The Moebius

[yourgay249]

Do it all over again... Do it fifteen times over again...

[SethraLavode99]

I don't think as many people would've noticed if the guy with the boombox didn't walk in.

[TimoKick]

@SethraLavode99 I agree, perhaps it'd be better if he'd walk outside around the building (background noise trigger), rather than too boldly through the scene. But regardless, it's a great mission that I'd really like to see happen again on a bigger scale with better documentation :)

[RayZon97]

lmao i wanna recreate this with some of my friends!

[JetDubRadio]

Reminiscent of 'The Truman Show' with Jim Carrey. Brilliant!

[Graxster]

Definitely need to do this over with better camera work (and HD).

[Venusstar22]

@Graxster agreed

[Brandonpeterg2Gmail]

Very original

[Crossark1]

This took place on my 4th birthday.

[pixelr0]

great! great! great! great! great! great! great! great! great! great! great! great!

[blacksnowhitequeen]

I think I would have gotten so nerdily exited and then started correcting everything: Tell agent Todd and Dippold what they should order, stop Agent Mason from spilling his coffee, warn agent King about the chair, say "bless you" to Agent Kula before he sneezes... And this was a very awesome prank. I second the motion of repeating this!

[diegochangos]

So Agent Mason has to change his spilled T-Shirt like what...30 times?

[lander94]

@diegochangos more like 12 times..

[oodanoo1]

If I were there, I'd so join in on it. And then see if they fuck up.

[swerveutexas]

THUMBS UP if you want em to DO IT AGAIN with better filming!! BRILLIANT!

[phychoflip29]

They Need To Do This One Again!!!!!! #SWAG

[sonnetxi]

groundhog minutes

[Porkchawp25]

Do this one again!! Your guy's skill in filming has become better since then!!

[GardsVision]

@Porkchawp25 Totally!

[rowelle]

@Porkchawp25 I know, right? Since not many people have seen this video, they can do this again and no one would know. They can now use their better cameras. I just hope they include more reaction shots and not edit it in a way that it becomes annoying.

[lifesong000000001]

yeah really! just recreate it! or do it again, in like, idk coffee bean, or another restaraunt! because this time you have better filming skills and what not! DO IT AGAAAIINN!!! this was really good! just...u know....film it bettr.... :)

[Scampfarmer]

Do it again!

[EdeLovesGerrard]

LOL. very creative

[horselover2388]

i agree with lawnmower16. that guy saying where time becomes a loop got annoying. i muted the volume!

[jillybean190]

i love r.e.m. :D

[stevnated]

Pretty sure I would have thought I was insane.

[freakomation]

I thought of Sonic when I saw the name but thats spelled Mobius not Moebius.

[Phulesmith]

I want to see the full hour in real time

[flamedc00kie]

REDO THIS PLEASE.

[MrSwimmer89]

REDO!

You'll do fine this time!

[xrishalogene]

this loop needs to be looped

[JohnnyCondroletti]

you should do it again, this time with a better camera

[Djangolulu]

wtf is this music?

[marcdaddy33]

AWESOME... do a similar one with a better camera.

[links212]

Ah, it's so fun to mess with people's minds :p

[lolgirl607]

I think this one needs to be redone definitely. :D

[cobaltslayer]

you guys need to do this one again I love it so much it's just filmed terribly but it's just such a good idea. And whose idea was it to have it say that over and over for so long, it wasn't needed.

[luno44]

This feels more like it's just the idea of it. The camera coverage isn't really showing it happening, or the reactions of others.

[hiddenchannelTV]

ITS A MISTAKE IN THE MATRIX

[AntiSolid3000]

I think u guyz should recreate this w/ better spot and more cameras coz i think its pretty funny

[martijnelsinghorst]

@AntiSolid3000

+1

[k1ll5w1ch]

damn! i cant read the text because of the looping sound! but this is good

[Voenix71]

What would you guys do if someone came up and try to break the loop?

[dragonofthedarknight]

It would be so trippy to actually see this happen.

[guyoverthre]

this is what makes NYC great

[azrael407]

lol! cool-wish i was in the store that day

[communistpianist]

We've entered an endless recursion of time. That lasts for 5-minutes.

