Tag Archives: pranks

Giuliani Called NYPD Over Sasha Cohen “Bikini” Prank

The New York Post reports: Rudy Giuliani called the NYPD when “Borat” star Sacha Baron Cohen — wearing a spangly pink bikini — tried to prank him into a spoof interview. The former mayor and personal attorney to President Trump went to the Mark Hotel on Tuesday for what he thought was a serious interview about the administration’s response to …

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YouTube Bans Dangerous Pranks And Challenges

Mashable reports: YouTube has toughened its stance on dangerous pranks and challenges. While silly antics are a prevalent part of the video platform’s culture, a spate of troubling incidents from the Bird Box challenge, the fire challenge, and the Tide Pod challenge has spurred YouTube into action. YouTube has unveiled updated community guidelines for creators, with a new section on …

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Pranksters Slip KKK White Hoods And Pee-Proof Rubber Sheets Onto Shelves Of Trump Tower Gift Shop [VIDEO]

Gothamist reports: Shoppers looking for MAGA hats at Trump Tower this week may have encountered a Ku Klux Klan hood or a photo of President Putin, and asked themselves whether what they were seeing was real merchandise. On Monday afternoon, two NYC-based artists secretly slipped some items inside the merchandising outpost of the Trump Tower’s lower lobby. Among them: A …

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Russian Pranksters Interview Rick Perry About Manure

USA Today reports: Energy Secretary Rick Perry thought he was speaking to the Ukrainian Prime Minister about energy policy. Instead, a pair of Russian pranksters pressed the cabinet member on pig manure. In a 20 minute interview published on the Russian website Vesti, Perry covers a wide range of issues from the Paris climate accord to Ukrainian oil and gas …

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Pranksters Punk Fox With Trump Armbands [VIDEO]

Remember the guys who burst into a Ted Cruz town hall and attempted to perform an exorcism? And the guy who stood up at a Marco Rubio event to declare that Rubio had stolen his girlfriend? Well, those same pranksters achieved the ultimate today when they got Fox News to report that Trump supporters have begun wearing Nazi-esque armbands. Watch …

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Viral Video Of The Day

Ten million views in one day.

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Prank Calling A Gay Conversion Camp

“For Mother’s Day I decided to call a gay conversion camp to inquire about restoring my son to heterosexuality!” You might remember this guy’s ebola/ISIS makeup tutorial. (Tipped by JMG reader Kent)

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Here’s T-Mobile’s April Fools Ad

Other corporate pranks include Google’s backwards search page, the Google Maps Pac-Man takeover, and the Chrome selfie app.

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Westboro Pranked For Thanksgiving

Via Pink News: An online hoax has tricked thousands of people into calling the Westboro Baptist Church to ask about turkeys. An article from hoax site National Report claiming that turkeys were being recalled due to a dangerous strain of Avian flu went viral ahead of Thanksgiving this week, being shared thousands of times on Facebook. It claimed: “The CDC …

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This Is An Ad For Something

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British Comedian Pranks Faith-Healers

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Tweet Of The Day – The Sun

Details.

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This Is An Ad For Something

Four million views in one day. (Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

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Anti-DUI Prank

Going viral with 1.5M views today. Clip recap: Pranks typically have little depth to them other than terrifying some unfortunate soul or, in the case of pranks featured in viral marketing campaigns, trying to capture our attention for long enough to convince us to buy something. This prank, however, serves a much greater purpose. The anonymous prankee is taken to …

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Beer Prank

Clip recap: “Me and the boys played a bit of a joke on our mate Russ. Kegs of beer have been plumbed into every tap in the house, with loads of cameras to catch the action. Took us all day to set up but it was worth it when the icy cool beer came pouring out.” Top comment on YouTube: …

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Jimmy Kimmel Pranks Entire Interwebs

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Spot The Fake Bishop

That’s him on the left. Ralph Napierski, a self-appointed bishop from an apparently fictional order called Corpus Dei, managed to get through a checkpoint manned by Swiss Guards but was stopped before entering the Paul VI Hall, where the cardinals were gathering. Dressed in fake bishop’s vestments, complete with a purple sash, Mr Napierski smiled to photographers as he mixed …

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Fox News Pranked By Fake Romney Fan

(Via Towleroad)

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Zombie Experiment NYC

AMC wants New Yorkers to know that the Dish Network has dropped them and therefore no Walking Dead for you, Manhattan. Lots of screaming, but just as much “Get out of my way, corpse-face.”(Via Towleroad)

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Pine-Sol Lady Loves Pranks

Something tells me that some of these poor actors are family. I actually met the Pine-Sol Lady at a Russian River gay bar, circa 1998. She’s a party girl!

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