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Spoiler Alert on the NY Subway

Charlie Todd — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:13:49 +0000

Awesome new project from Newmindspace and Jason Eppink!

The Spoiler Alert signs warn waiting riders of this potentially unwanted information — allowing them to avert their eyes so they may preserve their spirit of adventure — while still leaving visible the data for travelers who wish to ruin the surprise for themselves.

Spoiler Alert

Poster Boy – Gone Fishin

Charlie Todd — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:18:36 +0000

On February 21, 2009, an advertising firm handed Poster Boy a MoMA jacket and gave him free range of the MoMA branded Atlantic-Pacific subway station in New York. Turns out the firm wasn’t supposed to do that, and MoMA fired them. Whoops.

Check out Posterboy’s brand new book.

Via Keith Haskel

Outtakes from Star Wars Subway Car

Charlie Todd — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:22:32 +0000

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An outtakes video from Improv Everywhere’s Star Wars Subway Car mission.

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Improv Everywhere: Star Wars Subway Car Prank

Charlie Todd — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:39:04 +0000

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edited by Matt Adams / music by Gustav Holst, arranged by Tyler Walker

For their latest mission, Improv Everywhere staged a reenactment of the first Princess Leia / Darth Vader scene from Star Wars on a New York City subway car.

Photos and report: Star Wars Subway Car

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Improv Everywhere’s No Underwear Subway Ride: Uncensored

Charlie Todd — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:00:58 +0000

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edited by Matt Adams / song by Tyler Walker

In case you didn’t get the memo, the Improv Everywhere video we posted last week was an April Fool’s Day hoax.

Read all about it: No Underwear Uncensored

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Improv Everywhere’s No Underwear Subway Ride

Charlie Todd — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:32:55 +0000

(No Underwear Subway Ride in HD on YouTube)

From IE:

For our latest mission, over 1,000 people rode the subway without underwear or pants in New York City. Our annual No Pants Subway Ride has been a tradition for years, and we decided it was time to up the ante. Riders spread out over four different subway lines to surprise and delight everyday New Yorkers riding the train. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos. We have blurred out the private parts of all the riders to keep the documentation safe for work.

No Underwear Subway Ride

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Improv Everywhere’s No Pants Subway Ride 2010 Video

Charlie Todd — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:57:59 +0000

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From Improv Everywhere:

On Sunday, January 10th, 2010 over 5,000 people took off their pants on subways in 44 cities around the world. In New York, the 9th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride had over 3,000 participants, spread out over six meeting points and ten subway lines.

See the full report and photos: No Pants Subway Ride 2010

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Nostalgia Train Tea Party

Charlie Todd — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:30:37 +0000

Every so often the MTA runs vintage “Nostalgia Trains” in the New York subway for special occasions. Last month the Levy Family organized a old-timey tea party on one of those trains, effectively completing the “turn back the clock” atmosphere.

video via the Subway Art Blog

Subway Sign Marriage Proposal

Alex Scordelis — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:46:40 +0000

Toronto artist Posterchild recently took a break from installing art in NYC phone booths to propose to his girlfriend. He popped the the question by appropriating a sign reserved for ad space above a Manhattan subway stop. Posterchild writes:

She thought she was just helping me out with another street art project; I kept this covered until after it was installed and after the unveiling I was expecting some kind of reaction- but it took a little while to convince her that this was a proposal for real, and not just some art project!

And she said yes! Congrats!

New Improv Everywhere: Subway Yearbook Photos

Charlie Todd — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:52:04 +0000

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A brand new Improv Everywhere mission hit the interwebz today:

For our latest mission, we installed a photography studio on a random subway car. We claimed that the MTA had hired us to take photos of every single person who rides the subway and that we’d be producing a yearbook at the end of the year. Most people were happy to pose for us, and the resulting photos show just how diverse New York subway riders can be.

Subway Yearbook Photos

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