Photo by Katie Sokoler
The 9th Annual No Pants Subway Ride went off without a hitch today in New York. It’s tough to count, but we’re guessing we had around 3,000 participants. Riders met at meeting points spread out all over the city and converged on Union Square. The high was 28 degrees. There were also No Pants rides in 43 other cities around the world in 16 countries!
Photos:
-Agent Sokoler’s Set (Downtown)
-Agent Rosmarin’s set (Downtown)
-Agent Zapata’s Set (Downtown)
-Agent Hambly’s Set (Central Park)
-Agent Chigirev’s Set (Central Park)
-Agent Fountain’s Set (Prospect Park)
-Agent Scott’s Set (Astoria)
-Agent Sermoneta’s Set (Flushing)
-Metromix’s Set (Bushwick)
The official video should be ready in a week. For now, enjoy videos from year’s past!
No Pants 2009
No Pants 2008
No Pants 2002 (the first year!)
Complete history of The No Pants! Subway Ride with videos of past years
Thanks to everyone who came out to participate! If this was your first event, make sure you are on the NY Agents mailing list so you’ll find out about upcoming missions. Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay up to date on everything Improv Everywhere. You can also join our Facebook Page and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
No Pants 2010 Subway Ride Generals
(L-R) Back: Agents Good, Todd, Shafer, Lindquist, Fiedler
Front: Agents Scordelis, Lathan, Ace$Thugg, Reeves
photo by Brian Fountain
Saw some of you on the A train this afternoon. One older gentleman was wearing some dingy tighty-whities. Advise them to wear clean underwear at least
We were at Union square, two ladies come to us and asked:
-Am I supposed to ask you about pants??
And I said: -I’m sorry, I am not into pants..
She answered: -Ok, I got it.. the pantless people are not allowed to talk! ????? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAA
This was amazing!!!
Great day!
Thanks!!
p.s. I want to add that, although I admire all the No Pants participants in general, I REALLY admire those that did it in cities other than NYC, where fewer people take part. It takes balls to be one of only 11 people (Cleveland) without pants in public!
My sister and I had the best time. We went through the subway ride with a strait face and got to 14th st ready to party. We heard some people with fiddles and thought lets start a docy doe. It was great everyone kept grabbing more strangers as the dance circle got bigger and bigger. The cops finally made us start saying that we were blocking the path. My sister and I started walking away when all of a sudden I spotted my english teacher with her boyfriend fully clothed. “MRS F***!!!” i said. She turned to me and went “Samara what the fuck is going on!!!” then got a full look at me and who I was hanging out with and ran away. For the rest of the afternoon every five min i would think of her face and start laughing. But the party went on and the dancing never stopped.
I had a blast!! I told my friends to come but they chickened out…. So I made new friends & had a breezy day!
After we all disbanded, I put on my pants went to take the Metro-North. I was in line to get some food, when all of the kitchen staff started cracking up. Turns out a girl standing near by was in her underpants. It was even funnier that she wasn’t with the mass of pantless people. Rock on for your bravery!
Had an amazing time! Came with a few friends, made a lot more. Not sure why I’ve waited so long to do this.
Had a wonderful time, first No-Pants ride, but not my first IE event. One of the happiest days I have had in a long time. Thank you, IE.
A fun moment, on the ride home, I still did not put on my pants, and I was with a group of three other pantless people. A woman asked why we were not wearing pants, and she got the following three responses:
1. “I don’t know, a lot of people don’t seem to be wearing pants today”
2. “I just left mine at home.”
3. “It’s against my religion to wear pants.
It was not as cold as I thought it would be. Enjoyed the Dance-off at Union Square.
E train: car 4 captain signing in.
Pants off dance off!!!
Car 7 guy was way too excited.
This is the best no pants subway ride I had over the last three years. I liked the E-train route (shorter ride). Awesome experience!
I was the captain of team 3 on the 1 train from central park. All 34 of our agents performed admirably (although that is an assumption, seeing as to how several got lost)…
I was the first one to exit and re-enter the train with a new lifestyle. While I was waiting for the new train to arrive with the other group leaders, i heard a woman say behind me, “There’s like 4 people standing around with no pants!” Someone else responded, “Well maybe you should just ask them about it.” “I couldn’t do that. It’s just not right…”
I laughed on the inside. Well done everyone!
I was assigned to the 1 train, and due to the large number of people (at least 200 on the 1 alone), and a bit of misunderstanding, the group accidentally split up between two different trains. In the end it probably worked out okay, as that ensured there wasn’t an excessive number of pantless folks in each car.
On the journey to Times Square, the cars were still more than half full of agents, but it was absolutely hilarious to see everyone else’s reactions to what was going on. I was standing at the far end of my car, near a woman who was reading and didn’t notice the first three groups of agents de-pantsing. When I started to take mine off, she stared in horror, then proceeded to do a double-take down the car as she noticed a half dozen other pantless people. By the time I disembarked the train she had cracked a smile, but I can only imagine what was going through her head.
