Practical Jokes and Tricks
The practical joke has been around a long time. It’s hard to explain, but people seem to enjoy seeing others placed in silly or embarrassing situations. For many Americans the idea of practical jokes immediately makes them think of the television classic Candid Camera. The show, which first aired in 1948 and lasted more than 50 years, brought … Keep Reading → the practical joke into peoples living rooms for the first time. Host Allen Funt would narrate as viewers watched some confused person put in an embarrassing situation. Younger people will recognize the format as similar to the MTV show Punk’d. In fact for people of a certain age the concept of practical jokes has come to be known as being punk’d. The phrase is also used when someone is in a situation that is so ridiculous that they feel it must be a practical joke.
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