Improv Everywhere
Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 08:55amI love Improv Everywhere. If you haven’t heard of them, they like to create peaceful, quiet, random and totally public scenes. Their latest mission took place at a Manhattan Abercrombie and Fitch.
Chips O'Toole on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 9:16 am
Conceptually, they do some great stuff. but there’s a story on This American Life (both tv and radio - http://thisamericanlife.org/Ra.....pisode=286)
where they get together and give a new band the best gig of their life. It sounds fun and a good idea, but the band did get scammed.
There are also other stories, I think by IE, of people making a birthday party in a bar for a random person. but ultimately, these kinds of things could be hurtful to some people - they are playing with their emotions.
of course, those directed at Abercrombie & Fitch, and similar corporate targets, are pretty cool, though. (I mean it, not sarcastic)
freakgirl on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 9:23 am
How is it any different than Candid Camera or Jamie Kennedy Experiement or any of those hidden-camera shows?
Chips O'Toole on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 9:26 am
I don’t much care for those, either. Essentially, though, it’s the same. But the A&F or the mp3 stuff, which is kind of targetless, those I find brilliant.
freakgirl on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 9:31 am
I enjoy the targetless stuff more - it’s less “prank” and more “performance art.”
I LOVED the Ben Folds prank, though.
Chips O'Toole on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 10:04 am
okay, that’s brilliance.
Michael on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 12:41 pm
That was good. That crew was not exactly representative of America, though, was it? Lots of Abercrombie-esque guys, but I guess if they’re answering an ad asking if you’ll go shirtless in public places, it’s gonna be skewed. I like that Ron Jeremy lookin’ mofo lying down in the group shot.
freakgirl on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Me too!