Upon arriving at Times Square, I followed a huge group of agents to the NQRW trains, passing through hundreds of people photographing us and a bunch police officers all standing in a group awestruck. I walked to the far end of the platform, where only a few agents were waiting for a southbound train, and took a spot near the MTA office, which was packed with employees snapping pictures and noticeably arguing about what was happening. Finally one guy approached me laughing, and queried about what we were all doing. I responded with “I forgot my pants today… ran out of the house in such a hurry. I’m such an idiot.” He started laughing and I asked him if he had an extra pair I could borrow. When he asked why there were so many others in their underwear, I said I had no idea, but it seemed like a forgetful kind of day.
The strangest part of my experience came on the ride to Union Square. We were supposed to take a southbound N train together, but I accidentally boarded the R instead. Apparently the other agents who started to get on with me noticed their mistake and hopped off. So I was the only pantless person on the train the entire time, and none of the passengers had any idea what was going on. Everyone stared, many giggled, but no one asked me what was up. At least four different people took video of me using their phones (oh, the age of always available video), and I’m sure many more took pictures. I winked at two when I got off at Union Square, but I guess I’m looking forward to seeing myself solo-pantless on Youtube in the near future…
All in all, a perfect day… everyone seemed to have a great time, and the mission was a resounding success!
I was the first person off from the last car of the 1. The car was empty when we go on and people took off their pants and stayed on. The 2 train confused half of my group. I encountered many asian tourists on that R train.
Great job, Rob! I was in that train with you!! Great fun – way to lead the way!
On the N train from Times Square to Union Square, there were two non-agents who looked around, saw everyone else wasn’t wearing pants, and took their pants off, too! Hilarious!
This was an amazing day. First IE event and totally loved how great everyone was. The Union Sq meeting was off the charts energetic. The people who invaded the stores to wave to us in the square, The HEartland Brewery people who totally excepted us. The bonding we had with everyone. Plus the few people who knew what was going on and giving us thumbs up for doing it.
For all the people on the A line
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=500021800&k=56E32662UT6G6BD1TA56URTSS6BAY55CPPAU&oid=265800300961
This was my third year doing No Pants! I was one of the captains of the 7 train, car 5. It was the first mission for most of the agents on the 7 train, but I think they all had a blast. Having No Pants on the 7 was great, as I live in Queens, and it was so much easier for me to get to.
I can’t wait for next year!
Thank you so much Agent Todd for signing my book, and remembering me!
This was my first time participating in the no pants subway ride. I was in the 6th car on the F train. I knew I could keep a straight face while I took off my pants, but I didn’t realize how funny it would be to see others taking off theirs. I had to bite the insides of my cheeks to keep from laughing. I was positioned near the window on the F train, and was so great seeing people’s reactions as a train filled with pantsless people pulled up. Some were laughing, some were confused, some looked horrified like they didn’t want to enter the train. It was really interesting to see the variety of people participating. Young, old, fat, skinny, and the guy with one leg in the wheelchair, AWESOME! Then outside, there was the Pants Off Dance Off which managed to include a random freestyle rapper who just saw a mob of people without pants and decided not only to join in, but to go one step further and remove everything but his underwear. Had a blast and I seriously can’t wait for next year.
Random quote I heard:
“Pants are so last year.”
Ran into you guys at Union Square when it was all done!! I couldn’t believe how many people there were for how freezing it was outside.
Have some photos on my blog:
http://www.thetyrannyofducks.blogspot.com
More to come as I edit!
-Lizzie
I was in the group that took the E train. A good number of us when switching trains actually got on the A and had to double back. This did involve a small group of us crossing 8th ave pantless. One agent decided she need a hot dog while on the street :)
Great time. I’ve never felt as free as I did when I took off my pants. If only work could be like that.
I was a captain on car 8 of L train for Team Bushwick! My car rocked – everyone was a first timer and excited to get involved. So glad I was able to lead them into all the pantsless fun! Our car was pretty quiet, but still got some pretty good looks and smiles from the “pantsed people”.
Best part was celebrating our pantslessness in Union Square and answering random people’s questions about why were were doing it which ranged from responses like “I’m Vegan” to “I’m Jewish” to “I’m in the polar bear club”
Me and my friends started to march to Sidebar where we took over the bar and when Cardinals fans were shouting “DEFENSE” we responded with “No Pants!”
3rd Year doing it and it gets better every year!! Can’t wait for the 10th annual next year!!
TEAM BUSHWICK ROOOOCKED!!!!! I WAS IN CAR #7 ON THE L TRAIN!!!! I WAS WITH THE GIRL WITH THE BIGGGG BOOTYYYY!!! IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME AND NOT OUR LAST!!!!
First timer. There was major confusion on the 1 train and people took their pants off at the beginning and got off later. The second train was full of old ladies and little kids. Union Square was just beautiful, thousands of pantsless people singing and dancing. I got kicked out of Babies R’ Us, Sephora, and Barnes and Noble cause I thought it would be funny. The security had no sense of humor.
I wasn’t a participant, put I somehow I managed to hope aboard the 1 train. I forgot about No Pants Day 2010! What a great surprise! :)