Comedian posing as Irish dancer joins breakdancers on New York subway - VIDEO

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Comedian Tyler Fischer doing an "Irish jig" on an NYC subway

Running into break dancers on a New York City subway is nothing for most native New Yorkers to bat an eye at. However, for the break dancers to be upstaged by a faux Irish dancer?
Comedian Tyler Fischer stole the spotlight from some break dancers on a subway recently when the music switched up to an Irish reel and Fleischer began to prance around the subway car.

“Look at him go! He’s a little leprechaun!” cheered on the break dancers who were presumably in on the stunt.

In our opinion the best part of this video isn’t Fischer’s fly Irish dance skills but rather how completely unphased the New Yorkers on the subway are about what’s taking place. Only in New York!

Check out the video below.

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TisEyerish | Jan 12, 2013, 12:33 PM EST

Truthfully, if I were stuck like a sardine in a small subway car, I wouldn't have been thrilled at the volume of the music. However, I'd rather see this than something else I once witnessed in a subway car...a man walking through with a very lethal looking knife. These people should, perhaps, count their blessings. As for me, I was glad the guy with the knife kept walking.

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mreinhar2001 | Jan 12, 2013, 12:05 PM EST

Interesting. This must be the subway version of street corner performers hoping to earn a little money.

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randyo573 | Jan 12, 2013, 11:38 AM EST

The article mentions that the music changes to an Irish reel when in fact the tune that is being played is a JIG!!! If a reporter is going to report on a subject I should think it would behoove him/her to attain and maintain an exhaustively encyclopedic knowledge of the subject being reported in order to maintain the credibility of the press. As for the dancer not being Irish but German, it could be possible that he has either an Irish mother or grandmother as is my situation and the Irish surname didn't carry through.

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madpadd | Jan 12, 2013, 10:10 AM EST

Slow news day I guess...yawn....Kate Middleton portrait. Some yanker doing a jig on the subway. Next you'll be tellin' us Kennedy is dead.

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katieherk | Jan 12, 2013, 09:53 AM EST

Funny.... especially looking at those who don't like it.

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Portia_O'Neill | Jan 12, 2013, 09:40 AM EST

Fischer was fun to watch and the fact that he's not even Irish (but German) makes it even more interesting. Some riders even looked as though they might break into a smile, although they successfully suppressed it.

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merefalow | Jan 12, 2013, 09:23 AM EST

it looked like most passengers were not very impressed at being a captive audience by a bunch of posers and then being asked to pay for the privledge.

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