Improv Everywhere travels back in time to 1971, or mind-lock virus? (Via Arbroath)
This sounds like a Twilight Zone episode: The village of Kodinki in India is home to more than 200 sets of twins, and the number is increasing. The village's population is only 15,000 people. From Reuters:
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"Based on scientific facts, we feel something in the environment is causing this.
I'll quote Improv Everywhere founder Charlie Todd on this one: "Best sketch of all time. Ask anyone." Link
For April Fool's Day this year, ImprovEverywhere pretended they'd done a flashmob at a funeral, posting a staged video of the prank to YouTube. The Tribune's CW11 news-team presented the prank as fact that night on their evening newscast, so ImprovEverywhere put a little clip on YouTube of the CW11 broadcast of their gag — CW11 simply aired their own video with the words "YouTube" superimposed on it. — Read the rest
Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we got an exclusive look at some screenshots from "D&D Insider," the software designed to let you play the latest Dungeons & Dragons version (4.0!) with friends over the internet, ten post-apocalyptic survival vehicles, smart shelving ideas both commercial and DIY, the upcoming sequel to one of the best games of last year Puzzle Quest, an MP3 player shaped like a LEGO element, a rather impressive unlicensed backport of Final Fantasy VII on the NES, an expensive indoor composter, a vibrating antibacterial ray-shaped hand vac, the Marines' 96MPG diesel motorbike, and Improv Everywhere minions lugging full-sized computers into Starbucks. — Read the rest
In this video clip, the Improv Everywhere group brings 207 apparently normal people into Grand Central Station, whereupon they all freeze, at exactly the same instant, for five minutes, standing stock still, as though they were caught in some kind of time-loop. — Read the rest
Yesterday, I posted word that Best Buy was hassling blogger Scott Beale of Laughing Squid for having blogged about a Best Buy parody t-shirt created by Improv Everywhere. Scott didn't make or sell the shirt, just blogged about it. Today, good news — Best Buy backed down and apologized. — Read the rest
Best Buy sent a cease and desist letter to blogger Scott Beale (Laughing Squid) for having had the audacity to blog news that prankster/comedy troupe Improv Everywhere selling t-shirts that were a parody of the Best Buy brand. Whether or not the parody is legally in the clear is one matter, but Best Buy nastygramming Beale for simply blogging about it — not selling the shirts or participating directly? — Read the rest
Spotted on Scott Beale's blog:
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