Frozen in Grand Central

You just have to watch this to appreciate the effect.

What an interesting piece of performance art.  I'm really fascinated by projects like this because I feel they shake us out of our zombie state as we go about our daily lives.  I'd love to see a little of this sort of thing around Melbourne.

This is one of over 70 different missions Improv Everywhere has executed over the past six years in New York City. Others include the No Pants Subway Ride, the Best Buy uniform prank, and the famous U2 Rooftop Hoax, to name a few. Visit the website to see tons of photos and video of all of our work, including behind the scenes information on how this video was made.

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How would you react if you saw a couple of hundred people stop dead just like that?  I think the woman who gets poked in the arm by that guy deserves a special mention for maintaining her composure.

Great stuff.

(hat tip to Wally for this one)