Can I Get A Napkin Please?

· tweet · share 1 comment Posted on March 11, 2008 by Shahar Golan

Upon watching a musical for the first time many people find it a bit weird when a thespian just breaks out into a song in the middle of a conversation. Once a viewer accepts this as an externalization of the character’s feelings, it becomes a natural tool of the genre. How about if people just broke into a song in real life? That’s a whole different ball game, and is exactly what sixteen Improv Everywhere agents set out to do this week.
This New-York group, now a global movement, whose aim is to cause scenes of chaos and joy in public places, gained international notoriety last January, when two hundred agents just froze up in New-York’s Grand Central Station and did not move for five minutes.

This week’s stunt, which was done in a food court of an LA mall, was a rare occasion where the group actually asked management’s permission beforehand. This allowed the group to practice the night before, hook up wireless microphones to the PA system, and hide video cameras behind two-way mirrors, unbeknownst to the patrons and staff of the mall.
The result is spectacular:

Food Court Musical

Watch this video on YouTube.

Can I Get A Napkin (Please) – Improv Everywhere – Lyrics

Cashier:	Lemonade, Spilt across the countertop There’s ice and lemons everywhere now I gotta clean it up! Can I get a napkin please? I’m gonna need some just like these I’ve got three or four But I might need more Can I get a napkin please?!
Mustard guy:	Aw man! Can I get a napkin too, by chance? I have spilled some mustard on my pants What a pain! It’s a shame! This is probably gonna stain If I don’t get a napkin
Cashier:	We both need napkins that’s a fact
Mustard guy:	That’s true! It’s napkins that we lack
Cashier:	We’re agreed We’re in need
Mustard guy:	On our knees we humbly plead Can we get a napkin please!
Both:	Can I get a napkin please? We promise that we’re not wasting trees
Cashier:	I’ll take one from you
Mustard guy:	And this hot girl too
Both:	Can I get a napkin please?
Mother:	I need a napkin! I’ve got an infant in my arms And I don’t mean to cause alarm She just hurled On my pearls She’s my darling little girl But can I get a napkin?
Janitor:	I’m the janitor The working man you all ignore Sweeping up this dirty floor Boy, my left foot sure is sore And I Just want a chance To show the world That I can dance
All:	Can we get a napkin please?
Security guard:	What the hell is goin’ on here?
Cashier:	We need more napkins!
Security guard:	I’m on it! Get me some napkins up here stat The lower food court’s where I’m at Listen up Girls and guys I am authorized To search you for napkins
All:	Can we get a nap… Can we get a nap… Can we get a napkin, please? We promise that we’re not wasting trees This cashier Right here Needs assistance, that is clear Can she get a napkin…
Charlie Todd:	Here’s a napkin.
Cashier:	Please!

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