The Best Game Ever!

• just a guy
  April 8th, 2008 at 8:47 am

  Simply wonderful.

• stacyj
  April 8th, 2008 at 8:53 am

  Aww, I just woke up and already my day has been -made- =) What an awesome thing to do, and I love that they truly went all-out for it … Go Mudcats and Lugnuts!

• Adam Stanhope
  April 8th, 2008 at 8:56 am

  The same group of people did a “Best Gig Ever” wherein they memorized all of the songs by a band and mobbed a nightclub performance of theirs in New York City. There is a YouTube link about it here:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=839XtOtyLsw

  The whole event was featured in the first episode of the television version of This American Life with Ira Glass on Showtime. It’s worth seeking out for a download if you like that sort of thing.

• Tasha
  April 8th, 2008 at 9:03 am

  I want to be part of this group so badly!!! Everything I’ve seen them do is absolute genius. Frozen Grand Central Station, Food Court Musical, all of them, totally awesome.

• OddNumber
  April 8th, 2008 at 9:12 am

  I’m a huge fan of Improv Everywhere! I can’t imagine the stories being told at school the next day! Where did they get the money for this mission? That had to cost a heck of a lot of money.

• Andrew G
  April 8th, 2008 at 9:13 am

  Wow, I’ve been following this group for awhile now and their Missions have certainly grown in scale quite a bit!

• cherishimo
  April 8th, 2008 at 9:19 am

  Amazing. Made my day.

• Justin
  April 8th, 2008 at 9:31 am

  HAHA! That was simply wonderful. I really love these guys the work they do is so entertaining.

• dan
  April 8th, 2008 at 9:44 am

  Wow,
  That is the coolest thing ever. I so want to be a Mudcat now.

• Thespian24601
  April 8th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

  That was great. Not IE’s best, but awesome nonetheless.

• DanO
  April 8th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

  i don’t think i’m particularly negative but don’t they have something better to do?

• liphttam1
  April 8th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

  super amazing…… see any baseball game can be turned into a super base ball game!

  But……….. who won?

• CheeseDuck
  April 8th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

  Man, I love Improv Everywhere.

• Selvo
  April 8th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

  Hahahaha they always have the freshest ideas. The goodyear blimp was very surprising though.

• The Slapster
  April 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  @DanO: I don’t know, maybe some people like to do things that brighten other peoples’ lives, while getting a small amount of enjoyment out of it themselves? Whacky concept, I know!

  Re: Everybody else who wants to join in. Check the official site, there are hundreds of small groups sprouting up in almost every major city right now. Check out the link, from IE’s own FAQ:

  http://improveverywhere.ning.com/

• jessleigh
  April 8th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

  Thank you so much for directing me to the improv everywhere site! I can’t wait to explore…
  That video was wonderful. I love how excited the kids were. There happiness seriously brought tears to my eyes. Pure joy!

• Lore
  April 8th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

  I love Improv Everywhere and hope to one day be one of their agents… *sigh*

• kid_icarus
  April 8th, 2008 at 3:44 pm

  so awesome! i think i teared up at the awesomeness of it all.

• Thomas
  April 8th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

  That’s the coolest thing I’ve seen all day. I can’t believe they got the goodyear blimp. Simply incredible.

• Xinavera
  April 8th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

  Brilliant!

• Jon C
  April 8th, 2008 at 7:13 pm

  Nice job.

• eric
  April 8th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

  wow, so did nbc sponsor them?

• Not a fan
  April 9th, 2008 at 11:01 am

  I like Improv Everywhere’s early stuff when it was small and just surreal. The later stuff (yes, as featured on This American Life) and this one are invasive, intrusive, and annoying.

  They’re not entertaining everyone else as much as they are entertaining themselves. To do so, they (the organizers at least) take a view that their prank will obviously be fun for everyone. If you are a target and you don’t have fun, then you didn’t get the joke or you’re just boring.

  If the kids enjoyed it, then great, I’m glad for them. But this doesn’t make IE’s pranks smart, funny, or entertaining if you’re the target.

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