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View submission: IAMA reddit General Manager. AMA.
Hard to choose, but probably Star Wars Subway Car[1]. There were all kinds of tourists and foreigners on the train, and everyone erupted with pure joy when Vader entered. It's like he was some sort of modern day Santa.
1: http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/14/star-wars-subway-car/
Comment by Dead_Rooster at 20/07/2011 at 21:13 UTC
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I never realised you were involved with Improv Everywhere. Can you shed some light on what you did for them and exactly how involved you were?
Comment by hogimusPrime at 20/07/2011 at 21:56 UTC*
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I actually thought Darth Vader *was* Santa Claus for the first 25 years of my life. My family was poor, so my step-dad used to dress up in black trash bags, and combined with his respirator, I thought he was dressed up as Darth Vader. So when my mom caught him sneaking into our rooms at night and trying to give us candy, she said that he was Santa Claus. After that I couldn't watch Star Wars without crying because I couldn't figure out why Santa wanted to kill Obi Wan and Luke, and why everyone hated Santa. Plus, when my mom was busy with clients and made me sit in the corner, she told me that if I wasn't quiet and sat still, Santa would come and chop my hand off with his light-saber. Since the Sith use red and green light-sabers, this made a weird amount of sense to me. So, technically, Santa\Darth Vader *was* my father. A lot of therapy ensued, but after searching my feelings, I knew it to be true.
Comment by [deleted] at 20/07/2011 at 19:04 UTC
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Yes ... awesome. Don't know how I hadn't seen it already.
Comment by rvabdn at 20/07/2011 at 18:26 UTC
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That was awesome. I've never seen that before.
Comment by cosmic_fries at 21/07/2011 at 00:45 UTC
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That was pretty awesome!
Comment by meowmix123 at 21/07/2011 at 00:52 UTC
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This is implying that santa is a strictly classic icon.