[veggiet2009]

You should redo this only show the full five minutes. if I a little edited.

[Cormalek]

@WRY751: thankfully :)

[WRY751]

some people never grow up



[matt08ahs10sscc]

definitely gonna try this somewhere

[fireant666]

Hey guys, what was the camera hidden in?

[ChlarkNadia]

Around 1:05 the annoying "When time becomes a loop" stops. Just so you know.

[Wildcard1992]

2:43 nHE HAD TO SWITCH TAPES?wtf

[Jinser6]

u idiots do realise that the time becomes a loop thing stops furthur on rite?

LOL

[bean5626]

Ok i muted it.

[GuitarGod119]

fucking audio track FAIL. I stopped watching it because of that time becomes a loop thing. Whose idea was that!  Terrible!

[wizdiana]

i thought they were going to go in a loop for 5 minutes

it may have been funnier

[elizze6]

How many coffees did that guy have to buy?

[ConstantWarlock]

that *time becomes a loop* is annoying

[TheKrnboii]

what the hell is going on?

[leschevauxdebois]

Oh my gosh that was my seventh grade math teacher 7 years ago

[UndocumentedLove]

@leschevauxdebois

Do you mean Ken Keech? Aka Agent Keech?

[leschevauxdebois]

@UndocumentedLove

yep

[TheEvanAdams]

My voice sounds exactly like the guy that is repeating "where time becomes a loop".

[MrMadscotsman]

@TheEvanAdams- I think that's Worf (sp?) from Star Trek Next Generation

[JesusTheGardener]

this is genius

[charN1771]

i now have the urge to hear shiny happy people

[theneenjah]

lol, the guy who spilled his coffee, he needed a lot of shirts for this O.O

[lawnmower16]

where time becomes a loop

where time becomes a loop

where time becomes a loop

where time becomes a loop

where time becomes a loop

where time becomes a loop

where time-where-a-time-becomes-wher­e-time-loop-becomes

I muted the audio and turned on the vuvuzela. It was much better that way.

[thesilvernymph]

@lawnmower16 best. comment. ever.

[daggitenator]

@lawnmower16

hahahaha vuvuzela lmao

[dragonboyjgh]

isn't there a twilight zone episode like this?

This would scare me after a while. Kind of a "bug in the matrix" moment.

[shoplifting1is1fun]

This is such a great idea

[vamp7210]

shiny happy people... haha lol

[emorypaine]

keep in mind this is 2003. cameras wernt as good then as they are now

[JaysThoughts]

Doing things to shake and wake people up and make them relax and engage each other and break down those barriers is TOTALLY worthwhile.

[UncleFizzmo]

You guys should do this agin with better quality cameras/better footage ect. This is an amazing idea and was excecuted well, but the video quality underines that.

[silvergangsta8]

@UncleFizzmo we can't have guys around walking after the agents with ultra high-tech tv cameras on their shoulders.

it would give it away!

SEE?

[UncleFizzmo]

@silvergangsta8

They somehow managed in every other video they've ever made.

[76Cent]

ROFL, giving people deja vu out here

[LaGelure01]

...oh, god.

We've entered an endless recursion of time.

[FulinYu]

Curious.

[shluf]

This flashmob has the potential to actually make a statement about the repetitiveness of life, especially in Starbucks, especially with that 'Shiny Happy People' song xx

[massive611]

Interesting concept, the video was put together very well to explain the situation, but the whole point of the improv -- which was to get people to react -- wasn't captured well at all...

[tickyul]

I go into my local Starbucks and am promptly greeted by the SCOWL of a Urban American woman, she has tight cornrows and looks like she wants to fight me. I say "venti China Green Tips-please", she says "WHATS" as she continues to scowl at me. She finally understands my order, rings it up, overcharging me by 40 cents. She adjusts the price. I go sit down to drink my tea and this BURLY, Urban American woman is occasionally scowling at me,YIKERS. Anyone else have a similar Starbucks experience?

[Jesse28SB]

I heard about this skit on NPR. i was so excited when i found it on youtube. haha.

[justin900]

a part 2 would be totally awesome :D

[wearecabbages]

If you did it more than twelve times, at one point the cameraman could just pretend he's an onlooker with a camera

[Haerodiel]

I wanna try this some times with some friends!

