

Of all of Ellen DeGeneres’s regular bits on The Ellen Show, we at Jezebel discuss her box prank the most. If you’re unfamiliar, I take it you’ve never been online before—essentially, in the midst of a relatively innocuous interview, a person will jump out of a large, person-sized box positioned directly between the host and her guest to scare the latter. The latest and greatest example arrived yesterday when Lil Nas X all but peed himself after asking, “Nobody’s in this box, no?” DeGeneres answered, “No,” and then a large man popped out. And of course there was a stranger in the box—he also looked like Kid Rock cosplaying as Billy Ray Cyrus, for some reason?—but the joke landed, even when totally expected. I love it. I could watch box pranks forever. My coworkers disagree. And now I must go in the box.