Aside from the obvious admiration for Bobby Van, I'd like to add two things. Tremendous stress on his spine for all that jumping, can you imagine? Also, the clip was filmed in 4 continuous camera shots, which was amazing work for that day technology, especially the last shot from above to close-up. Cameramen so rarely get any recognition. It was staged so great with all the extras, cars, bicycles and the dog -- what a fantastic piece of cinema.
@mca12187 жыл бұрын
Glad you mentioned the long takes. I do love the final shot, where it reveals the entire neighborhood was following him like the Pied Piper, all the way to the final curb.
@Scottjazz556 жыл бұрын
Amen to that.
@michellelaclair5 жыл бұрын
Knee replacements anyone?
@amateurwave35934 жыл бұрын
Watch the Happiness music video by Goldfrapp
@c.d.macaulay663 жыл бұрын
Ditto on mentioning only four takes and the camera work. I’ve heard it took Van six months to recover from this. After seeing it, I can believe it. Not enough people know how strong a dancer he was. He was in the movie version of Kiss Me Kate, sharing screen time with none other than Bob Fosse. More than holding his own. And with Fosse, that’s saying something. Plus he was married to the scrumptious Elaine Joyce. He did all right for himself, didn’t he?
@mercoid3 жыл бұрын
It really is unfathomably insane, how incredible this is. Most people couldn’t do this as well for 10 seconds let alone as long as Bobby did it here. It is mind blowing.
@Gravydog3163 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Gottfried said a producer or director invented this to punish Bobby?
@spactick Жыл бұрын
I agree, the energy that Mr Van had was olympian
@123Rockchild7 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing scene. This is right up there with Fred Astaire dancing on the walls and ceiling scene. Bobby Van had such a young and friendly face. Sad, that he died of a brain cancer.
@ClassicVideos80s7 жыл бұрын
Why are my knees aching after watching this>?
@valeriy70464 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the Peter Wolf's video "Come as You Are ")
@leavingitblank93635 жыл бұрын
Peter Wolf honored this clip in the video to his song "Come As You Are". I didn't realize it until many years later.
@LWOPP6 жыл бұрын
Hugh Jackman paid homage to this number in the opening of the Tony Awards in 2014. Very good!
Thank You so much. It was fantastic. I recommend it to anyone here. Great to see him remembered.
@crystalheart98 жыл бұрын
That was amazing and the dog was great too!
@Stardustceiling5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. It's wonderful the way he keeps the rhythm even though he's doing nothing but strenuous jumping which really fatigues the muscles quickly. I don't remember seeing this, but I probably have on " That's Entertainment. " He always reminded me a lot of Donald O'Connor in his dance style and smile. Very fun dancer to watch, with so much vitality. This was a joy to watch and they did a great job coordinating all the complicated elements all timed to perfection. Back then people had to actually do the things on the screen. No CGI then. LOL
@Gravydog3163 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Gottfried said a producer or director invented this to punish Bobby?
@laurenstephanie914 жыл бұрын
I saw this on tv YEARS ago and have finally found it again after years of wondering what it was. Absolutely fantastic!!!
@reid69uk3 жыл бұрын
Me too!! I just typed in man bouncing down the street in a musical 🤣👌🏽
@paulcraig33552 жыл бұрын
This is both unbelievable and brilliant in equal measures.
@richardbrucemusic2 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the name of the movie is "Small Town Girl" and it's one of the most marvelous dance scenes ever filmed. I heard it took months for him to recover.
@fmphotooffice55132 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I bet each shot took many days of staging and rehearsal. Add those hops to the final take here. He was young. Pain was part of the art, like ballet. The film is the final product. Marvellous.
@maryb815018 күн бұрын
He had also had a spinal injury from a car accident.
@denisemarie60293 жыл бұрын
We miss you Bobby Van! I loved the game show “Make me Laugh” RIP
@janetsmith7150 Жыл бұрын
Most underrated dancer, he said in an interview it took a year for his body to recover. Also, there are four cuts in this dance, the tracking shots are amazing. There is another dance scene in a store that is equally mindblowing. Bobby you left us too soon!
@tomstamford6837 Жыл бұрын
He died at 51, maybe that routine took 30 years off his life! I certainly feel sore just watching this segment.
@maryridgway9619 Жыл бұрын
althoough he died about forty years ago, i will always remember him and talented. He was also quite handsome
@TheRozberry3 жыл бұрын
Loved Bobby Van!
@mary58273 жыл бұрын
Don't ask how I got here! But I'm glad I did! This is incredible!
@BugzKiller6 жыл бұрын
His feet and knees must have hurted like hell after this. LOL RIP Bobby at such a young age.
@deborahcarder4270 Жыл бұрын
What an amazing creative choreography. Not only did Bobby Van jump continuously in synchronized fashion, but he pulled his knees up and in hard leather dress shoes! No athletic material shoes back then.
@AstralPixie2 жыл бұрын
Wow, and he makes it look effortless and so much fun! Thanks, Bobby.
@triuman6 жыл бұрын
Take me to the hospital for knee replacement!!!
