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Real-Life Ghostbusting In The New York Public Library!

Published at:  May 18, 2010 1:43:10 PM CDT

Beaks here...



And here's another sorta-fun video to share with you on this slow-as-shit news day!

The comedy troupe Improv Everywhere was recently contracted by the New York Public Library to stage an event "that might serve to remind people of how great the NYPL is." Rather than re-create the opening of Francis Ford Coppola's YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW, they decided to go the GHOSTBUSTERS route. The result is pretty amusing.



Nice work, guys.

In other news, GHOSTBUSTERS 3 is still (blessedly) nowhere close to getting a greenlight.



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  • May 18, 2010 1:45:07 PM CDT

    FIRST

    by threeoranges

    FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!

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  • May 18, 2010 1:47:53 PM CDT

    No one cares

    by drawkward

    For the millionth time ever!

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  • May 18, 2010 1:48:48 PM CDT

    who ya gonna call

    by bobbofatz

  • May 18, 2010 1:49:20 PM CDT

    Viral clips like this...

    by stlost

    are old and tiresome. The people that make it think they are cool and hip, but the public just think they are idiots.

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  • May 18, 2010 1:49:29 PM CDT

    I aint afraid a no ghost

    by bobbofatz

  • May 18, 2010 1:49:36 PM CDT

    Oh my.

    by saluteyourshorts

    The Ku Klux Klan invades the NY Public Library.

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  • May 18, 2010 1:50:41 PM CDT

    No Ghostbusters 3 News I'm Outta He . . . Oh, Wait!

    by dave i

    It's good to see people have fun with it. I'm probably in the minority, but I love Ghostbusters for what it is without needing a third one. If it comes and it's great, awesome! If not, I can still watch Ghostbusters for the million-and-oneth(sp?) time, and just watch for the next Bill Murray "Lost in Translation" or whatnot. For now, the guy-in-a-sheet will suffice.-Cheers

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  • May 18, 2010 1:50:56 PM CDT

    i might have found it funny if...

    by nnnuts

    a guy covered in marshmallows was involved. Otherwise, not really funny at all.

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  • May 18, 2010 1:52:55 PM CDT

    Ghostbusters 3 "not even close"

    by mrgray

    Wrong. Columbia is super high on the property and the writers are on a third draft. The second draft was well-received (and deservedly so: it's quite good considering it's only a second draft). I won't offer spoilers because I like my job, but believe me, it's moving forward more than Bill Murray's talk-show appearances might lead one to believe.

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  • May 18, 2010 1:54:35 PM CDT

    BTW...

    by keith_dishtowel

    I just crapped my pants over that clip. For real, dudes.

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  • May 18, 2010 1:54:51 PM CDT

    Bunch of joyless whiners here so far.

    by hint_of_smegma

    Was it brilliant? Nope. But it was some fun and it made a few people laugh a bit. Good on 'em.

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  • May 18, 2010 1:55:40 PM CDT

    I THINK I'LL RE-ENACT GHOSTBUSTERS 2 NEXT TIME I'M IN NY.......

    by tehcreepythinman

    That is, I'll go inside the Statue of Liberty and start jerking off onto the walls.

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  • May 18, 2010 1:57:23 PM CDT

    What Hint_of_Smegma Said

    by dave i

    It wasn't amazing, but it made a few people laugh. It's nice to see people spread a little joy to the world, even in small ways.-Cheers

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  • May 18, 2010 1:59:35 PM CDT

    Haha @ TehCreepyThinMan

    by _venkman

    made me laugh

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  • May 18, 2010 2:00:00 PM CDT

    *yawn*

    by bodacious_crumb

    Ain't It Ain't News?

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  • May 18, 2010 2:01:51 PM CDT

    Eh.

    by squashua

    Amusing, and made me smile, but the overall result was lamer than I expected it to be.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:02:43 PM CDT

    The guy's expression at the...

    by suntzu77

    1:01 mark is freakin' priceless.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:06:36 PM CDT

    I don't know...

    by wampa 1

    ...but it sure smells good!

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  • May 18, 2010 2:10:57 PM CDT

    Of course they couldn't recreate the card catalog scene.

    by ingeld

    It no longer exists and judging by the age of most people in the reading area, very few would know what a real card catalog was like. Anyway, it was a fun idea. Kudos to the NYPL for having fun.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:12:08 PM CDT

    I guess you had to be there...

    by kid idioteque

  • May 18, 2010 2:12:10 PM CDT

    I've seen fans create better GB costumes

    by rplocke

    Those are terrible!

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  • May 18, 2010 2:12:19 PM CDT

    Lame...

    by azultool

    Actually, I didn't even see it. All I had to see was the word "Improv" to determine how funny it is.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:13:12 PM CDT

    They missed the ghost...

    by teddy_duchamp

    2:18 that's a fucking zombie!

