The owner of a Wisconsin TV station is rather salty about being duped by a couple of pranksters. Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher appeared on WEAU-TV’s morning show Hello Wisconsin as “Chop and Steele,” a fake strongman duo whose stunts include karate chopping modestly-sized sticks, stomping on baskets, and whacking each other’s tennis rackets. (They aren't the only good pranksters out there, either. Pornhub recently nailed a hilarious April Fool's Day joke of their own.) Atlanta-based Gray Television, which owns WEAU-TV, has responded by suing the two men, their showcase The Found Footage Festival, and somehow “all of New York,” according to the Mercury News. (Want to play a fun prank of your own? Here's a simple one you can pull off in 60 seconds.)

Pickett and Prueher were able to get onto the air remarkably easy by emailing the Hello Wisconsin anchors. They claimed to be on a “Give Thanks 4 Strengths” tour that addresses bullying and asked for help promoting it. The anchors even bought their claim that they had appeared on America’s Got Talent, Steve Harvey, and as featured entertainers at Disneyland’s 60th anniversary.

“If they had done … their due diligence, that I feel like is the responsibility of a news organization, they would have known this was a goof,” Prueher said. “But, you know, they didn’t. That’s how it worked. There was no ill will about any of this. The joke is kind of on us. We were the ones being jerks on TV.”

The duo is being accused of fraud, copyright infringement, and conspiracy to commit a wrongful activity. Still, they’re not too shook, saying, “They’re trying to scare us, but we’re going to fight it because we’re well within our rights doing what we did.”

Watch the hilarious and now lawsuit-riddled “Chop and Steele” pranks below.

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