@ianmcphail14306 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking.
@lizdoyle71588 жыл бұрын
BOBBY VAN HE WAS A SUPERSTAR 😄😄😄😄 A MAGNIFICENT DANCER 😄😄😄😄😄 HE'S WONDERFUL IN MOVIE LOST HORIZON 😎😎😎😎 PAT N LIZ OCTOBER 2016 😊😊😊😊
@rcnelson5 жыл бұрын
Now that's entertainment!
@susieuramoto74912 жыл бұрын
Wow, he’s amazing! I only knew him as a game show person 🙃
@MarkStevens88992 жыл бұрын
Yes he was such a talent, act, sing, dance , sad he passed so young.
@patricialacroix55824 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine doing that in just one take? Although I suspect they gave him a chance to rest at the three cuts to a different camera angle!
@Gravydog3163 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Gottfried said a producer or director invented this to punish Bobby?
@earthwatcher20124 жыл бұрын
Came right here after watchin Peter Wolf’s “Come As You Are” video
@lauracipriano-riozzi88753 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@blakkat41263 жыл бұрын
So THIS is where Peter Wolf did the “Come As You Are” video idea from. Both are amazing.
@shhhhhhh9328 Жыл бұрын
Anyone notice how the music video for Goldfrapp "Happiness" reproduces this choreography? I never knew about this movie until a clip of it felt familiar to me from seeing Goldfrapp's video. All that hopping / jumping is very impressive. From both fellas.
@440325 жыл бұрын
Similar to "singing in the Rain" - just a happy man dancing down the street. But this is far more technically complicated, both for Van and the director and cameraman.
@Gravydog3163 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Gottfried said a producer or director invented this to punish Bobby?
@440323 жыл бұрын
@@Gravydog316 Gilbert Gottfried wasn't born yet!
@chesterthawkins75102 ай бұрын
Love and miss him!
@spartacusvikinga7 жыл бұрын
Magnificent. The scene was reprised in Golfrapps "Happiness" Not a patch on this though IMHO/
@the_cp79435 жыл бұрын
spartacusvikinga that’s what brought me here. :)
@OLIV3R_YT3 жыл бұрын
@@the_cp7943 Same
@jeanjones55507 жыл бұрын
That was so great. Makes me want to buy the whole movie. Wonder why he wasn't a bigger star?
@geatorella5 жыл бұрын
he came to MGM kind of at the end of their musical heyday, unfortunately
@iVenge4 жыл бұрын
He didn’t need to be. He was married to one of the hottest women on earth.
Every time I marvel at Andre Previn's musicianship conducting Elgar or Walton, I remember that he also wrote 'Bounce Dance' for Bobby Van. Charles's little boy at MGM certainly made good.
@bwetzelproductions16 жыл бұрын
Wow...the cardiovascular shape you would have to be in. Great number!!!
@MikeAllen-pb5ui4 жыл бұрын
Unreal talent !!!
@LorenLAustin15 күн бұрын
Wolf's performance was based on Bobby Van's amazing scene in "Take Me to Broadway" from 1954.
@beeonthyme57604 жыл бұрын
Goldfrapp did an amazing homage to this dance. Check out their video Happiness!!!!
@rabbitscooter4 жыл бұрын
Goldfrapp brought me here, too. I had no idea it was based on this scene.
@TheGymnast71 Жыл бұрын
Jesus! This is awesome!!!!!! Love the dog!!
@marcygross1903 Жыл бұрын
Terrific scene. Watching the movie now.
@MikeShields2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. I remember seeing this in one of the "That's Entertainment" movies from forever ago, and I've always liked it since.
@bfor4212 жыл бұрын
I often have dreams where I can fly similar to that.
@Esus47 жыл бұрын
For those wondering what happened to the bananas. This version has about 20 seconds missing. There is another version on KZbin of much lesser quality, but it does have the missing segment.
@daveluttinen25477 ай бұрын
At one time I had very strong legs. I tried to imitate part of this and after a short spurt I was really sore. Then the leg cramps started - and they lasted for hours. This is an amazing demonstration of talent, strength, agility, coordination, and dedication. The whole sequence is stunning in its coordination with all the components.
@lorivingot5495Ай бұрын
The dog!!! ❤️💕💕
@beachwalker25745 жыл бұрын
Good lookin guy Very talent I'm calling out of work tomorrow my knees hurt
@benlloyd80834 жыл бұрын
Lovely manners throughout
@chitsb4 жыл бұрын
His closeup at the end made me think of the actor who played Frasier’s dad on Frasier.
@MamaofaWrestler Жыл бұрын
I always loved Bobby Van.
@waterlily654310 ай бұрын
Thanks me too
@perrosyeducacion8 жыл бұрын
¡Qué bien cuándo ves algo original! ¡Aunque sea de los 50!
@ilgiovaneholden125 күн бұрын
Fenomeno
@ianedwards4400 Жыл бұрын
Bobby Van was the epitome of the breezy exuberant song-and-dance man who enlivened any film he was in. Unfortunately, he caught the tail-end of MGM's musical reign during the 1950's.