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  • May 18, 2010 2:13:36 PM CDT

    Ghostbusters 3 news, I'm out

    by return_of_fett

  • May 18, 2010 2:14:03 PM CDT

    @ 2:16

    by j_difool

    I love the old man with the wispy, white-haired comb-over at 2:16.
    Awesome strategy by the NYPL to raise awareness of budget cuts.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:18:00 PM CDT

    Cause bustin makes me feel GOOOOODDD!!

    by bathman

    so does open palm slapping a woman while i masterbate

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  • May 18, 2010 2:18:31 PM CDT

    nnnuts I did this with marshmallow for halloween one year

    by jackslater4

    I can't find the pictures, so I have no proof.
    But, Ghostbusters made good use of twinkies and so did I,
    My Beloved Twinkie Centipede
    http://tinyurl.com/2dcody7

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  • May 18, 2010 2:19:40 PM CDT

    That guy in the sheet is lucky he didnt get shot in NY

    by eddiemurphyslaugh

  • May 18, 2010 2:24:20 PM CDT

    The ghost costume was cute

    by rplocke

    They should have done a ghost trap thing though.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:28:05 PM CDT

    "Blessedly"

    by badlydubbedporn

    Fuck off Beaks, I'd sooner have a new Ghostbusters movie than ANOTHER superhero movie.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:30:46 PM CDT

    yes but you are now all more aware of NYPL's crisis

    by wickedjacob

    So, uh, mission accomplished.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:30:49 PM CDT

    The black guy thought he was bustin up a KKK rally!

    by snake foreskin

    That was one of the most pitiful excuses for humor I have ever seen. I hope the NYPL didn't pay for these ass-clowns. No wonder they charge so much for overdue book fines!

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  • May 18, 2010 2:31:36 PM CDT

    Fake GB music = fail

    by vadakinx

    That music was annoying as hell. Would have preferred the real thing, which they obviously couldn't get permission to use, in which case they should have just kept the raw sound from the library so we could hear reactions.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:32:45 PM CDT

    Wait, in order to protest budget cuts, they paid these fools?

    by snake foreskin

    How ironic. And pitiful.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:35:17 PM CDT

    Dude, NYPL's goin' broke b/c they pay for shit like this!

    by snake foreskin

    By the way, the guy mouthing "What The Fuck" when the ghost sits down next to him is probably the only funny thing in the whole damn video. No-talent college-age ass-clown improv-fags!

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  • May 18, 2010 2:39:35 PM CDT

    I have that same ghost costume at home

    by bathman

    My dad has one too but his is red not white

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  • May 18, 2010 2:40:33 PM CDT

    Fuck "yawn" and "sigh".

    by theguilty1

    Fuck it straight to Hell.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:43:00 PM CDT

    so... if we are doing "skit video" articles

    by yourstepdaddy

    ...can I start promoting my old skits at youtube? huh huh? ill even send ya a ticket to our screening!

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  • May 18, 2010 2:43:09 PM CDT

    "GET 'ER!"

    by nice marmot

  • May 18, 2010 2:43:18 PM CDT

    What's Allie Sheady doing there???

    by dangerdave

  • May 18, 2010 2:44:21 PM CDT

    funny, but...

    by darth_hideous

    it looked like the freakin KLAN invaded the library

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  • May 18, 2010 2:45:11 PM CDT

    maybe i should recreate a scene...

    by yourstepdaddy

    ...from Crank when Statham is bonin the girl in Chinatown... i shouldnt get arrested for creating art, right?

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  • May 18, 2010 2:45:56 PM CDT

    another scene i should do...

    by yourstepdaddy

    ...next time im on a plane, recreate the scene in Final Destination after he wakes up and freaks out about his premonition...

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  • May 18, 2010 2:47:09 PM CDT

    No Tooth Fairy 2 news?

    by shaw

    I'm out of here

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  • May 18, 2010 2:51:34 PM CDT

    Surprsed that people didn't catch on when the ghost came in

    by rplocke

    Did they think it was going to be a Ghost Hunters promo?

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  • May 18, 2010 2:52:16 PM CDT

    Beaks STOP

    by dangerdave

    There is no that quota you have to fill. Stop posting shit.

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  • May 18, 2010 2:59:39 PM CDT

    Well you can believe Mr. Pecker...

    by dickjones

    Or you can accept the fact that Ghostbusters 3 IS FINALLY going to happen.

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  • May 18, 2010 3:10:42 PM CDT

    I wasn't sure about this vid....

    by bootskin

    ..but I looked over at Kurt Russel, and he was laughing, so it was okay...

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  • May 18, 2010 3:12:43 PM CDT

    No books?

    by jmh1973

    One of the largest and oldest public libraries in the country and not one person can be seen reading a damn book. Since people do not read as much as they used to, libraries are forced to get people in the door anyway they can. Their only answer: free internet. What are these people looking up? Probably useless garbage like this video. At the very least, this idiocy redeems Ghostbusters 2.

