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Posted on 04/01/2019 3:20:15 AM PDT by Leaning Right
Famous April Fool pranks that made hilarious history. Classic humor from governments, corporations, and plain old brilliant people like you.
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The Taco Liberty Bell: In 1996, Taco Bell announced they had bought the naming rights to the Liberty Bell. Henceforth it would be known as The Taco Liberty Bell. Outraged citizens jammed the phone lines in protest.
Mount Doom prank today would send you to jail with massive fines.
When I was living with two old High School buddies my favorite was turning the shower head so it faced out of the shower.
Hilarity ensued.
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My best April Fools gag (it really happened on April Fools Day): I was getting our ranch house grey vinyl sided, and when I came home in mid-afternoon, the crew was about 3/4 done. The guys were working on the last side.
I stopped in my driveway, went up to the foreman who said to me, “How does it look?” I paused, looked at the house. And then I said, “I thought it was supposed to be white siding.”
He stared at me like a deer in the headlights. The guys working on the side that wasn’t finished stopped, and looked at me. “Is it too late to change the siding?” I asked. More pause.
Then I said, “APRIL FOOLS!” I thought the guys with the hammers were going to throw them at me.
“A “practical joker” deserves applause for his wit according
to his quality. Bastinado is about right. For exceptional wit one
might grant keelhauling. But staking him out on an anthill
should be reserved for the very wittiest.“ Robert Heinlein
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I know there are no NPR fans here but regardless, around 2003 they ran an April fools day story about how New Mexico was leaving the union to become part of Canada. They had a lengthy interview with Bill Richardson and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. It was done straight and was funny.
Famous April Fool Pranks:
3. That Floating Feeling
In 1976, the BBC aired an interview with an astronomer. He told listeners that at precisely 9:47 AM the planets Jupiter and Pluto would be in a rare alignment that would briefly diminish the earth’s gravity.
He further said that if you leapt into the air at that exact moment, you would experience a fantastic floating sensation.
Hundreds of DEMOCRATS including AOC called in to say they felt it.
Sorry, forgot to change BBC to NPR.
Sports Illustrated had a baseball player on the cover with the name of Sidd Finch. He played for the Mets.
“Sidd Finch is a fictional baseball player, the subject of the notorious April Fools’ Day hoax article “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch” written by George Plimpton and first published in the April 1, 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated. According to Plimpton, Finch was raised in an English orphanage, learned yoga in Tibet, and could throw a fastball as fast as 168 miles per hour (270 km/h).”
Still waiting for the Statute of Limitations to run itself out.
Skinny Tommy Jamie down at WTIX New Orleans would probably not appreciate any more April Fool jokes.
I read the story of Sid when my SI came in the mail that day. Though it was an interesting and fun read, I smelled a rat. After a few moments, I looked on the cover for the date...
Post #10 is why FR needs a ‘like’ button...
One that’s always worked for me is to say that “Coffee’s ready!...However, we only have decaf!...(dramatic pause)...April Fool!”.
Back on April 1, 1976 a rock radio station here in Kansas City ran an add right about 7pm. It was a very well done add just like the ones used to announce upcoming concerts.
The add ran something like this...
One night only, Monday April 31 at Kemper Arena, the reunion tour of The Beatles, opening act The Moody Blues. Etc and so forth.
I heard the add and said to the wife that something was wrong right off the bat. A quick look at the calendar confirmed my suspicions. They ain’t no April 31:=)
Well as you can imagine the phone lines to the station were jammed and they managed to lock up most of that exchange. The DJ’s spent most of the rest of the evening trying to explain that it was an April’s Fool prank.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Ten years ago or so the standard time to daylight savings time occurred the night of April 1/2. A local radio station it played up and made a big announcement that Texas had decided to not make the switch.
I was in the midst of some auto repair and was pressed for time so I just figured I would worry about it later.
They began taking calls from confused people and it dawned on me what was going on.
Suddenly I thought of a reason to add something to the conversation. Free Republic had recently busted Dan Rather (thanks Buckhead) and he had been fired.
I called in and said I thought it was some kind of joke but I turned on CBS and Dan was talking about it so I knew it had to be true.
They put me on after the song finished.
He’s a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively liberated from our opulent life-style, Sidd’s deciding about yoga—and his future in baseball
2 major takeaways from these pranks:
- how powerful the media is at shaping public opinion and BEHAVIOR
- how gullible a too-large percentage of people are
Clay Moore wrote: “Ten years ago or so the standard time to daylight savings time occurred the night of April 1/2.”
About 30 years ago, I convinced my son in law that he needed to change his clock (move forward) as it was DST. He called me from his office parking lot to tell me I was wrong. He’s still a bit pissed when I said “April Fools”.
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