# Lest we forget - Improv Everywhere! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441 "2010-07-29T12:44:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/1 "2010-07-29T12:44:10Z")
Old, I know, but just in case some of you have forgotten about them, or one of you has never seen them before (slim chance), let’s remember some of the greats. Feel free to share your favorites! Here’s one to start: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4vsdtCuXS_I/hqdefault.jpg "Suicide Jumper") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vsdtCuXS_I) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/2 "2010-07-29T14:58:56Z")
One so awesome it’ll bring tears to your eyes: [The Best Game Ever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nbkbss7i5s). Summary: they pick a scheduled game of Little League, apparently quite a while in advance, and turn it into a Major League game. There are crazy fans. There are vendors in the stands. They hand out slick programs with the kids’ names and stats. They set up a JumboTron screen in the outfield and have professional announcer Jim Gray from NBC call the game. And the topper: the Goodyear Blimp flew overhead, with lighted messages for both teams. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/3 "2010-07-29T15:05:14Z")
What the heck, one more: [Guerilla Handbell Strikeforce](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qHb9uFpRI). A lone, ignored, bored Salvation Army bell-ringer is joined by a well-practiced handbell choir. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/4 "2010-07-29T15:15:55Z")
I had not heard of Improv Everywhere and I was trying to sort out what was meant by Improve Everywhere… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/5 "2010-07-29T15:23:05Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > One so awesome it’ll bring tears to your eyes: [The Best Game Ever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nbkbss7i5s). > > Summary: they pick a scheduled game of Little League, apparently quite a while in advance, and turn it into a Major League game. There are crazy fans. There are vendors in the stands. They hand out slick programs with the kids’ names and stats. They set up a JumboTron screen in the outfield and have professional announcer Jim Gray from NBC call the game. And the topper: the Goodyear Blimp flew overhead, with lighted messages for both teams. That was my choice, too. Just wonderful on all levels. After that, there’s the classic [**Food Court Musical.**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYZ6rbPU2M) I also love the [**Surprise Wedding Reception.**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lVS22y4uoU) ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/6 "2010-07-29T15:44:48Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I had not heard of Improv Everywhere and I was trying to sort out what was meant by Improve Everywhere… Uh… yeah sorry about that. I don’t know if that was me or auto-‘correct’. If mods are listening in… can you please correct the title? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/7 "2010-07-29T16:23:52Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > > [@Khadaji](#): > > > > I had not heard of Improv Everywhere and I was trying to sort out what was meant by Improve Everywhere… > > Uh… yeah sorry about that. I don’t know if that was me or auto-‘correct’. > > If mods are listening in… can you please correct the title? Thanks. Done. Come to think of it, “improve everywhere” doesn’t sound like a bad idea. It’s a little vague, though. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/8 "2010-07-29T16:38:40Z")
[Who you gonna call?](http://improveverywhere.com/2010/05/18/who-you-gonna-call/) The Ghostbusters do some ghost bustin’ at the New York Public Library. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/9 "2010-07-29T17:04:35Z")
My 2 favorites are classics: [No Shirts](http://www.youtube.com/user/ImprovEverywhere#p/c/85A942DA44896F14/8/jdeBp8J0rqs) & [Best Buy](http://www.youtube.com/user/ImprovEverywhere#p/c/85A942DA44896F14/12/utkkXCF8ZVc) ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/10 "2010-07-29T17:50:03Z")
[Hypnotism Redux](http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=improveverywhere&annotation_id=annotation_884520&feature=iv#p/u/85/luVcCs0UMB0) [Megastore Dance](http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=improveverywhere&annotation_id=annotation_884520&feature=iv#p/u/93/MCJmOpxGnfY) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/11 "2010-07-29T18:34:49Z")
[The Moebius](http://improveverywhere.com/2003/03/22/the-moebius/): A scene gets played over and over at a Starbucks [Old Timey 1997 Photo Booth](http://improveverywhere.com/2005/08/28/old-timey-1997-photo-booth/): Get your picture taken in 1997, complete with Austin Powers standup, Titanic poster, an N64 controller, wearing a “Central Perk” t-shirt [Rob!](http://improveverywhere.com/2006/08/30/rob!/): “Rob” gets lost at a baseball game, and gets a whole section yelling at him ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/12 "2010-07-29T20:52:06Z")
The first one I ever saw and that I still really like. Dancing to The Sound of Music at a Belgium train station. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WkBepgH00GM/hqdefault.jpg "DANCE TRAIN STATION BELGIUM do-re-mi The Sound of Music - Julie Andrews") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkBepgH00GM) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/13 "2010-07-29T21:14:40Z")
Improv Everywhere makes me want to move to NYC just to be a part of it. Their latest mission was low-key, yet brilliant: [Star Wars Subway Car](http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/14/star-wars-subway-car/) ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/14 "2010-07-30T01:21:08Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Improv Everywhere makes me want to move to NYC just to be a part of it. > > Their latest mission was low-key, yet brilliant: [Star Wars Subway Car](http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/14/star-wars-subway-car/) There’s probably a simple explanation for it, but how did they manage to have Darth Vader waiting at exactly the right subway car when it pulled up? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/15 "2010-07-30T03:05:37Z")
I’ve said many times that there’s nothing New York has that can’t be found in every half-decent city in the country. Improv Everywhere is the exception. Does anyone know if the full hour of “Moebius” is available anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/16 "2010-07-30T04:22:50Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > > [@Bosstone](#): > > > > Improv Everywhere makes me want to move to NYC just to be a part of it. > > > > Their latest mission was low-key, yet brilliant: [Star Wars Subway Car](http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/14/star-wars-subway-car/) > > There’s probably a simple explanation for it, but how did they manage to have Darth Vader waiting at exactly the right subway car when it pulled up? The plan was probably for everyone to get on, say, the third car of the train. Train pulls up, Vader counts the cars, and stands in front of the third one. Probably helped that he could likely see the guys dressed as Stormtroopers through the train’s windows. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/17 "2010-07-30T10:18:14Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > > [@Bosstone](#): > > > > Improv Everywhere makes me want to move to NYC just to be a part of it. > > > > Their latest mission was low-key, yet brilliant: [Star Wars Subway Car](http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/14/star-wars-subway-car/) > > There’s probably a simple explanation for it, but how did they manage to have Darth Vader waiting at exactly the right subway car when it pulled up? He used the Force, obviously. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/18 "2010-07-30T18:32:51Z")
this is awesome. never heard of them before, but now I’m reading through all the missions. classic. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/19 "2010-07-30T19:35:40Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > > [@Mach Tuck](#): > > > > > [@Bosstone](#): > > > > > > Improv Everywhere makes me want to move to NYC just to be a part of it. > > > > > > Their latest mission was low-key, yet brilliant: [Star Wars Subway Car](http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/14/star-wars-subway-car/) > > > > There’s probably a simple explanation for it, but how did they manage to have Darth Vader waiting at exactly the right subway car when it pulled up? > > The plan was probably for everyone to get on, say, the third car of the train. Train pulls up, Vader counts the cars, and stands in front of the third one. Probably helped that he could likely see the guys dressed as Stormtroopers through the train’s windows. According to the entry (or a different one, I forget), they rehearsed beforehand without the costumes so that they knew exactly where to position themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441/20 "2010-07-30T19:40:26Z")
I ran across this group somewhere a few years ago, probably from a link on this very board. The baseball game is my favorite, but everything I’ve seen has been pretty good. Food Court Musical and the stunt at Best Buy also stand out in my memory. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lest-we-forget-improv-everywhere/548441.md?page=2)