Subject:

April Fools' Day

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including the Christening of a Cadillac

    Everything's social this week -- jokes with friends spur a pop-up shop, a four-course meal becomes an exhibition and a group of artists tries to figure out why time can terrify. 5. Dinner-party graveyard In late March, Jason Kraus invited 12 people to dinner. Everyone had to commit to come seven ni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Eagle Rock's New Rock and Eagle Shop

    Last Saturday, less than a week after she opened The Rock and Eagle Shop on Eagle Rock Boulevard, artist and curator Bettina Hubby heard a man outside the door. "I'm just going to make sure it's not just an adult rock and eagle shop," he said to his children. The exterior is painted a bright, pot-d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest of 1957: An Educational Video

    When one thinks of Switzerland, one conjures images of a happy, armed and yet war-adverse people who wear chic watches, carry fussy little knives and hike in majestic mountains while eating milk chocolate bars. (Hopefully we crammed every possible stereotype in to that one sentence.) Who knew they'r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Snooky's Bikini Bar Customer Shot Dead by Security Guard

    A rowdy customer got into it with a security guard outside Snooky's bikini bar last night -- ultimately leading to his death in the parking lot, says the L.A. County Sheriff Department's Lancaster Station. In the last hours of April Fool's day, around 11 p.m., security allegedly asked the victim an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill Sweeps The Razzies

    If the Academy Awards are a back-slapping bore, the Razzies are a bitch-slapping fun fest. Traditionally held on the eve of the Oscars, the annual awards show for the first time took place Sunday night on April Fool's Day at Magicopolis in Santa Monica, the perfect opportunity to lay into the movie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    7 Food-Related April Fools' Pranks: From Spielburgers to Bacon-Scented Kitty Litter

    Yesterday was April Fools' Day, that sacred holiday in which you can't trust anyone any more than you already don't. And even though it was a Sunday, a good number of food-related folks (including us) nonetheless jumped at the chance to prank a witting or unwitting audience with various fake tweets ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    'April Fools,' Says L.A. Weekly

    If you visited L.A. Weekly's home page yesterday, you might have noticed a few stories that seemed a little off -- our contribution to April Fool's Day. For those of you who want to relive the moment, click on the image above to see it bigger, and links to all the stories are here:

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Laurent Quenioux and Starry Kitchen's Weed Chinese Herb Dinner: or, Fun with Myers-Briggs

    Is it a good idea to have a cannabis-infused dinner with a guy who often shows up at food festivals as a banana? If your answer is absolutely, then Nguyen Tran of Starry Kitchen -- who also has arrived in full lederhosen garb or, more recently, a tauntaun -- has quite a prospect for you: on April 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Bacon Lube: For Lovers Only

    J&D's Bacon Lube​Here's a novel way to get bacon into your body. Like the American Express Black Card, which was an urban legend long before it was a real product, bacon lube is finally real -- and it wasn't dreamed up by George Costanza. Manufactured by J&D's, which impressed us with their B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Baconlube (aka Naughty Bacon) Finally Exists. Just in Time for Christmakwanzakah.

    Many of you may remember when the Internet exploded with excitement and share buttons when word of a bacon-flavored lubricant broke onto the scene last year. Carnivores and nymphos alike scoured the interwebs to discover where this miracle elixir could be purchased. But all you ended up with were b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Toothpaste Lawsuit: Encino Man Can't Squeeze Out Last 20 Percent of Paste From Tube, Wants His Dollar Back

    Be not fooled by its friendly exterior: This tube is (allegedly) a dud.​In trying to solve one inconvenience of toothpaste -- the mess it can unleash on your bathroom sink -- it looks like Procter & Gamble may have created a whole new monster [Courthouse News Service]. At least, that's the in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2011

    Delivery Boys

    Be not fooled by its friendly exterior: This tube is (allegedly) a dud.​In trying to solve one inconvenience of toothpaste -- the mess it can unleash on your bathroom sink -- it looks like Procter & Gamble may have created a whole new monster [Courthouse News Service]. At least, that's the in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    SpongeBob and Stimpy: Q&A with Voice Actors Billy West and Tom Kenny

    Tom Kenny (left) and Billy West​ You know them, but you don't know them: Live Talks Los Angeles, who brought us Tina Fey and Steve Martin for a chat recently, present An Evening of 1,000 Voices With Billy West and Tom Kenny. West is best known as the voice of Philip J. Fry on Futurama and Stim ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011

    Kevin Smith's Talents

    Tom Kenny (left) and Billy West​ You know them, but you don't know them: Live Talks Los Angeles, who brought us Tina Fey and Steve Martin for a chat recently, present An Evening of 1,000 Voices With Billy West and Tom Kenny. West is best known as the voice of Philip J. Fry on Futurama and Stim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    John Hines, Long Beach Fire Captain, Arrested for Drunk Hit-and-Run After Plowing Into Seal Beach Bicyclist

    KTLAFire captain and alleged hit-and-runner John Hines​A Long Beach fire captain found himself on the other side of the bars this month after an alleged DUI hit-and-run in the wee hours of April Fool's Day. KTLA reports that Seal Beach witnesses saw John Hines zooming down Westminster Avenue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Visits the Olive Garden

    Anne Fishbeinglass of wine menu at The Olive Garden​ No, this was not an April Fool's joke. Well, it was, but it was a prank that didn't quite turn out the way the Weekly's estimable reviewer planned. Thus in this week's Counter Intelligence column, Jonathan Gold visits not the latest Sichua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    The Manila Machine: Off the Streets

