April Fool’s Hijinks
Man I had some fun today. For four years I’ve wanted to pull what I thought would be one hell of a funny April Fool’s Day prank: making it look like A Perfect Blend, my mother-in-law’s coffee shop here in Berwick, PA, was closed and out of business. For four years all I’ve ever done was wish I was doing it. This year I finally made the decision to just get it done. Last night Connie & I stopped in and covered the entire front window area of the shop with newspapers and hung an ‘Out of Business’ sign on the front door. We also tethered a video cam pointed outside to a T.V. on the inside. The idea here was to be able to see the expressions of the locals walking up for their morning fix, as well as a way for me to see outside so I’d be able to run down anyone that ACTUALLY thought we were closed.
It worked better than I could have ever imagined. All day long we were able to enjoy the hilarious expressions on people as the thought of the shop actually be gone from their daily routines crossed their lost faces. Slightly evil, perhaps, but everyone enjoyed the laugh and seemed to have a lot of fun. The newspaper and T.V. station showing up was an unexpected bonus as well. 
I’ll file this in my war chest of examples I use when people tell me they have nothing to do, or that there’s nothing to do in this town. Make your fun. Be bold, do something…but never stop having fun! Thank you Mary Lou for letting me do this. I really appreciate the chance to mess with so many people! :D
Rock On!
Very cool front page of the PE – did you see it???? They charge $35 for a copy but I’m sure you got your own. Great idea and fun.
Where’s the stuff on the photo classes?? I took over 1,oo shots in Africa in January and I’m disappointed in many of them. Need help!
Joy
Hi Joy…
Yes, I saw it…That was cool of Ken and Bill from the Press to stop down for a bit. More cool that it made the front page! LOL
The info on the classes is about 4 blog entries down from this one…just go to http://www.eddiedonlin.com/blog and scroll down til you see the info on the Photography classes. If I knew how to do a direct link to that entry, I would…I should try to figure that out! LOL
There’s 1 spot left in the 3 class series if you’re interested. You don’t have to do all 3, but everyone that’s signed up for the other’s has, so we’ll have a nice consistent crew to work with over the 3 courses. Let me know if you’re interested.
Have a great one!
hey eddie you should put the videos up the people trying to come in the coffee shop and walking away! thatd be hilarious =) awesome prank dude
Hi Karleigh,
I actually didn’t tape the feed…I definitely thought about it, but I didn’t want to have to deal with the legality of taping someone without their knowledge. Lame, but a real issue I had to consider.
I just sent the feed in to the T.V. so those that made it through could enjoy the faces.
