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9a Mystery Prankster Revealed 04-01-26

13 min
Apr 1, 202617 days ago
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Summary

The Roula Show hosts reveal the culprit behind an elaborate April Fool's Day prank that filled the studio with balloons and wrapped equipment in Saran wrap. Ladi, a Wednesday contributor, orchestrated the multi-person operation with help from Sam and others, documenting the entire prank on video for social media release.

Insights
  • Workplace pranks require significant planning and coordination across multiple team members to execute successfully without detection
  • April Fool's Day pranks can boost team morale and create memorable content for social media engagement when executed thoughtfully
  • Timing and misdirection are critical elements in successful workplace pranks—the prankster remained undetected despite being present during the entire broadcast day
  • Workplace culture that embraces harmless pranks and humor can strengthen team bonding and create authentic, relatable content for audiences
Trends
Radio stations leveraging April Fool's Day pranks as content marketing strategy for social media platformsBehind-the-scenes workplace prank reveals generating audience engagement and loyalty through transparencyMulti-person coordinated pranks requiring production-level planning and video documentationRadio personalities using personal anecdotes and workplace dynamics to build authentic listener connectionsSocial media skepticism messaging—hosts warning audiences not to believe unverified claims on social platforms
Companies
Amazon
Mentioned as source for purchasing large balloons used in the April Fool's Day prank
Kroger
Mentioned as location where Saran wrap was purchased for the prank materials
People
Ladi
Revealed as the primary orchestrator of the April Fool's Day prank, coordinating balloon setup and Saran wrap decoration
Eric
Co-host of The Roula Show who was pranked and participated in revealing the culprit
Kevin Quinn
Co-host who was frustrated by the prank due to inability to access prank call equipment during his show
Audrey
Involved in wrapping Kevin's office for his birthday previously; suspected as potential prankster
Sam
Helped Ladi blow up balloons and was involved in filming the prank reveal video
Susanna
Assisted in blowing up balloons for the prank setup
George
Provided equipment (balloon pump machine) used in the prank execution
Quotes
"I love the fact that we did the saran wrap, the headphones, the balloons. But the best part is that I'm in here with you the entire day and you have no clue. It's me."
LadiMid-episode reveal
"Stay off socials. Don't believe nothing. Don't believe anything. You're renovating your house. Do not pick today to pick the tile."
EricEarly episode
"My colitis was all flared up. I didn't sleep last night. I'm coming in. I can't get to my prank calls and my spots."
Kevin QuinnMid-episode
"I would have never thought that you're so angry about balloons. Like who hurt you?"
EricPost-reveal discussion
Full Transcript
Hey, this is Anthony Push from the Push and Win Law firm. If you've been injured in an 18-wheeler accident, call us today. 833 Push Win. You can also visit us online, pushwin.com. The rule of show with Eric on KRDU. All right, I want to remind everybody today is April Fool's Day. It'll be Fool's. And when we walked into the studio, it's one of the better ways to be punked, pranked, fooled, whatever, because it's just balloon wonderland around here. Makes you smile, but yet you get aggravated because there was so many who couldn't. Our chairs were wrapped. I know that was funny. With Saran wrap. Yeah. With our headphones in them. I know I'm not good with that. So we had to, because we have to use our headphones or we can't hear the element. But I thought it was funny. It was kind of like I got to feel what it feels like to be a four-year-old at like a bouncy house place. Yeah. Because the balloons were everywhere, just bouncing around with them. Oh, there's one more. Oh, my God. Darn it. I want to remind you guys. Stop, Kevin. Because we're supposed to apparently find the reveal of the who did this. Anything you're reading to Instagram, TikTok, whatever, just remember, take it with a grain of salt. Because there are like things that even like these recipe Instagram reels that I subscribe to, whatever, they're like, the gelatin salad molds are coming back for summer. I'm like, how the hell they're not? They just stay off. They said popcorn ceiling and decor. That's a bull crap joke. None of that. Stay off socials. Don't believe nothing. Don't believe anything. You're renovating your house. Do not pick today to pick the tile. We got a video, though. Did you check your phone? No, I'm not looking by phone. Look at your phone. I think there's a video of who the culprit is. They're not calling us up and tell us all those. Look at the video. Do I have one too? No, no way. What? Oh, it's you. Actually, it's a day. Oh my God. No way. Are you serious? That's so funny. No way. It's one of how you did it. Ladi is here in our studio. Oh my God. Oh my God. No way. That is so funny. I am blown away. I am. You should hear the video. Oh, are you kidding me? Ladi visits us on Wednesdays because we do rap fire quiz. Are you serious? And he's usually gone by, like, what, 9 o'clock? I thought it was engineer George or the night show. I'm up for sure, Audrey Rose. But you got to watch the rest of the video, because I don't know if I was alone in this. Let me see. I