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  • May 18, 2010 3:17:41 PM CDT

    ghost = burka

    by adzonvonmelk

    according to the news, these aint no ghosts, these are people, living in an islamic society and they cannot express their own personality as a woman and are forced to wear that burka to hide their feminity by the machistic patriarches, leading their country. ... or something.... seriously: its A BIT FUNNY. ... made me smile... sorta "bad joke"-smile...

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  • May 18, 2010 3:20:44 PM CDT

    Better than Ghostbusters 2

    by fiester

    But so is gum on your shoe.

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  • May 18, 2010 3:22:40 PM CDT

    Not their best stunt, but still ok

    by maingrid

    The mall musical one & frozen grand central station would have been amazing to see first person

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  • May 18, 2010 3:30:03 PM CDT

    Shut the fuck up...

    by sicuv uyall

    EEEEVERYONE!!!!

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  • May 18, 2010 3:39:40 PM CDT

    I liked at the end when they revealed who the ghost were

    by bathman

    it was nice of murry, akroyd and ramis to done the sheets

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  • May 18, 2010 3:41:59 PM CDT

    Beaks broke the story

    by montessaurus

  • May 18, 2010 3:44:54 PM CDT

    winston gotta eat

    by cool_britannia79

  • May 18, 2010 3:45:13 PM CDT

    It's Gary Oldman's character in Hannibal at 2:19

    by ricarleite2

    And I HATE when some scene or show wants to spoof something else, and they don't have the rights for the original music and have to create a fake, cheap imitation. I HATE this.

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  • May 18, 2010 3:49:50 PM CDT

    They should have thrown slime over everyone

    by rplocke

    Now THAT'S a video.

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  • May 18, 2010 3:53:48 PM CDT

    So I hope no Muslims think this was a political joke!

    by impossibledreamers

    Or worse... any KKK'ers get ticked!

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  • May 18, 2010 3:56:29 PM CDT

    "Phew! Not Islamist terrorists after all!"

    by ray gamma

    Guy at 2:51 feels foolish at having shat his pants in a public library.

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  • May 18, 2010 3:57:12 PM CDT

    Ghostbuster 3 news? Danners gonna be disappointed.

    by i_shot_cyrus

  • May 18, 2010 3:58:40 PM CDT

    Should've re-enacted CUNTBUSTERS...

    by burnhollywood

    Weirder shit's probably happened in the NYPL...
    http://tinyurl.com/2blg4hy

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  • May 18, 2010 4:02:43 PM CDT

    What Will Lost actually answer?

    by the colonel

    Not many of these questions, I'm guessing: http://bit.ly/bZBTRQ

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  • May 18, 2010 4:08:33 PM CDT

    Improv Everywhere has done better

    by hoichitheearless

    This stunt was pretty weak, but they've done much better stunts before:http://tinyurl.com/2tfgkphttp://tinyurl.com/2lp9kahttp://tinyurl.com/6pn4jl

    They could stand to do a better job documenting their stunts (yeah, the fake GB music is brutal) but the videos aren't the point, it's about breaking up the grind of daily public life with random public performances. I'd love to be at the right place at the right time to witness some of their stunts.

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  • May 18, 2010 4:10:27 PM CDT

    It would have been better with someone in a huge Slimer costume.

    by gibsonusa returns

    Just one big styrofoam Slimer running around the aisles, instead of the sheet ghosts.

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  • May 18, 2010 4:15:06 PM CDT

    Fanboys are too cynical for their own good

    by frozen01

    It was fun, c'mon. I especially like how a library patron moved his stuff out of the way to let the ghost sit down. Barely batted an eyelash, like he sees people dressed up in sheets every day :)

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  • May 18, 2010 4:16:21 PM CDT

    no subject

    by thedannerdaliel

    I waiting for actual Ghostbusters news..... to disappoint me.......

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  • May 18, 2010 4:27:26 PM CDT

    Aw, the patrons thought it was "cute"...

    by burnhollywood

    Should've played out like that Remi Gaillard Pac-Man video the site posted last week, where they're starting to seriously piss people off with their "antics" and they're visibly losing their shit. Those French bastards were truly in the zone...

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  • May 18, 2010 4:40:06 PM CDT

    Dude at 1:10

    by icetitan

    "What, the, fuck?"

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  • May 18, 2010 4:44:06 PM CDT

    no subject

    by cobra--kai

    "Improv Everywhere has done better... it's about breaking up the grind of daily public life with random public performances."
    Um, nope. It's about getting paid. According to this the New York Library *contracted' Improv Theatre to perform this stunt. A PR exercise for which they were probably paid very well.
    I'd like to say they earned their money but personally I thought it was weak sauce.

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  • May 18, 2010 4:47:24 PM CDT

    no subject

    by cobra--kai

    Between this video and the TALES OF THE ANCIENT EMPIRE aicn is doing all it can to lower the bar so deep into the shit you'll need a shovel to find it.

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  • May 18, 2010 4:49:54 PM CDT

    It would have been good if the actual Ray Stantz walked in.

    by gibsonusa returns

    The actual Ray chasing a huge Slimer around would have been interesting.

