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The Michael Jackson prank
Created: 03/28/2006
Video description: The world's greatest pranksters pull off the world's greatest media hoax: staging a fake appearance of Michael Jackson in Boston while he is living in Bahrain. World chaos ensues. The ultimate April Fool's Day prank! The practical jokers at zug.com pull a funny stunt involving an actor dressed up like Michael Jackson, who talks his way into a $10,000-a-plate charity fundraiser hosted by Gladys Knight. All the comedy is captured on hidden video! This is the "made for TV" version. The UNRATED version is available on ZUG, the world's only comedy site (www.zug.com)

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