[nume26]

Me too!

[taqu]

I agree with Freecell82, this was one of the most creative pranks you guys have come up with - you just need to find a way to film it better.

[cloudcityguardian]

indeed

[ibjamed]

ha!!i would love to do some of these!!

[amirahas]

great concept, what a shame they didn't get to film it very well.

[Freecell82]

Awesome prank, but you did a really poor job of capturing people's reactions. Most creative prank ever though, I think. I'd love to see it done again.

[ALEXLIKESMUDKIPS]

Reminds Me Of Donnie Darko!

[kffe323]

reminds me to truman show

[ullavik]

Love this one! Make more of this kind of impros!

[starsiaeve]

I would have liked to watch more reactions.

[rowelle]

Yeah he said he got great reactions, but I didn't really see any. The best part about pranks and prank shows are the reactions.

[EmmiiPoo1234]

for the last loop they should have done it backwards like you were rewinding !

[miamigrl895]

that would have been cool

[cdmowforth]

hahahahaha this is probably my favourite one...actually hilarious :D

[ELLY806]

I want to do this with my friends but we will probs get banned from starbucks : (

[cammameil]

This would be great to do in a bar with the sets of identical twins from the human mirror video. You make couples out of the twins and have them each enter at staggered times, buy one another a drink, flirt, hook up and then leave only to be replaced several minutes later by their twins repeating the loop. So there would be like 4 or 5 different love stories happening at different parts of the bar over and over again. Each loop they should change their drink of choice.

[hazahaxa]

to be honest if I was there the only things I would notice would've probably been the "Shiny Happy People" guy, and even then I would've just thought he really likes coffee. I really don't pay attention to my surroundings lol

[uber418]

i feel like i need to be in an insane asylum after watching this video and hearing that constant phrase

[snlman93]

i think i saw one of the human giant guys

[sdflksdfkfh]

I wish the footage was better.

[ilovewheatiesbiatch]

omg i keep laughing evrytime they guy with te radio comes in

[jriffiths]

where time becomes a loop

[wamocs]

The name of the track is "Time Becomes" and it's from the album "Orbital 2" (AKA "The Brown Album") by Orbital. In this video, it is sadly interrupted by "The Entertainer" (Scott Joplin).

[kyle1058]

That would really creep me out... reminds me of groundhog day. Nice. 5 stars

[bluehairspaz]

the sound disrupts the enjoyment of this video.

[LunaMoth116]

I was recently watching the Star Trek; The Next Generation episode ("Time Squared") that the "Where time becomes a loop" quote is from...and I was shocked when I recognized it! 8-)

[wiamly]

OMG the music is so freakin annoying.

[whitefire64]

i'm sure this was funny, but this video is terrible. the sound is annoying and it's hard to get into what goes on. is there an extended version out there?

[OMGItsJousis]

spilling your coffee 30 times...

hard to do.

[hangfromthefloor]

I'm sure you meant to say 12 times.

[erikstalin]

hahaha they keep selling coffee to him

[moviedudetx]

I agree it was pretty funny, but the "where time becomes a loop" got annoying quickly

[cresfresh552]

maybe one of the most awesome things i've ever seen

[Switchfootrox4ever]

the backround voice is really annoying, but it was cool anyway! thumbs up! "oh yeah and guys, my talking on the phone to no one skills are A+!" lol.

[xenafan970]

I totally agree about the voice. The rest is great!

[Zhirgoyt1991]

We did something like this in Gothenburg, but we were only 4 people.

2 of us sat at a table at a café and started arguing about where to go on holiday. When the argument got to "violent" they just sat there staring at eachother. Then one of us entered and dropped a game called "plocke-pinn" which contains lots of sticks, and picked that up. Then I entered takling loudly on the phone, bumped into a chair, and left.

We repeated this 5 times, but people started noticing even after the first 2

[lelouch3]

thats really pretty cool haha

[lilbinkybaby]

@ 1st i was huh but now i hav 2 wonder if i wud hav noticed if dis was happenin n front of me

[connorbrown26]

why isnt there one of these groups in every major city lol

[tordack]

I bet half the people wouldn't have noticed if the boombox guy wasn't there.

