The No Pants Subway Ride Goes Viral [VIDEO]

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Every January since 2002, a group of brave participants in the Big Apple get together to perform one daring (and more than slightly unsanitary) feat: Riding the subway sans pants.

This year, Improv Everywhere -- which is described on its website as a group of thousands of "undercover agents" who "cause scenes of chaos and joy in public places" -- rallied together close to 3,000 folks in their skivvies to parade through the tubes. The end of the road was Union Square, where the pantless wonders converged after braving the 28-degree chill.

Although the sheer silliness and scale of the prank is noteworthy, perhaps more impressive is how fast footage of the event has leaked onto the web. Improv Everywhere plans to have an official video out next week, but there's already tons of videos, like the one below, flooding YouTube as we speak.

So the question becomes: Will anyone care enough to tune in next week? Or will they get their fill of fripperies today and today alone? While you ruminate over that notion, check out last year's official vid below: