The Subway Spa
For Improv Everywhere’s latest urban prank, they took advantage of the humid and oppressive Summer heat in a NYC subway station to turn it into a spa, complete with sauna and massage tables. We can imagine no place less relaxing.
For Improv Everywhere’s latest urban prank, they took advantage of the humid and oppressive Summer heat in a NYC subway station to turn it into a spa, complete with sauna and massage tables. We can imagine no place less relaxing.
Improv Everywhere drops by a neighborhood Starbucks to order a venti strawberry Frappuccino, take in some free wi-fi, and also to recreate a classic moment from Stanley Kubrick’s epic Spartacus.
Improv Everywhere worked with members of the Carnegie Hall orchestra to let ordinary folks be conductors for a day. The musicians actually had to practice playing with a bad conductor to get their bearings.
In one of its most complex pranks ever, Improv Everywhere took a few unsuspecting bar patrons back to the late 19th century. The group used the appropriate costumes and props, and even priced the beer accordingly.
Improv Everywhere confuses and amuses New York Subway passengers once again, this time setting up a late night talk show on a random subway car. Though it might have been more entertaining without pants.
Improv Everywhere had over 2,000 people walk backwards through Times Square. They didn’t take many pictures because “it’s impossible to take a photo of someone going backwards.” Also if the prank never happened.
The pranksters from ImprovEverywhere take over the office chair section of a Staples store, and hold a fake board meeting for a non-existant company. Needs more PowerPoint, though.
The Mini-Golf Open was a success, even though the players themselves didn’t know that there was a contest. Not as action-packed as the Carousel Horse Race, but the ending was exciting.
Improv Everywhere strikes again with their new found knack for confusing people with kindness. After comforting tired commuters, the group treated a lucky couple to an instant date.
Improv Everywhere strikes again – loading up a NYC park with eight sets of identical quadruplets, making the real world look like some sort of VFX trick, and messing with the heads of passersby.
Improv Everywhere took a break from causing a ruckus with their latest project. They placed beds in a New York subway car for tired commuters and even offered sleep masks and pajamas.
Improv Everywhere spreads some holiday cheer, with the help of the Gregory Brothers and who has to be Home Alone-era Macaulay Culkin. Seriously we were waiting for him to make that face.
Even with the ridiculous safety belts, these kids were treated to the most exciting carousel ride ever when Improv Everywhere turned it into a hilarious and heartwarming spectacle.
For Improv Everywhere’s latest mission, 23 actors and 2 dogs infiltrated a public space near the entrance to Prospect Park in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and went on “mute” at coordinated intervals.
We can’t believe this is the 7th time that Improv Everywhere’s done this, because there’s still a lot more that can be done with this gag. Still, it’s fun to see thousands of people doing the same thing.
A bunch of costumed weirdos board the train. Just another day in the New York Subway? Maybe, or maybe it’s Improv Everywhere, making lots of people laugh and smile with their latest skit.
Improv Everywhere decided to bring Ghostbusters back for an encore in the reading room of The New York Public Library on 42nd Street. The 1984 movie begins with a scene in the very same room.
It may sound like the latest Steven Seagal flick, but the Guerilla Handbell Strikeforce has purely peaceful aims: it’s a 13-member choir that randomly helps Salvation Army bell ringers.
You can always count on the kindness of Knicks fans: Where’s Rob features Agent Lathan getting lost at a basketball game as a growing number of spectators try to guide him home.
Improv Everywhere continues its food pranks with I Love Lunch (watch Grocery Store Musical and Food Court Musical); it’s set in the Trump Tower atrium with a cameo by TTS’ Ann Curry.
Improv Everywhere’s Grocery Store Musical is a produce production you’ll go bananas over: a follow-up to Food Court Musical, it involved six actors and numerous hidden cameras.
Improv Everywhere hits NYC again, but this time with pants: Subway Yearbook Photos is definitely one of their subtler, gentler pranks as they pose as official photographers for MTA.
Improv Everywhere’s pranks are pretty well-known, so we’re happy to hear they now have a book out: Causing a Scene is a behind-the-scenes look at their pranks over the past 8 years.