Yes, the megaphone was attached to a podium that said “Say Something Nice”, but you half expect some New York jackass to hijack the megaphone and curse everybody out (maybe it was edited out!). But seriously, watching this will brighten up your day. More »
Over 3500 people marched along Manhattan’s Hudson River recently, converging from two separate starting points on Nelson Rockefeller Park. And then? Then they had a massive glowstick dance party. That’s right: it’s another Improv Everywhere MP3 Experiment. More »
After wanting to use a grenade launcher on the ice cream truck parked near my house this weekend, I wish this video wasn’t a stunt by Improv Everywhere. I definitely want a real-life mute button. More »
My goodness, is there anything more joyless than a social media conference? Well, OK, probably yes if you’re the type of person to take things hyper-literally. But! For the rest of us, Improv Everywhere’s mischievous band of insta-musical revellers couldn’t have picked a better target than Gel 2011. More »
Maybe you caught Improv Everywhere’s MP3 Experiment this morning, or maybe you’re familiar with their No Pants Subway Rides. But Charlie Todd’s merry band of pranksters have been putting together these large-scale missions for years. Here are our geekified favourites: More »
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Over 3000 people descended on midtown Manhattan in lockstep recently, then collectively took the party to Bryant Park. Along the way they tidied, slow-danced and high-fived in perfect synchronicity. That’s right: it’s another Improv Everywhere MP3 Experiment. More »
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Sure, the ghost special effects somehow have gotten worse in the last 20 years, but it’s pretty much impossible to not be charmed by the Ghostbusters returning to the New York Public Library. More »
Famed internet pranksters Improv Everywhere just posted their latest “mission”, a musical about the joys of lunch sung inside the atrium of Trump Tower. But this time, they got to record it using a boatload of NBC’s high-tech gear. More »
The wonderful Improv Everywhere just posted the report from its 6th MP3 Experiment, where 2,000 people all got together and listened to the same instructional MP3. It looked like a crazy amount of fun. More »
Improv Everywhere, the pranksters behind such internet classics as the Grand Central freeze and the No Pants Subway Ride, recently did a tour of four North American cities to hold their MP3 experiments. These consisted of thousands of people getting together, each with a special MP3 loaded up on their portable audio players, and then following the instructions en masse. What resulted was a bunch of completely insane battles between huge groups of people wielding balloons, all listening to headphones. Only in the age of the internet could huge groups of strangers get together to participate in such well-organised lunacy. Be sure to sign up for IE’s mailing list if you want to get on board for the next one. [Improv Everywhere]
