The secret of the greatest-ever student prank


	The secret of the greatest-ever student prank

karokan

6-28-2008 11:15 AM

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6-28-2008 9:58 PM

righthand

Great clip

7-4-2008 2:26 PM

karokan

Thanks =-D

7-13-2008 6:37 PM

Jorjor

I always thought that the best student prank ever was the card-flipping switcheroo at the 1961 Rose Bowl (you can read about it here). It was bold, blatant, happened in front of 100,000 spectators and was broadcast live on network TV onto millions of TV sets around the country and the world.

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