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    Prank Musical Uses 7 Secret, Joystick-Controlled Cameras to Capture the Magic

    2,000 People All Silently Take Instructions From the Same MP3

    Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad

    Improv Everywhere Creates Epic Balloon Battles Using MP3 Players

    ImprovEverywhere Uses 700 Cameras to Make a Flash Wave Across the Brooklyn Bridge

    Best Buy Invaded By Legion Of Blue-Shirted Pranksters
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    11/06/09

    In reply to Prank Musical Uses 7 Secret, Joystick-Controlled Cameras to Capture the Magic
    What, no drunk Ewoks? Anyone happen to grab any of those cameras? I could use some more. #pranks
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    11/06/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat: Seriously! Drunk Ewoks are my favorite meal for lunch. #pranks
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    Xeno was starred Xeno was unstarred
    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    06/15/09

    In reply to 2,000 People All Silently Take Instructions From the Same MP3
    is that michelle obama at 4:22!?!?! hahaha i honestly thought that!
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    Sir Gibler was starred Sir Gibler was unstarred
    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    06/15/09

    @Sir Gibler: No
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    06/15/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: watched it again, she doesnt have the same facial structure of michelle/a gorilla
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    Image of elementary elementary
    06/15/09

    @Sir Gibler: Well, you've already managed to work in, "all black people look alike" and then, "black people look like apes". Anything else you'd like to add? Perhaps next you could assume this person is on welfare?
     Reply
    elementary was starred elementary was unstarred
    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    06/15/09

    @Sir Gibler: WTF?
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    robinandtami was starred robinandtami was unstarred
    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    06/15/09

    @elementary: no, michelle obama is just very ugly. youve managed to fit into the "you hate obama so youre a racist" stereotype very quickly though
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    Image of v0ice v0ice
    06/15/09

    @Sir Gibler: You've managed to fit into the anonymous internet racist stereotype even more quickly. You trolled, got called out on it, and then cried about it. I guess you're just a sad sub-human.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    06/15/09

    @v0ice: no. i compared michelle obama's face to that of a gorilla. i was told that was racist. i said no. then was told I'm a racist, again. I know I'm not a racist, so I win.
     Reply
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/15/09

    @Sir Gibler: Your definition of winning is maybe the lowest bar a human being has ever set for themselves.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/15/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Which, ironically, is probably also winning by your definition.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    06/15/09

    In reply to 2,000 People All Silently Take Instructions From the Same MP3
    Speaking of everyone getting together and doing the same thing at the same time...


    ..this Gawker Hybrid thing is kind of badass.


    (Fine, the segue sucked - insert your own "tj" tags as you wish.)

     Reply
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/15/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Is it a BloodCopy hybrid?
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Seiven Seiven
    02/06/09

    In reply to Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad
    What does a virus do? It replicates and spreads, adapting and evolving to spread faster. Viral marketing is meant to be something that can spread easily...just by pissing people off and not giving credit to Improv Everywhere it has accomplished it's goal. You have shown it to millions of Gizmodites who would not have seen it otherwise, and through reading this others will look up Improv Everywhere and ultimately they will get a spike in viewings on their website...so even though this was motivated by hate for Sony you have driven people to view both videos.


    On another note, Viruses, most of the time, attack an unwanting or unwilling host. You have been infected. :P

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    Seiven was starred Seiven was unstarred
    Image of Snapper Snapper
    02/06/09

    In reply to Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad
    Do you hate Sony That Much?
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    Snapper was starred Snapper was unstarred
    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/06/09

    @Snapper: There is every reason in the world to hate Sony that much. For this, and oh so much more.


    I strongly suspect that folks who work for Sony doing marketing, focus group studies and customer support have very pronounced sensations of cognitive dissonance. Either that, or they are robots who don't follow Isaac Asimov's three rules.

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    BeautifulAgony was starred BeautifulAgony was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/06/09

    In reply to Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad
    Here's a Sony commercial everyone can enjoy:


    Michael Madsen dances dances around a cop duct-taped to a chair, and to the sound of "Stuck in the Middle with You", he methodically slices off the ear of his victim, and proceeds to douse him in gasoline.


    camera pans left to show the Sony Walkman, hooked up to a Sony soundsystem.


    "Sony: We make every occasion just right"

     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of 10:02am 10:02am
    02/06/09

    In reply to Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad
    I like how some people are taking pictures of the Improv Everywhere stunt... as if a still photo would be able to reveal anything out of the ordinary
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    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    02/06/09

    @10:02am: It would if you used a tripod and a long exposure.
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    Ed Grabianowski was starred Ed Grabianowski was unstarred
    Image of ghackett ghackett
    02/06/09

    In reply to Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad
    Fair Use goes both ways. It looks like it was inspired by, not ripped off.
     Reply
    ghackett was starred ghackett was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/06/09

    @ghackett: We don't mind if it was inspired, but to claim that theirs was original is something else.
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    Image of Nahnsense Nahnsense
    02/06/09

    In reply to Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad
    I actually saw these girls earlier in the day in the Sony Store on Fifth Ave. They were seriously creepy. Although this idea may have been ripped from somewhere it was not very similar to the Improv Everywhere act Mr. Frucci is talking about.


    All the girls were made up to look like mannequins. It wasn't a random freeze out.

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    02/06/09

    @Nahnsense: I agree with Nahnsense. There are similarities, but they are really very different. The Improv Everywhere was much cooler, and much more impactful.


    Sony has copied others' work in the past, and they rightly deserve to be chastised (and sued) for it, but this isn't one of those cases.

     Reply
    weatherman was starred weatherman was unstarred
    Image of Jestermeister Jestermeister
    02/06/09

    In reply to Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad
    Some people think its still creative when you are "inspired" by stuff others have already done.
     Reply
    Jestermeister was starred Jestermeister was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/06/09

    @jestermeister: But it's a courtesy to give credit where credit's due.
     Reply
    ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred
    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    02/06/09

    In reply to Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad
    Sony needs to fire their advertising team. Never before have I seen a company so out of touch with their demographic base...
     Reply
    Parapraxis was starred Parapraxis was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/06/09

    @Parapraxis: Why would they fire them? Clearly, they back up their marketing dept for doing this.
     Reply
    ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred
    Image of Earthslide Earthslide
    02/06/09

    In reply to Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad
    It's okay to copy. People copy people all the time ... watch, people will start copying each other by commenting on this ;)
     Reply
    Earthslide was starred Earthslide was unstarred
    Image of 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle
    02/06/09

    @Earthslide:

    It's okay to copy. People copy people all the time ... watch, people will start copying each other by commenting on this ;)
     Reply
    1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle was starred 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/06/09

    It's okay to copy. People copy people all the time ... watch, people will start copying each other by commenting on this.


    (with a wink to Earthslide)

     Reply
    bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/06/09

    @Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle:

    Dear Sir:


    You have stolen and infringed upon my joke. My legal department will be contacting you shortly.


    Have a good day.


    bosskev, Esq.

     Reply
    bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of Monty Monty
    02/06/09

    @Earthslide: It's not okay to copy. People do not copy people all the time ... do not watch, people will not start copying each other by commenting on this ;(
     Reply
    Monty was starred Monty was unstarred
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