The 6 Best Pie-in-the-Face Pranks

Comedian Soupy Sales, pioneer of the pie-in-the-face prank, died Thursday at age 83. Watch video of others who took a cream pie to the noggin after Soupy set the standard.

Roast Pie

Motivational speaker/humorist Barry Mitchell put together this tribute to the pie man himself. The video was played at the comedian’s birthday party at the New York Friars Club. That’s a whole lot of pie.

Gay Pie

In 1977, gay-rights opponent Anita Bryant was pied in the face by gay-rights activists at a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa.

Showcase Pie

The Price Is Right host got pied in the face by three gorgeous models in 2008, fulfilling what was surely a lifelong fantasy for the comedian.

Wingnut Pie

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter was the target of a plot to foil her speaking engagement at an Arizona college in 2004, but much to the delight of the right, she deftly deflected the blows.

Genius Pie

In 1998, Bill Gates was meeting with Flemish Minister and President Van den Brande when he got a pie in the kisser. We have it on good authority Steve Jobs was not the culprit.

Elmer Fudd: Rabbit Pie

Nobody, and we mean nobody, gives pie in the face like Bugs Bunny. And nobody takes it quite like his frequent target, Elmer Fudd.

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