The Mall: A Real Life Musical

Intrepid Homoludens · 03-11-2008, 08:48 PM

Food Court Musical (video) | Improv Everywhere

"For our latest mission, 16 agents staged a spontaneous musical in the food court of a Los Angeles shopping mall. We used wireless microphones to amplify the vocal performances and mix them together with the music through the mall’s PA system. We filmed the mission with hidden cameras, mostly behind two-way mirrors. Apart from our performers, no one in the food court was aware of what was happening. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our report below."

I wish I could just break out in song and dance, but I don't have the singing voice. Dang.

tsa · 03-11-2008, 09:50 PM

That was so cool. I wish I was there!

Squinky · 03-11-2008, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

I wish I could just break out in song and dance, but I don't have the singing voice. Dang.

That's okay. They were slightly out of key, anyway.

Seriously, though, that was the most awesome thing ever.

Jelena · 03-12-2008, 04:26 AM

That was amazing!

But the unknowing audience were kind of boring imho. Not many smiles, although something fantastic is going on around them. I was relieved to see them smile and applaud in the end though.

tsa · 03-12-2008, 04:31 AM

I think the audience was a bit overwhelmed. And I also can imagine that some people who came there just to relax were not too pleased with the sudden unexpected happenings around them.

Merricat · 03-12-2008, 05:36 AM

That was hilarious--just what I needed to start my day. What fun!

Thanks.

Erwin_Br · 03-12-2008, 02:53 PM

Brilliant!

--Erwin

[toj.cc]Phantom · 03-12-2008, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Squinky

That's okay. They were slightly out of key, anyway.

Seriously, though, that was the most awesome thing ever.

The Home Depot and Best Buy ones were the best IMO. But that was pretty damn funny.

ShadeJackrabbit · 03-13-2008, 05:41 PM

Ironically, a friend sent me a link to this yesterday...

lumi · 03-13-2008, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ShadeJackrabbit

Ironically, a friend sent me a link to this yesterday...

I don't think that's irony, just a coincidence. It's probably the most misused and misunderstood word, so I don't know.

ShadeJackrabbit · 03-13-2008, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by lumi

I don't think that's irony, just a coincidence. It's probably the most misused and misunderstood word, so I don't know.

The whole point of the english language is that it constantly changes the meanings of words...

...I just realized how screwed up that is.

Squinky · 03-13-2008, 10:29 PM

Jelena · 03-14-2008, 07:03 AM

Great eyebrows!

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