‘Bad Trip’ secrets: <\/strong>How Eric Andr\u00e9, Tiffany Haddish pranked people with real crashes, fake walls<\/span><\/p>\n A staple of cheese-dip recipes, Velveeta teased a new self-care\u00a0venture for April Fools’ Day: skin care.<\/p>\n The company shared a video on social media to promote its new line of beauty products, including a daily moisturizer ($35), night cream ($50) and serum ($40).<\/p>\n “Feel the magnificence of melty moisturization. Breathe in the bliss. The creaminess of Velveeta, now in skin care. V by Velveeta,” a voice announced on the company’s prank video.<\/p>\n Doubling down on the joke, Velveeta also has a waitlist where users can submit their name and email in order to be notified when the products will be available for purchase.<\/p>\n Parents may wish LEGO’s SmartBricks weren’t a prank.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a video shared on Twitter Thursday, the toymaker teased a product that could save millions of feet from stepping on the bricks that are often left scattered\u00a0across floors.<\/p>\n “Get ready for a new experience,” a line in the video reads, shortly after showing a pair of socked feet walking across a hardwood floor filled with the plastic pain-makers.<\/p>\n The SmartBricks, instead, would sense a person approaching and automatically remove themselves from the unsuspecting walker’s path.\u00a0<\/p>\n The April Fools’ Day video ends with the words “Coming Soon,” which may be the meanest prank that’s ever been pulled.<\/p>\n Never step on a LEGO brick again! SmartBricks, coming soon… pic.twitter.com\/enRuvdGYjP<\/p>\n The boom in the hard seltzer business has launched countless new lines and flavors, and Bud Light decided to play with that trend by jokingly announcing its new pizza-flavored seltzers: pepperoni, extra cheese, veggie and anchovy.<\/p>\n In an April Fools’ Day Eve\u00a0tweet, the beer company shared a photo of the fake new bottles and packaging. By Thursday, Bud Light replied to that tweet with a surprising message. “Scary how many of you actually wanted to try these yesterday #AprilFools.”<\/p>\n We hope they’re also joking about people really wanting to drink an anchovy-flavored seltzer.\u00a0<\/p>\n Finally, you don\u2019t have to choose pizza OR seltzer. pic.twitter.com\/uuLSmL9Lw0<\/p>\n ‘Country living’: <\/strong>Blake Shelton wants to take seltzer country with new hard seltzer lemonade<\/span><\/p>\n People trying to find healthy alternatives to calorie-laden snacks may look far and wide for better alternatives, but some things may be too far of a stretch to stomach.<\/p>\n Case in point, these Green Giant cauliflower-flavored Peeps, a collaboration between two brands that are both in on the joke.<\/p>\n “Of course, only the most observant will notice that April 1 is also April Fools’ Day,” a press release stated. “While this is just a prank, both brands do firmly believe vegetables and Peeps belong in every bunny’s Easter basket (just maybe not in the same package).”<\/p>\n These limited-edition cauliflower flavored marshmallow bunnies are actually an April Fools' Day prank from Green Giant and Peeps. (Photo: Handout, Green Giant)<\/span><\/p>\n Duolingo, a language-learning website and app, used a little bathroom humor in its April Fools’ Day messaging, promising a unique educational experience for multitaskers: a toilet paper roll where every square comes with a lesson.<\/p>\n “Introducing toilet paper that teaches you phrases from new languages. No ads. No interruptions,” the company’s website stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Language learning is hard… so we made it soft,”\u00a0Duolingo tweeted on Thursday, adding that the Duolingo Roll allows you to\u00a0turn your bathroom into a classroom.<\/p>\n Language learning is hard… so we made it soft.<\/p>\n It’s time to turn your bathroom into a classroom with our latest innovation: Duolingo Roll \u2013 toilet paper (yes, toilet paper) that teaches you phrases in new languages! \ud83e\uddfbhttps:\/\/t.co\/IwQke0z0gT#DuolingoRollpic.twitter.com\/ilVLtx5Cbl<\/p>\n Volkswagen\u00a0claimed Monday\u00a0that it was changing its name in the U.S. to “Voltswagen”\u00a0in a nod toward the company’s heightened commitment to electric vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n Then the company put the brakes on the name change after fooling media and the public, claiming it was an early April Fools’ Day prank.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The many positive responses on social media showed that the campaign resonated with consumers,” VW spokesman Mike Tolbert\u00a0said Wednesday in a statement\u00a0after the revelation went viral. “At the same time, we realize the announcement rollout upset some people, and we are sorry about any confusion this has caused. We will continue on our mission towards an EV future, as Volkswagen.”<\/p>\n After a grueling 2020, a brand’s decision to rejoin the traditional April Fools’ pranks is one to be made cautiously.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Last year, I would have said, ‘No, don\u2019t go there,'” said Mary Zalla, global president of consumer brands at Landor & Fitch, a brand consulting firm. However, this year\u00a0there’s a shift with consumers wanting a return to some sense of normalcy.<\/p>\n “But, given the context we are in, the pranks do need to be different than in years past,” Zalla said in a release.\u00a0“Brands should not be out there trying any ploy or stunt in a shameless bid for publicity. That won\u2019t go down well. But if brands use the day to put something out there that might be helpful to people, and on top of that make them smile, then go for it.”<\/p>\nVelveeta announces new, ‘creamy’ skin care products<\/h2>\n
These faux LEGO ‘smart bricks’\u00a0should be real<\/h2>\n
Bud Lights pizza seltzers take\u00a0the surge a little too far<\/h2>\n
Green Giant cauliflower Peeps for Easter baskets?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDuolingo toilet paper\u00a0turns your bathroom into a classroom<\/h2>\n
Early Volkswagen prank backfires for carmaker<\/h2>\n
Should companies take part in April Fools’ Day 2021?<\/h2>\n