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April 1, 2006 was an April Fools' Day falling on a Saturday. more...

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Adult Swim (U.S.): Aired \"Aprils Fool\" versions of Fullmetal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG in which fart noises were heard throughout the episode. (The Ghost in the Shell episode aired later that night without the fart sounds); NBC (U.S.): Aired The More You Know-style public service announcements done by cast members of The Office in character. An example by Dwight Schrute:

\"Black bears weigh between 2 and 500 lbs and have gigantic genitals. Brown bears weigh between 300 and over a thousand pounds. Black bears rub up and hug you and cuddle you. Brown bears run at you. When attacked by a bear, simply lie still on the ground and cover your face and head with your hands. When the bear's finished batting you around and mauling you, contact the U.S. Forest Service.\"

; Newsround (BBC, U.K.): Presenter Jake Humphrey announced that David Beckham would not be playing in the 2006 World Cup as his parents are Scottish.; Dagsrevyen (NRK, Norway): The news program Dagsrevyen announced in a reporting that the Norwegian Parliament had agreed to introduce a mandatory fee to send and receive e-mails, on same level as SMS.; Veronica (The Netherlands): Said it would air Mission: Impossible III. It turned out to be just the trailer.;

In sport

T-Mobile (U.K.): Told BRMB and Heart 100.7 (Birmingham and Midlands) that they will be sponsoring a premiership team from the Midlands, and that the sponsorship will include a pink away shirt for the sponsored team.;

On the radio

2-Ten FM (U.K.): Reported that an elephant was causing traffic problems on the M4 motorway.; 702 ABC Sydney (Australia): Weekend presenter Simon Marnie conducted the last hour of his show from a Collins class submarine in Sydney Harbour that departed from the Australian National Maritime Museum. The submarine docked to pick up passengers including fellow presenter Tony Eastley and a lucky 702 Sydney listener. The program ended when the submarine was submerged and attacked by a sea monster.; All Things Considered (NPR, U.S.): Aired a piece about the \"Positive Opera Company\" on Cape Cod. Its impresario wants to rewrite the world's great tragic operas to give them all a happy ending.; CHNO-FM (Sudbury, Ontario, Canada): Ran commercials stating that the government of Ontario was switching to Double Daylight Saving Time to keep up with new American regulations.; East Coast Radio (Ireland): Micheal Harrington announced that Bray was to become part of County Dublin. This let to many texts of anger from people living in Bray but also jokes and jeers from people in towns further South like Arklow, Wicklow and Graystones.; The Edge (New Zealand): Claimed that New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark had banned cellphones to people under 16.; Heart 106.2 (U.K.): Usually a \"Time Tunnel\" feature in the mornings, playing songs from the same year and inviting listeners to call in and guess the year. On April 1, the DJ played songs from different years, causing confusion amongst listeners phoning in.; Magic 105.4 FM (U.K.): Played Christmas songs all morning.; Quirks and Quarks (CBC Radio, Canada): Bob McDonald interviewed a zoologist who had discovered a Vietnamese dog-like animal whose metabolism could cure global warming, and then ate the sole specimen because he was hungry.; QMR.fm (Internet): James Freir started his show by pretending to be fellow presenter Adam Croft, with whom he has a long-running on-air 'rivalry'.; Radio Sport (New Zealand): Show host Phil Gifford and Doug Golightly claimed that rugby league star Stacey Jones was going to play rugby union for Northland upon the expiry of his French rugby league contract. They added that he had also received a special dispensation from Les Catalans to join the Auckland Blues squad for the last six matches of the Super 14 season. This was perpetuated by Jones' close friend Peter Leitch appearing on the show 'furious' about his personal conversation with the hosts being put on air.; RTÉ 2fm (Ireland): On his show, Michael Cahill announced that the government were to introduce tolls on Northbound on O'Connell Street in Dublin and on Patrick Street in Cork.; Today Programme (BBC Radio 4, U.K.): Announced that its UK Theme (which really had been scheduled for scrapping) was to be replaced with a European Union theme.; Triple J (Australia): Morning hosts claimed that, to celebrate 'Urban month' the station was going to be changing the entire month's play list to only feature hip hop, much to the complaint of many listeners calling in. Triple J played non-stop hip hop until noon and had many promos already set up to play for the upcoming month, increasing the joke's credibility.; WBRU (Providence, Rhode Island, USA): On March 29, announced that they were being bought out, and would cease operations by 5 p.m. March 31. Soon after WBRU went off the air, Buddy FM, a parody of the Jack FM radio format, began broadcasting random pop and techno music along with occasional pre-recorded station bumps until a mock takeover was staged by WBRU DJs at 12:16 p.m. on April 1. The prank continued in some form until roughly 4:09 p.m. April 1.;