Grand Central Station: 207 Frozen People

February 8, 2008 – 2:31 am | Written by KiwiPulse

   

Between the 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City you will find the world largest and very busy train station, the Grand Central Station. Over 500,000 people rush through Grand Central every day and nothing seem to slow them down. Except for one Saturday in January ‘08, commuters and tourists stopped to surprisingly notice people around them being frozen like wax people in the museum. This is the work of 207 agents from Improv Everywhere ; they were assigned to freeze in place for 5 minutes in Grand Central Station. Improve Everywhere is well known for causing scenes of chaos and joy in the public places. This video really ROCK MY WORLD! I hope you enjoyed watching the video as much as I did.

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11 Comments »

Comment by Erica DeWolf
2008-02-08 02:56:39

Wow, Great post, awesome video. I love the frozen girl eating the…yogurt? Thanks for sharing!

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2008-02-08 03:49:33

:grin: That was Way cool! I wish I could have been there to see it live. Or better yet been a participant !
I thought that was great how no one broke character during the whole time! the way the crowd was reacting was awesome!
Todd

 
Comment by Pugacheva
2008-02-08 04:03:13

Good story. I think that the author could be a good writer. Thanks.

 
Comment by Dining Room Table
2008-02-08 10:35:19

Yes, I wish that I had been there to catch the reactions of people. Some shown, like the cart driver and the visitor, were inadequate. Over all, one hell of a prank to pull off. What imagination!

 
Comment by Tam
2008-02-08 19:40:16

Awesome.

Shame on the guy who poked one of them!

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Comment by Beautiful Minds
2008-02-09 04:59:41

That was really cool.. spreading joy and surprise..

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Comment by Lana
2008-02-09 13:33:25

That was really neat–thanks for sharing!

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Comment by K Owusu
2008-02-10 18:59:03

Totally amazing. I loved it. I will be keeping a close eye on Improv Everywhere from now on. I hope they come to LA.

 
Comment by Nhuong Son
2008-02-12 15:18:23

I usually don’t like “video” post, but this one does rock! I wish i was there! Thanks for sharing. :shock:
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Comment by Sean Morris
2008-02-13 14:15:28

These are great. They did one in Home Depot on another video. Great reactions from people.

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Comment by Bedroom Furniture
2008-02-20 21:29:38

Great idea, to say nothing of great execution. I find it quite difficult to stay absolutely still for any length of time, so that kind of coordinated lack of motion must have been difficult.

 
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