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| White House gets in the April Fools' Day mix with Kid President video | White House gets in the April Fools' Day mix with Kid President video |
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| Not to be excluded from the robust global tradition of dumb April Fools' Day jokes, the White House posted on its website Monday a fake video message from the president. | Not to be excluded from the robust global tradition of dumb April Fools' Day jokes, the White House posted on its website Monday a fake video message from the president. |
| In the video, Kid President, a popular YouTube character portrayed by Robbie Novak, 10, addresses the nation from behind a very lifelike White House podium. | In the video, Kid President, a popular YouTube character portrayed by Robbie Novak, 10, addresses the nation from behind a very lifelike White House podium. |
| "It looks like you were expecting somebody else," Novak says. "But April Fools on all y'all. I'm the Kid President and I hope everyone has an awesome day." | "It looks like you were expecting somebody else," Novak says. "But April Fools on all y'all. I'm the Kid President and I hope everyone has an awesome day." |
| The clip involves a couple other jokes, the best of which is the kid making fart noises as sound effects for his footsteps as he leaves the room. | The clip involves a couple other jokes, the best of which is the kid making fart noises as sound effects for his footsteps as he leaves the room. |
| The Kid President first rose to prominence in a viral video called "A pep talk from the kid president to you," in which Novak exhorts everybody to "stop being boring". | The Kid President first rose to prominence in a viral video called "A pep talk from the kid president to you," in which Novak exhorts everybody to "stop being boring". |
| The White House appears to have contacted the Kid President people in advance of the annual Easter Egg Roll, hosted Monday morning by the real president, Barack Obama. | The White House appears to have contacted the Kid President people in advance of the annual Easter Egg Roll, hosted Monday morning by the real president, Barack Obama. |
| Obama invited the Kid President to help him publicise the roll. Novak appeared in person on the South Lawn for the roll and was thanked by first lady Michelle Obama as she introduced the event on Monday. | Obama invited the Kid President to help him publicise the roll. Novak appeared in person on the South Lawn for the roll and was thanked by first lady Michelle Obama as she introduced the event on Monday. |
| But that wasn't the only executive plan for the Kid on Monday. Just before 10am ET, deputy senior adviser for communications and strategy David Simas tweeted an advisory of a "special video message from the president". | But that wasn't the only executive plan for the Kid on Monday. Just before 10am ET, deputy senior adviser for communications and strategy David Simas tweeted an advisory of a "special video message from the president". |
| Special video message from the President at 10:00 a.m. today on Whitehouse.gov. Please watch. Only @ Whitehouse.gov. | Special video message from the President at 10:00 a.m. today on Whitehouse.gov. Please watch. Only @ Whitehouse.gov. |
| — David Simas (@Simas44) April 1, 2013 | — David Simas (@Simas44) April 1, 2013 |
| "Please watch," Simas wrote. "Only @ Whitehouse.gov." | "Please watch," Simas wrote. "Only @ Whitehouse.gov." |
| A real White House briefing was scheduled for Monday afternoon. | A real White House briefing was scheduled for Monday afternoon. |
| Not all the April Fools' Day jokes out there are bad. Check out my colleague Paul Owen's live blog roundup of the best jokes here. | Not all the April Fools' Day jokes out there are bad. Check out my colleague Paul Owen's live blog roundup of the best jokes here. |
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