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No Pants Subway Ride 2011

Railway 2.0 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:00:29 +0000

Here we are with the 2011 edition of No Pants Subway Ride. Held mainly in New York last January 9th with Improv Everywhere crew performing no-pants rides on NY metros with the more fans as they got.

As for last year’s report, I link you the 2011 video of the event.

On Sunday, January 9th, 2011 over 5,000 people took off their pants on subways in 48 cities in 22 countries around the world. In New York, our 10th Annual No Pants Subway Ride had over 3,500 participants, spread out over six meeting points and ten subway lines.

More info at Improv Everywhere site for New York event and reports from the other cities joining the ride.

A Flickr gallery here.

Star Wars Subway Car

Railway 2.0 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:15:11 +0000

George Lucas fans! Guys from Improv Everywhere we already knew for the No Pants Subway Ride have come back! This time playing a Star Wars adventure in NYC subway: Star Wars Subway Car!

No Pants Subway Ride 2010

Railway 2.0 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:00:35 +0000

Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, the group Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places.

Based in New York City it has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents. Among the executions there’s the No Pants Subway Ride day whose first time is dated 2002.

The 2010 edition took place in NY and 43 more cities last 10th of January:

On Sunday, January 10th, 2010 over 5,000 people took off their pants on subways in 44 cities around the world. In New York, our 9th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride had over 3,000 participants, spread out over six meeting points and ten subway lines. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos.

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Below the video on YouTube reporting from New York.