I Broke Edge …

I know, I know. You’re probably thinking someone pranked me hard as a kid forever making me hate a time honored tradition of pranking. Not the case. I don’t mind a good prank. But I do hate April Fools’ Day. Here are my reasons. The list is pretty short.

1) Too predictable. I mean, c’mon. It’s almost a national holiday here. Everyone knows you are going to do something stupid. It isn’t a mystery. We see it coming.

2) A lot of pranks are mean spirited. There is no PMA in mean spirited pranks. Wack. I’ve got the PMA.

And those are my reasons. Short and sweet. As an example of a prank gone wrong, I give you today on the local Hip Hop station.

It began yesterday as Ramiro began setting up the prank. He kept talking about a big meeting with the General Manager of JAMN 94.5 and the stalling contract negotiations. Of course he took it over the top and began name calling the GM. “TOM … OCONNEL … SUCKS … ELEPHANT … BALLS.” Puh-lease. Like no one saw this coming? Easy set up.

Then today, the intro music was replaced, Pebbles and Ramiro “were given the boot.” And they were replaced by Sippy and The Box. A couple of fresh faced kids with no prior experience who were supposedly related to the GM. Completely unbelievable. Who replaces one of the highest rated radio host duos with a couple of hack kids? If they had been replaced by afternoon DJs or someone else from the channel, the believe-ability would have gone way up. Then there was Melissa’s bad acting. She’s the third wheel on the Ramiro And Pebbles morning show. She kept saying, “C’mon, don’t say that. We need to keep these listeners.” And then she would play one ridiculous phone call after another. UGH. Terrible. It’s almost a slap in the face to every listener. “Our listeners are so stupid, they’ll fall for anything.” That’s the message I got out of this weak ass prank.

This could have been an all-star prank but they fell super hard into predictable land. They probably even hurt their reputations going forward for believing their audience was so dense. I actually felt embarrassed for them. Poor execution was shaming.

Hopefully that lackluster prank demonstrates why I hate April Fools’ Day. I just do. It’s just sad. Nuff said.