know. I'm looking at it, but it's just running. So here we are off the air talking about, well, who else could it be if it's not Audrey and Kevin? Because Audrey goes all in. She wrapped everything in Kevin Quinn's office once for his birthday. Sam was there. Sam, you heard of this? Woo! I love this. Oh, by the way, those two were in the show this year. No way. No way. There's Sam Lee. That was a one-person job. Oh, man. So wait, when did you come back up here? Yesterday? Yesterday. I left before I had to go to spring and was blowing up balloons in our studio 104. Oh my God. That's so funny. You guys were, like, trying to wrap up things. I was calling you guys. Oh, wait. Yeah, come here. What? Me and Susanna were in there blowing them up, and Eric came in to come get me to do something, and we literally had to throw all the balloons. I was like, where are they? I'm a day the phone's over there. No way. I almost got caught. So last week, we ended up having, on Thursday, we have a meeting, right? Yeah. We have an all-jock meeting. So after that, the first thing is, our boss was like, hey, it's April Fools. Let us know what's going on. Well, I already had an idea, so I went to go make sure. The first idea, they said no to, and I knew they weren't going to do that, right? I'm going to fill the entire floor full of mouth straps. The entire floor. Oh, yeah. And so, but then someone was probably going to lose a limb, and I didn't want to get fired. Yeah. So I was like, all right, well, it came up with this idea. And so next thing you know, I get Sam involved because, you know. Yeah, that's smart. Right, and then we get them involved as well, because we've got to make video. We want to do this thing as a production. Were you guys even making a video yesterday? Did you go make a video? No, we legit had to go to spring and go up and film. How funny. Oh my God. Yeah, so we were like on a time crunch. Well, no, Ladi did an amazing job. Okay, wait, so. These big balloons are impossible to tie. We did, I'm wondering, Kevin, have to broadcast their show with all the balloons in here? No, no, no. Ladi didn't leave until midnight. I stayed here all night. They helped out for sure. They did. No, but Ladi did like the heavy lift. I stayed here until midnight. Yes, I stayed here until midnight. I would have slept here then. I got here at five o'clock because of the internet's out at the house, whatever, and then all of a sudden, like Kevin and Audrey, they ended up leaving. So I was like, well, I'm going to go in the back and check it out. Vince Colonese is redefining news talk. I'm Vince Colonese, host of the Vince podcast. I'm bringing you the truth beneath the headlines of all of the nation's top stories. In-depth interviews. We feature newsmaking interviews with the top guests on the whole planet. And I'll ask the questions you only dream of other interviewers asking. And a front row seat to the most important conversations of the day. There's a show with an obsessive focus on what's good for America. You are going to love Vince. The Vince Show. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. So I started doing it real quick. Then I hear something like about an hour later and it's Audrey. And I was like, I stop what I'm doing and she's in there recording something. And I'm like, all right. So I leave and go home. Then I go get the Saran wrap over at the Kroger. And then I make this whole video. I'm sitting there filling up all these balloons. That's great. Oh man. Now I've got a longer video. I got a four minute video that we're going to put on our Facebook page. And it goes, I listened to you this morning, Rulan. You said, I want to know the backstory and how it all happened. You have that video for you. Oh good. I have the entire video. We even find balloons like this. These are really good big balloons. They're fun for parties. Amazon.com. Maybe that's why Sam took it so personal. Those are balloons were hard to put on. Oh my favorite is Eric. And then the test comes in and pops all then I'm like, bro, I just went in. I know. I'm flurries. Oh my God. We were talking off the air about who probably did all this work. Yes. And Eric, you go, well, they're stupid if they don't tell us who they are, because they at least have them on. You're Sam and Lattie listening to us talk about. That's so funny. So in the original video that I made, whatever, I make a comment and I say, you know, I love the fact that we did the, uh, the saran wrap, the headphones, the balloons. I go, but the best part is that I'm in here with you the entire day and you have no clue. It's me. I know. I know. I was really good at it. George is a key to our. Oh, he was into it. Cause that was his machine. We blew up. It was his machine. I took our headphones. Yeah. If I would have known it was you. But then I had a like for this morning, I knew that this was already decorated. So I had to like play it off like Eric. I don't know. I'm good acting there. I want to say thanks to everybody who had a help in this and everything. Cause I, our boss knows George and everybody and y'all did a great job guys. You're over there doing everything we had to do. And I think it's funny, something like that. And you know, I don't know y'all that well, but I'm like, I just kind of want to mess them a little bit, but this was a kind of fun kind of prank. Cause it was fun. It made Kevin mad. I couldn't get to my, I couldn't get to my prank calls. I was like, I'm going home. He didn't show up. I didn't show up for 30 minutes. I just went over