Practical Jokes and Mischief - The Art of the Prank

May 17, 2007January 15, 2019

Missing Big Boy statue found on top of high school

Maybe Big Boy was looking for a toilet!

Gahanna, Ohio (AP) “” Students arriving at Gahanna Lincoln High School on Monday morning were greeted by a 7-foot statue of a rosy-cheeked lad that was pilfered from a Frisch’s Big Boy restaurant.

The 200-pound fiberglass figure of the chubby boy in red and white suspenders was reporting missing Saturday morning from its concrete base, only to turn up on the roof of the school in the Columbus suburb, police said.

Officers believe it may have been a prank by seniors, Gahanna police Lt. Jeffrey Spence said. No arrests had been made. Here’s the rest of the story.

May 9, 2007January 15, 2019

Feeding the homeless

This video is from Tom Mabe:

Check out more Tom Mabe assorted pranks from ebaumsworld.com.

Tom Mabe is most well known for his crusade against telemarketers. In a reversal of the “prank call” his reputation has been made pranking telemarketers who call him to peddle their wares. Have a listen to several here.

May 5, 2007January 15, 2019

Urban legends about urban legends

Ever wonder about the origins of Spiderman’s black costume? Or, what the Superman Returns producer Ilya Salkind’s wife’s dentist and Christopher Reeve have in common? You can find out in Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #101 posted by Brian Cronin.

In #1 through #100, you can find out such things as: what The Fantastic Four and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang have in common; who owns the trademark of the words “super hero”; and how The Hulk became green.

May 4, 2007January 15, 2019

Wandering Cheese Sculpture Reaches New Heights

Submitted by ArtofthePrank.com reader David Miller:

Reminiscing about my college days brought back memories of a few enjoyable pranks that occurred at my alma mater long ago which involved moving a very large, very heavy “cheese” sculpture to high places.

Here’s the link to a student article detailing the elaborate planning and execution of these pranks.

The college even offers an award for good pranks. “The Moses Award encourages the college’s long tradition of intelligent and creative pranks and practical jokes.”

April 27, 2007January 15, 2019

Time capsule hoax, by very patient pranksters, revealed

Submitted by Marcy LaViollette:

Timeless prank: UW time capsule from ’50s reveals porn from ’70s
By Brian Alexander
Seattle Times staff reporter
April 26, 2007

Here’s something you wouldn’t expect to find inside a time capsule from the 1950s: pornography from the 1970s.

But faculty members at the University of Washington Department of Communications found just that when they opened a half-century-old time capsule Thursday and saw a centerfold and copies of Playboy and Hustler.

Atop the 50-year-old memorabilia were items from the late ’70s and early ’80s: adult magazines, an April Fools’ edition of The Daily, UW’s student newspaper, clip-on ties, women’s underwear, and nearly petrified Twinkies, among other things. Continue reading “Time capsule hoax, by very patient pranksters, revealed”