On April 1st of this year I pulled off a wonderful prank which fooled the large majority of my readership, and brought tons of readers I didn’t even know I had out of the woodwork. For the whole month, it’s been the most-read article. It hasn’t been the first time I’ve pulled a prank online. Back in first year of this little site I wrote about how I’d decided to quit school—I was at the University of Waterloo at the time—and join the Army. I had already signed up and was shipping out for Basic Training shortly. That prank, too, caused a spike of interest in my site, followed by a firestorm of criticism, some support, and lots and lots of people pleading with me to change my mind.

I love me a good prank.

And so, since there’s unfortunately no May Fool’s Day I thought I would dig up a couple of pranks from around the web. The first one is actually a failed prank, but it’s still hilarious. The reaction of the guy being interviewed is priceless.

The next clip is from a Japanese game show, of course. The man is led to believe he’s at a job interview—which goes terribly wrong when he finds himself under sniper fire.

The next two are from Just for Laughs Gags, a Canadian show that pulls off some of the best pranks ever. The second of these two videos is quite possibly the best prank, ever.

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