    ...I'm going to kill Eric...

  • Cityscape Pictures wrote on April 2, 12:56 pm

    Erik Beck you sneaky son of a gun! Man that was a good prank, really had me going there. :)

  • lemonlemonuk (guest) wrote on April 2, 2:44 pm

    Woah, I was totally convinced!
    Dont trick us like that again!

  • Pepsikirby11 wrote on April 2, 3:19 pm

    I thought you really hurt yourself!

  • Chompsky (guest) wrote on April 2, 3:19 pm

    . . . you beautiful bastard.

  • Mario Salcido (guest) wrote on April 2, 4:13 pm

    Ha-Ha! You got me too... Nice one but I'm glad that your eye is ok.

  • Aspiring-screenwriter-pat wrote on April 2, 4:41 pm

    Oh man you should have just gone for broke and claimed the eye had to be surgically removed. Then you could have
    A. Done an awesome missing eye effect
    or
    B. Been like "Here let me show you what happens when you don't wear eye protection (removes eye patch to reveal nothings wrong)... psych!"

  • Outkast1220 wrote on April 3, 12:21 am

    MAN!!! I cant believe i didnt get that

  • Kevin Mosley (guest) wrote on April 3, 2:00 am

    I really felt sorry for you!

    I do love some movie magic though. You really pulled it off.

    Just imagine how "jokes" that you see in the the news every single day of your life.

    That's depressing.

  • archangel1985us wrote on April 3, 10:47 am

    Great prank man I didn't see that coming at all.

  • bookreada wrote on April 3, 11:02 am

    It was the the video that made me question. It looked fake

  • CharmingTrickster wrote on April 3, 1:12 pm

    What The... you mean I just got pwned bu Indy Mogul?!? I'm not safe anywere ;)

  • zambo (guest) wrote on April 3, 4:32 pm

    You SUCK O_o

  • Crazyhorrormovienerd wrote on April 3, 5:08 pm

    ah i agree with steve u jerk lol i was all depress about it...but good prank...i'll be looking out next year though so don't thknk u'll do it again

  • The-Creator wrote on April 3, 6:15 pm

    I DON'T LIKE YOU... I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE HURT....

    lol good joke though and it worked well

  • goldenkirby wrote on April 3, 6:39 pm

    LAWL that was a pretty awesome prank

  • slowfox21 (guest) wrote on April 3, 11:54 pm

    YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • jediknight1234 wrote on April 4, 8:54 am

    lol You guys totally fooled me. My only question is, if you didn't tell steve why was he throwing a balloon when you all screamed "APRIL FOOLS"?

  • SGriZZ wrote on April 4, 4:08 pm

    haha very well done, right from the very beginning. *props*

  • steve (guest) wrote on April 5, 12:47 am

    You morons. It was obvious from the start that his "injury" was fake. For one, if he actually want to the hospital, he would have medical tape on his eye. not scotch tape. Secondly, they wouldn't give you a cheezy pirate eyepatch. the ones they use are blue, and have a different type of strap. next time, get it right. oh and for anyone who actually fell for this... you need to see a doctor about the rapid necritis of your brain.

  • razaksroughnecks wrote on April 5, 5:13 am

    Well played old man! Of course you realize, if you ever DO have an injury, you won't be getting ANY sympathy! (the boy who cried wolf and everything...)

    Nah... you'll probably still get a ton of sympathy because you ROCK!

  • kennythecrackhead wrote on April 5, 5:23 pm

    Erik Beck you are a crafty bastard and I love you. You jerk!

  • Kreaden (guest) wrote on April 6, 11:56 am

    I can't believe everyone fell for this. LOL

  • david (guest) wrote on April 10, 8:16 am

    eric u are such a jerk
    u just screwed it up

  • herobarros wrote on April 12, 5:55 pm

    i felt so stupid after going through the hole day thinking i havnt fell for a prank then i wach this...dam yhoo

  • Super Cameraman wrote on April 13, 12:02 am

    I missed this episode, and then I saw Q and Erik, and I was like, "It healed already?"

  • Duanevideos wrote on April 13, 11:10 pm

    I Cried in my sleep about that. Now I know its a joke were threw ERIK!!!

  • PlanetSheep wrote on April 30, 10:47 am

    ROFL you got me i really believed it! Well done!

  • Bobbyeagle wrote on May 2, 12:00 pm

    you guys are film making geniouses! I recon that accident was pretty convincing from both angles. Also, i like it how registration to your site is
    fast, easy and 'painless' haha

  • foxey wrote on May 3, 8:25 am

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  • JackSparrow424 (guest) wrote on June 1, 8:33 am

    lol i realy thought that it was real (erik you basterd HAHA!!)

  • Gavin (guest) wrote on August 6, 2:11 am

    nice job.You really fooled me.I also like the death ray episode

  • jjrox09 wrote on September 21, 5:11 pm

    OMg!

Indy Mogul Bonus Episode: Update on Erik's Eye

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