Improv Everywhere nearly convinces a guy that it's his birthday

I’m sorry, but this is one of the weirder Improv Everywhere stunts I can remember. In this particular mission, 30 folks from Improv Everywhere go into a bar and select a guy — “Ted” — and sort of end up convincing him to play along to a surprise birthday bash thrown for him. It’s kind of weird to watch him and his friend just sit there and take it in and it leaves me with a completely different feeling than just about all of the other Improv Everywhere missions before this.

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  1. Kate says:

    This was such a weird mission. I wonder why they didn’t just throw him a random birthday party, as himself, instead of pretending he was someone else completely? The fake ex-girlfriend? WTF?

    NPR’s This American Life did a segment on Improv Everywhere and actually did an interview with this guy after the mission. He seemed kinda messed up by it.

    http://www.thisamericanlife.com/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1329

    • Doobybrain says:

      Wow, i’m kinda glad I’m not the only one who thought this was a weird mission! I’m gonna go listen to this radio program now to see what he thinks.

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