If there's one group of people ripe for pranking, it's diehard 'Hunger Games' fans. No one understands this better than comedian Justin Tyler as he trolls rabid fans lined up for the movie's midnight premiere with questions that have intentionally wrong answers. Hilarity (and more than a little superfan frustration) ensues.
With the convenience and anonymity that comes with texting, you would think it's easy to pull off a prank. But for a teenager in Arkansas, a texting prank backfired when she joked about hiding a dead body, and sent the text prank to a random local number. That random number turned out to belong to a police detective, who obviously didn't consider the message a joke.
Mac users used to live in fear of the "Spinning Beach Ball of Death," the twirling rainbow-colored circle that popped up onscreen when an application was not responding properly. (Yup, sometimes even devices from the mind of Steve Jobs don't work.)
The pranksters at Improv Everywhere had a little fun with this modern-day anxiety at TED's annual conference last week in Long Beach, CA.
While Ellen likes to lavish her guests with gifts, she is also fond of pulling pranks on those who sit on her talk show's couch. Just ask Kristen Bell, who Ellen once tricked into thinking she would get to hold one of her beloved sloths when in fact there was no such cuddle beast backstage.
Megan Fox also felt the wrath of Ellen's mischievous side during an apperence ealier this week.
After some negotiations, Sacha Baron Cohen's Admiral Aladeen character from 'The Dictator' was allowed to attend the Oscars. And, not so surprisingly, it didn't take long for him to cause trouble.
During an interview with Ryan Seacrest, he managed to dump the ashes of recently deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-II all over the ubiqitious host.
For some of us, no Valentine's Day would be complete without having to endure perpetual rejection. No one seems to know that better than comedian and prankster, Alki Stevens, who made this hilarious drive-thru Valentine's Day prank video that is even more awkward than your date last year.
Weatherman Brian Niznansky of NBC26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin cemented his spot in the Ron Burgundy Hall of Shame when he proved that, like Will Ferrell's famous 'Anchorman' character, he will read anything that is put on the Teleprompter.
This would have been a good entry for Jimmy Kimmel's Christmas gift prank videos: a father gives his daughter - a big Chicago White Sox fan - a gift for a Chicago Cubs fan!
Rosemount High School in Minnesota pulled an awesome prank on some of their winter sports captains that they'll either look back at and laugh or describe to their therapist.