Video: One-Man Dance Show on the R

A reader caught an impromptu one-man dance party on the R train Monday night. She tells us that "going from Manhattan to Brooklyn around 10pm...this guy jumped on the car with a boombox and wearing 80s workout gear. It was clearly some sort of stunt but he seemed to be operating on his own and kept bouncing into different subway cars at each stop."

May we all have this much fun while ushering in the New Year. Perhaps keep a copy of Dead or Alive's 1985 album Youthquake on you should you be looking for a pick-me-up; this guy is dancing to their song "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)."

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on December 31, 2008 4:55 PM

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Champion

Taller... Better... Faster... Stronger: http://tinyurl.com/2y6y4u

Twindove

Well that is better, but I don't think a normal human can dance like that in real time.

everyAframe

Funnier when Spike Jonez did it a decade ago: http://tinyurl.com/4dqtw8

g0thamg1rl

Man, have you all lost your sense of humor?!? C'mon, wouldn't you rather see him than panhandlers or "knife wielding" thieves. Lighten up already! The dude meant no harm just humor.

r1b2

Auditioning to replace Richard Simmons on Letterman?

famdoc

I'm sorry, but is that dance?

Looks like a poor imitation of the mid-80s Jane Fonda Workout tape.

Pull My Finger

Very disturbing.

NannyState

Suddenly I don't feel so bad about all the people wielding knives on the subway.

TT

the guys is a part of the dance troupe 1-2-3 party (dance troupe meaning 3 dudes who dance in public and post it on youtube). he is from boston.

Cakemuss

Maybe this is what happens when you go as far as you can into ironic detachment... you eventually pass through your own light into earnest sillyness.

I kind of hope that's the case. I would sort of love for this kind of behavior to become an acceptable norm.

TimSPC

What an attention whore.

Kevin Walsh

Now THIS is why I hate those locked doors on the R46 cars. I have to wait till the train get to a station before I can change cars.

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