From Jesse Brown, host of Canadaland Podcast:
The greatest media prankster alive talks to Jesse for our April Fools episode.
Trump’s Military Parade Revisited
Don’t postpone it, just cancel Trump’s Military Parade. It’s already been done!
Saving U.S. taxpayers at least $92 million and a lot of embarrassment, artist Joey Skaggs’ 33rd Annual April Fools’ Day Parade featured Donald Trump’s Military Extravaganza, with the world’s largest display of American military might ever! Trump pedaled a 9 foot nuclear missile craddled in a sling shot mounted on a tricycle. Masked Donald Trump look-alikes followed with a HUGE arsenal of toy weapons. They were joined by North Korean “Rocket Man” Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin look-alikes as they marched down Fifth Avenue and took a knee in front of Trump Tower.
Parade coverage on WNBC (Watch the video):
Join the Trumps’ Military Procession, April 1, 59th & 5th Ave NYC
President Trump wants you to spend tens of millions of dollars for his narcissistic, self-aggrandizing and unnecessary military parade. We can do it for a whole lot less.
Join our army of irreverent pranksters for a satirical April Fools’ Day Parade on April 1, 2018 at noon (sharp) at 59th Street and 5th Avenue in NYC. Print your trump mask or we’ll have one for you, and bring your military toys, tanks, helicopters and dolls. We’ll march two blocks to Trump Tower where the whole parade will take a knee. Click for details.
NYC’s 32nd Annual April Fools Day Parade in Photos
It was huge. Tremendous turnout. Thousands of people. Bigger than the Obama Inauguration! These images speak for themselves…
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Joey Skaggs Promises Satirical Provocation for Donald Trump
As our founder prepares for his April Fools’ Day Parade Trumpathon, he gives us a look behind the scenes.
“Prankster Behind NYC April Fools’ Day Parade Says This Year’s Event Will Mock Donald Trump”
by Jillian Kay Melchior
Heat Street
March 28, 2017
For more than three decades, prankster Joey Skaggs has rejoiced in ensnaring the national media into covering fake news of his own invention. But this April Fools” Day, he insists he”s absolutely serious about mocking Donald Trump.
“You can certainly accuse me of being the Boy Who Cried Wolf, given my past track record with this parade,” Skaggs told Heat Street. Indeed, for the past 31 years, Skaggs has sent out elaborate news releases announcing not only the April Fools” Day Parade schedule and route but also describing floats””all fake, all for a parade that doesn”t actually happen.
“But the reality of this April Fools” Day makes it absolutely essential that I finally show up along with, hopefully, hoards of Donald Trump look-alikes,” Skaggs said, adding that he”s hoping to earn a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world”s largest gathering of Donald Trump look-alikes.
For what it”s worth, we called the Guinness Book of World records, which confirmed there is an open application under Skaggs” name. “But the category that he”s applying for is a new category, so the category would have to be accepted by the records team first, before he could attempt a record,” said spokeswoman Sofia Rocher. She said it”s not yet clear whether they”ll have an answer for Skaggs by April 1.
New York City requires a permit from the Police Commissioner for any parade. Skaggs says he has not gotten one, adding, “We”ve gone 32 years without a permit.” Read more.