Anthony Gets a Haircut

"Anthony Gets a Haircut" is a Smosh video released on April 4, 2007 on LiveVideo and April 7, 2007 on YouTube and Smosh.com.

Original
Anthony and Ian embark on a journey that will change their lives forever.

Current
''After being turned down for a date, Anthony discovers his long hair stands between him and true love. This sends him and Ian on a journey that will change their lives forever! Special guest appearance by Dawn E. Ozmonde.''

Cast

 * Ian Hecox — Himself, Emily (photo)
 * Anthony Padilla — Himself
 * Unidentified — Emily's father (voice)

Music

 * Gregory Bakay (madboss) – "For The Last Time"
 * Elijah Robert – "Redemption's Last Chance" (uncredited)

Synopsis
Anthony, on the phone with Ian, tells him about a girl named Emily who, at that point, had turned him down six times. Ian offers to find out why, a gesture Anthony expresses appreciation for as they end the call. A second later, Anthony's bedroom door opens as an exhausted Ian bursts through, explaining that he came as fast as he could after hiding in a tree on Emily's property to eavesdrop on her and discovering the reason why she refuses to date Anthony. Ian proceeds to list Anthony of all the reasons Emily had given so far as to why she will not date Anthony, including lackluster physique and intelligence, bad breath, and something about his nipples, until Anthony interrupts him, wanting to know the real reason. Ian explains that all of the aforementioned excuses were untrue; the real reason is, quite simply, Emily only dates men with short hair. This gives Anthony an idea, and he asks Ian for his help. Ian somehow mistakes Anthony's idea for a complicated plot involving hiring a Columbian drug cartel, kidnapping Emily's family, and forcing them into manual labor unless Emily goes on a date with Anthony.



Anthony initially strongly rejects the idea, but admits it could work, but he would rather try his simpler idea: have Ian give him a haircut, a plan Ian accepts. However, before he can start, Ian decides that he needs training. What follows is a montage of Ian training himself to perform a haircut, including jogging with scissors, situps with scissors, pushups, punchcutting a hedge with scissors, balancing on a fire hydrant while striking poses, snipping a bush, using scissors as hand weights, cutting the hair of a Cabbage Patch Kid doll, and running up the steps of the California State Capitol Museum.

After four years of training, Ian returns to Anthony's house, ready to give his friend a haircut. He wraps a towel around Anthony's chest and begins the haircut. An intensely focused Ian starts carefully snipping around Anthony's scalp, cutting from the sides, bangs, and the back of the head. At one point, he pauses to wipe sweat from his brow, and continues. Eventually, Ian finishes, declaring that his "masterpiece" is complete. He hands Anthony a small mirror. When Anthony sees his new haircut, he becomes overcome with emotion and starts sobbing. Ian, unsure if Anthony is crying tears of joy or despair, impatiently asks if he did something wrong. Anthony says that he thinks his new haircut "beautiful" and asks his friend to do one last thing for him.



Ian calls Emily's father and hands the phone to Anthony, who asks the father for permission to date his daughter. Emily's father, audibly confused, reveals that Emily had gotten married two years prior. He reminds Ian that he was present at the wedding, a fact Ian had never told Anthony of. Ian, unfazed, continues eating his chocolate bar and leaves without a word. Anthony asks Emily's father if he had any other daughters he would not mind Anthony dating, prompting her father to hang up on him. Anthony puts his phone away and shakes his head; at that moment, Ian opens the door and starts snorting and giggling at Anthony, who asks what he is laughing at. Ian explains that he felt the need to look at Anthony's shorter hair, which he compares to Donny Osmond, again as the two enter fits of laughter. Anthony tries mocking his own hair, but the only reaction he gets is a blank, unimpressed stare from Ian.

Trivia

 * In the credits, post-haircut Anthony is credited as "Dawn E. Ozmande", a corruption of "Donny Osmond", the name of the individual whose haircut Ian compared Anthony's to.
 * The idea for the video stemmed from the fact that Anthony was going to get a haircut, so Ian and Anthony decided to film a video in which Ian cuts Anthony's hair "all messy and shitty".
 * Anthony's real haircut took place the day after filming the video, where the state of his hair surprised his barber.
 * The shot of Ian's overcomplicated idea to get Emily to date Anthony took a half hour to film, due to Ian struggling to remember his lines.
 * Right after finishing the shot of Ian standing on the steps of the capitol, Ian and Anthony were stopped and kicked out by security, who apparently believed that the two were "going to do something illegal".
 * A clip from Anthony's haircut are reused in "I LOST MY HAIR!" while Anthony sings "Hair Ballad".
 * "Anthony Gets a Haircut" was featured alongside "Three Wishes" in the second episode of Watching Old Videos.