May 22 2008 01:00 PM ET

It's Fleet Week in NYC!

Categories: Apropos of Nothing

Leaving work at 11 p.m. is never fun… Unless you leave work, turn the corner onto 8th Ave., and suddenly realize it’s Fleet Week.

Enjoy yourselves! (And call me! No, not you. You.)

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  • Silv

    Ah, good times. A lot can happen in a night- I mean, day.
    By the way, why are their caps set so far back on their heads? Are they being kept in place with hairpins? That’s not regulation.

  • Rhonda

    That was fun—I remember seeing that movie on tv when I was a kid while visiting my aunt and uncle in the Bronx. I’m sure I drove my mom crazy by singing the New York, New York refrain all the time.

  • Caroline

    Can’t help but love On the Town. Its one of the first movies I can remember watching and its the reason I had a crush on Gene Kelly as a kid.

  • KG

    haha… i thought this was another one of those SATC videos (when samantha said “sea men”)… until i scrolled down and saw a post about an SATC video… so i thought oh okay, i guess it IS fleet week in nyc

  • Winona

    Gene Kelly has the best butt EVER. Pretty good dancer, too. ;-)

  • cimagato

    I forgot how much I loved this movie. Thanks, Mandi. Great start to the day.

  • Liz

    Thank you for this! I still have a crush on Gene Kelly!! This is one of my all time favorite movie musical numbers of all time.

  • Martha

    I can’t stop smiling…their enthusiasm is infectious, especially when they’re pumping their arms and singing about the subway. Good times. Good luck with all the sailors, Mandi…don’t do anything Alternate-Universe Single Me wouldn’t do!

  • EM in MS

    Awesome clip Mandi! You could’ve also done the SATC clip from their Fleet Week ep. Have funnnn!

  • Jill

    1) on the town rocks
    2) as an Angeleno, I would love someone to set the real-life scene of fleet week – are there really just sailors everywhere a la that SATC episode??
    3) gene kelly=dancing god

  • junior

    Jill, I work in Manhattan and I can tell you that while there aren’t sailors everywhere like in SATC, sometimes you can see whole groups of like 20 sailors walking along a street. Most of the time you just see 1 or 2 every once and awhile especially if you are near the ships. But they are everywhere, you usually can’t miss em! And that’s a good thing.

  • Jill

    Thanks junior! I always say – the best advertisement for the military is a man in uniform!
    for any other geeks like me:
    http://www.cnrma.navy.mil/fleetweek/schedule.htm

  • amah

    While I definitely thought of that SATC episode with all of those dirty sailors once I saw this headline- duh, Gene Kelly! Definitely the best butt ever in the biz. BTW, Anchors Aweigh and On the Town are going to be on TCM in the next couple of days!

  • julie

    hello. i know tomorrow is the last day of fleet week, does anyone know where the party is going to be at? if so, leave a comment! thanks

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