IKEA Heights Secretly Shot Inside the Burbank IKEA

Here's a late afternoon diversion for those of you who frequent our favourite IKEA in Burbank. Apparently a small crew of independent filmmakers shot this web short on location at the IKEA Burbank on the fly. Is it any good? We'll leave that up to you, but you'll probably have as much fun as we did watching for actual customers unwittingly walking into scenes and their curious expressions...

We've heard of plenty of stranger shenanigans that happen at IKEAs, including marriage proposals, makeout sessions and even birthday parties with large groups appearing fully equipped with cake and party favors, celebrating inside showrooms setups and then departing right afterward. Guess us Americans are just as strange as our Chinese counterparts with our love of living at IKEA.

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Comments (20)

The best is when they get caught in episode 3, but somehow they manage to keep it going for episode 4. It's a pretty funny show.

posted by eravera on September 2nd 2009 at 8:53pm
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I love it!

posted by TracyJ on September 2nd 2009 at 9:11pm
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Wow this is just a bore. Not even bad enough to be entertaining.

posted by alexis on September 2nd 2009 at 9:25pm
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Hilarious!

posted by dawnC on September 2nd 2009 at 11:54pm
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I love it because I'm thrilled to see artists/people claiming private space for public use.

I worked for a long time as a photojournalist and it frustrated the hell out of me to be continually asked to leave places like malls and big box stores because they were "private property." Because more than ever, these are the places where we work, spend leisure time...spend more and more of our lives, so artists and journalists need access!

I think this is adorable and brilliant.

posted by Mavesse on September 2nd 2009 at 11:57pm
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Too bad it's just like a soap opera and not much fun, because it could have been hilarious, it was close.

posted by Lizzykewl on September 3rd 2009 at 2:09am
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Great... but like so much in life, it needs a cat.

posted by Laughing Tiger on September 3rd 2009 at 4:16am
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and Candy is yummy! She's got a kind of '67 Grace Slick thing going on. Meow!

posted by Laughing Tiger on September 3rd 2009 at 4:17am
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Oh, that is soooo funny! It looks like it must have been a blast to make that. So ridiculous!

posted by eiw on September 3rd 2009 at 4:54am
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Any kind of distraction in IKEA is welcome

posted by Wheathills on September 3rd 2009 at 5:23am
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Another Ikea commercial. How much do you guys get from them?

posted by josie6 on September 3rd 2009 at 6:14am
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Man, I never see people sneer, "So how much does FLOR pay you guys? How much does Ben Moore give you?"

I thought the video was cute, though a little too much like something kids in the A/V club would throw together. And the soap opera format is perfect--the baroque story lines and overwrought acting are more ridiculous against the backdrop of IKEA, dangling price tags and all.

posted by slowdown on September 3rd 2009 at 9:13am
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I recommend Israeli artist Guy Ben-Ner's "sitcom" Stealing Beauty, also shot in IKEA & starring his family.

http://www.ubu.com/film/ben-ner_beauty.html

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/02/exclusive_video_artist_guy_ben.html

posted by brianlfrye on September 3rd 2009 at 10:11am
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Check out www.IKEAHeights.com for more!!!

posted by stylefyles on September 3rd 2009 at 11:01am
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I absolutely love, LOVE Ikea, but this is just boring. Although, I did laugh a couple of times just because of the thought of filming while people are around the store and picturing my husband and I acting out scenes in our local Ikea. Not for me, but good job anyhow.

posted by dunklekatze on September 3rd 2009 at 11:50am
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thanks, brianlfrye!
I was going to post a link, too.
I think guy did this first.

posted by baba yaga on September 6th 2009 at 5:29pm
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What fun!!!!

posted by KWorld on September 6th 2009 at 7:56pm
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Big ups to Stealing Beauty!

posted by bryanarchy on September 6th 2009 at 8:26pm
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Haha! Very cheesy but funny! Great lil B movie :)

posted by Orchid on September 6th 2009 at 8:43pm
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why can't there be kid friendly ones :(

posted by Lizzykewl on September 9th 2009 at 11:28pm
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