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    Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere

    By Charlie Todd and Alex Scordelis

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    About this ebook

    A fake U2 concert. A deranged hypnotist.

    A book signing by a dead author.

    Welcome to the wild world of Improv Everywhere.

    From the infamous No Pants! Subway Ride to the legendary Grand Central Freeze, Improv Everywhere has been responsible for some of the most original and subversive pranks of the Internet age. In Causing a Scene, the group's agents provide a hilarious firsthand account of their mischievous antics. Learn how they created a time loop in a Starbucks and gave Best Buy eighty extra employees. Join in on the fun with this irreverent, behind-the-scenes look at Improv Everywhere's world-famous missions, and get inspired to create your own memorable mayhem.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 19, 2009
    ISBN9780061876530
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    Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere
    Author

    Charlie Todd

    Charlie Todd is the founder of Improv Everywhere, producing, directing, performing, and documenting the group's work for over seven years. He is also a teacher and performer of improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City.

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    • 4/5
      I was in hospital recuperating when I was presented with a copy of "Causing a Scene" and was at the point where I would have read a postmodernist critique of Bayesian string theory to stave off boredom. Of course, "Causing a Scene" is far more interesting than any postmodernist critique could possibly be, recording a number of pranks acted out in the US by the Improv Everywhere group.The pranks range from the "tricking taxi driver into thinking he was getting two lovers together", to having a bathroom attendant at a McDonalds, to having Anton Chekhov turn up at a Borders to give a reading and sign some of his books. None of the pranks are overly mean hearted and can be enjoyed by anyone looking for whimsy, something that sadly is in short supply these days.I was sure to pass this onto a friend who found himself in hospital before he was forced to reread his tattered copy of "Bayesian String Theory: a Postmodernist Critique".
    • 4/5
      A history, a description, a how-to book of Improv Everywhere pranks. A number of them are extremely funny even just to read about. The stories can be supplemented by the videos taken and available on YouTube. It's a fun and quick read.