"Kid" Tossed Off Bus Video

About

"Kid" Tossed Off Bus Video refers to a viral video of a bus driver violently throwing what appears to be a child off a school bus. While initially, onlookers are outraged, they soon discover that the "child" is actually a short adult man. The clip was widely shared on Twitter.

Origin

On November 12th, 2019, YouTuber Daniel Jean 56 posted a video in which he explained how he would pull off a prank with Instagram comedian and little person 43giant where he would pretend to be an angry bus driver and throw 43giant off the bus (shown below). The prank happens on Jamaica Avenue in Queens, New York City. When the bus pulls over, Daniel Jean violently tosses 43giant off the bus, and onlookers are initially outraged until they notice that what they think is a child is actually an adult short person (shown below). The two both posted clips of the prank to their respective Instagrams.^[1][2]

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The same day the skit was posted, Twitter user @BonLouBoutin tweeted the prank, gaining over 11,000 retweets and 1 million views (shown below, top). User @kuntakine_e also tweeted the video shortly after, gaining over 76,000 retweets and 8 million views (shown below, bottom).

The video was widely shared by people unaware the stunt was a prank, and users shared reactions featuring memes. Twitter user @agyasika posted a Woman Screaming At Cat meme about the video, gaining over 400 retweets and 3,600 likes (shown below, left). User Yddmetai posted images of a laughing Stephen A. Smith, gaining over 300 retweets and 5,000 likes (shown below, right).

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