The Great Ganesha

The people at Improv Everywhere describe themselves as causing “scenes of chaos and joy in public places” by executing “over 60 missions involving hundreds of undercover agents.”

Their last mission: Raising awareness of The Redhead Experience. Redheads, they say, make up less than 1% of the world population and “Agent McCarthy” suggested,

“What would it be like if you got onto a subway car and slowly realized that everyone on the car but you had red hair?”[link]

So they gathered approximately fifty redheads and rode the subway all the way uptown to 168th St., and then, back again downtown. Which track did it happen on? The Red Line, of course. Duh!

“The redheads acted as if they didn’t know each other and went
about their normal subway routine.”

That was Phase One of the mission. Phase Two?

We would be protesting Wendy’s racist mascot that was an unfair, stereotypical representation of redheaded people. It was time for the National Association for the Advancement of Redhaired People to take a stand against this offensive logo.

It’s about damn time. So they walked over to the Wendy’s on 8th and 55th and mounted a peaceful protest, careful not to block pedestrians.

Agent Kula led the first few chants, pumping the crowd of angry (perhaps fiery, even) redheads. Throughout the day there were some really hilarious chants. Some of my favorites:

-”Biggie Size Bigotry!”
-”Value Menu Us!”
-”Fiery Burgers Not Fiery Redheads!”
-”Give Wendy Some Pigment!”
-”Where’s Our Beef? In Your Logo!”
-”We Want Frosties, But At What Costies?!?” [link]

My personal favorite: “You want lies with that?” Hilarious!

And even if you’re a bottled redhead, you were represented.

More pics, videos and a detailed report at their website.

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