Card stunt
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Card stunts are a pre-planned, coordinated sequence of actions performed by an audience where they raise cards that, in the aggregate, create a recognizable image. The type of image they create can range widely and, through careful planning, the same cards can create a number of different images by alternating how the cards are held up. Although they are now performed at a variety of events ranging from sports to political rallies, the card stunt is most closely associated with American football, particularly college football.
The first card stunt was performed by students of the University of California, Berkeley (Cal) during the 1910 Big Game, between Cal and rival Stanford University, and consisted of two stunts in total: a picture of the Stanford Axe and a large blue "C" on a white background. While the card stunt is closely associated with college football, this first instance took place at a rugby match because all the major colleges and universities on the West Coast of the United States had briefly dropped football in favor of rugby during the early 1910s. As universities switched back, students brought the card stunts with them and by that time they became a national phenomenon associated with college football.
The card stunt has been the object of several famous college pranks, including the Great Rose Bowl Hoax and Yale's "We Suck" Prank.
See also
External links
- [The Great Rose Bowl Hoax (1961)]: Students from Caltech play a trick on the card stunt section of the University of Washington
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