    The prob here is not people being negative, its that its too much "been there, done that"...there are a million vids like this on yutube already.

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  • May 18, 2010 4:51:38 PM CDT

    Are you, Alice, menstruating right now?

    by rplocke

  • May 18, 2010 5:01:05 PM CDT

    Blue Polos at Buy more was better

    by adelai niska

    One of those guys should have screamed "get her!" before they fanend out.

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  • May 18, 2010 5:04:24 PM CDT

    So Ernie Hudson just called..

    by axl z

    Said he gotta eat..

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  • May 18, 2010 5:10:43 PM CDT

    In a 3 and 1/2 minute clip...

    by kid idioteque

    ...you'd think they could come up with ONE laugh, right??? Wrong.

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  • May 18, 2010 5:17:19 PM CDT

    This is not insider movie news -

    by daggor

    This is a cheap video of some dickheads in sheets and GB costumes they bought at Wallgreens. If I'm correct, those are the inflatable proton packs they are sporting.

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  • May 18, 2010 5:19:29 PM CDT

    Actual Ghost Busters 3 clips!!!!

    by mistergreen

    Yeah, their budget isn't very big.

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  • May 18, 2010 5:37:00 PM CDT

    yeah 50 bucks says everyone in that library thought..

    by eddiemurphyslaugh

    Those were muslim women and the place was about to go up..lol

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  • May 18, 2010 5:37:48 PM CDT

    Why use crappy immitation music...

    by judge dredds fresh undies

    when theyre wearing the GB symbol which is presumably a breach of copyright like using the actual music would be.
    Also, I hate to be a, erm, hater but that really was shit, as Kid Idioteque said, not even one laugh.

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  • May 18, 2010 5:38:00 PM CDT

    Saluteyourshorts

    by peanutbutterslut

    Your tb name reminded me to remind everyone else that if your around my age (mid/late twenties) then you should google salute your shorts (the nickoldeon show) and watch it again, for nostalgia. Ye shall be rewarded if you do. Show still holds up. Man I wanted to bone that ZZ chick when I was like 13, LOL. And I think I jacked it to Alex Mack more than once too. There was implied nudity in the shows opening, remember? That's all I needed (back then LOLOLO)

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  • May 18, 2010 5:39:01 PM CDT

    AND PETE AND PETE

    by peanutbutterslut

    Artie was on meth, I finally realize now.................

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  • May 18, 2010 5:40:47 PM CDT

    "I'm Artie, the stronegst ma......

    by peanutbutterslut

    ....*takes hit on meth pipe*...aaan in the world"

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  • May 18, 2010 5:42:17 PM CDT

    I want a "Intervention" special on Artie

    by peanutbutterslut

  • May 18, 2010 5:44:13 PM CDT

    Dr. Drew:

    by peanutbutterslut

    "Artie, you can't be the strongest man in the world forever. Eventually,, you will have to stop smoking meth and molesting red headed boys. With some therapy, you may have a chance for recovery."

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  • May 18, 2010 5:49:29 PM CDT

    I DONT CARE WHAT ANY OF YOU GUYS THINK

    by yourbigpalal83

    but i want a ghostbusters 3 god dam it! it be nice to sit down at one last ghostbusters movie in theaters before i die!

    and even if i die before a part 3 ill come back as a ghost just to watch it!

    SO MAKE IT ALLREADY!

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  • May 18, 2010 5:49:50 PM CDT

    New York fucking City

    by m_reporter

    Love this town.

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  • May 18, 2010 5:50:23 PM CDT

    Should have shot silly string at the ghosts.

    by outlawsdelejos

    Was great up until they had nothing to do but jog around.

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  • May 18, 2010 5:56:09 PM CDT

    IF NO GHOSTBUSTERS NEWS, DON'T WASTE TIME

    by transhuman

    Put something up when there is actually news.

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  • May 18, 2010 5:57:42 PM CDT

    I'm sorry...

    by bkirckof

    But that was the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

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  • May 18, 2010 5:58:08 PM CDT

    Good news, Mr. Gray

    by feralangel

    If Hollywood is gonna bring back stuff popular in the '80's, I'd rather it bring back Ghostbusters rather than those fucking Muppets. At least with Ghostbusters, all the principals are still alive and kicking (no wrong-sounding Ghostbusters thank god).

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  • May 18, 2010 6:02:13 PM CDT

    Good idea, but very badly implemented. Seriously.

    by v'shael

  • May 18, 2010 6:20:24 PM CDT

    Give us Ghostbusters 3!!!!

    by performingmonkey

    Everyone is going to go see this movie, and I mean EVERYONE. My ass is already in the seat waiting for the first reel to start rolling!! There are sooo many Ghostbusters fans out there this really is a no-brainer for a greenlight. Get this thing moving!!!

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  • May 18, 2010 6:21:46 PM CDT

    That one guy at the end, I swear he's thinking..

    by gotilk

    "thank god, they weren't Jihadis after all". By the look on his face. "Boy, those are some huge birkas. Does this library carry Christopher Hitchens? Hmm.."

