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Flashmobs may come and flashmobs may go, but the ingenious missions of Improv Everywhere, like No Pants Subway Ride, endure on video.

05:11

Improv Everywhere: The Mp3 Experiment Seven
In the latest Improv Everywhere mission, 3,000 participants listen to the same MP3 file in Manhattan and follow its instructions. Slow-dancing, high-fiving and toilet-roll-based antics ensue.

01:39

Improv Everywhere: Outtakes from Star Wars Subway...
Outtakes from our Star Wars Subway Car stunt!

02:30

Improv Everywhere: Star Wars Subway Car
Improv Everywhere stage a reenactment of the first Princess Leia / Darth Vader scene from Star Wars on a New York City subway car. The white walls and sliding doors on the train are reminiscent of the rebel ship from the movie, so they thought it would be fun to see how people would react to a surprise appearance by the iconic characters. They spread out the actors along the train line, staging it so they would enter the right car at the right time.

02:51

Improv Everywhere: No Underpants Subway Ride
In Improv Everywhere's most daring mission yet, over 1,000 people rode the subway without underwear or pants in New York City. Their annual No Pants Subway Ride has been a tradition for years, and they decided it was time to up the ante. Riders spread out over four different subway lines to surprise and delight everyday New Yorkers riding the train. (And yes, we regret to inform you that this mission was in fact Improv Everywhere's April Fools Mission 2010. No genitals were exposed in the making of this video. But some unflattering flesh-colored underwear may have been worn).

03:45

Improv Everywhere: The Tourist Lane
Those japesters at Improv Everywhere created separate walking lanes for tourists and New Yorkers on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk. Department of Transportation “employees” were on hand to enforce the new rules and ask pedestrians for their feedback on the initiative.

02:16

Improv Everywhere: Uncensored - No Underwear Subway...
Behind the pixels: For April Fools Day 2010, Improv Everywhere uploaded a new video that made it look like they had staged a No Underwear Subway Ride (in the tradition of their annual No Pants Subway Ride event). The video was a hoax. Although they claimed that 1000 people had exposed their genitals on the train, they actually just filmed 20 actors wearing skin-colored underwear, and then pixelated the footage to make them look naked.

04:03

Mp3 Experiment Seven Bonus Footage
Bonus footage from our Mp3 Experiment Seven event

03:36

Improv Everywhere: Black Tie Beach
A whole bunch of Improv Everywhere agents don black-tie and ballgowns and head down for some beach-side fun at New York's Coney Island.

03:32

Improv Everywhere: Ghostbusters
The Improv Everywhere team bring the movie Ghostbusters to life in the reading room of The New York Public Library at 42 Street. The 1984 movie begins with a scene in the very same room, so they figured it was time for the Ghostbusters to make an encore appearance.

02:29

Improv Everywhere: Guerrilla Handbell Strikeforce
Christmas 2009: A 13-member handbell choir provided some unexpected accompaniment for a Salvation Army bell ringer on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.

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