Alan Cumming and Monica Lewinsky Win April Fools’ Day With Brilliant Idea
The Internet has been overrun with , from Google’s MicDrop debacle to Yahoo convincing panicked fans that Trader Joe’s was closing down. So you can understand why this was us at the Forward all day as we read the news:
Me when I’m browsing the Internet today #AprilFools pic.twitter.com/8toPAkMK5t
— Austin (@Dat_Saintsfan) April 1, 2016
But just when you’ve had enough pranks, here come Alan Cumming and Monica Lewinsky with a brilliant idea that actually sounds awesome!
.@Alancumming ??❤️
— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) April 1, 2016
We know it’s just a joke, but we would totally buy the album, play it on loop and laud it as the greatest cultural mash-up of our time.
Cummings and Lewinsky were not the only ones with some tongue-in-cheek comments for April Fools’, comedians Michael Ian Black and Billy Eichner had a few things to say as well.
If Jesus had come back from the dead on April Fool’s, everybody would have been like, “Nah-uh,” and we’d all be Jews.
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) April 1, 2016
Happy April Fools Day to all my fellow Log Cabin Republicans!
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) April 1, 2016
Even Mark Zuckerberg could not escape. Swedish clothing chain H&M had the perfect gag with #MarkforHM
H&M just won #AprilFools day with #MarkForHMhttps://t.co/8n30RsZ8ca pic.twitter.com/HZCLjxCFIs
— Troy Osinoff (@yo) April 1, 2016
Finally, it was Albert Brooks who perfectly summarized the day in a tweet:
Every April Fools’ Day joke I can think of is actually happening.
— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) April 1, 2016
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