For our latest Improv Everywhere mission, we brought the movie Ghostbusters to life in the New York Public Library!
We had three ghosts walk in and take a seat to read,
surf the web,
and look up words in the dictionary.
After some time the Ghostbusters came in,
and chased the ghosts all around the reading room!
Libraries always make me feel uncomfortable because of how quiet they are so it was wonderful to see the entire room burst out in laughter and applause!
This is me exploding with cheesy joy to be hanging out with Ghostbusters.
128 comments:
How fun! I love this idea!
THIS. This is amazing! Improv Everywhere never fails to make me smile like crazy. And what a beautiful library!
Oh this is my favorite improv everywhere to date. It made me smile so so big and I needed it today. You never cease to make me happy.
My favourite part is how happy people look! what a sweet improv
you are so awesome! and beautiful! i stayed home from school today because i'm sick and i havent smiled all day... until now! thank you! :D xxxx
This is amazing! You guys are great. :)
that is so fabulous! love seeing those ghostbusters and the looks on everyone's faces :)
xo, juliette
HAHAHAHA. that moment at 1:05 where the dude picks up his phone and mouths "What the F***" is hilarious.
What an awesome video! ^-^
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun!!
I'd love to sit in the library and have all goshtbuster around de... and ghost...wooow!
wonderful! can't wait to share this with my girl.
I love it! This put a big smile on my face to start the day with :)
That was so much fun!
The quietness in libraries makes me uncomfortable too. So I text a lot in there! (I wonder how I never got caught. we're not allowed to text in the National Library here...)
I haven't seen the video as yet, just read the post and saw the photographs. Thank you for making us smile.
This is hilarious! It seriously made my day :)
My face hurts from smiling so much. That was great.
I love the pic of the ghost reading the dictionary. So odd looking.
This was so awesome, definitely made my day! And that library is amazingly huge!
That was the best. My cheeks hurt from smiling. I love everyone's faces as they try and figure out what's going on. :)
That is amazing. I'm definitely in a better mood after watching it!
That would've been such a fun and interesting scene to see!
Stay happy,
Leona.
so fun!! well done!
this is one of the best things ive ever seen! thanks for sharing! :)
I loved seeing the other people snapping pictures.
my cheeks hurt from smiling! haha that is so great! i love it!
G-E-N-I-U-S!!! My family (Including extended ones) are big fans of Ghostbusters so this video makes our wweek! :)
ahhhhh!!!! how fun!! i love it! i would have died if i were in the library. so funny!
I always get excited to see Improv Everywhere has posted another video. Nice one! :)
that is AWESOME
I LOVED THIS. I was smiling the entire 3 1/2 minutes. Awesome job!
Not to spoil the mood or anything, I love improv, and the supermarket musical was genius, but isn't it a little unfair to do this in a library?
Speaking as a student who relies on the city and university libraries as a source of information and a place to get some work done away from the distractions of the internet and whatnot I'd be a little teed off if just as I got into some complicated subject people started running around and being distracting. Maybe if it were done around the shelves rather than in the reading room...?
I loved this! Laughed so hard.
@ Kiri- It only lasted a few minutes and everyone seemed to love it. In fact, the library actually contacted us to do a prank in the reading room! The library is facing budget cuts so we made this video to help save the library =)
eu queria estar lá nesse momento! um grande filme que estará sempre vivo em nossas memórias.
adorei o vÃdeo.
beijos...
Que felices los estudiantes al desconectar por un momento de sus estudios con una performance tan divertida!
Besos
i love this! i was just giggling when the ghosts came inside the library one by one but as soon as the ghostbusters started walking slowly in, i was laughing out loud! alone! ahahahaha you guys are great!
HAHA! Thank you! That totally made my day!
Thanks for making me smile! Awesome job! :DD
haha. I love it! And I have to admit - most improvs I would do, but being disruptive in a library takes some real courage! I guess I've been in strict schools too long... hahaha
This is so awesome! I wish I had witnessed it :D
i wish we were there. hopefully we can catch an improve everywhere event before we leave nyc!