    Manila MachineMarvin Gapultos and Nastassia Johnson​ The Manila Machine, this city's first Filipino food truck, parked for the last time this past Friday and went on indefinite hiatus. The announcement, which was not, sadly, an April Fool's Joke, was made by Marvin Gapultos and Nastassia Johns ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    USC VIDEO: Techies Pwn Google, Turn 'Gmail Motion' April Fool's Prank Into Reality

    YouTube​Updated after the jump: One of the USC techies shows us how to work real-life Gmail Motion. And it's ever radder than we thought. Google unleashed many a poke in the rib on April Fool's Day 2011. There was the Helvetica-turned-Comic Sans search -- a budding typophile's wet dream -- an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Marijuana Bust-Alert iPhone App Prank in L.A.'s '420 Times' Dupes San Diego Columnist Tom Blair: There's Not an App For That

    420 TimesActually there's not an app for that.​It appears San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Tom Blair was duped by an April Fool's joke in L.A.'s own marijuana magazine the 420 Times. In a Monday column titled "What are these people smoking?" the journo blasts the Times for rolling out its "D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Texting While Driving Could Get You Pulled Over And Ticketed: LAPD Mounts April Crackdown

    amber10_79Don't do it.​You got away with it too long, L.A. Now the LAPD is on the war path for hardcore ... texters. That's right, this month the department is launching a crackdown on people who text and talk (headset to their ears) while they drive. We wish this was an April Fool's joke (l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Baconalia at Denny's

    With its new "Baconalia" campaign, Denny's has taken the already overblown bacon trend to a new level.  Bacon soared to popularity alongside eggs, pancakes, and lakes of syrup on greasy diner plates. For decades, that was where it largely remained apart from detours to puddles of lentil soup, c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    New Beer Release: Pucker Up, It's April Fool's With The Bruery's New Marrón Acidifié

    JGarbeeA Windowsill Aerating Moment ​In April, The Bruery will join the ever-expanding ranks of brewery-on-brewery collaborators with the release of Marrón Acidifié, a dark sour ale aged for over a year in bourbon and wine barrels (marrón means brown). Good news: This year, it's an actual b ... More >>

  • Music

    March 31, 2011

    Lina in L.A.: Exclusive: City Bans Bottle Service From All L.A. Clubs

    JGarbeeA Windowsill Aerating Moment ​In April, The Bruery will join the ever-expanding ranks of brewery-on-brewery collaborators with the release of Marrón Acidifié, a dark sour ale aged for over a year in bourbon and wine barrels (marrón means brown). Good news: This year, it's an actual b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    WTF: Fist Fight Outside Joseph's Cafe in Hollywood Widely Misreported as Ice Pick Stabbing, Says LAPD

    Christopher Ojala via FlickrThe mystery of the nonexistent ice pick​A fight outside Joseph's Cafe at 1775 Ivar Avenue last night got the true Hollywood treatment in the media this morning, after SoCal's news wire service reported at 3:45 a.m. that one cafe patron had been stabbed in the head w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Samwell (of "What What in the Butt" Fame) Will Make Personal Calls for You for $9.95

    ​Looking for the perfect gift, just the right way to send your condolences, or maybe to thank that potential employer for the interview? Samwell has you covered. For just $9.95 you can have Samwell make a personal call: that's right, the "What What In The Butt" guy is available for live pho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Brand-Name Bud? Gold Rush To Patent Marijuana Strains Gets Snuffed By U.S. Patent Office

    Brand-name bud?​A gold rush to obtain federal patents on strains of marijuana such as Acapulco Gold, Maui Wowie and even straight-up "Chronic" was snuffed out last week by the federal patent office, according to a report in Monday's Wall Street Journal. The move came following inquiries by th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    (Imaginary) Unicorn Meat: NOT The Other White Meat

    Associated PressCanned AND FAKE unicorn meat​ True, the meat industry is not particularly known for having a sense of humor. But a 12 page cease-and-desist letter from a law firm in response to an April Fool's joke? About unicorns? Seems that on April 1st, online retailer ThinkGeek launched ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Update: It's Here! What Star Wars Fans Want, Star Wars Fans Get

    It's real!​They did it! They made the damned thing: the Tauntaun sleeping bag is a reality. If you remember, the sleeping bag started as an April Fool's joke by the people at ThinkGeek. Demand was so intense they decided to try to make the sleeping bag for real. And what Star Wars fans want, S ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    OH GORY NIGHT

    It's real!​They did it! They made the damned thing: the Tauntaun sleeping bag is a reality. If you remember, the sleeping bag started as an April Fool's joke by the people at ThinkGeek. Demand was so intense they decided to try to make the sleeping bag for real. And what Star Wars fans want, S ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    Ministry's Last Sermons

    It's real!​They did it! They made the damned thing: the Tauntaun sleeping bag is a reality. If you remember, the sleeping bag started as an April Fool's joke by the people at ThinkGeek. Demand was so intense they decided to try to make the sleeping bag for real. And what Star Wars fans want, S ... More >>

VOICE Daily Deals

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This

About Us | Media Kit | Work for LA Weekly | Esubscribe | Free Classifieds | LA Weekly Advertising | National Online Advertising | Mobile | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Problems? | RSS | Site Map
© 2012 LA Weekly, LP, All rights reserved.
Browse Voice Nation
avatar
Newsletters | Mobile
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy