APRIL 1
1992:John Hockenberry, host of National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation, plays a classic April Fool’s joke
on radio listeners, breaking the story that former President Richard
Nixon, who resigned from office in 1974 to avoid impeachment, has
announced his candidacy for the 1992 presidential election. Comedian
Rich Little impersonates Nixon in the segment, revealing that his
campaign slogan will be: “I didn’t do anything wrong, and I won’t do it
again.”
1978: A barge sails into Sydney Harbor, towing what local millionaire Dick Smith proclaims to be an iceberg he ordered from Antarctica. Smith announces plans to sell cubes of the iceberg for 10 cents each, but the April Fool’s hoax is dampened when rain washes away the “iceberg’s” shaving cream and firefighting foam, revealing the plastic sheeting underneath.
1985: In Sports Illustrated, author George Plimpton plays an April Fool’s joke introducing readers to the imaginary Sidd Finch, an aspiring Buddhist monk and French horn player who has impressed the New York Mets’ training camp with his reputed 168 mph fastball.
1996: Taco Bell stuns Americans with ads in several major newspapers announcing that to help pay off the national debt, it has purchased the Liberty Bell and renamed it the Taco Liberty Bell, which will reside six months a year in Texas. Some members of Congress receive angry calls.
1978: A barge sails into Sydney Harbor, towing what local millionaire Dick Smith proclaims to be an iceberg he ordered from Antarctica. Smith announces plans to sell cubes of the iceberg for 10 cents each, but the April Fool’s hoax is dampened when rain washes away the “iceberg’s” shaving cream and firefighting foam, revealing the plastic sheeting underneath.
1985: In Sports Illustrated, author George Plimpton plays an April Fool’s joke introducing readers to the imaginary Sidd Finch, an aspiring Buddhist monk and French horn player who has impressed the New York Mets’ training camp with his reputed 168 mph fastball.
1996: Taco Bell stuns Americans with ads in several major newspapers announcing that to help pay off the national debt, it has purchased the Liberty Bell and renamed it the Taco Liberty Bell, which will reside six months a year in Texas. Some members of Congress receive angry calls.
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