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'Gotta Share' The Musical: Improv Everywhere Strikes Again At GEL Conference (VIDEO)

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First Posted: 05/10/11 02:26 PM ET Updated: 07/10/11 06:12 AM ET

Guerrilla improv troupe Improv Everywhere struck again last month at GEL Conference, the annual gathering of tech/social media/business voices in New York City.

With the help of GEL founder Mark Hurst, the covert entertainers pulled off one of their signature "Spontaneous Musicals" at the top of Twirlr founder John Reynolds' presentation. Just as he tells the audience to politely turn off their mobile devices, a man suddenly rises and begins singing about the audacity of the request.

In a matter of minutes, dozens of IE agents pop out of their seats and join the singing man, uniting their cries into a hilarious song about social media called "Gotta Share," much to the delight of the GEL attendees. Watch the mission unfold below, and Click over to Improv Everywhere to see how it was done. You'll see that the name "spontaneous musical" is actually kind of misleading due to the painstaking preparations these things require. How do they make it look so easy?

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Guerrilla improv troupe Improv Everywhere struck again last month at GEL Conference, the annual gathering of tech/social media/business voices in New York City. With the help of GEL founder Mark H...
Guerrilla improv troupe Improv Everywhere struck again last month at GEL Conference, the annual gathering of tech/social media/business voices in New York City. With the help of GEL founder Mark H...
 
 
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Jabandit
In vino veritas.
05:20 PM on 05/13/2011
so lame.
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poeticjustice4all
Past = Prologue
12:22 PM on 05/12/2011
Bad lyrics everywhere.
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StopCensoringMe
Aghast at the stupidity and bigotry
09:28 PM on 05/11/2011
That's a great way to intro that product. Well done.
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Alicia Westberry
college student & blogger
05:48 PM on 05/11/2011
This wasn't exactly "spontaneous", but it's still cute. ;)
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05:30 PM on 05/11/2011
Did you share it yet?
02:41 PM on 05/11/2011
I'm sure it was a nice respite for the audience
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django707
never let the truth get in the way of a good story
02:29 PM on 05/11/2011
There is absolutely no improvisation involved in this airheaded improv.
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db08
Embrace each moment, each day
02:18 PM on 05/11/2011
nice...
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BassguyGG
Former Moderate driven Left by eight years of Bush
02:16 PM on 05/11/2011
AWESOME!!!!
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StansDad
Guy who eats food
01:30 PM on 05/11/2011
I find the more novice musicals to be superior.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCJqAqHV7wU
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04:21 AM on 05/12/2011
pretty good...
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bolivare
IT'S SO FLUFFY!!
01:02 PM on 05/11/2011
Personally I found it cute and entertaining. Definitely a pick me up from reading crappy news all day.
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lizmckenzie55
You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow ...
07:30 PM on 05/11/2011
I hear you loud and clear on that (i.e., GOP) ... fanned from one liberal to another.
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Safire
greed is an incurable disease~~Saf
12:55 PM on 05/11/2011
Awesome!
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We Should Care
We Prefer the Truth, Please
12:47 PM on 05/11/2011
Absolutely loved it!
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HopeR
12:35 PM on 05/11/2011
Silly.
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CheapTrick
Them or Us.
12:34 PM on 05/11/2011
That wasn't spontaneous. Or Improv. Or funny.

There's few things more annoying than theater improv people who think they're 500 times funnier than they actually are.

Are some people's lives so boring that this kind of thing is actually a welcome distraction?
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MiddleMolly
Working to better the USA!
12:40 PM on 05/11/2011
Are some people so boring that they can't find any joy in cute, silly things?

"Spontaneouos improv" stuff is planned and rehearsed to just "erupt" out of nowhere.

If you don't like this kind of stuff, why did you bother to click on this article? Go do something else.
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CheapTrick
Them or Us.
12:44 PM on 05/11/2011
Because the link said it was a "spontaneous" musical which sounded interesting enough to see. But it was just another "watch us be funny by pretending to be normal people making fun of pop culture" bits.

Snore.
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bolivare
IT'S SO FLUFFY!!
12:54 PM on 05/11/2011
Sadly MiddleMolly, there are tons just like this guy. Apparently his life is so boring he has to click on links to complain about them. Yeesh.
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bolivare
IT'S SO FLUFFY!!
12:56 PM on 05/11/2011
Are some people's lives so boring that they have to click on links and then report on how boring they found them?