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Prank Emails

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Okay, usually pranks like this are really lame. People who call in or write in to a show and just scream something stupid, or say some inside joke that only a few friends will get are just dumb. You’re not impressing anybody.

On the other hand, sometimes there are clever pranks, which are done well enough that the person who is pranked just has no clue. Case in point #1:

Even better would be if you could subtly Rick Roll someone while they are talking about being pranked:

Links via Urban Prankster.

Rock Lobster

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For those B-52 fans out there…

(excuse the poor editing: quick and dirty at midnight!)

So, let me explain about that one. I was hiding under a blanket and she found me. I said, “No, no, this isn’t Daddy! I’m just a rock!” So the next time she found me she said, “Oh, I just found a rock.” Logically, I responded, “But it wasn’t a rock…it was a Rock Lobst-ah!” Now, anytime someone is hiding under a blanket, they are “being a rock lobster”.

She also has another version, in which someone goes under a dock and there they find a rock, however, it’s just “a plain old rock”, and not, in fact, a rock lobster.

Rock Lobster! Come on, it’s not as bad as the time she asked her Grandpa, “Have you heard about the bird? Everybody’s heard about the bird!”

50 States

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Here we have Evie singing the 50 states in alphabetical order. We pulled out this old party trick over break a few times, and it went over well, so I thought I should get a video of it. She does pretty good with minimal prompting, though some of the state names are a little garbled (sorry Hawaii!) Girl has a memory on her, that’s for sure.

Maybe you’ll see her on the today show someday, like one of those kids that knows the names of all the presidents or whatever.

You can see some of her previous songs here.

Some Christmas Cheer

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I have long appreciated the missions of Improve Everywhere (who runs the Urban Prankster network, see link over there –>) However, I feel like their earlier, smaller stuff was better. Just a few people showing up, causing a scene, and then melting away. Lately however, their missions have grown along with their popularity, such as the annual No Pants Subway Ride which boasts 2,500 people and 22 cities.

That’s why I really appreciated their latest mission, the Guerrilla Handbell Strikeforce. Basically a handbell choir just showed up to help out a local Salvation Army bell ringer, and then disappeared when the song was finished, without ever saying a word to the guy. I think his reaction is the best. He’s obviously confused, but he just rolls with it and doesn’t ask any questions.

So anyway, enjoy!

Future Music Star

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There’s nothing Evie likes more than singing songs. If you notice a common theme among her videos, it’s that they tend to be at the table. That’s because we make her sing for her supper. No, actually, I don’t know why she likes to sing at eating time, but that just happens to be when the mood usually takes her. Over Thanksgiving, some of the relatives got treated to the dinner theater we usually deal with.

First up, Rockin in the free world by Neil Young:

My favorite part is when she “messes up” in the beginning.

Yes, that song contains such fantastic toddler lyrics as, “Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them” and “she puts the kid away and she’s gone to get a hit”, but don’t worry: the next video will prove that she has no idea what words she is singing. And besides, she self edited that line to “she’s gone to get ahead”.

Hakuna Matata from the Lion King: