DC ExtraTime: More Pranks with That Florida Man & His Florida Friends

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YouTube Prankster RossCreations (May '21)

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This past weekend, all of us got to put 2021 in the same category as 2020 and the thousands of other years that came before it: giving it a proper send-off on the year's last day and a night of partying that lasted last well into the first hours of New Year's Day (and in the case of this year, the long New Year's weekend). The year's final seven days gave every journalistic organization a chance to look back on the year's biggest news and some of their most memorable stories of the last twelve months... and while we aren't a big operation by any means we at DCBLOG still have our own collection of outstanding work from the 365 days that just past. But one that seems to stand out in many ways has to do with something that brings together a reality soap opera with comedy and stranger things that will want you to forget for a moment how bad the past twenty-four months have been in this world.

By way of the hundreds of those who've entertained you on a cable channel that's been around since your parents were your age, the ExtraTime series has afforded us many opportunities to introduce you to some incredible people in the ten years of our coverage of the world Inside MTV Reality television. We have featured other reality stars from outside the channel, musicians, athletes and beyond whenever they meet the personalities of the most-talked about reality shows there are... but our most profiled people on here outside our primary beat over the years have been social media influencers and personalities from YouTube, TikTok, SnapChat and Instagram who dominate the timelines on their respective apps, and whose videos on those platforms are just about everywhere you go.

And while we have featured that guy from Ohio who's burst onto the scene through his much-hyped boxing fights and him bringing two girls from the same MTV show to his pool and into his heart, there is another YouTuber who has made his mark in the world of viral videos without all of the hype that surrounds Jake Paul or his older brother Logan. And provided that things have not spiraled out of control where you live -- and as many of us report back to work and to school on this Monday after the 2-week long winter break for Christmas and New Year's, the man known as RossCreations and his troupe of pranksters have given us reason to look forward to the start of the week, including this first weekday.

DC ExtraTime: Someone You Should Know - YouTube Prankster RossCreations

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In much of the past decade, MTV fans have become accustomed to Challenge Wednesdays and the fifth major pro sport of The Challenge taking place at the middle of the week -- same goes for the show that introduced America to the art of using a phony online identification to create a love affair, Catfish. But after the end of another exciting season of the show that began the subgenre of reality competition shows, summer 2021 will turn see the focus of MTV Wednesdays shift to drama and two of the shows which represent the legacy of when the channel began a new subgenre: reality soap.

This coming week on Wednesday May 12th, The Hills begins its eighth overall season and the second of the New Beginnings spinoff, almost two decades since its predecessor Laguna Beach began, and for which the visit of Kristin Cavallari will no doubt be a must-see. But in the hour prior to us returning to California again, it's Season 4 of its East Coast counterpart, Siesta Key, as those who grew up watching her, Lauren, Speidi and their power clique provide us with their brand of juicy drama. The past four years in that beach town outside of Sarasota, Florida have provided us with plenty to devour, and all indications are that we should be in for another sultry summer ahead of us.

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During Season 3 last year, someone who was a bit player of sorts in its first two summers finally emerged into being a permanent part of the Floridian friend group. Amanda Miller was there for that opening birthday party in Alex Kompo's house and promptly gave the town's authority on elitist gossip, Chloe Trautman, a broken nose when she flirted with musician and resident player Brandon Gomes. But two years later, Amanda would find herself once again in the drama, this time in what is always a mouth-watering prospect in these reality soaps - and any MTV Reality show for that matter: a love triangle which included not just BG but also an ex of hers that came back to try and win her heart again.

That other guy in the triangle was JJ Mizell, who loves anything to get that adrenaline rush of thrills in surfing, wakeboarding, snowboarding and motorcycling. He also came back into the picture as Amanda's ex, and there were plenty of moments involving the two exes last year: them and Brandon sharing the same boat along with Jared Kelderman (the one who sparked that brawl with Alex to begin Season 2 and flirted with Kelsey Owens), JJ melting down at his own birthday party that took place at Amanda's house, and them finally ending things for good at the Friendsgiving dinner get-together by the beach on Thanksgiving night. And who can forget them kissing outside at a night of country line dancing at everyone's favorite watering hole: the local hometown saloon.

We won't be seeing JJ or Jared when we reconvene for this year's trip down to Siesta Key when we return to Florida next week... but if you're one of those who loves to go on YouTube for the sake of getting that much needed comic relief during these times, than you might be seeing them in the background of videos created by the guy who, outside of Florida's most chill friend group, just might be the most famous figure in all of the Sarasota area. And it's here that, in this installment of Someone You Should Know, we'd thought we'd like you to meet one of their friends: the local prankster with millions of followers and who goes by a variation of his last name: RossCreations... and for someone who's not on the show, his life of making us laugh just might be fascinating enough to be a soap opera itself.