Seven April Fool’s Day Pranks That Are Actually Kind of Funny

It's both harder and easier than ever to be punk'd on April Fool's Day, thanks to the Internet. With all of our ways of being connected, alerts warning you not to be fooled are everywhere. But then, so are the pranks — it's now customary on this not-quite-special day for major companies, services and personalities to run outlandish claims of inventions, advances and changes. Taken collectively, what emerges is Internet-wide self-parody that ribs technology's unrelenting forward march and online culture's obsession with product development. If there's truth in every lie, the best April Fool's Day e-pranks are just slightly distorted mirrors aimed back at us in a moderately fun house. Seven examples of truly clever work follow...
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Oh lordy, they're 40!!! The seminal fourth season kicks off...now! This season goes brown early, but keep watching for too many surprises to count. Alan Thicke, Ben Hur, Michael Ian Black, Fred Willard, Richard Dunn, Jonah Hill and James Quall co-star along side Tem Hendecker and Rick Werheimer

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What do you do when your child clown is too tired to perform? Blow an air horn in its ear. Comedy. Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season 3 deals with comedy in the workplace, comedy at home, and outside comedy. Situations. Events. Observations. Starring Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bob Druwing, Zach Galifianakis, Will Forte, and others (such as Patton Oswalt and Elisha Cuthbert).

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What do Emmy-nominated Rainn Wilson and Oscar-nominated Jeff Goldblum have in common with Richard Dunn? They are a part of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season 2. This 10-episode season also features Spaghetti and Bread... Harritty as it takes the audience on a whirlwind tour through unexplored caves of television comedy.

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Congratulations! Chrimbus is a holiday observed on December 5th to commemorate gift receiving. As folklore goes, each year Winter Man travels through the forest bearing gifts for those who have kept their Chrimbus Bushes trimmed, compact and moist. Who kept a trim and compact bush this season? Probably the Pasta Bear gruntman.

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Seven April Fool’s Day Pranks That Are Actually Kind of Funny

It's both harder and easier than ever to be punk'd on April Fool's Day, thanks to the Internet. With all of our ways of being connected, alerts warning you not to be fooled are everywhere. But then, so are the pranks — it's now customary on this not-quite-special day for major companies, services and personalities to run outlandish claims of inventions, advances and changes. Taken collectively, what emerges is Internet-wide self-parody that ribs technology's unrelenting forward march and online culture's obsession with product development. If there's truth in every lie, the best April Fool's Day e-pranks are just slightly distorted mirrors aimed back at us in a moderately fun house. Seven examples of truly clever work follow...
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Third Watch Season 2 and Other Announced Releases

New releases announced today, April 8:

Dollhouse - Season 1 (DVD & Blu-ray) will be coming out July 28

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 3 will be coming out August 4

Third Watch - The Complete 2nd Season will be coming out July 7

Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.

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Emergency! Season 5 and other Announced Releases

New releases announced today, October 22:

Emergency! - Season 5 will be coming out January 20

The BBC's 2007 mini-series Oliver Twist will be coming out February 24

The BBC's 2007 mini-series Tess of the D'Urbervilles will be coming out January 13

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 2 will be coming out February 10

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