[Vaarsuvius89]

I wanna do this so badly.

[GtzDoll]

I agree wit ChelseaxHorror...

I luv these stuff.. thats awsome guys!!

[NinjaFanGirl]

i wish there wasn't the "were time becomes a loop" in the background its getting really annoying

[lelouch3]

so true

[76Cent]

@NinjaFanGirl I think you mean where

[Cakerolled]

@NinjaFanGirl

Don't do drugs then, because you WILL get caught in a time loop eventually.

[LorrieBarclay]

The point is to get people out of their normal routine and take notice of their surroundings

[lilaphrodite05]

Charlie Todd is cute~

[RawVisualsVj]

I have every album from Orbital! XD

[ChelseaxHorror]

wtf is with all the negative comments on all the people in this video that aren't involved?

Appreciate the video for what it is.

and how it s fucking with peoples mind and people are going home and saying "i think i'm going crazy.. you will NEVER guess what happened at starbucks today..."

Stop FINDING something to pick apart and make it negative.

[kickbuttbrianna02]

i know! all those people probably had to go home and take a longggg nap after that (:

[zebezd]

I wouldn't dare to take a nap after that, I'd be afraid of time looping while I was napping :P

[luvinorangeberries]

lolz i ttly wish i was one of the random ppl watching!

[fuzzyboblets]

The Moebius by Orbital. Yes it's a real song by a real artist and they gave no credit.

[tigerandbuddy]

This is definately my fave of all your stunts!! Classic!

[JohnWoo]

Dippold is hot.

[sazzlysarah]

Lots of them were students, either chillin for hours on end as students do, although quite a few where studing. Other guys just stayed when they noticed the loop :p

[flamehotrod]

Studying ?? Yea studying at a coffee shop, with a lot of random people around, chit-chatting, playing music, what not. I agree with pulpnightmare. Tell these students, they can go home and get the same amount of work done in half the time.

[sazzlysarah]

That's what it said in the online exerpt from the improv everywhere book . They probably could study better at home, but one of the privilages of being a student is to be able to work where ever you like, instead of in an study dept. or other fixed location. If they choose to work in a coffee shop with noise and distractions, it's their choice.

[Jowind]

"go do something with your lives"

yeah. i agree. do something useful. like making critical, angry, hypocritical youtube comments.

[flamehotrod]

hey dude, notice how many thumbs up uve got. hehehe

[sueshishi]

@Jowind haha good point

[FoxPinkBaby]

hahaha cute idea... too bad the camera shots couldn't have been better so we could see the reactions better. Good job though ;)

[geriol03]

Haha poor employees, a never ending workday ;)

[ActiveMobius]

haha awesome totally freaking awesome

[x0kuteness0x]

todd is kutee!

l0l i love IE! awsm!

[Mtr374]

For time is a loop. For time is a loop.

Times infinity.

:D nice vid

[DomoInUrRobato]

i think it is time becomes a loop

[Mtr374]

Oh whoops, you're right...

[pranxter08]

hahaha good job... waste of coffee!! hahahha love it!

[rskateboy]

I've watched too much Sci-Fi...if I had seen this I would've started to freak out! Nice job, guys.

[TRYER25]

Ya I would agree... too much Star Trek for me. I would think I was going crazy and leave=P

[OnLyBuLL3Tz]

it couldnt have been looped that well if that guy bumped into the chair without the other agent on the chair he musta been slow

[YamiChan31]

Love the idea!!

but it would have been better if their reactions were atleast explained, give em subs next time :)

[senarodrigo]

It would be cool if at the end they revealed the truth and asked people what they felt

[Cameronx]

Opposed to letting them believe that time had actually looped?

I think one of the theme to the improv videos is not telling your trick and walking away. Neat how they have played with time (freeze in grand) and repetition (best buy / twins).

This is one that can pull off again.

[starblinky]

omg, this was great, but they didnt show reactions that well.. they need better cameras next time. Please do another one of these, cuz this was a really good one. Next time use more agents and more cameras. Get one of the store owners in on it so you can better hide cameras

[StuckInMotion38]

love it.

oh wow cool

if i was at starbucks, i never woulda noticed haha