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Seymour
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| Posted 3/29/2002 1:41 AM (GMT -6) |   | Corporate prank ideas courtesy of the folks at AdBusters.org. AdBusters is a magazine for graphic designers with a conscience. They examine the psychology, politics and ethics of marketing in corporate America, and then organize creative resistance such as uncommercials, “Turn off TV Week,” and “Buy Nothing Day.” This month they’ve dedicated April 1st as a national day to play harmless semi-subversive or fun pranks on the folks in the suits.
Here’s their favorite picks:
The Pig Jam! You can thank Brooke from Pony, MI for this classic: Get four pigs and number them with paint, 1, 2, 3, and 5. Let them loose in a chain department store and see how long the staff searches for that 4th pig. While we split our sides after reading this, we realize pigs aren't in ready supply in most urban centers. Instead, seeing as April 1st is Easter Monday, you can paint the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 on ten eggs, and slip them into the pockets of clothes in a GAP or Banana Republic. Phone the store later in the day and send them on an Easter egg hunt. - Brooke in Michigan
Turn your town into a drive-in by staging some guerilla film screenings. Project Keystone Cops onto your local police station, Wallstreet onto a stock exchange, The Insider onto Phillip Morris HQ... The Three Stooges works almost anywhere. - "Boywonder in lalaland"
With posters, stickers, or handbills, notify people that "Tomorrow is Cancelled." Make your notices look official or frivolous---either way, won't they be surprised when it happens anyway. - "The Easter Bunny"
Dress up as a well-to-do investment banker and beg for money in the streets to fund your luxurious lifestyle. "Spare a dime to support my limousine?" "Help fund a ski trip in the Alps?" "Will manage stock portfolios for caviar!" - Joel in Vancouver
Food Drops for the Unhealthy: Bring humanitarian aid to where it is needed on the homefront. Drop brightly colored packages of fruits and vegetables into the laps of McDonalds patrons. - Bern Leckie in Bristol
For more check out
www.adbusters.org/campaigns/foolsfest/best.html
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STAGE MANAGER: “No. The saints and poets, maybe--they do some.”
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