Not much can surprise us here at the Archive, not even this handful of videos documenting public displays of, er, creative behavior. Is this political commentary? Free expression? A fun way to party? Or just bad behavior?

• Pie Fight (1969): See pies fly as independent filmmakers attack the opening gala of the San Francisco Film Festival. (Click the DivX link in the left-hand column of the page to view.)
• Mud People (1989): People caked in mud descend upon San Francisco’s Financial District to create a bit of “merry mayhem”.
• Art Attack (1999): The San Francisco Department of Public Art manages to shut down a block of the Financial District.
• Naked Man Dancing (2002): A man dances naked on the beach.
• Santacon (2006): Finally, an instance of creative behavior outside the San Francisco Bay Area: 1500 drunken Santas descend on New York City.