April First


 * For the date, see April 1.

"April First" is a Smosh video released on March 22, 2007 on LiveVideo and March 31, 2007 on YouTube and Smosh.com.

Description
This will be our last video- APRIL FOOLS!

Cast

 * Ian Hecox — Himself, Ian's Mom
 * Anthony Padilla — Himself, Ian's Dad
 * Unidentified actor — Friend of Ian and Anthony

Music

 * Danger Mouse & Jemini – "What U Sittin' On?"

Synopsis


Anthony approaches Ian on his front porch with the intention of telling him something important, but Ian is too busy playing Pokémon, mentioning that he is about to catch Charmander. Anthony tells his friend that what he has to say is serious, so Ian impatiently puts his Game Boy Advance down and stands up to listen. Anthony puts a hand on Ian's shoulder as he informs his friend that he is terminally ill; he recently got a call from the doctor and he will die in seven days. A shocked Ian asks Anthony what he plans to do. Anthony mentions that he is not sure, with the exception of reminding Ian that "today is April Fools' Day!". Ian, realizing that he had been fooled, admits that Anthony "got" him as they both laugh. Ian warns Anthony to watch his back, prompting Anthony to mockingly look around him.

Later, Ian exits his front door and sees Anthony waiting for him outside. Anthony immediately steps back and slowly backs away, looking behind Ian with a face of shock and points behind Ian. Ian asks what he is looking at and Anthony claims that there is a leprechaun with a pot of gold behind him. Ian laughs in disbelief, but quickly glances over his shoulder. Anthony laughs as he exclaims "April Fools!". Ian denies that he was fooled, claiming that he was only looking at his shoulder, and proceeds to punch Anthony in the groin.

Anthony takes a few steps back as he clutches his groin in pain, asking what that attack was for. Ian exclaims "April Fools!", but Anthony denies that a punch to the groin is an April Fools joke and tells Ian that he "sucks at April Fools jokes", an accusation that Ian denies as he has an idea. Calling his mother (Ian Hecox), Ian claims that he has rigged the family car with explosives that will explode as soon as the car is turned on. His mother, who is in the car as it is already accelerating, calls her son's bluff and calls him "silly". Ian exclaims "April Fools!" and snarkily laughs into the phone as he ends the call, pumping his arm with a "yeah!".

Anthony, unimpressed, has a better idea. Calling Ian's father (Anthony Padilla), Anthony claims to have cut the brake lines to their car, to which Ian's father unenthusiastically laughs, thinking the claim to be an April Fools joke. Anthony laughs along but drops the act as he says that he actually did the act. Ian's father still thinks it is an April Fools joke until Anthony and Ian hear screaming and a car crash as the car abruptly ends.



Before they can react, a friend of Ian and Anthony runs up to them, short of breath, and claims to be having a heart attack. Anthony orders Ian to perform CPR on their friend, an order Ian refuses, not wanting to use his "beautiful, luscious" lips on their friend and tells Anthony to do it. Anthony prepares to start, but their friend pushes him back, explaining that the performance was an April Fools joke. They all laugh as Ian and Anthony admits that they were fooled. Soon, however, the friend seems to suffer from an actual heart attack as he claims to lose feeling in his arm, starts to hyperventilate, and soon collapses to the ground, unconscious, all the while Ian and Anthony laugh and mimic and compliment their friend's percieved performance.

As the friend lies unconscious before them, Ian mentions that some people take April Fools' Day too seriously. Changing the subject, Ian asks Anthony if he wants to get some cereal, to which Anthony accepts by enthusiastically rubbing his stomach with a corresponding "Mmm!".

Trivia

 * "April First" was featured alongside "Hardcore Max" in fourth episode of Watching Old Videos, in which Ian and Anthony provided commentary as they watched some of their oldest videos.
 * Ian mentions that Anthony was filming while driving during the shots of Ian as his mother.
 * When Ian's parents get into the car crash, Anthony speculates that the sentence he screams as the call cuts out is "Oh my God, I'm dying!".
 * This video is Smosh's second holiday-oriented video, after "Boxman's Christmas".
 * "April First" is Smosh's first April Fools' Day special.
 * This video marks the first onscreen appearance of Ian's Mom as a character.
 * Ian's actual mother, Sharon Hecox, previously appeared in "Boxman's Christmas" as Boxman's mother. She would not play herself in a Smosh video until the video "Male Model".

Goofs

 * During the shot of Ian stepping out of his front door, the door remains open. In the subsequent shot of the door, it is closed.