{"id":10063,"date":"2022-03-31T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=10063"},"modified":"2022-04-08T09:39:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:39:57","slug":"holidays-in-the-movies-april-fools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/03\/31\/holidays-in-the-movies-april-fools\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays in the Movies: April fools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For most of my life, April Fools day would pass me by and I wouldn’t even notice. But, there is always a cause for celebration when you are celebrating with movies, and on April 1st we watch April Fool’s Day <\/a><\/em>(1986). April Fool’s Day <\/a><\/em> is a wonderful little mystery slasher featuring Deborah Foreman of Valley Girl<\/em>, Real Genius<\/em>, and a cart load of other films from my 80s childhood. Happy April Fools!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the last minute we remembered that Killer Party <\/a><\/em>(1986) should also join our celebration. Killer Party <\/a><\/em> was originally going to be called either Fool’s Night<\/em> or April Fool<\/em> but was changed when April Fool’s Day <\/em> was released by Paramount Pictures. Happy April Fools!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 1st is also when we have estimated Spasmo’s birthday to be. So, Happy Birthday Spasmo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For most of my life, April Fools day would pass me by and I wouldn’t even notice. But, there is always a cause for celebration when you are celebrating with movies, and on April 1st we watch April Fool’s Day (1986). 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