@phoenix Peacock- We had permission from the library to be disruptive but I still felt nervous because it's so dead quiet in there! The actors are definitely brave =)
hahah excellent! this made my day :) thanks.
This is so funny! Looks like fun.
hahaha! this is awesome i wish i could have been there!
omg me and my husband just got done watching that! awesome!
I am crying! That was SO freaking funny!!! Great job!
Ok, how in the heck do those ghostbuster guys keep a straight face???? Personally I love the quiet in a library but this would have made me laugh for sure. I love that ghost reading the book. Bravo!
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Thanks for doing this!
I wrote about this on my blog:
http://kogelvrij.blogspot.com/2010/05/ghostbusters.html
Absolutely awesome!
I wish something like that would happen near where I lived... thanks for sharing, it made my day! :)
I was just in that library with by brother 2 weekends ago! Wish I had went yesterday instead!
Hilariously awesome! You are a genius.
i hope i can experience one of these someday. they look like the most fun, especially in that fantastic library!
AAAAAAAAAAAh! I adore this! I so want to witness one of your tricks sometime, you are WONDERFUL!!!!! =)
LOVE this.
Haha, awesooome!
Awesome! Loved it!!
♥
*giggles* Ok, that was pretty awesome.
My first thought though was, "Ohh what a pretty library."
And then I saw the rest and be sure to tell Matty and Tyler that they both did their respective jobs very well. :D
this is awesome, and you're awesome! haha i wish i could of been there!
Love this!
This is hilarious. I wish your Improv group pulled pranks like this in Santa Barbara!
This is so cool. I love the reading room..it's one of my fave places to go when I have time on my hands between auditions.
Dear Katie,
I've set your photos as my desktop wallpapers. Whenever I'm feeling down and disappointed with the world, you and your blog cheer me up like none other. Thank you for spreading so much beauty and happiness in this world.
HILARIOUS! i just saw this on huff post.
So funny!!!
These guys're so fun. I like this idea!:-D
Haha too funny. I love the improv everywhere videos.
This just makes me smile. I love it!
:) Marcie
I check this blog daily because it makes me so happy and I saw this on the blog then went to my email on yahoo and this was one of the stories and it felt so cool seeing this on that major site! I felt a little famous
That's so fun!!! Love it :D
Your blog always makes me smile and makes me so happy that people like you exist. So many people wonder what they can from someone or how they can use them but you are the kind of person who wonders what you can do for them. Your blog is a wonderful source of inspiration for people of all ages. I hope you never quit blogging! : )
I enjoyed this. Looking forward to the next hi-jinks :>) I passed it on so others culd smile too.
Love this video!!
I'll be smiling all day long!
I think you are officially my favorite person EVER.
Thats such an amazing idea!
You must brighten so many lives.
xx
I love your blog! Just wanted to let you know that this video is featured on Yahoo's homepage.
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-ghostbusters-scene-sort-of-reenacted-at-new-york-landmark.html
:)
Hillarious!!
Would have totally LOVED to be there!!! Super fun!!
xo
So much fun and creativity!
oh my gosh... you made the headlines on my yahoo.com page! this looks so amazing, i wish i could have been their to see this.
Your life is so much more interesting than mine! Loved the improv' idea!
This made me so happy. I hope you don't mind if I share.
www.rileighlovesben.blogspot.com
I loved this one too! In fact, I showed the video in my class (I teach English in a high school in Holland) and made an internet research assignment out of it, too! I had so much fun today watching the video with my students :) Thanks a bunch!
I was on Yahoo today and they had a story about this.
This made my day! Libraries need a little lightening up now and then. This reminds me of a story I heard about a guy in a gorilla suit chasing a guy in a banana suit in a library! How fun! Thanks for the laughs.
i just saw this on yahoo news!
