Monday, April 06, 2026

April Fool's

This past Wednesday was April 1st, otherwise known as April Fool's Day!  There used to be some great websites out there who did a lot of great pranks.  I remember Blizzard Entertainment did a nerd gaming date site, Pokemon made some contest of catching all these Pokemon around the world in a day... and the best of the was ThinkGeek when they used to exist. Every year they did the best pranks with fake merchandise that people really wanted them that in most cases, they ended up actually making them!  The best of them was the Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back Tauntaun sleeping bag because you only thought they smelled bad on the outside!  But since that one (it was several years ago), there definitely has been a lack luster of online pranks or they were really obvious or just flat out dumb.  But, a new one has emerged this year, Jamba Juice!  Jamba Juice did one for some pickle inspired beverages!  They did an email blast and put it up on their socials and now, people want it!  Will Jamba eventually make it?  We'll see but pickle beverages do exist out there now!

Weekly Update:
Baseball has started another season and will the LA Dodgers get a third championship?  They have showed a strong showing so far but from the start to the end is a long way to go and a lot of games to play.  In MLB history there has only been 4 teams to win three World Series in a row and the New York Yankees own that title for 3 of them!  The last one was from 1998 to 2000.  The only other team to have a 3-peat were the Oakland Athletics which was from 1972 to 1974 which they are now the Las Vegas Athletics or will be.  So, if the LA Dodgers win this year, they will make history by being the 5th team but only 3rd different team to win a 3-peat and a first for the LA Dodger baseball club.  Again, a long way to go but here's wishing them the best this season!

At the movies:
New at #1 with a huge box office is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie earning an outstanding 130.9 million for the weekend but a 5-day total of 190.1 mil!  This is an huge number and should get to 200 mil by tomorrow.  Above expectations and Easter Sunday is usually not a very busy weekend too.  Drop down to #2 is Project Hail Mary with another 30.7 mil as it now passes the 200 mil cume mark.  Still going strong and will continue to do well. New at #3 is The Drama with 14.4 mil and not a lot on this film, may do OK overall. Hanging on to #4 is Hoppers with 5.8 mil and it will continue to lose steam and be out soon. Rounding off the top 5 is Reminders of Him with an extra 2.2 mil and likely the last we see of this movie.

New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week in at #6 is A Great Awakening with 2.1 mil.  It opened on over 1200 screens so not a great number overall.

Quote of the week:
"Great mind discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Facts & Tips:
The average koala sleeps 22 hours each day.

"Devin, this is what happens when you do Minecraft instead of math! And neither of you should be eating Twinkies this close to dinner." - Ron G. as Brian in Just Swipe.

posted by McDuck @ 00:00

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