Pranks don’t have to be over-complicated, convoluted affairs. Often the simplest pranks are the best and most-effective. The one documented in this video is one we could all try.

The protagonist in this prank is a guy whose friends have all got used to him having long, shaggy hair. So used to it in fact that were they to suddenly see him sporting short hair they would be very taken aback.

He shaves his hair off (and looks better as a result, if you ask me) but then makes a wig from his own offcuts. He then dons the wig and films the reactions of his friends and family when he whips the wig off behind their backs.

Some of the reactions are priceless.