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Punk'd is an American hidden camera – practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003. It was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, with Kutcher serving as producer and host. It bears a resemblance to both the classic hidden camera show Candid Camera and to TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, which also featured ...
The following is a complete episode list for the TV series Punk'd. Bold victims appeared on Punk'd more than once. The show began in 2003, but ended in 2007. The show resumed production after an extended hiatus for a ninth season in 2012. Punk'd returned in 2020 on the new mobile streaming App Quibi, with Chance the Rapper as the new host.
Room 401 is a hidden camera / reality television series on MTV, executive produced by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg. It is named after the room Harry Houdini died in at Detroit 's Grace Hospital in 1926. The show also used some of his famous acts. Room 401 took unaware victims into the center of pranks that played like mini horror movies.
Ashton Kutcher tells Esquire about the one person he "desperately" wanted to prank on "Punk'd": former President George W. Bush.
A 2003 clip of Ashton Kutcher on 'Punk'd' has resurfaced and it shows the 25 year old Kutcher saying this about 15 year old Hilary Duff: "She's one of the girls that we're all waiting for to turn 18."
Todd Oren/WireImage Some of Ashton Kutcher’s friendships have caused controversy. Kutcher and Sean “Diddy” Combs have been friends since the early 2000s after meeting on the set of Punk’d.
A wave of other American hidden-camera prank shows began in the 1980s: Totally Hidden Video was shown on Fox from 1989 until 1992. MTV's Ashton Kutcher vehicle, Punk'd, devised elaborate pranks on celebrities. Some shows have been criticized because of the potential cruelty inherent in the pranks, such as Scare Tactics.
The pair became friends in 2003 while they were both producing shows at MTV. At the time, Kutcher had just launched the prank show Punk’d when he received a call from Diddy.