30 people throw a birthday party for a random stranger in a bar. The Improv Everywhere mission was filmed with cameras hidden behind two way mirrors, and the audio comes from hidden wireless microphones (both on their agents and hidden around the bar.) Found at YouTube from ImprovEverywhere.

A time lapse video of Julian Beever creating the Aveeno Fountain of Youth chalk drawing in Union Square. Found at YouTube from pavementpicasso via Huffington Post.

I’ve been watching HBO’s new series How to Make It in America, about two enterprising Brooklyn twenty somethings as they hustle their way through New York City’s fashion scene. I like it. Found at YouTube from HBO.

A video promotion for a health-food restaurant called The Pump. Found at YouTube from ThePumpNYC.

1,200 New Yorkers ride the subway without pants in a snow storm. Found at YouTube from ImprovEverywhere.

Think about this as you celebrate the holidays! Sugar-sweetened beverages add hundreds of calories to your diet each day. This PSA about the health dangers of sugary beverages has been running in New York City and relies heavily on the gross-out effect. Found at YouTube from DrinkingFat.

A 13-member handbell choir provided some unexpected accompaniment for a Salvation Army bell ringer on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. Found at YouTube from ImprovEverywhere via Improv Everywhere.

Black Friday 2009 in Brooklyn, New York at Target. The line was bananas; crowd stretched around the corner. Found at YouTube from DeStrormTV.

Improv Everywhere installed a photography studio on a random subway car. They claimed that the MTA had hired them to take photos of every single person who rides the subway and that they’d be producing a yearbook at the end of the year. Most people were happy to pose for them, and the resulting photos [...]

An explosion early Monday morning on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, possibly caused by a small bomb made from fireworks, destroyed a sidewalk bench and shattered windows in a Starbucks coffee shop. Found at YouTube.