Monday, August 22, 2011

Say Something Nice

For our latest Improv Everywhere mission, we placed a lectern with a megaphone on it in public places around NYC. Attached to the lectern was a sign that read " Say Something Nice".

This is what New Yorkers had to say...

I couldn't help myself and had to go up to share some love as well!

86 comments:

Kat said...

this is so cool. spread positivity!!

http://breatheandhush.blogspot.com/

Hannah said...

beautiful! wish i could have been there... :) i especially love the "to infinity and beyond" from the little boy! so sweet!

Mong said...

this made me smileeeeeeee (:

Hannah said...

in fact, i can't stop watching it! so much joy :)

Anonymous said...

woaah, this is just awesome!

sara said...

this was beautiful katie!

Miss. Genevieve said...

I love this! We all need to spread a little positivity. Thanks for making my day a whole lot better!

Unknown said...

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!

Anonymous said...

What a great idea! I love the message.

Anonymous said...

This made me tear up, in a good way!

Leslie said...

Ohhh my goodness this is amazing! I think things like this should be a permanent fixture in every town!

HannahGirl said...

Hi Katie :) This is so randomly awesome I just had to share... So this morning I got an FB note that someone had shared this "Say Something Nice" video with me - the friend said that the girl @1:00 reminds her of me. I watched the video and smiled - then suddenly I thought that that gal @1:00 reminded me of... YOU! So I checked your blog here (I've been following your posts via your twitter for ages) and lo and behold, it WAS you! haha, love it - great moment, thanks for sharing... that blue umbrella really IS cute. :D

Celeste said...

I want one in my hometown!

Anonymous said...

Katie! You make me miss New York!
Love the act! Well done!!

Anonymous said...

Fabulous idea! Love this.

Laura Shane said...

Ah! This just makes my wish to go to New York even stronger. This was seriously the best thing that I could have seen to start my day.

I vote that these are set up in all big cities over the US. I'm moving to Portland next month...I think they need one, too!

tea-atnoon.blogspot.com

wonderchris said...

Super fantastic - as always! :)

Kelsey Cunningham said...

This was so fun! What a great idea!

Wendy said...

This was wonderful!! I love it!!!

Evil Edna said...

that has made my day.EE

Daryl said...

Fun .. how do we find where these are?

Unknown said...

that was awesome! i was smiling the whole time !

Julia Hausfrau said...

Now I'm all teary-eyed because I'm touched <3

Love ( Founder YUP/ Enlive.Inn) said...

Katie i love uuuuuuuuuuu:D

you make me tearfilled joyous happy... on top of the world.


Hugs and kisshessss all the way from a very lonely and death striken country Pakistan...

I surely will try doing this in my city...

love u and thank u for uploading:D

mandyface said...

Your blog always brightens my day!

genevieve said...

Cutest thing EVER. The baby that said "to infinity and beyond" totally made my day!

Elaine said...

Love this! This was awesome!

savoie said...

I got all misty too! Oh New York, I miss you!

McKenna said...

This was awesome! So great! I was feeling down today and I decided to come here to check for new postings and sure enough, your blog was just the thing to make me feel better! :)

Jean said...

<3 made my day.

SeEk-7-FaItH said...

Aww looks like lot of FUN!! However, sad i can't hear (am Deaf) wish it had subtitle so I can understand what they are saying! Btw those kids made my day and totally wonder what they said!! <3

Kelly Jean said...

I love this so much!!! Way to spread so much cheer!!

Juline said...

hehe, nice!!!

septiadi said...

haha waw fantastic

Amanda said...

I love this. And what you said Katie was adorable. I also loved the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" and "thank you" response back :)

Aphrodita Wibowo said...

oooh wow... it's great..touchfull... everybody seem looove to say a good things in some words and melody... love it :)

Juniper Grace said...

Hi Katie!

I have loved your blog long time and so today I just had to spread the word about your awesomeness to my blog followers! I just thought you might want to see the post and if I have bungled anything up please let me know I will fix the errors ASAP!

now for something nice: YOU ARE NICE... I love your take on the world... you have a beautiful vision and attention to detail... so if you ever feel down remember that you are truly lovely.

LINK TO MY POST
http://junipergrace.blogspot.com/2011/08/say-something-nice-some-love-for-colour.html

Jill said...

I love this!!

Kathleen said...

Love, love, love all the love out there in the street!

India said...

beautiful!!!

tasha faye said...

this is amazing and totally lifted up my spirits! <3 i am inspired to do something like this in the near future. (: xxx

Lois said...

This is utterly charming : )

http://thelittlebluefox.blogspot.com/

margot said...

i love this!!

karo said...

I love yours ideas. It's extremely positive and makes me happy :-)

Amy said...

Ah this is such a cool idea, I'm just off to share it with all my facebook friends! :) All the improv anywhere videos brighten my day. Keep it up!
Amy xXx
amycard.blogspot.com

The Mindless Blogger said...

We should have these all over the world. Spread much love!

http://somemindlessblogging.blogspot.com/

thekellytang said...

