Does Anyone Know Where to Find 2000 Invisible Pooper Scoopers? A funny link
by Jenni Maier 1,458 13 10/27/2009 09:28 AM 1870 views
What happens when 2000 people walk their invisible dogs all over Brooklyn?
Improv Everywhere, the prank group known for creating big scenes wherever they go, recently recruited people to grab an invisible dog leash toy and walk around Brooklyn pretending they were all really walking dogs.
They began the day by asking people to show up at an old Brooklyn factory without knowing what they would be doing. Amazingly 2000 people, including parents with their children, actually showed up at this old warehouse willing and eager to do anything that was asked of them. Perhaps Improv Everywhere's next prank should be see how many people and their families will spend the day in an abandoned warehouse waiting for instructions that never come.
One prank participant captured Charlie Todd, the mastermind behind Improv Everywhere, explaining the entire prank.
This video captures the excitement of another participant as he waited for his leash and watched the line grow around the corner. Out of the 2000 participants, at least 1000 had to have real dogs at home that really weren't getting walked today. Hopefully their real dogs have an appreciation for the fine art of improv -- or strong bladders.
So 2000 people of all shapes, sizes, and ages headed out into Brooklyn walking their invisible dogs and trying their hardest to make it look like they were walking real dogs. We had no idea that Brooklyn was so full of talented improv actors and we were impressed to see so many people manage to keep a straight face as they walked their dogs. Not only did they keep a straight face, but they got really into things. Their dogs had names, the ability to do tricks, and even the occasional accident. However we were disappointed not to see one dog with worms. It would have made the whole thing a tad more realistic as well as raised the question if anyone knew the whereabouts of a vet that treated rare-breed dogs.
Check out this video of three women interacting with their dogs. Things take a turn for the worse when an aggressive invisible dog shows up and his owner has to beat him a little.
His excitement at beating his invisible dog makes me slightly concerned for any of his future real dogs. Then again if we had participated in this prank, our dog would have been wildly out of control. We're talking a rabid part-wolf dog that has to be publicly put to sleep before the prank ended. So maybe it was in the best interest of the children that we didn't show up.
All in all, an impressive prank. We're just still wondering why no invisible pooper-scoopers got handed out. It seems slightly irresponsible to let 2000 invisible dogs out without any concern for what happens to their invisible poop.
One thing that would make it better is if the videos were embeded within. This is easy to do because youtube provides the embedding code to the right of the video. Simply copy and paste their embed link into your article where ever you want to put it.
I would hope that if I had an invisible dog it would be female. That way when she went into heat every male dog in the area would drive itself insane trying to find out where the scent was coming from.
Sadly my poor invisible dog died when he tried to attack a mime and ran into an invisible wall. It wasn't too bad, I just dug an invisible grave and now he's in invisible doggie heaven, playing with God's invisible balls.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a mime? They are usually hiding in an invisible box. How the hell am I supposed to find that!?
And if a fight ensued, it's fine. I got my invisible sledge-hammer at the ready. Although constantly carrying it around is giving me back problems. That Shakespeare is heavy.
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