Here's a quick clip of some footage MSN was able to find that shows the CEOs of the Big Three auto manufacturers on their way to D.C. to beg for bailout dollars.  That's what they claim, anyway.  The guys in the video just...

A band of merry pranksters are pulling the old bait-and-switch on some pedestrian bankers by luring them in with money attached to the fishing line. Classic. The switch? The laughs we get when they realize what's going on. 

"Scare the crap out of mommy?"  "Yes, son.  Literally."  Sure, you think it's funny.  But it seems he was actually trying to kill her.

Quebec's "Masked Avengers," a radio comedy duo that has successfuly prank-called the likes of Bill Gates and Mick Jagger, worked their magic on Sarah Palin by convincing her they were French President Nicolas Sarkozy. They...

After a star-making turn in Forgetting Sarah Marshall this summer, comedian Russell Brand is going to have more time for movies. Brand has resigned from his BBC radio show after making dirty prank calls to Fawlty Towers'...

What happens when you get turned down for Hustler's Sarah Palin porno?  You get on the trail with your man!  This look-alike makes a nice cameo at a McCain speech and steals the spotlight.

Wacky prankster Ellen Degeneres asked guest Dennis Quaid to head into a Starbucks, armed only with a hidden camera and a transmitter for Ellen to feed lines to him. We're sure Quaid has done more embarrassing things than this...

This video left us incredibly conflicted, what with our documented disapproval of the French. Still, it has to be one of the best elaborate pranks we've come across, which seemed like a compelling reason to include it among...

It's such a grand thing that any American yokel can be a licensed gun owner. 

This lovely lady falls for a creative little trap that lets a Mentos fall into a full bottle of Diet Coke when the bottle is opened.  Let's just say that the look on her face as she tries to keep the soda from gushing forth...

Apparently, the BBC decided to pull a little prank on their viewers and had a genuine "no news" day.  Not content to keep all the fun at the anchor desk, this prank goes into every normal Beeb news segment, featuring anchors...

Media giant Virgin, and internet super-power, Google have come together (as Virgle?) to present the internet with this challenge: upload a 30-second video of yourself to prove that you're the best candidate for a trip to...

Forget flying pigs! These penguins have found an ingenious way to skip the winter chill and go party in the jungles of South America. It's simply amazing how evolution can occur anywhere anytime, isn't it? Okay, this is...

In a show of true patriotism, George Bush has conceded his presidential powers, after realizing that his approval ratings were accurate and he was indeed one of the worst presidents in the history of our fine nation. Psyche!...

The boys on CollegeHumor's "Hardly Working" series test just how far they can push a prank in which one friend, wearing noise-canceling headphones, is unaware of the hilarious antics going on around him. (The other friend...