337 - The History of April Fools Day

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Why did April 1 become the day of pranks? It's been around for a long time, but no one knows for sure - in today's episode we explore some of the theories before going through some of history's most memorable April Fools Day pranks, enjoy!

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/April-Fools-Day

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/03/april-fools/

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/01/us/best-april-fools-day-pranks-trnd/index.html

http://hoaxes.org/worstaprilfools.html

http://hoaxes.org/aprilfool

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2009/how-a-bu-prof-april-fooled-the-country

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, just a few letting you know that I'm doing a live book cheat podcast in Melbourne
0:05.3	this Saturday, December 10, 2022.
0:08.7	It's our Christmas special with special guests Nick Mason and Naomi Higgins.
0:13.1	Gonna be a lot of fun and you can get tickets at doogawonpod.com.
0:17.5	Use the code Christmas for 20% off.
0:40.7	Hey mates, just Matt here dropping in before we start the show to let you know that we have
0:44.9	moved our quiz show at the Comedy Festival to a bigger room.
0:49.3	We sold out the whole run so they've offered us a large room at the town hall and yeah,
0:53.8	the next two Monday nights we've got more tickets available now which is really exciting.
0:58.5	Please do come along.
0:59.5	We had a great time for the first show with Reese Nicholson and Michelle Brazier on Monday
1:05.3	and Sunday as well.
1:06.6	We had a great time doing our live podcast.
1:09.4	There's three more of those to go.
1:11.4	It's still available links below also if you want to come see me at the Comedy Festival
1:16.7	come do Hong Kong, Kaba Hub, a ringer ding ding and use the discount code doogawon and
1:22.9	is all one word.
1:24.0	And hopefully we'll see you at one, two or all of those shows that'll be amazing.
1:28.1	Now let's get on with the show.
1:45.3	Hello Melbourne, yeah.
1:47.6	All right.
1:48.6	If I say that it makes us sound like we've been on some massive international tour.
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