I remember recently hearing about a group of people that just froze in place for five minutes in the middle of Grand Central Station. Two hundred agents from Improv Everywhere staged it. According to it’s founder Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. They have executed over 85 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City. I think this is a fabulous idea since most people are WAY too serious now and desperately in need of a good laugh. One of their “missions” was staged in Aspen, CO. As it states at the beginning of the clip. Aspen is 95% white. I can attest to that, since Doug and I have spent a fair amount of time there. If you look around Aspen, everybody looks the same. That is if you’re an WASP. According epodunk in 2000, there were 5914 folks living in Aspen, 26 black. I’m guessing they don’t have a Juneteeth festival or MLK parade like we have in Houston. Anyway, that statistic is what makes this Improv Everywhere’s mission so funny. Here you go…
In defense of Aspenites everywhere, they were very nice to all of us when we were there, even though they knew we weren’t in their little “club”. (We were there in the summers doing festivals). In the winter though we were there to ski. Aspen is a gorgeous place. Be aware however, to live there however I believe your % of body fat must be in the single digits. (One city employee has calipers and checks everyone who applies prior to having their utilities connected).Today’s trivia answer- 3- the U.S., Liberia and Burma
