Improv Everywhere - Page 3

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 08-25-2006, 12:48 PM

I read about these guys. My favorite was the "suicide" attempt from the very, very low to the ground ledge.

Kevy Baby · 08-26-2006, 09:02 AM

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Amazingly, about thirty seconds before the freezing in place began, the Home Depot PA system started playing Jewel's 2001 hit, "Standing Still."

Cool!

Ghoulish Delight · 08-28-2006, 08:20 AM

Meh. I'm over these en-mass stunts. I'd like to see them go back to the smaller scenes, a la the suicide jumper or the taxi-cab romance. Those always seem to involve a lot more creativity to me.

Alex · 08-28-2006, 08:34 AM

And the mass stunts seem to lose something when it turns out that nobody around them particularly cares. "Hey look! If we act odd we can get people to look at us with puzzlement."

Moonliner · 10-12-2006, 07:09 AM

It's spreading.

Cadaverous Pallor · 10-12-2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

It's spreading.

Actually, this is more like the original flash mobbing than Improv Everywhere. No structure to it.

Moonliner · 11-26-2007, 07:43 AM

I spent Thanksgiving in NYC this year. On the Friday after turkey day I was ~~in a living hell~~ outside Good Morning America with Headliner when all of a sudden there appeared a most wondrous sight. An entire gaggle of elves popped up in the middle of times square. With picket signs protesting the unfair practices of the big box stores and chants like "What do we want, NOTHING! When do we want it, NOW!" They quickly marched down to Toys-r-us. Quite the amazing sight.

It was uber-cool to be caught up in what I can only assume was "a mission". I'm actually a bit embarrassed by how long it was before I finally went, Doh! I know who that is!

My apologies for the poor photo quality. I was some distance away and the densely packed mob of screaming teen girls around me prevented moving to a better vantage point. (more on that story later.....)

Alex · 11-26-2007, 07:59 AM

Are you sure it wasn't Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping? I know he was doing something in that area last Friday (unfortunately I still get his PR spam as a result of talking to him a couple years ago when he was arrested at Disneyland).

Moonliner · 11-26-2007, 08:10 AM

I did not get close enough to look for any clear evidence so, yes it certainly could have been another group pulling a similar stunt.

However This report from ABC shows Billy's group in choir robes and not elf costumes.

Cadaverous Pallor · 11-26-2007, 08:14 AM

Hmm, neither IE nor Rev. Billy's sites have any coverage of this (yet). It's awesomeness though!

08-25-2006, 12:48 PM	#21
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	I read about these guys. My favorite was the "suicide" attempt from the very, very low to the ground ledge.
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08-28-2006, 08:20 AM	#23
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Meh. I'm over these en-mass stunts. I'd like to see them go back to the smaller scenes, a la the suicide jumper or the taxi-cab romance. Those always seem to involve a lot more creativity to me. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-28-2006, 08:34 AM	#24
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	And the mass stunts seem to lose something when it turns out that nobody around them particularly cares. "Hey look! If we act odd we can get people to look at us with puzzlement."
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10-12-2006, 07:09 AM	#25
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	It's spreading. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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11-26-2007, 07:43 AM	#27
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	I spent Thanksgiving in NYC this year. On the Friday after turkey day I was ~~in a living hell~~ outside Good Morning America with Headliner when all of a sudden there appeared a most wondrous sight. An entire gaggle of elves popped up in the middle of times square. With picket signs protesting the unfair practices of the big box stores and chants like "What do we want, NOTHING! When do we want it, NOW!" They quickly marched down to Toys-r-us. Quite the amazing sight. It was uber-cool to be caught up in what I can only assume was "a mission". I'm actually a bit embarrassed by how long it was before I finally went, Doh! I know who that is! My apologies for the poor photo quality. I was some distance away and the densely packed mob of screaming teen girls around me prevented moving to a better vantage point. (more on that story later.....) __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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11-26-2007, 07:59 AM	#28
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Are you sure it wasn't Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping? I know he was doing something in that area last Friday (unfortunately I still get his PR spam as a result of talking to him a couple years ago when he was arrested at Disneyland).
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11-26-2007, 08:10 AM	#29
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	I did not get close enough to look for any clear evidence so, yes it certainly could have been another group pulling a similar stunt. However This report from ABC shows Billy's group in choir robes and not elf costumes. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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11-26-2007, 08:14 AM	#30
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Hmm, neither IE nor Rev. Billy's sites have any coverage of this (yet). It's awesomeness though! __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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