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Grand Central Station - New York prank

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Posted by loathar on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:37 PM
 ereimer wrote:
 loathar wrote:
 Big Ugly Waz wrote:

Very, very cool concept. Laugh [(-D] I wonder how many people that totally confused ? Incredible to see the reaction caused by a bunch of people doing absolutely NOTHING ! 

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When you think about it, it's New York. I'm surprised anybody noticed...Big Smile [:D]

 

easy to explain , the ones who reacted were arriving from elsewhere or departing after a visit

 

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Posted by ereimer on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:28 PM
 loathar wrote:
 Big Ugly Waz wrote:

Very, very cool concept. Laugh [(-D] I wonder how many people that totally confused ? Incredible to see the reaction caused by a bunch of people doing absolutely NOTHING ! 

Cheers,

Warren

When you think about it, it's New York. I'm surprised anybody noticed...Big Smile [:D]

 

easy to explain , the ones who reacted were arriving from elsewhere or departing after a visit

 

Big Smile [:D] 

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Posted by Bapou on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:55 PM
 concretelackey wrote:
 TrainManTy wrote:

 SteamFreak wrote:
So much performance art is is dedicated to offending the viewer, instead of intriguing or enlightening. This was intriguing, particularly the way the participants (no doubt aspiring actors) held their poses perfectly. Cool [8D]

Yeah! I'd probably crack up and ruin it!Whistling [:-^]

Your remark brought to mind something I saw many years ago. Someone pulled together out-takes/goofs/behind the scenes shots of older western style movies. The big finale to this show was an outake from a John Wayne movie (I can't remember the title) in which he was the commanding officer of a large calvary unit fighting off hundreds of indians. the last scene in the movie showed John wayne and the great indian warrior as the last ones standing. just before they do the final fight to the death they look around and veiw hundreds of dead bodies .......laying around them...... in silence................until one of the "dead bodies" experienced the effects of the baked beans from the movie set catering tent from earlier that day. With in seconds all the "dead" were laughing hysterically.

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Posted by G Paine on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:49 PM
The same group, only not so many people, showed up at the Today show a few days ago. The same organizer had 40 or 50  people "frozen" on the NBC plaza.

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Posted by loathar on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:54 PM
 Big Ugly Waz wrote:

Very, very cool concept. Laugh [(-D] I wonder how many people that totally confused ? Incredible to see the reaction caused by a bunch of people doing absolutely NOTHING ! 

Cheers,

Warren

When you think about it, it's New York. I'm surprised anybody noticed...Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Big Ugly Waz on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:50 PM

Very, very cool concept. Laugh [(-D] I wonder how many people that totally confused ? Incredible to see the reaction caused by a bunch of people doing absolutely NOTHING ! 

Cheers,

Warren

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Posted by larak on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:30 PM

Only in New Yawk

Brilliant!

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Posted by SteamFreak on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:18 PM

You have just entered...

 

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Posted by lvanhen on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:57 PM
Sign - Ditto [#ditto] to all of the above - great to have so many people wondering what the heck is going on !!
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Posted by concretelackey on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:55 PM
 TrainManTy wrote:

 SteamFreak wrote:
So much performance art is is dedicated to offending the viewer, instead of intriguing or enlightening. This was intriguing, particularly the way the participants (no doubt aspiring actors) held their poses perfectly. Cool [8D]

Yeah! I'd probably crack up and ruin it!Whistling [:-^]

Your remark brought to mind something I saw many years ago. Someone pulled together out-takes/goofs/behind the scenes shots of older western style movies. The big finale to this show was an outake from a John Wayne movie (I can't remember the title) in which he was the commanding officer of a large calvary unit fighting off hundreds of indians. the last scene in the movie showed John wayne and the great indian warrior as the last ones standing. just before they do the final fight to the death they look around and veiw hundreds of dead bodies .......laying around them...... in silence................until one of the "dead bodies" experienced the effects of the baked beans from the movie set catering tent from earlier that day. With in seconds all the "dead" were laughing hysterically.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:51 PM

 SteamFreak wrote:
So much performance art is is dedicated to offending the viewer, instead of intriguing or enlightening. This was intriguing, particularly the way the participants (no doubt aspiring actors) held their poses perfectly. Cool [8D]

Yeah! I'd probably crack up and ruin it!Whistling [:-^]

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Posted by SteamFreak on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 4:28 PM
So much performance art is is dedicated to offending the viewer, instead of intriguing or enlightening. This was intriguing, particularly the way the participants (no doubt aspiring actors) held their poses perfectly. Cool [8D]
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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:17 PM

It's nice when these sorts of pranks are "brain-teasers" instead of the more common "shock" type pranks that are usually graphic or inappropriate in some manner.

This appealed to my more cerebral side.

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Posted by tstage on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:14 PM

I really liked it.  Different...but in a non-abnormal way.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:43 PM
Hahaha! Loved the part where someone poked one on the people to see if they were real!Laugh [(-D]
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Posted by jwar on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:19 PM
That was fun to watch...loved it...John
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Posted by loathar on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:18 PM
I'm not real big on performance art, but that was pretty cool!Laugh [(-D] I wonder if they're gonna get billed for all the police that were probably called??
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Grand Central Station - New York prank
Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:09 PM

This is more than just a little weird:

http://www.maniacworld.com/frozen-in-grand-central-station.html

I couldn't help thinking of a station filled with Preiser and WS folks, with a few "animated" ones running around.

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