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Welcoming home total strangers at JFK: ImprovEverywhere
In an Absolut World, Everyone Would be Welcomed Home from ImprovEverywhere on Vimeo.
One Gadling post that consistently gets weekly hits, sometimes daily, is the one on ImprovEverywhere's "Frozen Grand Central." The Grand Central stunt is an amazing feat of ingenuity and organization on the part of this improv drama troupe that specializes in creating fun and amazement in public places. I think of it as a more creative, involved version of Candid Camera. Plus, it involves way more people.
My favorite ImprovEverywhere stunt, hands down, is Food Court Musical.
This most recent improvisation comes pretty close. It involved 20 ImprovEverywhere actors who were the greeters, and the unsuspecting travelers who arrived at JFK expecting to be met by a driver and no one else. The drivers (only the first one is shown) didn't know they were in on something a bit unusual.
The result is something charming and heartwarming. Very sweet and very fun. How terrific life would be if EVERYONE had such a greeting upon arrival at an airport. The closest I ever came was arriving in Hawaii and being given a lei. My great aunt and uncle met me, so don't expect a lei if you arrive in Honolulu. Maybe, but don't count on it.
Thanks to Intelligent Traveler for first posting on this gem. It made my day.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Marilyn Terrell Nov 30th 2008 12:33AM
Thanks Jamie! My favorite ImprovEverywhere is when they get several of their agents to independently enter the same Starbucks in NYC, dragging enormous computer monitors which they then laboriously plug in to surf the Internet with the regular latte-sipping laptop users:
http://improveverywhere.com/2008/02/25/mobile-desktop/
The girl who casually heaves the monster ONTO HER LAP really takes the cake.