When I used to go out with my family, I was always fearful that my dad would make a scene. He was always prone to heckling the waiter, hassling the sales clerk, screaming at the cop. At some point in my youth, I decided to just remove myself from the situation personally, and become part of the audience. This made the adventures...well...adventures. Those who know me know that I love a good scuttlebutt. I am prone to sit back and enjoy a situation that makes most feel very uncomfortable. Normal is boring. So this crew of people in NYC get together and cause a gigantic scene. The organized prank at it's best. They describe it as below-
"Improv Everywhere is, at its core, about having fun. We’re big believers in “organized fun”. In the process we bring excitement to otherwise unexciting locales and give strangers a story they can tell for the rest of their lives. We’re out to prove that a prank doesn’t have to involve humiliation or embarrassment; it can simply be about making someone laugh, smile, or stop to notice the world around them."
In this one case-40 People show up to a random bar, identify a random guy who they will all call "Ted", and throw a Birthday party for "Ted" complete with gifts, cake and full "back stories" and free drinks. They planned it to the point of creating a fake dossier about "Ted" so all their made up relationships with "Ted" would be consistent. It freaked 'Ted' out at first, but within an hour or so he decided to just be "Ted" for the night. Raked in like 300 in gift cards..so how bad could it be. Another is 150 people stand frozen in place in Grand Central Station for 10 minutes at the same time, stopping dead in the middle of whatever they were doing at the target moment. Freaked the hell out of some, others didn't even notice, most found it cool. I know this may sound silly to the profane, but they are challenging people around them to maybe think just for a second that maybe things aren't as normal as they would like them to be. Is that not similar to fashion on some level? My favorite is 60 men gradually entering the AF flagship store in NYC not wearing shirts. Anyway it's worth a peek, if anything you will find their performances creative. http://improveverywhere.com/ LU23
