The 10 Best April Fools' Pranks Ever

There have been some pretty epic -- and hilarious -- April Fools' Day pranks over the years. Here's just one example: Taco Bell ran an ad in 1996 saying the company had bought Philadelphia's Liberty Bell and would be renaming it the "Taco Liberty Bell." The White House Press Secretary at the time, not lacking a sense of humor, fielded questions on the matter by saying the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold to Ford Motor Company. Check out the video for the rest of this awesome list.

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[maenad1]

08:53 AM on 04/01/2013

Apparently in the 1960s or 1970s, a Swedish radio show informed listeners that the signals for black-and-white TVs had been altered, and the picture would become colour if you put a nylon stocking over the TV set. Can you just imagine people trying to fit them on...

[TParrish]

04:48 PM on 04/01/2012

I don't even know if i am allowed to do this, but i got this today from Tigerdirect:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/campaigns/kube/kubex15.asp?SRCCODE=WEM3063BY&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM3063-_-tigeremail3063&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEM3063

It's hilarious.

[RealityBaseCamp]

08:46 PM on 04/01/2012

Nice!

[smcmike]

04:05 PM on 04/01/2012

Funny list, but awful video. Good grief.

[qwerty6040]

03:41 PM on 04/01/2012

pi r square is not used in Alabama. Alabamans are taught cornbread r square.

[ManassasMan]

03:34 PM on 04/01/2012

A number of years ago, there was quite a flap in Canada over Quebec province's demand that French be the dominant, official language,and the controversy went on for quite a while. Then, on April Fools' Day, PBS radio reported that Quebec, after announcing its intention to secede, had formally applied to the U. S. for admission as the 51st. state. I, for one, was completely fooled by this absolutely believable and ingenious prank, until I realized what day it was !

[bluecub]

03:18 PM on 04/01/2012

Last year's was the best of all time. Don Trump said he thought The President of the United States of America was born in another country!!! And 75% of Republicans fell for it!!!

[Ravi Wells]

03:07 PM on 04/01/2012

most of alabama believes it to this day - the rounded value of pi that is - so traffic circles are impossible in that progressive state...

[MichaelAKD]

03:05 PM on 04/01/2012

hiding a hose and sprinkler in your sister's tent and then waiting til she falls asleep, then taking a string to tie the zippers together and turning the water on all the way, the first 30 seconds,... i remember like it was only yesterday.

[Trompe loeil]

03:47 PM on 04/01/2012

Naughty boy! ;-)

Very funny!

[kareemachan]

02:41 PM on 04/01/2012

I remember when a guy in AK took a bunch of tires over to Mt. Edgecumbe and lit them on fire, making Sitka residents sure that it was erupting....

[niumarmion]

02:35 PM on 04/01/2012

One guy unloaded a truck full of styrofoam peanuts into his brother's house. Some of those things got into my yard once, and I was finding them and picking them up for about two years.

[chasgato]

02:34 PM on 04/01/2012

i was in NYC on April 1 in 2000.
one of the local dailies reported on their front page that the DNR was planning on re-introducing wolves into Central Park.
the morning radio shows were buzzing with frantic callers.
an A-1 prank!

[hrayovac]

01:17 PM on 04/01/2012

Today's April Fools prank: Constructing a video when the list of pranks could just as easily been written down and in fact would read funnier than the silly association video (do we need to see London bridges to "get" England?) The joke's on us if our future contains no books and our people become passive receivers.

[JBS]

04:50 PM on 04/01/2012

If there IS a video, it's hosted on a SPAM/SCAM domain blocked by my hosts file.

[funkydoowopper]

12:35 PM on 04/01/2012

On Fox News it's April 1st every day.

[flutterbyu]

02:26 PM on 04/01/2012

Lol!

[kareemachan]

02:38 PM on 04/01/2012

Too true.

[paul haugen]

12:31 PM on 04/01/2012

Today Mitt Romney came out and announced he cared about poor people, and was giving all his money to charity.

[CWonAHHP]

12:30 PM on 04/01/2012

Considering Alabama's stances on education, I can actually believe they'd try to change the value of Pi.

Can Texas be far behind?

[TParrish]

04:50 PM on 04/01/2012

Whut kiinda pi?