That is awesome!! :D

<3 Kelly

Randi said...

super fun!

Linda Sue said...

I saw you on MSNBC Rachel Maddow tonight! AWESOME!

rebekah said...

i love you for doing this! yay there is a HUGE smile on my face now!

MON said...

LOVE IT!

Catalina Alvarez said...

FANTASTIC!!!!
Hugs from Tuscany
Cata

ThisIsKatieVW said...

To infinity and beyond! So cute! :)

Kimminita said...

You made it into the Dutch Newspaper with this one!
http://www.telegraaf.nl/vrouw/actueel/10416404/___Ik_hou_van_iedereen___.html?p=38,2

Sally said...

Genius idea! I love random acts of kindness. Well done :)

eliza said...

This is so cute and nice and lovely. I don't often say things out loud to my computer, but I caught myself saying "Awww" more than once. Still my cynical mind wonders how many cuss words and how much general nonsense was edited out :P

Anonymous said...

katie, i saw this today and thought you would enjoy it!

http://www.designmom.com/2011/08/diy-colored-pencil-jewelry/

Laurie said...

Is it crazy that I teared up watching this? I love people.

Sereijan said...

I started to cry for some reason. It's great to see that people have something nice to say to each others. Just perfect, a little bit of happiness for everyone.

Amoniel said...

Oh man, that is so awesome!!!!!!!! Makes me want to live in New York or something.

Mariana said...

Katie you make me smile :D So cool! Should have one like this in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil!!
Oh, why you never posted here in the blog some photos with your 360° camera?
kisses

Anonymous said...

i know you get told this a million times a day so dont let your head over explode.. katie you are a great person.. you are enthused about life .. you also share your gift with the whole world i like that.. that is what you were made to do . thank you for ding that ... also when i heard you talk i did a large loud smile .. you sound just like my friend... who shares you love of color and art and bigness of life .. plus you share a voice.. uncanny so have a luvly rainbow colored marshmello day

Anna said...

I love when you post about Improv Everywhere! This was such a great idea, how about you take a business trip to Honolulu and do a little improv here? We'd love it!

http://hawaiianmagpie.blogspot.com/

Rachel said...

Stay Safe this weekend!!!!

Eva said...

today on tvnews, here in Spain, this improv was the only happy new!!!! I follow your blog like a sleeve, so I knew you said something... I was excited (I know it sound like mad fan) looking for you and... ta da! there you were telling one girl you liked her blue umbrella, and I was screaming my flatmates "This is Katie!, this is katie!, Moo's owner!"

It's a silly thing, but maybe you liked to know you were here, many kilometres far ago, on the tv news with the only happy new.

Thanks for everything!

Raptor Plateado said...

Katie I had never heard your voice... you have a very sweet voice...

Unknown said...

We should put up a say-something-nice-megaphone in every city. People so easily forget to voice their good thoughts...

smiles,
F.

iris said...

Thanks for everything. Really. You can't imagine how much happiness and inspiration you give me! :)

Eva, que alegría ver a otra española! Yo no ví la noticia pero seguro que habría gritado también! ;)

Sarah said...

This is such an awesome idea Katie! I love how happy everyone in the video was. People should try to do things like this more often. You never know how something so little like receiving a compliment can make someone's day!

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful and positive idea.

Anonymous said...

What a great idea!
Thanks for posting

Gotta Love It. said...

LOVE THIS! makes me so happy!! :)

XOXO
Shea

http://gottaloveitshea.blogspot.com/

Reb'L Fleurs♥ said...

This is awesome! I wish people where I live would have the guts to express themselves the way New Yorkers do :)

Julie said...

That was awesome :D Also, I think the two guys with guitars singing something about Leather Jackets were Hamish and Andy who are comedians and radio presenters from Australia who are doing some kind of tour of the US. Or something :P

Instant Flowers said...

This is why I love New York! Great project, awesome video!

Miki said...

Oh, man! I love this! :D

Happy midweek, Katie!

masa tenisi said...

woaah, this is just awesome!

{schlawittchen} said...

♥!

Virginie said...

I haven't been a big fan of Improv'everywhere lately, but this one is AWESOME!!!!!

Anonymous said...

wow, that was so cool. love the positivity. :)

Anonymous said...

that has got to be one of my favorite ideas of yours so far! got me all teary, can you believe it? :-)

Anonymous said...

that has got to be one of my favorite ideas of yours so far! got me all teary, can you believe it? :-)

Mela said...

They brought this on German TV and guess who was shown - yeah, you and the woman with the umbrella. :)

Mela said...

This is amazing! I didn't know it was an 'improv-everywhere-action' until I checked your blog. I was watching German TV and thought 'Oh, she looks like Katie Sokoler' and I actually was right. :)
Missed the chance to say something into that megaphone, so:
Have a lovely day everybody!

TrousersShoesandSkirts said...

Oh, I saw this on German TV! Didn't know it was one of your projects ♥

Scout said...

That's amazing! I want to be part of Improv Everywhere.