there. That is so funny though. That's very interesting to me cause I've known you for such a long time, Kevin. I would have never thought that you're so angry about balloons. Like who hurt you? I don't think he knows well in the morning. I could have first made it. No, no, no. My colitis was all flared up. I didn't sleep last night. I'm coming in. I can't get to my, my prank calls and my spots. I was like, this like just like Eric said, I'm going back to bed. There's exactly Eric Goddard looked me in my eye and he's like, yep, I see where he is. Kevin, if you think this is bad, you should see what I did to your car. Oh God, I just got it back. He was sure. Oh my gosh. Well done guys. That's great. That was a lot of good work. Good work guys. All this fun of a little. Fun balloons. Yeah, it's a bulls. They were beautiful. We need to lose that. Amazon.com. Amazon.com. And I'm going to need to be reimbursed. So who do I talk to? No, I'm just kidding. No, I'm just kidding. No, I'm just kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. Double check in your mind. Wait is this April Fool's because one of our really good friends mumbles Posted on his thing. Hey help me prank somebody today. I don't know if that's a prank is What she wants to do Some number said number is probably some prank number. Yeah, or it's the person to yeah, I don't know I'm saying away from it. What's the one Jimmy found when you hit something and it took a photo of you Wherever you were everybody was on the toilet. Yeah It's some some text that he sent and if you opened it It would snapshot you and send it back to the person that sent it to you So Anthony Anderson was on the toilet. Yeah, and you can see that he was in the toilet In the water closet when he did that one I don't know the other big ones I could say stuck and now for our show over the years We've done a lot and a lot of our listeners remember a lot of the ones that we did where Kevin jumped a bus Kevin With a motorcycle. Yeah, yes was good, but really was just with The bus All lined up and he's had a crowd out there then Kevin Quinn Did you guys have evil clean evil? We had yeah, we had evil clean evil outfits. I was bit trotting behind him Oh, yeah, holding on to him. It's like a Harley. So we had a ramp We had built a ramp at the house and brought it over to The bus right up against it and then we rode around and got up a huge amount of speed came right up to the ramp stopped pulled around to the front of the bus and Jumped it with the jumper cable The ones that we can't do anymore just because we don't want the legal problems Saying that the $20 bills are going out of rotation. So if you don't replace them, you're gonna lose them The toll road is gonna start counting your heartbeat versus the just one car So it could be nine heartbeats in the car in a van. That's $1 25 per heartbeat. It was craziness I'm not that we just played the cat that just meows the clicking of the phone the dinging of the cell phone I don't people my cell phone. Those are harm. What is that? Yeah? Well, we thought the cat was harmless until people totally found out wasn't the cats were in their hood That Kevin is actually straight and his girlfriend is sick of hiding their secret life That I was gonna go topless for playboy because they just wouldn't stop offering me money We had Ray Carroll call in that was the toll road It was a different one there was a different one as well with a he called in for him and I was working on that one Yeah, what the heck was that? Why didn't you do anything this year? Somebody's gonna find something to complain about and we're just like, you know what let's just let somebody I'm gonna go to this game today And then we'll be even a game I know I feel like even with your own family right like if you're talking about summer plans or They could get real deep into it. I'm not taking anything. That's what this day to end take you off the yes I'm not gonna look at go home and sleep. Yep. I'm not gonna get socials, but you're going to the Astros game at one As soon as that's over. I'm going back home. And if somebody asked you for a burberry. Oh, that was April fools I didn't I didn't say I was gonna buy your journey. I won't do that if you see me out there One person She's on till single that is not a joke She has more passwords the keywords for you to try to win the trip to Madison Square Garden to see Harry Styles That is on a joke. I don't I legit don't have any jokes. I've been busy blowing up Okay, I talk about a funny text that we got yesterday. Yes, someone goes I love listening to like Sam during the morning show because she sounds like a homie and then when you listen to Sam show she sounds like her customer service voice Like it's just like I feel like I have to be like more polished and like hi, it's Sam on 104.1 And I also have a lot more time to talk. Yeah, you do sound different. It's not funny So hang out with me for two hours for my customer service voice her DJ voice just to your Your kids voice and your dog. Oh god. Nobody would want that Miss Sam is only gonna play bluey songs and Paw Patrol song sure Coming out. I know in Backstreet Boys is doing one of the songs for it But do we have a clip of that? Did they release that I don't think I release Oh, they did release it, but maybe we can do it tomorrow for scoop. Sure. Okay, why not? I mean, I could do it April fools that backstreet boys and in sync finally Let's make it happen and tomorrow bring you a Jell-O mold salad. 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