Invisible Dog Walkers Invade Cobble Hill

Yesterday the Improv Everywhere gang took 2,000 dogs for a walk in the Cobble Hill area of Brooklyn. Invisible dogs, that is. You remember those old invisible dog toys, right? Turns out the circa-1970s toy was manufactured in a Brooklyn factory, which now contains the Invisible Dog art space! The space loaned the pranksters the vintage dog leashes for their afternoon of good clean fun; and if you want one yourself they still seem to be for sale online. More photos from Katie Sokoler, here.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on September 28, 2009 12:15 PM

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jaycjay

My favorite thing about NYC is that it will always have plenty of people doing things that will annoy all you whiners.

CR

Like most things Improv Anywhere this isn't that interesting. All of their stuff is very... Leno-ish (i.e. my mom would think it's funny, and so would her friends, but I'm not gonna get serious yuks out of it...)

efg72

Did anyone take photographs of the dogs? :-)

koishi

My friend kicked 3 of the puppies and I made yelping noises. People across the street laughed and the dog walkers were very upset. HA!

Think2wice

The little tow-headed kids were cute, but that dog was freaking out...lahk he wuz FREEEAAKIN' OUT MAAAAAAAN!

JRod5417

I saw them everywhere yesterday and, I must say, it made an otherwise dreary Sunday more cheerful. Seriously, you people need to lighten up.

JacqueMehoff

OK, this one is fail for IE.

these things were stupid back then and they're stupid now.

they were sold by a vendor at the San genaro feast the first time I've seen them. sounds like a staple item at street fairs and flea markets.

greenermjr

This was funny. Funny like a fake moustache. I saw a couple of guys on Atlantic Avenue in what I would call Boerum Hill. The miming is the best part.

A very different sort of funny than the fake funeral.

timmmyk

They lost me when the staged a fake funeral and crashed it. Utterly insipid and totally inappropriate.

Meddling Mage

I do hope you know that the whole Funeral gag was an APRIL FOOLS joke right?

zodak

hipsters

pastoralia

I saw these idiots on 5th Ave in Park Slope too.

NannyState

Invisible humor.

razzledazzle

hahaha! +100

The only way this would be funny is if they were all invisible seeing-eye dogs.

matty

That would actually be funny. And it would be funnier if all of them said to strangers "have you seen my dog? no, neither have i!" rofl!

yytttt

It sure is hard making sarcastic comments on the internet. What funny peice of perfomance art did you think up this weekend? Or were you watching football on tv?