Mario Terrorized the Street of Paris Again
Noted French prankster/asshole Remi Gaillard donned his Mario outfit again and jumped in his go-kart to drive through the streets of Paris, playing real-life Mario Kart. Highlights include him driving into a supermarket to pick up a banana “power-up.” Look, I’ll be the first to admit that Gaillard is probably an awful person — as always, I bring up his magnificently awful asshole kangaroo video for proof — but his videos still make me laugh, if only because I’m not the poor bastard having to drive behind him. That said, I probably won’t shed any tears either when he dies in a horrible go-kart wreck while filming Remi Kart 3, either. (Via the High Definite)
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