April Fools’ Day celebrations encompass a variety of cultures, yet its exact origins are shrouded in mystery. AprilFoolsDay yxe
Of course there’s always room for the vernal equinox and its relationship to this date: Mother Nature continues to fool everyone with its unpredictable, changing weather, so the joke is certainly on all of us.
Today, many get into the spirit of the prank, with many media participating in some mighty elaborate hoaxes for the day. I remember years ago, in my first years working at thewhen the metric system was introduced to Canada, a popular radio station of the day reported that the federal government was going to change time into metric, too. Outraged, I marched into my editor’s office to report such treachery by the feds, only to have the whole newsroom have a good laugh at my expense.
Roy Locascio, left, and Nick Maiorano, hosts of the popular Nick and Roy Totally Useless Information podcast and radio show – suppliedThere are pranks and there are events that one could label a prank – if they weren’t true. Enter Nick Maiorano and Roy Locascio, hosts of the popular podcast and radio show, in which the two offer streams of, well, useless information that could double as April Fools’ ideas – only the tidbits are fact-based.
Both Maiorano and Locascio are life-long friends, having gone to grade school together in the U.S., before Canadian-born Nick moved back to Canada to pursue a career in media and radio. Locascio lives in the U.S. while Maiorano lives in Toronto, where his other job sees him as the morning show technical producer for Newstalk 1010.Article content
The two work seamlessly on a show that Locascio describes as “truth being stranger than fiction.” Adds Maiorano; “You can’t make this stuff up!” Which makes many of the subjects truly “hard to believe” – perfect for April Fools’ Day.Yes! Mackinaw City, Michigan, hosts a series of outhouse races every year. The event is billed as “The Best Case of the Runs You’ll Ever Have” by Greg “Big G” Yoder, who first commissioned the event. It’s a challenging sport – you wouldn’t want to “wipe out.
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