Improv Everywhere: asking random New Yorkers to give a commencement speech
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1HXRK)
The fun-loving stunters of Improv Everywhere staged a fabulous stunt in New York City's Bryant Park: they set up a crowd of "grads" in caps and gowns with a stage and a podium, then sent the "dean" out into the park to beg randos to step in and serve as emergency commencement speakers, filling in for a last-minute cancellation. (more")