I like the Ghostbuster they are my favorite superhero... yeah!!! the library never be to safe.. jajajaja, greeting my friend Katie!!! seee you on the next post!!!
love these! thanks for making me smile today, i needed it :-)
Can not stop laughing!!
Just saw the video on the Greta
Van Susteren show!! Congratulations - it is very good :)
I wish you'd blog more often! It always makes me happy and I can't get enough of it...
aawh! So fun and cool! xD
This is brilliant. Those poor folks trying to concentrate in the reading room didn't have a ghost of a chance.
Katie and Matty, I loved this...this is my type of humour...wish I was closer so I could play with you...
Have a great day and keep up the fun...
I might be laughing at this all day now too! Loved it!
AMAZING!
Great, it's very funny!
Ahhh! Ghostbusters never fails to be a crowd pleaser.
I LOVE this. How fantastic.
How fun is this?! I'd just watched the video and a local TV News station here in Los Angeles (ktla.com) just did a story on it, showing some of the chase scenes with the music and everything, and naming Improv Everywhere by name along with why you did it, too - so cool to know that word of you all is getting out there even here on the West Coast! I'm forwarding this to my FB friends who'll get a big kick out of this! Great job, everyone involved with this :)
This is the dream! To be studying in the library and have the ghostbusters come in! Amazeballs.
http://verypeaceandjoy.blogspot.com/
Improv Everywhere, I love that show they are soo funny! my favorite is the one where they are singing at the food court. 'Squish our fruit together!!'
Xoxo
Sarah :D
This is incredible! :]
Hi girl! I love your blog! You should check mine...I just did a little family shoot inspired by you!...keep up the good work!:)
It was also on a Swedish Radio news program! Global Improv Everywhere.
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=478&artikel=3710763
(Just pop it into Google Translator)
What you guys do is so amazing that it seems you are getting all around the world! They spoke about this video in a radio called Flaixbac, this is the link:
http://flaix.ondemand.flumotion.com/flaix/ondemand/podcastbac/FB20100519180001.mp3
I guess you won't understand anything as it's catalan, but it's kind of cool anyway :)
Keep having fun!
Holy macaroni this is amazing xD
I hope someone would start something like 'impro everywhere' in my city.. it would be a blast lol!
this is the most amazing thing i've seen in weeks! thx!
i don't even know what to say. the awesomeness of this has me utterly speechless!
You are a riot! You have me in tears of laughter! Thank you, darling!
I just recently have been watching Improv Everywhere's videos. How fun that you get to work with them. This one's great!
This made my day, completely! Goodness, I can't stop laughing!!
@Katie Fair enough, kudos to you guys for doing it help save the library, and to the library for coming up with an interesting way of doing it.
I just hope it was successful, I hate it when libraries are lost due to budget cuts.
this is so freakin cool. i love this blog. you rock katie <3 -jo
Hahhaha love it!
HAHA, oh jesus! This is one of the funniest things i've seen in a while! Thanks for cheering me up!
A.W.E.S.O.M.E.
oMG so funny.
Nice job !
I loooooooove this ImprovEverywhere mission. Totally cracking up the whole time.
Sooo funny!
Now I really feel like watching the movie :)!
that is amazing and hilarious!
What a wonderful idea.
So freaking funny!!!!!!!!
totally amazing!!! made me smile! :D
How funny! I just got this in my email from my boss on Thursday! (I'm a librarian). That's so exciting that you were involved in it.
PS-That library is gorgeous! And massive! :)
I finally got to watch the video! SO GREAT! That is awesome you got to be a part of that production. Priceless reactions!
that's about the cutest thing i ever did see!
This is the most awesome thing ever! So so so great. As a librarian, I would LOVE it if some ghosts and ghostbusters showed up in my library. Fabulous
You seriously crack me up! Great stuff! :)
THIS. MADE. MY. LIFE!!
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