Showing posts with label improvised theater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label improvised theater. Show all posts

Pranksters Hijack a Subway Car and Turn it into a Living Room

A group of Improv Everywhere-inspired pranksters based in Prague turned a subway car into a living room.

On a Friday afternoon, the commuters of a train were rather surprised when a young woman got on board and proceeded to spread out a rug on the floor. At the next station, two guys brought in a large armchair, a coat rack, table, a classical antique telephone, a pair of slippers, and a flower in a vase.

Once everything was set up, at Jinonice station, some six stops from where everything started, a dressed-up man came in, put his coat and umbrella at the rack, sat down in the armchair and proceeded to make himself comfortable by loosening his tie, removing his shoes and putting on a pair of slippers. The man then picked up a magazine and started reading while the commuters looked on in disbelief.

For me, what makes these stunts really entertaining is the look of collective astonishment on the unsuspecting public. And in that regard, I think they should have included more shots of the passengers’ reactions while the whole thing was going down. But other than that, I think the stunt was well executed and it has its funny moments.

Hilarious Impromptu Musical at a Mall by Improv Everywhere Shocks Unsuspecting Patrons

Improv Everywhere is an unorthodox comedy group based in New York City, formed in 2001 by Charlie Todd. Its slogan is "We Cause Scenes," which the group lives up to by executing non-demeaning pranks in public places. Improv Everywhere has organized and carried out over 70 missions, from synchronized swimming in a park fountain to repeating a short sequence of events in a Starbucks café every five minutes for an hour to flooding a Best Buy store with members dressed exactly like the staff, to deploying 111 shirtless male shoppers at an Abecrombie and Fitch store and more. This video features IE "agents" at Baldwin Hill Mall in Los Angeles in what can only be described as a flash mob musical. It is absolutely hilarious.