Improv Everywhere’s Silly Mannequin Stunt Gets Everybody Arrested

Improve Everywhere describes itself as a prank
collective. You may remember seeing YouTube videos of them doing
things like putting on a musical
at a food court (okay, that kind of stretches the boundaries of
“improv,” though) and starting the annual No
Pants Subway Ride, which some may enjoy for reasons having
nothing to do with humor.

For their latest stunt, they got 40
people to dress up like mannequins to contribute to the
modeling of fashions at The Gap on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. As
their video shows, the shoppers look amused and not remotely afraid
or concerned about folks wearing full body coverings to simulate
looking like mannequins. Security was not as amused and called 911
over the pretend dummies. Then the police came and arrested
everybody, providing a lovely image of pranksters dressed like
mannequins face down on the floor all over the store.

Improv Everywhere reports a happy ending, however. Once the
police found out what was going on, everybody was released and
allowed to leave. The cynic in me wonders if the video cameras
recording everything and the crowd that gathered to watch
contributed to the peaceful conclusion to the incident.

Watch below. Wouldn’t it be amusing to see a bunch of actors
dressed like cops go into a clothing store and try to arrest actual
mannequins? That stunt might not end quite as peacefully once the
police showed.