For this ride, you'll have to keep your pants on.
The No Pants Subway Ride in New York City is being canceled for a third consecutive year.
Organizers made the announcement Wednesday. They didn't give an explanation for the cancellation, only saying it was "not happening."
The first pants-less subway ride was in 2002 in NYC, and it happened every January thereafter up until the pandemic.
The last ride was in January 2020, when the event was held in multiple cities around the globe, including London, Copenhagen, Buenos Aires, Chicago, and San Francisco.
"The mission started as a small prank with seven friends and grew into an international celebration of silliness, with dozens of cities around the world participating each year," Improv Everywhere, the NYC-based comedy group that organized the event, says on its website.
After so many cancellations, the future of the annual event is now up in the air.
"I haven't fully decided, so I suppose year by year," Charlie Todd, founder of the event, told WPIX. "I did it for 19 years, and then COVID forced it into hiatus. I may bring it back one day."
The idea behind the No Pants Subway Ride is simple.
"Random passengers board a subway car at separate stops in the middle of winter without pants. The participants behave as if they do not know each other, and they all wear winter coats, hats, scarves, and gloves. The only unusual thing is their lack of pants," Improv Everywhere says.
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