@albertcalleros94894 жыл бұрын
There is absolutely no doubt that Bobby Van was perhaps THE most debonair Jew who ever graced both stage and screen.
@tommykovac13604 жыл бұрын
Peter Wolf brought me here!
@DisneyGary933 жыл бұрын
This footage preview use the That's Entertaiment II. Movie in 1976.
@sailorarwen6101 Жыл бұрын
I’m completely mesmerized by this. I’ve watched it several times since I saw the clip in one of the “that’s entertainment” films. It’s not an intricate or beautiful dance like what you get from Astaire or Kelly, but it still looks incredible ….. and exhausting
@B.H.56 Жыл бұрын
watch the other clip from this movie, where he is dancing in the department store. Unbelievable!
@bettycogswell98512 жыл бұрын
All I can say is WOW.!!!!!
@gaugirl45705 жыл бұрын
This was filmed in Shin Splint City.
@jamesryan60084 ай бұрын
The cameraman,Joseph Ruttenberg , won four Academy Awards.
@oldclassics19232 жыл бұрын
This scene is even funnier in context- Jane Powell’a character just told him that she wouldn’t marry him.
@detassler12992 жыл бұрын
Peter Wolf did a variation of this with his Come As You Are video, if anybody’s interested
@nobodyimportantt3417 жыл бұрын
isn't this clip from 'That's Entertainment"? you can tell by the narration, which wouldn't be in the actual movie
@Blaqjaqshellaq6 жыл бұрын
From THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT 2.
@YouzTube996 жыл бұрын
And the narrator is Gene Kelly.
@GoldwaterB6 жыл бұрын
From the film, "Small Town Girl."
@hebneh5 жыл бұрын
Yes, and it’s been edited with some footage removed just before the shot of the mass of people (including the nurses) following him into the town square.
@hebneh5 жыл бұрын
All I can think of while watching this: Ouch.
@hunterburk3 жыл бұрын
After the first three hops my shin splints would have started to bleed!
@Gravydog3163 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Gottfried said a producer or director invented this to punish Bobby?
@adrianlois73222 жыл бұрын
Podrían bajar esta película en español, yo la vi hace como cuarenta años o más, quiero verla de nuevo
@steveweinstein3222 Жыл бұрын
Obviously, this wasn't done in one take, so it's fun to try to see where the edits are, such as 0:50 and 1:03.
@ailsasublett9885 Жыл бұрын
Ray Bolger used to do that.
@Lauren-vd4qe9 жыл бұрын
Isnt that a great dance sequence....
@dcolborne81 Жыл бұрын
Goldfrapp brought me here.
@jcortese33005 жыл бұрын
Guy must have had a heart like a draft horse. Wow ...
@samhouse43714 жыл бұрын
He was younger than what I am right now
@TheAmerind4 жыл бұрын
Looks extremely exhausting, look up goldfrapp happiness music video.
@astephens19637 ай бұрын
At the 1:04 mark he rubs the little African-American's boys head for good luck. LMFAO!!!
@misshantrope4 жыл бұрын
so else came here after watching goldfrapp's happiness?
@chitsb4 жыл бұрын
Goldfrapp brought me here
@annchabassol58044 жыл бұрын
This would make a fantastic Viagra commercial!!! 🥰🥰🥰😍
@jasminnemcdonald94A Жыл бұрын
Didn't Hugh Jackman do the exact same thing at the Tony Awards?
@RiteanDan Жыл бұрын
Why was so much of this scene cut? The whole scene right after the school bus, the dog catcher, construction guys on lunch, etc. was all cut from this? Watch the 3:19 version instead. This version is crap.
@tomstamford6837 Жыл бұрын
This 'version' of the dance number was taken from the film "That's Entertainment" the 1974 compilation film, so I would assume for the purposes of that film, it was truncated. You can hear Gene Kelly doing the intro for the segment at the beginning. So it's not taken from "Small Town Girl" itself.
@spensert49335 жыл бұрын
Potato sack race Olympic champion .
@OLIV3R_YT3 жыл бұрын
Electric version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6axqHmsm5mkp6s
@lastlemon31804 жыл бұрын
Red Eye?
@Gravydog3163 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Gottfried said a producer or director invented this to punish Bobby!
@markschildberg16672 жыл бұрын
Probably Busby Berkeley, who conceived and directed it.
@Gravydog3162 жыл бұрын
@@markschildberg1667 i don't know. maybe? Gilbert said it was a producer or director who hated Bobby & this was his idea of punishment!
@jsstar76 Жыл бұрын
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet
@fuggedaboudit223 Жыл бұрын
Another Donald Oconnor
@poetcomic14 жыл бұрын
It takes Debbie Reynolds to increase Bobby's cute factor through the roof! kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2O8oJyoYpd1o9U
@borderscarlton3474 жыл бұрын
Look closely. His left testicle rolled out of his pants leg right after he caught that watermelon...
@theiceman69412 ай бұрын
I absolutely loathe this scene. Most sickening dance number ever.
@bryanleigh6497 Жыл бұрын
I think it's a waste to have a great dancer hop around like that. But others think differently.