Comments on: Improv Everywhere http://www.faithandgeekery.com/2008/02/22/improv-everywhere/ Geekish News, Reviews, and Commentary Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://www.faithandgeekery.com/2008/02/22/improv-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-199 David Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:40:05 +0000 http://knightowl73.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-199 Hmm, yeah. There was a segment on This American Life about that. These same people went to a rock concert by this no-name band starting out on their first tour, went to their website and learned all their songs, essentially became groupies, and then descended en masse on this concert. Then when the concert was over, the "fans" literally scattered... up and vanished, leaving the band members dazed and confused. That's where the line between "prank" and real life suddenly becomes very blurry, and that's the point of this "improv everywhere." Hmm, yeah. There was a segment on This American Life about that. These same people went to a rock concert by this no-name band starting out on their first tour, went to their website and learned all their songs, essentially became groupies, and then descended en masse on this concert. Then when the concert was over, the “fans” literally scattered… up and vanished, leaving the band members dazed and confused. That’s where the line between “prank” and real life suddenly becomes very blurry, and that’s the point of this “improv everywhere.”

]]> By: Kim L http://www.faithandgeekery.com/2008/02/22/improv-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Kim L Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:28:46 +0000 http://knightowl73.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-198 The video of Home Depot was pretty funny, but it didn't seem like people really noticed it. I didn't see too many funny glances from the other shoppers. the bathroom attendant prank was funny, though. I love that they managed to convince the manager that they were actually from McDonald's corporate! The video of Home Depot was pretty funny, but it didn’t seem like people really noticed it. I didn’t see too many funny glances from the other shoppers.

the bathroom attendant prank was funny, though. I love that they managed to convince the manager that they were actually from McDonald’s corporate!

]]> By: Triton http://www.faithandgeekery.com/2008/02/22/improv-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Triton Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:01:24 +0000 http://knightowl73.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-197 Those are great pranks! Those are great pranks!

]]> By: Drew http://www.faithandgeekery.com/2008/02/22/improv-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Drew Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:24:44 +0000 http://knightowl73.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-196 wow... it has been a long time since I've commented on here. how time flies... yeah, I actually saw something about these guys a little while back also. I saw this video about them freezing in place in Grand Central Station in NY for five whole minutes and people just started getting creeped out. Pretty impressive. I know the leader guy says that none of this is about "making a statement" or anything like that, but when you stop the continual flow of daily life and cause people to react, then yeah; it's definitely a case on human psychology and the reactions during the unexpected. I wonder if anything like that is going to happen here anytime soon... wow… it has been a long time since I’ve commented on here. how time flies…

yeah, I actually saw something about these guys a little while back also. I saw this video about them freezing in place in Grand Central Station in NY for five whole minutes and people just started getting creeped out. Pretty impressive. I know the leader guy says that none of this is about “making a statement” or anything like that, but when you stop the continual flow of daily life and cause people to react, then yeah; it’s definitely a case on human psychology and the reactions during the unexpected.

I wonder if anything like that is going to happen here anytime soon…

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