Office pranks on video inspire slackers everywhere to be ready for April Fools' Day. Boulder, CO (PRWEB) March 30, 2012 Those wacky corporate goof-offs

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On April Fools' Day, Cindy Gendrich's Wake Forest University students may have an advantage when planning practical jokes. In the theater professor's first-year seminar, "Why Do People Laugh?" they have serious discussions about what causes giggles and guffaws. Practical jokes are not a guaranteed way to generate laughter, Gendrich said.

HONG KONG, March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On April 1st, in offices and homes around the globe, people will be looking for ways to set aside the tediousness of everyday life by employing surreptitious ways to shock, surprise and stun their friends, family and co-workers.

Nestle USA is not changing the name of its Butterfinger candy bar to The Finger as reported earlier. The company said that it was just an April Fools' Day prank, executed by the brand team to announce the launch of the new Butterfinger Comedy Network on Yahoo! Video.

Hollywood actor John Krasinski said his co-star and director George Clooney was too busy to play one of his trademark pranks on him on the Leatherheads set. That didn't keep Krasinski from worrying that he might fall prey to one of Clooney's practical jokes, however.