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The Gags & Pranks Extravaganza!

Gotta admit, I didn't think I'd finish this on time. On the boardwalk of Atlantic City, and the same shop where I found that finagled Pokemon Pasta down below, I found....this. It's a beautiful buffet of old gags, pranks and novelties -- everything from fake puke to squirting pens...all the stuff we used to order from Johnson Smith and Brad's Fun Shop. I can't tell you how tickled I was to come across this stuff. Article features a look at a sixteen different, including such classics as the "bug in an ice cube," and of course, "snap snots." Yum. Enjoy.

Posted by Matt on 01/17/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 81 comments

Man, this brings back the memories! But who sits up waiting to post at 2:00am EST? At least this is 9:26 CAT, central African time, so I can be at work and post like a normal human (as if).

Anyone else love reading those Casper comix pages with all the wonderful stuff to buy? Not that we could get it, due to the sanctions in sunny SA, but imagining it’s always better than getting it and finding out it’s crap. Those worms remind me of those "little zoo" pills you put in water and got tiny foam animals – giraffes, elephants, leopards, dogs and horses. Odd combination, but hey. They were little foam animals that grew out of pills! Whooooo! :%

Chestnuts roasted by eminentfreak rides horses badly @ 01/18/2005 2:30 AM


Is that a real bug? It looks like it, and I would guess that it is probably toxic and more dangerous than putting bleech ice cubs in your drink

Chestnuts roasted by gaz @ 01/18/2005 8:10 AM


Matt…

Awesome article. I love the holiday articles, but its always nice to come back to your roots..I have one question though:
Where are the rattlesnake eggs?? Those things are the classic suckiest gag in the world.

Chestnuts roasted by Goody @ 01/18/2005 9:02 AM


Ed and Muppet Baby,

I can’t believe I am telling this story but who cares. In 3rd grade, me and a buddy were going to buy one of those hovercrafts, fly across the Atlantic (making approriate stops at islands of course) and go to Scotland to find (you ready?) the Loch Ness Monster.
This is why I am glad we are having a girl. Little boys are pretty stupid.
P.S. Mrs. Manimal is in early labor so I guess today is the day. (in Mr. Burns’ voice) Excellent.

Chestnuts roasted by manimal789 @ 01/18/2005 9:52 AM


Goody — no rattle eggs were present, but I included them in the logo for the article if you look close.

And for the person who mentioned it, I remember buying black soap there, but for some reason it wasn’t on us when we got home.

Stolen soap.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 01/18/2005 11:10 AM


Great He-Man News!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2749

Chestnuts roasted by Joe in OH @ 01/18/2005 11:16 AM


When I was really young, I bought my first boyfriend some gag stuff,for V day I believe. I remember him using the blood capsules on the teacher(pretending to puke out blood) but I dont think she fell for it. HA Im such a geek!… he gave me bazooka joe gum and a tape of The Offspring that he stole from his brother!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 01/18/2005 11:38 AM


The real trick to the tricks is: patience. Look for an opening, and spring it on them. Many a pratical joke has been scuppered by rushing up and trying too hard to force a mark to go for the gimmick. My own favorite gags are/were cigarette loads and the snapping gum. The exploding loads found their way into my oldest sister’s pack on several occasions, and once was sprung on a friend’s brother who was always bumming smokes. I don’t smoke, so no one would suspect I was the one providing the little exploders new homes in other folks coffin nails. The snapping gum was great, I actually managed to wind the spring a little tighter, put a couple of real sticks of gum in there, and got a football player to scream like a girl with it. He thought it was hilarious afterward, and borrowed it to pull on his buds. He returned it, too! Good times.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/18/2005 11:42 AM


I think the metal doohdad in the "exploding matches" is supposed to take a plastic cap – the type you put in a toy gun.

