Awesome Pranks

To promote his new Omaze fundraiser, Arnold Schwarzenegger dressed up as the Terminator to surprise bystanders and visitors in Hollywood. Donate at least $10 for a chance to attend the Terminator Genisys premiere with Arnold.

(PG-13 Language) A heartless man attached a packet of hot sauce to the straw in his friend’s drink. And like Ramsay Bolton toying with Reek, he burns his friend twice by offering false hope.

(PG-13 Language) Tom Emeny has a special talent: he can make you watch a 144p vertical video from start to finish. Listen to him vividly complain to a pest control agent about a pigeon infestation. More on his channel.

Rémi Gaillard and his pals dressed up as a set of TETRIS blocks and proceeded to try and fit in wherever they could. They seem to have taken the word “block” too literally, causing traffic jams and other inconveniences along the way.

For his latest drive-thru prank, magician Rahat Hossain messes with McDonald’s workers by making the food he orders disappear before their eyes. We thought he did it with a false bottom, but when he hands the bag over, it’s really empty.

A mischievous musical birthday card. Once its music is activated it will keep looping for about three hours, unless of course it’s destroyed. Fortunately it’s set in safe mode when you receive it so you won’t end up pranking yourself.

Jimmy Kimmel Live asked viewers to pull a placebo prank this April Fools by recording their loved ones and saying, “April Fools!” just as they were about to drink their coffee. The last dude has been burned one too many times.

ThinkGeek grabbed a low-hanging fruit for one of its April Fools’ jokes, conceptualizing a Steam Machine that actually runs on steam. All you need is coal and water. The steampunk controller looks sweet.

From the company behind Burner – the mobile app that sells temporary phone numbers – comes another form of digital security. Burner Cloud is an ephemeral online storage that deletes your files as soon as you upload them.

Australian musical act Justice Crew got together with the guys from The Royal Stampede to prank bystanders with the help of one of those ultra-realistic old man masks, turning what they thought was a geriatric into a B-Boy.

We’re not buying Leona Chin’s schoolgirl makeover, but when this professional drift racer gets behind the wheel with driving instructors pretending to be a newbie, the results are hilarious.

Comedian Greg Benson pulls off a simple but well-executed prank, baiting fellow elevator passengers with small talk before launching into a weather report. And just when the joke is starting to wear off…

(NSFW: Language) “You hope for a reaction, huh? Here’s what I’ll say to that.” YouTube prankster That Brown Nerd had this schtick where he’d walk up to strangers and say things suggested by commenters. But at 2:12, he meets his match.

Trickster Rahat spooked people by installing a door outdoors and then vanishing into it. He probably thought of doing a trick like this to burn off all the fast food he’s eaten.

(NSFW: Language) “Hey we just got this uh, it’s a gift, from the Greeks. Can we leave it here overnight?” In 2006 comedy group The Chaser made a literal Trojan Horse to test if the mythical tactic would fly in the modern age. Original here.

“Did you think it was overkill that Julianne Moore cried for a full 90 minutes in Cryface or was it just right?” Jimmy Kimmel Live asked people about fake Oscar contenders. This was obviously rigged, but the questions are pretty funny.

Atlanta barber shop A-1 Kutz has a free haircut for misbehaving kids. It’s called the Benjamin Button Special because it makes the kid look like a balding old man. As for the kid in the photos? Don’t worry, he’s back to normal now.

This year a certain sharpshooter who used to be with the Minnesota Timberwolves went to the Cleveland Cavaliers to be part of a playoff contender. Here’s how the Wolves promoted today’s match between the two teams. Welp…

Who says you need a real dog to have fun playing with it? This guy figured out a way to get plenty of mileage out of his kid brother’s stuffed german shepherd dog – by scaring his mom with it every time she walked into the room.

YouTuber Roman Atwood surprised his wife by turning their house’s living room into a knee deep giant ball pit, complete with a trampoline that he can bounce into from their second floor. Good luck finding the remote!

A couple of guys from Norwegian comedy show Karl Johan ask people on the street to do an impromptu blindfolded limbo dance. Little do they know that the limbo pole will be long gone by the time they duck under it.

On April 1, 1957, BBC news show Panorama talked about a town of spaghetti farmers in Switzerland. Since the dish wasn’t famous in the UK at the time, the joke fooled millions of viewers, including a BBC boss.

LG demonstrates the clarity and razor-thin bezel of their 4K UHD televisions, by setting set up scenes designed to deliberately perplex and entertain cats and dogs. So much more fun (and expensive) than a laser pointer.