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From pantless subway rides to invisible dogs, Improv Everywhere has orchestrated its fair share of stunts -- always bringing joy to the participating "agents" as well as the unaware public becoming an audience to the spontaneous scene. Founder Charlie Todd decided to create a musical flash mob in a random Queens, NY grocery market, asking composer and lyricist team Anthony King and Scott Brown (of 'Gutenberg! The Musical!') to create the perfect grocery store number.

For our latest mission, six undercover actors burst into song in a grocery store in Queens. Three minutes and lots of silly choreography later, they returned to their roles as shoppers and stock boys. The mission was filmed with hidden robotic, lipstick, and wearable cameras. The song was played over the store's PA system live.
Are musical flash mobs a new way to cope with anonymous busy city streets? Never failing to make crowd smile (and sing along!), they have become quite popular. From Break Out in Song to yes, even Oprah, it seems as though this isn't the last we'll see of singing and dancing flash mobs -- just make sure you'll be in the right place at the right time. Video below.







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