OMG, I didn't even think to check Improv Everywhere yesterday!!
They put up a video, "Best Funeral Ever". One of their earliest pranks was "best concert ever" where they went to a completely unknown band's show at a small venue that would have no one in attendance with a bunch of people and rocked out as if they were huge fans of the band. Well, this one was, supposedly, a similar concept where they pulled an obituary from someone with few surviving relatives, and show up with 30 people to make it the "best funeral ever". With predictable disastrous results.
It was, of course 100% fake. EVERYONE in the video (
here it is, I'm assuming it didn't have the disclaimer saying it's fake yesterday) is in on it, including the supposedly grieving family. There was no actual funeral.
Well, not only did they fool legions of dumb YouTube viewers (see the comments), the geniuses in their local CW affiliates newsroom also managed to miss the joke, airing a
report about it on the 10:00 news.
Man do I love them clever Improv Everywhere folks.