For our latest Improv Everywhere mission, our friend Jeff had a funny idea to create separate lanes on the sidewalk with chalk for tourists and New Yorkers.
New Yorkers are known for always racing to their destination and since people from out of town like to take their time and actually enjoy the city, having separate lanes isn't a bad idea!
Everyone thought it was hilarious and suggested that it be painted in all cities.
I'm guessing this couple has a long distance relationship.
Our friends wore orange vests and pretended to be in charge of keeping people and dogs in their lanes.
They were improvising the whole time and were talking like very stereotypical New Yorkers. Their interactions with people are absolutely hilarious. I've been quoting some of their lines all week!
Even though I live in New York, I'd prefer to take my time and stroll in the tourist lane ;)
That idea is soooooo good!
ReplyDeleteThere are so many things you can do with sidewalks.
Brilliant! Would have loved to be a part of it!
ReplyDeleteThat's a really nice idea!
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I think I saw you snapping photos at some point in the video, Miss Katie! You're a star!!!! :)
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I always love seeing the latest improv everywhere initiatives! you guys are awesome. i can't wait to visit new york city, and of course i'll stay in the tourist lane!
ReplyDelete@Eleanor-haha, good eye!
ReplyDeleteThis is a brilliant idea! My boyfriend and I were walking around NYC last weekend -- he wanted to know how to spot the tourists. I told him that they're the ones walking MUCH slower than the rest.
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Ahhhhh I love it! Hilariously brilliant!
ReplyDeleteHahaha I love it! This is so funny.
ReplyDeleteI love when he says to the tourist guy, "it's ok, i didn't bring my gun today" the look on the guy's face was priceless! what a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteGreat fun!
ReplyDeletenow that is awesome. i love new york and when i visit i am a total tourist. i would appreciate a lane where I don't feel i am getting in others way. hahaha
ReplyDeletehaha, that's a great idea! can you do that in boston too? :)
ReplyDeleteThis was an awesome idea. My favourite remains the invisible dogs and the look on some of the real dogs to see leases with no dog attached at the other end. But this comes a close second.
ReplyDeletethis was such a cool idea- i loved seeing the way people reacted, haha!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I'd heard about it on the news!
ReplyDeletethis is so funny I love it what a fun Idea!
ReplyDeletehilarious!!!
ReplyDeletea real cool initiative!!
ReplyDeleteI saw this somewhere else, but didn't realize Improv Anywhere was behind it! Hilarious! And beautiful photos as always.
ReplyDeleteHahaha, that's hilarious! :D
ReplyDeleteI love this :)
ReplyDeleteHilarious
ReplyDeleteHaha funny idea :D
ReplyDeleteOh my gawsh.. we NEED one of these in my town during the summer.
ReplyDeleteVictoria BC is "plagued" with slow walking tourists when the rest of us are trying to get from A to B.
What a hilarious idea! You New Yorkers are hilarious. :]
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There is nothing like REALLY being in a rush & getting stuck behind a family of 5 wanting to take a family photo in the middle of the sidewalk, or people with their faces stuffed into their maps trying to figure out where the cheap "designer" bags are on Canal Street! :) I think this idea is brilliant! Someone call Bloomberg.
ReplyDelete@ Kathryn- Bloomberg actually commented on it and said it was cute, ha!
ReplyDeleteCome do this in London ... please?
ReplyDeleteI live in the Midwest, but I walk so fast that I'd love having that New Yorker lane.
ReplyDeleteHaha! That's awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat is SO FUNNY.
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wow! the idea is great!!! :)
ReplyDeleteIn Barcelona too!!!
ReplyDeletegreat idea, and I love your blog by the way. Not sure how you do it but the colours are so amazingly vibrant! good stuff!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea. Big help if you want to pretend to be a real New Yorker :D
ReplyDeleteI had fun watching the video,Katie!
ReplyDeleteToo much fun!!! While I live in a small town, it swells in size every summer and great weather spring & fall weekend, so I can definitely groove on the tourist v. local vibe! :>
ReplyDeleteThat is too funny. Love the expressions on their faces. I'd be embarrassed to walk in that lane, but that's where I'd be...camera in hand;)
ReplyDeletehaha! this is hysterical! i love it. :)
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funny! me like funny things.
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muito interessante e divertido, e eles agiram com muita seriedade o que fez ser mais legal ainda!!
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Too funny. I love the part where he says he doesn't have a gun today. I love NY humor.
ReplyDeleteI saw this on the news. Some New Yorkers were going on about how they should have this all the time because tourists are so slow - which kind of annoyed me because I find that a lot of people from NYC are too busy texting on chatting to ever move efficiently.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea!
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I love it! These videos always put a smile on my face. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteColor Me Katie, you always inspire me to look for the sunshine and brightness in everyday life, and I love seeing a brand new post from you! :) Thank you!
ReplyDeleteLol, I love it! :D
ReplyDeleteI heard about this on the news all the way across the country here in Utah. It made me smile then and makes me smile now. :)
ReplyDeleteI heart your blog, and have been visiting for months now. I just love all the sparkly bits and pieces of colorful joy. Thanks!
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I linked to this story on my blog because this is something my husband and I always complained about on our college campus...I guess it happens everywhere, no?
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maybe because I am a Katie too!
SO FUNNY! SIMPLY HILARIOUS!
ReplyDeleteOh, I wish this could be done all over in NYC. We need this.
ReplyDeleteAll of your stuff is so colourful and happy.
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I LOVE THIS! Bravo :) you should do it all over NYC. hehe
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so it was you! i read about somebody coming across this recently in nyc and in the 3yrs i lived there was racking my brain if i'd ever seen it anywhere!!!
ReplyDeletefantastic!
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This is so awesome! I love the idea :)
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I was just wondering what you thought of banksy as i love his work. your like the street artist that represents the good in everything and him the bad.
such a fun idea! how adorable!
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This idea is amazing and hilarious! There should be a team around the Disney area in Orlando!
ReplyDeleteAlso, mind me asking what camera you're using? Thanks. :)
"but you are statistically slow"
ReplyDeletethis is just golden :)
hehe! what a chalk line can do
ReplyDeletehaha, I realy like the idee
ReplyDeleteHaha thats awesome!!
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That's so fun! I knew a couple guys who took their mountain climbing gear to Chicago and 'climbed' the sidewalks of Chicago as if they were vertical. It was a riot! :-)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!! i live IE that idea are greit!!! see you Katie!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fab idea, it should be done in London too! So many tourists!
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aww i saw this on the news and they had no idea who had done it! its brilliant.
ReplyDeletethat was you?! i watched the youtube of it a few days ago!
ReplyDeletethat is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome!! We need something like that on our roads down here in SC! I saw your love story over at Gwen in Love & wanted to tell you how adorable it was!
ReplyDeleteSo funny! ♥
ReplyDeleteCool idea!
ReplyDeleteI have been searching for that landscape chalk ALL OVER town! I don't think it exists in Alaska. I wish I could find a way to make my own liquid chalk-- I've searched and searched for a way online but to no avail. I won't give up the search!
ReplyDeleteThis is so great!
ReplyDeleteHilarious ^.^
ReplyDeleteI wanna go visit NYC again. The only crowded place I love in this world.
ReplyDeletegreat idea :D i want to have lanes like this as well :)
ReplyDeleteand i love those stencil techniques. my dad and me are "collecting" them, e.g. taking pictures whenever we see them.
:) i like!
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