KellanStec

The bulk of yesterday was spent by me hating April Fools ‘ Day. I could hardly read the news on digg without suspecting every story to be a joke. I’m happy to say that I didn’t have any pranks pulled on me, and I didn’t pull any on anyone else. It continued like this until I turned on the television to watch Adult Swim, like I do every Sunday.

A few weeks ago, Adult Swim began running television advertisements for the television premiere of their new movie (!), Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. Why? “Because we’re fucking crazy,” they say. The internet schedule verified this; a two-hour block was reserved for the premiere.

Well, the date was April 1st. I knew this had to be a prank. But, they did it. I turned on the TV and there it was: the entire movie was playing. It was in the bottom left corner of the screen and the size of a postage stamp. It has no sound over the normal programming.

I start giggling. Then an enormous advertisement slides in to inform me that I am watching the new movie. It covers nearly half the screen. By this point I’ve lost it. Adult Swim made April Fools ‘ Day worth it.

Last year, Adult Swim aired anime with engrish subtitles and inserted fart noises randomly. But nothing tops this prank. They advertised for it, and they actually did it. It’s way too damn small to see, but they really did air the movie. Absolutely hilarious.

After they did that, I was hoping the awful Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job episode that aired on the Fix last Friday was a prank. It wasn’t. That was the worst episode ever. Maybe that was the joke.

Filed under: Satire, Media, Comedy by kellanstec