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  • May 18, 2010 6:28:16 PM CDT

    not one laugh? thats way a lot of people

    by ominus

    in the library were laughing and applauding them at the end?
    oh i forgot.the difference is those people do have a life and can appreciate some things which spice up their routine...

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  • May 18, 2010 6:43:12 PM CDT

    Going down the steps, that guy really...

    by moonlightdrive

    looked like Egon.

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  • May 18, 2010 6:44:05 PM CDT

    Closing a book is the big action shot?! hahahahahahahahahaha

    by moonlightdrive

  • May 18, 2010 6:44:56 PM CDT

    Why is the guy at the end in the white...

    by moonlightdrive

    t-shirt laughing so much?!?!?!?!

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  • May 18, 2010 6:47:31 PM CDT

    DORKbusters

    by little beavis

    Wow, what nerds.

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  • May 18, 2010 6:49:56 PM CDT

    Cobra--Kai

    by hoichitheearless

    Okay, I know the internet taught you you are supposed to be a hipster cynic when it comes to everything. But the internet forget to tell you to actually know what you are talking about for flipping out the hipster cynic shtick. Like, say, finding out a little something about IE. They've been around for a decade have only recently gotten well known enough to get contacted by institutions, and when they do get contacted, they are always straightforward about it (which, BTW, is the only reason YOU know the NYPL contacted them). Also, the internet forgot to tell you that public libraries aren't the type of institutions that lend itself to hipster cyncism. ("Oooh, those evil soulless librarians letting the public read books for free..." see... doesn't really work). But hey, keep working on it and the shtick might one day seem authentic.

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  • May 18, 2010 6:52:42 PM CDT

    And to reiterate

    by hoichitheearless

    This stunt was pretty lame. Okay idea, very bad execution, very bad video with awful music. But with apologies to hipster cynics everywhere, I point out that they've done better stuff before.

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  • May 18, 2010 7:09:37 PM CDT

    Well that's it for me guys, time for raping and killing

    by takingscorpioscalls

    i'm throwing in the towel to life. 2012 FTW cuz... this is the gayest shit imaginable. The ghosts nonchalantly walk arond hur hur and then some fucks just run around and chase them.

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  • May 18, 2010 7:20:13 PM CDT

    Remi Gaillard

    by detectivesoap

    they ain't.

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  • May 18, 2010 7:22:33 PM CDT

    WHERE'S THE DIO TRIBUTE?

    by stereotypical evil archer

  • May 18, 2010 7:22:34 PM CDT

    HoichiTheEarless

    by gotilk

    I see ZIIIING! Does exist in this dojo. Ouch.

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  • May 18, 2010 7:33:19 PM CDT

    Gotta love the please don't sue us fake music...

    by henrydalton

    Well, no... you don't.

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  • May 18, 2010 8:13:10 PM CDT

    Did I bust a gut laughing?

    by james_camera_on

    No, but I smiled a lot and I appreciate the homage to one of the great opening scenes in the history of movies. Thanks, I needed that.

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  • May 18, 2010 8:26:46 PM CDT

    Smokie STILL not Locke.

    by jimbojones123

    Do the characters even watch this show? Quit dumbing down.

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  • May 18, 2010 9:11:47 PM CDT

    Theres a pacman video

    by bass ackwards

    It wasn't Improv Everywhere, but it was still funny, probably just cause it was so frenetic. IE has done some funny stuff though (always liked their Starbucks timeloop), but this seemed kind of lazy, and I"m not super sure what it does to remind people how great the NYPL is." Oh well.

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  • May 18, 2010 10:09:33 PM CDT

    Improv Everywhere = unfunny douchebags

    by galactic

    "Oooh look at us, we're in the subway, WITHOUT PANTS! We stand still in public places for no fucking reason! Aren't we edgy?!?"

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  • May 18, 2010 10:09:37 PM CDT

    God that was shit

    by ballyhoo

    It reminded me of those Mega64 videos, where some guys would go in public and recreate video game stuff. They were shit, too.

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  • May 18, 2010 10:16:09 PM CDT

    I'm thinking "Be Kind Rewind" myself

    by outsidechance

    That was pretty sweded, if you know what I mean.

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  • May 18, 2010 10:22:36 PM CDT

    I emailed harry...

    by enemygateisdown

    I sat with Harold Ramis on a recent flight. All he said was that he was looking at a 2012 release date.

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  • May 18, 2010 10:42:26 PM CDT

    MiB III

    by fiester

    Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement has been set to play the villainous Yaz in Men in Black III.

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  • May 18, 2010 10:55:48 PM CDT

    shut the hell up, you soulless douchebags

    by drave117

    Beaks didn't say "HEY GUYS THIS IS THE COOLEST NEWS EVER!" He didn't even say it had anything to do with Ghostbusters 3. He said IN THE FIRST SENTENCE that this is a sort-of-fun video he only posted because it has been a slow news day. I watched the video, and I feel that it was very accurately represented. It has been a very slow news day. And that video was sort-of-fun. It made me smile. Clearly it made a whole bunch of people at the library smile. And it was for a good cause. I think I speak for everyone WORTH LISTENING TO when I say "Beaks, that was pretty cute, and it brightened my day a little bit. Thanks for sharing it!"

