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April Fools' Day is an informal holiday celebrated every year on April 1. It is celebrated as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other, both the jokes and their victims being known as "April fools."
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- For the April 1 broadcast of The Jimmy Dean Show, host Jimmy Dean pulls a running gag on Rowlf the Dog which involves letting his canine co-star believe he's not taking him on tour with him.
- The Fraggles of Fraggle Rock celebrate two holidays similar to April Fools' Day - Fraggle Fool's Day and Joke Day.
- Kermit the Frog guest hosted the April Fools' Day episode of Larry King Live in 1994.
- The Muppets' "Stand By Me" web video was released on April Fools' Day 2010. The Muppets tweeted about the video release with the hashtag #AprilFools.
- A 2010 episode of Jim Henson's The Possibility Shop with Courtney Watkins focused on April Fools' Day.
- The Muppets posted a special April Fools' Day video on their official Facebook page in 2014 featuring Kermit the Frog pulling a prank on Constantine. (video)
- On April 1, 2014, Sesame Street tweeted a picture of Elmo participating in the YouTube April Fools' "New Trend" of clocking.
- In 2014, The Perfume Shop announced fragrances for Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy on their social media accounts as an April Fool's Day joke. The joke was explained by way of a video featuring Constantine who was initially outraged by the announcement, but the joke eventually dawns on him.
- The Sesame Street in Communities Twitter feed posted an advisory to parents about their "little pranksters" in 2015. On Pinterest, they pinned a photo of Ernie sneaking up on Bert wearing an eye mask for April Fools'.
- The online Muppet fan community has a long tradition of hoaxes and general silliness on April Fools' Day. In 2014, Constantine (with a special audio messaged recorded by Muppeteer Matt Vogel) took over the website toughpigs.com.
- In a special video message posted on various social media sites in 2016, the Muppets announce that they will no longer be known as "The Muppets" and will henceforth be referred to as "The Fabulously Famous Celebrities Formerly Known As The Muppets." (Facebook | Instagram | Twitter)
- In an online video posted to Sesame Street's social media channels in 2021, Elmo introduced the start of The Not-Too-Early Show for mornings, before admitting he was sticking with late night and The Not-Too-Late Show. (Facebook | Instagram | Twitter)
- In 2022, the Jim Henson Company's social media accounts posted an image advertising 100% organic Gorg Farms Radish Juice. (Instagram)
- In 2023, the Henson Company posted two separate images on their social media accounts. One was of Labyrinth: The App, a navigation app for those lost in the Goblin Kingdom, and featuring voice commands by Ludo. (Instagram) The other was the announcement of a new animated series called Farscape Babies, with an accompanying image that parodied Muppet Babies. (Instagram)
- In The Muppets Mayhem episode "Eight Days a Week," a calendar of April is marked with various events. April 1st is marked with the message "Tell Lips he's adopted," suggesting his bandmates intend to tell him this as an April Fool's prank.
- For April Fools' 2024, Moshe announced he was leaving Takalani Sesame and moving to Australia. (Instagram)
- For April Fools' 2024,the Henson Company posted on their social media accounts artwork for the fictional cross-over series FraggleScape (a mash-up of Fraggle Rock and Farscape) with the caption "The Fraggles travel through a Fraggle hole into Outer Space where they team up with a group of rebels caught in an intergalactic battle over radishes." (Facebook)
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- Muppet fansite April Fools' Day celebrations
- Jerry Juhl Day - a fan-created holiday to celebrate silliness