Chestnuts roasted by Will Tingle @ 01/18/2005 12:31 PM


Not this version — it’s more like a shitty mousetrap.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 01/18/2005 12:33 PM


I actually bought some electric buzzer style fake gum from an amusement park. Even though all my buddies knew what would happen we would often endure the pain for a good laugh. I suppose some little boys never stop being stupid. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Ed @ 01/18/2005 1:09 PM


Did anyone notice that in the picture of the squirt gum, it says "Pratical Joke", and not "Practical Joke"?

Chestnuts roasted by g w @ 01/18/2005 1:46 PM


Jokes rule! Know what else rules? Wrestling! Hey Matt, did you know you get a shout in the new Death of WCW book from R.D Reynolds?! Are you going to do a book report on it and splice it with some of your patented humour? Please?!

Chestnuts roasted by Monkey Boy @ 01/18/2005 2:14 PM


"I hate worms. I love fake puke"
That should be the new slogan for this site.. or not. :P

Moving on. They used to sell the Cinamon Toothpicks as candy in the corner store by my school. Kids would run around all day with toothpicks projecting from their mouths like cigarettes. Maybe the store thought they had their own massive practical joke going on but we loved ‘em, numb lips and all!

Ahh nostalgia.. you’ve done it again Matt! ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde @ 01/18/2005 2:18 PM


aside: I betcha "Gangstaz" buy the fake bullet holes to look um, you know.. Gangsta-ish!

Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde @ 01/18/2005 2:22 PM


No, I didn’t know that! God, RD is such an awesome guy. I’ll have to send him an e-mail.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 01/18/2005 2:28 PM


Yeah, I’ll scan the page if you want, but you should still buy the book!

Chestnuts roasted by Monkey Boy @ 01/18/2005 2:31 PM


I will, but if you could scan the page and e-mail it to me, it’d be most appreciated. Thanks! :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 01/18/2005 2:37 PM


Hopefully it should be in your inbox now!

Chestnuts roasted by Monkey Boy @ 01/18/2005 3:25 PM


I was walking around Boston the other day and discovered that our city is home to the longest-running joke store in the US! It’s absolutely packed with stuff, and a sign on the door says "Yes! We have gorilla suits!"

Can it get any better than that?

Chestnuts roasted by VeganMike @ 01/18/2005 3:42 PM


Whoever created "fake puke" is a genius.. or not.

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 01/18/2005 4:13 PM


Hilarious article… I always loved the bug in the ice. Also used to use cigarette loads esp during parties when those who were bumming were drunk…

BTW the "updates" page aka the blog page says "Christmas Season, 2004!" in the title bar. Just thought you’d like to know.

Pax

Chestnuts roasted by Soj @ 01/18/2005 4:29 PM


VeganMike: http://www.jacksjokes.com/

Joe in OH, we should try to get Entertainment Rights to have Matt do a commentary on one of the goofier He-Man episodes. enquiries@entertainmentrights.com

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 01/18/2005 4:56 PM


Matt, your e-mail, matt@x-entertainment.com is bouncing my emails to you….is there somewhere else i can send you the scan of the page?

Chestnuts roasted by Monkey Boy @ 01/18/2005 5:15 PM


The worm drawing in the Instant Worms package looks like how I always imagined a tapeworm would look. Ew. Esp after reading The Worm Within: http://www.fray.com/drugs/worm/

Hey, maybe you could use the fishing line/roach to attach to the bottom of a real cookie. Just kind stuff the end of the line into the bottom of the cookie, and then hide it in a plate of like cookies. I bet you’d scare someone, since anything black shooting out of a pile of edibles is always scary and gross.

I’d hate to see what cocaine abused nose that fake snot would fit into. Ouch.

Good luck today, manimal. Don’t faint. Make sure you stick around for the whole thing, in case she needs someone to scream at. Oh, and tell her, don’t be a hero, take any pain killers offered. The experience is so much nicer shen you don’t have all of that nasty pain to deal w/.

Hey, Erik, when is the next u/s again?

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/18/2005 7:27 PM


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