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  • May 18, 2010 11:13:41 PM CDT

    HAROLD RAMIS JUST APOLOGIZED FOR GB3

    by rplocke

  • May 18, 2010 11:20:50 PM CDT

    That's awesome

    by crispin_glovers_acid_flashback

    I love New York.

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  • May 19, 2010 12:25:42 AM CDT

    wow that really sucked!

    by darwinmayflower

    even worse than GB2!

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  • May 19, 2010 12:26:07 AM CDT

    Why do they have their uniforms?

    by connor225

    And why is Winston there? That is in no way movie accurate. The library scene was before they were even officially the Ghost Busters. I know they needed the uniforms for people to know who they were supposed to be, but why pick a scene that didn't have them?

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  • May 19, 2010 12:53:52 AM CDT

    What Would Heisenberg Do???

    by broseph

  • May 19, 2010 1:13:00 AM CDT

    Connor225

    by rplocke

    I thought of that but maybe it's long after the movies, and there's another ghost at the library? There's always ghosts around.

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  • May 19, 2010 3:15:52 AM CDT

    tinyurl.com/chn8g9

    by gorgomel

    much better dont you think

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  • May 19, 2010 3:20:37 AM CDT

    This

    by sai_justin

    Is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. WTF, Beaks?

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  • May 19, 2010 3:22:11 AM CDT

    Cynicism does not exist in this dojo

    by cobra--kai

    HoichiTheEarless, thank you for your summation but I think you miss the key point.
    Improv Theater aren't 'contacted' by institutions - they are 'contracted' by institutions.
    The difference here is money. I don't want to state the obvious but in this new era of advertising PR Stunts, leftfield events, meme creations, have become massively important. A good 'stunt' can be distributed and propagated via the usual means (email, facebook, twitter, social networking - and yes AINTITCOOLNEWS.COM).
    So my point is don't think those ten 'actors' (four as ghosts, four as ghostbusters, and at least two hidden in the audience to get fake reaction shots and lead the 'spontaneous' applause at the end) are just doing it for a laugh.
    They are doing it because they have been paid, and probably extremely well. My point is that they didn't do much to earn their money. Jog a lap round the room and then back outside. Like another tb'er said - not even silly string or shining a powerful torch at the ghosts. It was unimaginative and yes - imho as a 'cynical hipster' unfunny.
    If you thought it was hilarious good for you - but in your next post you seem to be arguing with yourself by saying it was 'pretty lame'. So next time you defend something by attacking another tb'er show a little more conviction - or you'll get pwned.

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  • May 19, 2010 3:29:30 AM CDT

    Connor225

    by crooooooow

    They had to be instantly recognizable thus the uniforms. It was set in the library because that's who hired them: the NY Public Library. They could always say they were acting out a scene from the videogame. That has a level where they return to the library.

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  • May 19, 2010 4:58:30 AM CDT

    Cobra--Kai you are wrong

    by ominus

    i strongly believe that they were told by the Public Library who hired them,that their act should be quiet and discreet and not cause any kind of problem to the people who were in the Library at that time.
    after all ,it is a Library with people there doing their work and without knowing anything about the forthcoming event.in fact from what i have seen in the video,not even the security guard must knew about the event.if you suddenly enter the Library and start disturbing everyone there by doing a complicated,"loud" act,then you fail to achieve the purpose for which you had been hired from the start.
    and the proof for that is the video with the REMI GAILLARD Pacman.it might look funny for us,but it was not funny at all for the people there.compare their reactions with the reaction of the people in the Library.
    in other words the guys achieved what they were hired to do: an event which gave some laughs to the people who were in the Library without disturbing them while achieve the Library ultimate goal: to make their financial problems known to the public.they did a great job.

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  • May 19, 2010 5:47:06 AM CDT

    Imagination does not exist in this dojo

    by cobra--kai

    I'm wrong? Guess, there could be a first time for everything...
    I don't get from your post what i'm wrong about tho?
    I agree it's highly likely that Improv Theater were given instructions not to do a "loud" act. But I still maintain that what they did do was unimaginative, unfunny and a very easy way to pick up a big payday.
    Four guys with white sheets sit down. Four other guys dressed as Ghostbusters walk in. The 8 of them then jog slowly round the room and out the exit. You think that was good? You think that was the best a theater group could come up with?
    How about a ghost smearing 'slime' on one of the ghostbusters? How about a teensy bit of choreography so the 4 ghosts ended up in the middle of the room with the ghostbusters trapping them from all four sides? How about shining torches at them or stretching black & yellow hazard tape around the ghosts to symbolise they have been 'trapped' as per the movie? In 60 seconds i've come up with simple cheap ideas to make the stunt better - why didn't Improv Theater think of those things?
    You think Improv Theater did "a great job" - I'm glad they impressed you. Myself (and most of the other talkbackers in this thread) thought it was weak.

