April Fool's Day is one of the rare light-hearted events in the world each year. Isn't that a strange thing that we have so few celebrations.
Yesterday's "big prank" in US late night shows: Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel pull off TV’s greatest April Fool’s Day prank - they swapped places on each other’s late night shows, completely surprising the studio audiences, and people watching at home. Fallon took over Kimmel’s Hollywood show, while Kimmel trekked to New York.
That is very funny in the first 5 minutes and then what? I wonder how the evening went after that.
Better April Fools' Day pranks from this year are described by CNET HERE. There's one called "Dordle" - the five-letter guess-the-word games times two. Some of these are very fun.
However, it does seemsto me that the British are masters of April Fool's Day pranks. Their idea is to involve everyone. Harking back to the BBC harvesting spaghetti prank, here's the "spaghetti" theme joke this year:
"... what’s not to love about Sunday Roast Spaghetti? This was a joke from pasta delivery maestros, but we’re bitterly disappointed it’s not actually real.
The fantasy dish promises to blend “the best of British and Italian, in one”.
It was said to be made up of “freshly made spaghetti, a whole roast poussin, a Yorkshire pudding base, roast potatoes, greens, baby carrots, all doused in a hearty dose of gravy”.
'Sure, it’s bold, but so is every stroke of genius. We all love a rich, meaty spaghetti, and – let’s face it – everything is better with a dollop of gravy and a Yorkshire.
We might not be able to buy this but we’ll certainly be recreating it this weekend."
More of this kind of humour and activity would be wonderful, but it is hard to find any more upcoming light-hearted events for 2022.
Maybe we should look to the past for enjoy history's top "light-hearted" moments. There don't seem to be any. I did find a surprising contribution from Wikipedia's on Cary Grant with this description: "Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanour, light-hearted..."
Going to the entry to finish that sentence, I am startled by Grant's profile picture - it shows a person who seems to be waiting for you to find out the April Fool's prank he launched on your this year. What fun - a delightful, light-hearted moment.
I continue my April Prank series. Today the office window blinds are transformed into what looks like little curly dancing paisleys. Flexifly can definitely be counted on for visual surprises.
