Alan Cumming and Monica Lewinsky Win April Fools’ Day With Brilliant Idea

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By Maia Efrem April 1, 2016

The Internet has been overrun with , from Google’s MicDrop debacle to Yahoo convincing panicked fans that Trader Joe’s was closing down. So you can understand why this was us at the Forward all day as we read the news:

Me when I’m browsing the Internet today #AprilFools pic.twitter.com/8toPAkMK5t

— Austin (@Dat_Saintsfan) April 1, 2016

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But just when you’ve had enough pranks, here come Alan Cumming and Monica Lewinsky with a brilliant idea that actually sounds awesome!

.@Alancumming ??❤️

— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) April 1, 2016

We know it’s just a joke, but we would totally buy the album, play it on loop and laud it as the greatest cultural mash-up of our time.

Cummings and Lewinsky were not the only ones with some tongue-in-cheek comments for April Fools’, comedians Michael Ian Black and Billy Eichner had a few things to say as well.

If Jesus had come back from the dead on April Fool’s, everybody would have been like, “Nah-uh,” and we’d all be Jews.

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) April 1, 2016

Happy April Fools Day to all my fellow Log Cabin Republicans!

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) April 1, 2016

Even Mark Zuckerberg could not escape. Swedish clothing chain H&M had the perfect gag with #MarkforHM

H&M just won #AprilFools day with #MarkForHM https://t.co/8n30RsZ8ca pic.twitter.com/HZCLjxCFIs

— Troy Osinoff (@yo) April 1, 2016

Finally, it was Albert Brooks who perfectly summarized the day in a tweet:

Every April Fools’ Day joke I can think of is actually happening.

— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) April 1, 2016

Maia Efrem is the former research editor and assistant to the editor and was also responsible for the Forward’s annual Salary Survey. Previously she served as the editor of Blognik Beat, a blog written by students who emigrated from or have ties to the Former Soviet Union. Maia is a graduate of Hunter College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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