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  • May 19, 2010 6:16:21 AM CDT

    wanted to like this

    by robertplant

    I really did. But it's fucking stupid. Not funny. I'd be embarassed if I was anyone that had anything to do with this. Looks like a bunch of plumbers rounding up Klan members.

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  • May 19, 2010 6:48:00 AM CDT

    silly KKK...

    by mamboman

    ....there's no black people at the library...

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  • May 19, 2010 7:10:15 AM CDT

    viral videos=played out and not creative

    by alienindisguise

    it's like a master painter having a nearly finished piece and a non artist adds a brush stroke to it. LAME

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  • May 19, 2010 7:54:17 AM CDT

    If men in sheets showed up at my library

    by abominable snowcone

    I'd be the hell out of there for fear it was about to explode.

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  • May 19, 2010 8:35:15 AM CDT

    I'd definitely read more books if

    by feralangel

    ..shit like that happened at my local library. Come on, guys, it was fun. People at the scene seemed to enjoy it. And god knows the people of New York could use a laugh about now. Lighten up.

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  • May 19, 2010 9:11:53 AM CDT

    Pretty much the epitome of LAME!

    by return_of_fett

    I mean, they didn't even do anything! Those costumes are so fucking SAD! It looks like that one guy tries to fuck the ghost with his gun-thing! (I don't remember what they are called). It's clear they just said "I know, you guys go wander around the library, then we'll come in and chase you!", and that was the extent of their plan! SOOOO fucking stupid! What a complete waste of time. I mean, shoot silly string at the ghosts or SOMETHING! Don't just run around like morons and run out the fucking door!

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  • May 19, 2010 9:41:04 AM CDT

    DREAMS FEEL REAL WHILE WE ARE IN THEM

    by richard_gere_raped_my_gerbil

  • May 19, 2010 9:41:47 AM CDT

    IT'S ONLY WHEN WE WAKE UP THAT WE REALIZE

    by richard_gere_raped_my_gerbil

  • May 19, 2010 9:42:20 AM CDT

    SOMETHING WAS ACTUALLY STRANGE

    by richard_gere_raped_my_gerbil

  • May 19, 2010 10:19:29 AM CDT

    Reading comprehension does not exist in this dojo

    by hoichitheearless

    The only post you responded to had the subject header "IE has done better" and yet you think I'm arguing with myself by stating this was a lame stunt? Are you deliberately not understanding something that simple to save yourself the burden of not having to admit you stuck your foot in your ass? Or are you so down on libraries because you've never been to one? Problem is here you have decided you know all about how this group operates from watching one stunt and you haven't bothered to spend a minute on google to see how it holds up. Let me save you the time... it doesn't. One time IE sent 80 people into a Best Buy wearing blue polo shirts and khakis. The employees thought it was an elaborate heist and called the police. The police had to hang around for a while until they told the management they could do nothing about it if no laws were being broken. Now I imagine you are theorizing that it was some kind of publicity stunt organized by Best Buy. So why would a big corporation participate in something that panics their employees and results in the time of the NYPD being wasted? Improv Everywhere has been doing this sort of thing for years... often without the permission of any authority. Sure, sometimes they have permission and sometimes they are invited. And yes, they've done elaborate stunts for television and have been paid for those. But go down a list of their stunts and come up with a theory about how they were paid for each of them. Fact is they haven't been paid for the majority of them. They'd probably performed over 50 stunts before they got paid for any. They sometimes get hundreds of people to participate in stunts. Those people aren't getting paid. At some point you got to acknowledge there might be a motive other than money. Perhaps they actually do what they do for the reasons they state they do, and that is to entertain people by creating "scenes" in public... to give them a story to tell to people. I know, I know, the Hipster Cynic's Manual of Style states people don't do things for simple reasons like that. Sorry.

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  • May 19, 2010 10:24:39 AM CDT

    "Looks like a bunch of plumbers

    by larry sellers

    rounding up Klan members." HAHAH!

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  • May 19, 2010 10:45:53 AM CDT

    That was terrible. Fuck my username

    by _venkman

    no jk venkman 4ever

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  • May 19, 2010 10:49:21 AM CDT

    fake ghostbusters= too tall. shakey cam= fail.

    by alice133

    fake hudson = too fat.practical live effects = uber lame.

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  • May 19, 2010 11:56:50 AM CDT

    Viral videos are not as cool as you think

    by starrynight

    I know that anyone over the age of 23 still thinks the internet is novel, because they're just figuring out how it works now, but no one with a brain in their head enjoys this sort of thing.

