Practical Joke

A practical joke (also known as a prank or gag) is a trick to purposely make

someone feel foolish or victimized, usually for humor. Practical jokes differ
from confidence tricks in that the victim finds out, or is let in on, the joke
rather than being fooled into handing over money or other valuables.
Practical jokes or pranks are typically lighthearted and made to make people
feel foolish or victimized to a certain degree, although in some practical
jokes there could be an inherent strain of cruelty present.

The term "practical" refers to the fact that the joke consists of someone
doing something (a practice), instead of a verbal or written joke. A practical
joke can be caused by the victim falling for a prank, the victim stumbling
into a prank, the prankster forcing a prank on the victim, the prankster
causing others to do something to the victim, or even causing the victim to
do something to others. Sometimes more than one victim is used.

In Western culture, April Fools' Day is a day traditionally dedicated to

performing practical jokes.

Famous practical jokes

The American humorist H. Allen Smith wrote a 320-page book in 1953

called The Compleat Practical Joker (ISBN 0688037054) that contains many
examples of practical jokes. A typical one, recalled as his favorite by the
playwright Charles MacArthur, concerns the American painter and
bohemian character Waldo Peirce. Peirce was living in Paris in the 1920s
and "made a gift of a very small turtle to the woman who was the concierge
of his building." The woman doted on the turtle and lavished it with care and
affection. A few days later Peirce substituted a somewhat larger turtle for the
original one. This continued for some time, with larger and larger turtles
being surreptitiously introduced into the woman's apartment. The concierge
was beside herself with happiness and displayed her miraculous turtle to the
entire neighborhood. Peirce then began to sneak in and replace the turtle
with smaller and smaller ones, to her bewildered distress. This was the
storyline behind Esio Trot, by Roald Dahl.

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Modern and successful pranks often take advantage of the modernization of
tools and techniques, like the engineering prank at Cambridge University,
England, where an Austin 7 car was put on top of the Senate House building.
Other forms of pranks involve unusual applications of everyday items like
covering a room with Post-it Notes. Pranks can also adapt to the political
context of the era. Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) are particularly known for their 'hacks'.

Prank in t levision shows

America's Funniest Home Videos, America's Funniest People, Balls of Steel,
Beadle's About, Boiling Points, Buzzkill, Candid Camera, Crank Yankers,
Ed, Edd n Eddy, Family Guy, Fonejacker, Game For A Laugh, Girls
Behaving Badly, Hi-Jinks, Howie Do It, Jackass, The Jamie Kennedy
Experiment, Joe Millionaire, Just For Laughs Gags, M*A*S*H, Naked
Camera, The Office, The Office (UK TV series), Prank Patrol, Punk'd, Rad
Girls, Room 401, Scare Tactics, The Simpsons (in episode Radio Bart), The
Tom Green Show, Trigger Happy TV, TV Bloopers And Practical Jokes,
What's with Andy? and Wild Boys.

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