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How Those Fake Pilot Names Made It On TV
Heads have rolled over KTVU's airing of four prank pilot names after the San Francisco plane crash last month—four station staffers and one NTSB intern lost their jobs. But until now, we had no idea where the fake names actually came from....
Producer Fired Over “Ho Lee Fuk” Prank Says His Reputation Is “Intack”
That incredible prank that snookered a Bay Area television station into reporting names like "Sum Ting Wong" and "Ho Lee Fuk" as the flight crew of that downed Asiana airplane? It cost three producers at KTVU in the Bay Area their jobs. TheWrap reached out to all three. One of them responded....
A Young Karl Malone Once Fell For A Great Frank Layden Prank
The Salt Lake Tribune caught up with Karl Malone, who turns 50 tomorrow, a fact that ought to make any kid who followed basketball closely in the '80s and '90s feel really old. Malone tells the newspaper the story of his first visit to Utah in 1985, a little more than a month after the Jazz drafted ...
Groom Tricked With Elaborate Bungee Jumping Prank At Bachelor Party
This is from Norway. The groom is terribly afraid of heights, and bungee jumping and parachuting are two activities he specifically wants to avoid during his bachelor party. But he's got great friends, so of course they're taking him bungee jumping. Or so he's led to believe....
NTSB Blames “Summer Intern” For Confirmation Of Fake Asiana 214 Names
That epic prank that someone pulled on Bay Area TV station KTVU? The National Transportation Safety Board is blaming a “summer intern” for their part in it....
Pranked TV Station Reports “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Wi Tu Lo” As SF Crash Pilots
Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU purportedly learned the names of the flight crew of Asiana flight 214, which crashed last Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, killing two. These—"Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Lo," "Ho Lee Fuk," and "Bang Ding Ow"—are not their names. The newscaster's credulous rea...
We Trolled The ESPN Comments One Last Time Before They're Overhauled
The ESPN.com comment section has been described as a both a "cesspool" and "a wretched hive of scum and villainy." Deservedly. Bristol's servers bulge with the ill-considered and perpetually ignored thoughts of the unwashed masses, spouted forever into the ether with recesses only to register new a...
Elvis Andrus Is Still Fucking With Adrian Beltre
Elvis Andrus just can’t help himself. We’ve watched him spend a good part of the last few seasons messing with teammate Adrian Beltre on and off the field, but somehow his routine never gets old. Andrus’s latest bit of shenanigans took place during last night’s Rangers-Orioles game. ...
Bruins Fan Gets His Office Turned Into A Blackhawks Shrine
This picture comes to us from reader Noah, who had it sent to him by his father this morning. "Architects have fun, too," he explains. They sure do, Noah. They sure do....
Tim Hudson Once Filled Adam LaRoche's Glove With Human Shit
Last Friday, Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche went on MLB Network's Intentional Talk to rap about huntin' and prankin' with Chris Rose and Kevin Millar. The entire interview is below, but you should skip ahead to the 3:10-mark to hear LaRoche talk about the time he started a prank war that began...
Nathan Fielder's Newest Text-Message Prank Is A Relationship-Killer
We've covered the text-message-based exploits of Nathan Fielder here before when he told followers to text their parents about drugs. This time the prank is a whole lot more personal and it has a huge cliffhanger element. ...
The Stoke City Prank War Has Gotten Out Of Control
Solidly mid-table, Stoke City haven't had anything to play for in a while. They've been pranking each other all week in the lead-up to their final match, including egging Michael Owen's Mercedes. But someone went a little too far....
Prankster Gets NFL Draft Attendees To Lie About Liking Fake Players
Jimmy Kimmel set the standard for shaming clueless liars when he sent a reporter to Coachella to ask people to talk about completely made-up bands, but this sports-themed version of the same prank comes mighty close to matching its ingenuity. ...
Ingenious Prank Sends Parents Into Weed Panic
Comedian Nathan Fielder came up with a wonderful idea yesterday. He instructed his Twitter followers to text "got 2 grams for $20" to their parents, immediately follow up with "Sorry ignore that txt. Not for you," and then tweet a screenshot of the ensuing conversation. The results were, as you mig...
Peyton Manning Pulled A Pretty Good Prank On Eric Decker
Those Manning boys sure are having a good time in Durham, aren't they? Eli's over here causing all kinds of mischief with Chris Mortensen's hair, and now we have big brother Peyton pulling a prank on one of his best wide receivers....
"God Said Yes To Michigan": We Called Every Tourney Team's Local Applebee's To Find Out What Happened In The Game
For the tournament, we're calling Applebee's franchises in different cities across the country immediately after the local institution has completed its game, win or lose. We'll pretend to be oblivious about what just happened in order to get a detailed game description from someone in the restauran...
What Happened In The Game? We Called Every Tourney Team's Local Applebee's To Find Out: Part II
For the tournament, we're calling Applebee's franchises in different cities across the country immediately after the local institution has completed its game, win or lose. We'll pretend to be oblivious about what just happened in order to get a detailed game description from someone in the restauran...
Four High School Basketball Players Suspended For "Their Involvement In Pouring Urine" In The Other Team's Water Cooler
Great euphemisms in this one, a story about a basketball player peeing, into a cup probably, and her friends pouring the pee into their rival's water cooler prior to a basketball game between the schools....
What Happened In The Game? We Called Every Tourney Team's Local Applebee's To Find Out
The Applebeat was born when two writers without smartphones needed to know the score of an NBA playoff game. "Every town has an Applebee's," we thought. We tracked down an Oklahoma City Applebee's number with the assistance of an underworked 411 operator, and then, thanks to the establishment's frie...
Pranksters Record Two NFL GMs Discussing Free Agency Over The Phone
It's a brilliant prank, and it never should've worked. How did a couple of 20-year-olds listen in on two NFL executives talking shop the day before free agency began? A little luck, great timing, and a 73-year old general manager who doesn't really understand how telephones work....