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  • May 19, 2010 12:34:51 PM CDT

    Viral does not exist in this dojo

    by cobra--kai

    Earless, you really live up to your name... cos you need to LISTEN. The way you're jumping to their defense of Improv Theater anyone'd think you're a fucking shareholder.
    I will make this simple for you...
    Is Improv Theater a 'not for profit organization'?
    No? - Then pls fuck off with your nonsense that they're just doing it to spread sunshine and rainbows around the world and make people smile.
    Go back to forwarding 'hilarious' virals to everyone in your contact list little boy. This site's for film fans.

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  • May 19, 2010 12:46:52 PM CDT

    However, I did look up Improv Everywhere on Youtube...

    by return_of_fett

    And watched two "scenes" they created, Food Court: The Musical and Grand central Station. Both were pretty amusing.

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  • May 19, 2010 12:55:10 PM CDT

    Cobra--Kai

    by hoichitheearless

    You think I'd have a username like "Hoichi The Earless" if I wasn't a film fan? Test those google skills out, sparky. Anyway I don't think I ought to be cast as a defender of IE for simply pointing out the idiocy of your rebuttal to my comment and your hipster refusal to acquire any sort of context before forming an opinion. IE is hit and miss. They've done lame stunts and some pretty clever ones. But it's pretty damn obvious to anyone whose spent a second looking into them that they don't profit from their stunts. That is, if you have some common sense. And with that, I will spend no more time trying to free you from wallowing in your ignorant faux-cynicism.

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  • May 19, 2010 12:57:47 PM CDT

    Yeah, that was pretty lame

    by bumlove

    I'm sure they edited out all the reactions of people in the library rolling their eyes and shaking their head at the lameness of it all while trying to read or study. That said, that library is a must see spot for anyone visiting New York. The energy in the place is vibrant.

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  • May 19, 2010 1:20:08 PM CDT

    no subject

    by cobra--kai

    *sighs* I repeat, is Improv Theater a 'not for profit organization'?
    ...and I get a vague and messy reply "it's pretty damn obvious to anyone whose spent a second looking into them that they don't profit from their stunts. That is, if you have some common sense."
    Incidentally Earless, your reply wasn't just vague and messy it was also factually incorrect. Improv Everywhere are selling their books, selling their dvd's, doing tv gigs, and hiring themselves out for corporate gigs. Sounds pretty obvious that someone's making a profit. That is if you have common sense.
    Pwned and pwned. You lost my earless friend. Pls keep your word and don't return to try and salvage a last shred of crediblity.

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  • May 19, 2010 1:45:42 PM CDT

    Are these the same folks that did the MC Hammer

    by orcus

    dance in a clothing store? That was hysterical. Walking around with in your underwear out on the trains in middle of winter was idiotic. Bring back the MTA pole dancers Orcus says! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVtfprwKN_0

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  • May 19, 2010 2:15:20 PM CDT

    those costumes are obviously store bought halloween costumes

    by six demon bag

    go fuck yerself FETT

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  • May 19, 2010 3:18:30 PM CDT

    6 Demon Douchebag

    by return_of_fett

    You win the NO FUCKIN' DUH award!Oh, did you think you were providing much needed insight? As usual, every time you think you have somethign to contribute, it's probably best if you just shut the fuck up and go back to masturbating to your mother's prom pictures.

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  • May 19, 2010 3:20:00 PM CDT

    Gee, I wonder how long it will take 6 Demon Colostomy Bag....

    by return_of_fett

    To bring up Batman? See, he's about 75% retarded, so he can only really think about 1 or 2 subjects to talk about. The predominating one is Batman. Think I'm kidding? Just watch...

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  • May 19, 2010 4:41:50 PM CDT

    GB3 will be great.

    by plantman

    everyone will see it. It will make a lot of money. Greatest movie ever in all time.

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  • May 19, 2010 4:43:24 PM CDT

    "Looks like a bunch of plumbers rounding up Klan members."

    by takingscorpioscalls

  • May 19, 2010 6:10:40 PM CDT

    Cobra--Kai you are wrong about

    by ominus

    misjudging the guys and their sketch without having the slightest idea of what was the agreement between them and the Library about how they will make the sketch.
    You yourself have a lot of cool ideas about how to make the sketch funnier but you dont know if they were going to get approved by the Library.They are the ones who pay you,they are the ones who will decide how your sketch should be.thats my point.

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  • May 19, 2010 9:02:36 PM CDT

    The Indian girl at 1:49 looks like she's be good in bed

    by grandmufftarkin

    Any girl so easily amused by this stunt must be able to suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.

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  • May 19, 2010 9:38:55 PM CDT

    admittedly, this wasn't their best sketch

    by drave117

    ImprovEverywhere are good people. Here is a sketch which is a much better representation of what they are about: http://tinyurl.com/5qdhth

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  • May 20, 2010 1:53:11 AM CDT

    Ghostbusters?

    by majorfrontbum

    Ghostbusters was complete fucking crap. You may think it's classic, but let me tell you buddy, it was a steaming pile of horse shit!

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  • May 20, 2010 3:27:21 AM CDT

    I was going to say theres too much

    by misnomer

    cynicism on this talkback, that was, until I watched the video.

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