Cleopatra's Nightmare - Sand Dance

[@kevinjessop5759]

Only found out this week that one of the Betty's was my Wife's Auntie, she is thrilled to be able to see a family member on screen, even not knowing which lady it was likely to be, we have photos but still can't decide from the film clips as they are very grainy. What we do know is that she was only a young woman who was a fabulous gymnast and dancer. Kevin

[@jannetteberends8730]

Walk like an Egyptian and a breakdance, these guys were astonishing

[@swallin19]

Wonderful to see the clips, few exist now, my grandfather was a close friend of Joe Keppel, they both came for the same street in Cork, Ireland, and he nearly joined the act in the early days.

[@5916tony]

just magnificent surely someone will enter britains got talent and resurrect this. choreography and timing is spot on

[@rameshjagtap5130]

Still it's working beautiful. Thanks.

[@GREENMEANIE44]

Fantastic my mum told me about WKB when I was a little boy and now Im 45 I still laugh at this film thanks for the memory .

[@robertcushman7002]

this is fabulous! you won't see this today, or anytime soon.... truly a lost art... cheers 👍 🍻

[@hermask815]

Actually I’m waiting for a woke comment complaining about something.😢

[@londonscot1]

A classic music hall act. Wonderful stuff. Thanks for posting!

[@delbrassfan]

absolute genius. guaranteed smile on my face every time

[@nostromoau]

A classic! I have been searching for footage of these guys for years.

[@gremlinuk1968]

1st seen this in the 70s as a kid ,!

[@incongra]

Yes I also saw this act on TV about 20 years ago. They are amazing. BETTY is a magnificent woman. Thank you. Thank you.

[@virgil291]

What a treat.... Thanks for posting.....

[@muff-puff.]

Absolutely brilliant 👏 👍🇬🇧🏆

[@laurencetribe9341]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!!

[@ЛанаСолнечная]

ОМГ, да тут и элементы брейк данса😅, получила удовольствие! Спасибо!

[@urbanmanc]

Thanks for posting , this is very difficult to find and well worth watching.

[@blackpoolbarmpot]

Oh wonderful...., Wilson Keppel and Betty.

[@algrant5293]

Their own personal sand, I love it.

[@muffinisis]

i just read a biography and betty was replaced a few times, it wasnt always the same girl, but i remember them as a child and they were funny, and indeed still are

[@steveoh9285]

Betty’s granddaughter eventually appeared in the same role, astonishing how entertaining this trio was/is!

[@1crankyvet]

love it more every time i watch it.

[@ritamarch2401]

Thanks, Hotun! Saw them in panto in Oxford as a child, racked my memory for their names as I'm engaged in a U3A project on childhood memoirs. It's great to find this footage. And happily, traditional Panto survives - Cinderella at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, this year, same great slapstick, same old gags, same magic.

[@pellster60]

i love this so much

[@laurencetribe9341]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT

[@MartinThau]

Simply beautiful!

[@jonjamg]

They performed this for Joseph Goebells in 1936 in Berlin who declared it indecent!

[@mi1964amigo]

How I love this act!

[@albertmcmullen2669]

Send this act together with other notable souvenirs into a space capsule to articulate to aliens what our civilisation was all about.

[@davidedwards3361]

This is so corny, but entertaining. It wouldn't go down today though. Music with more than 6 notes, dancing with more than 6 steps and no swearing. I may be getting older, but...BRING BACK THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

[@muffinisis]

i did know there were three, i have this clip on my favourites and remember watching it as a child,

[@mannleycollins8138]

Saw these live at York Empire when a small boy. Michael Jackson eat your heart out.

[@gremlinuk1968]

fuck , you must be old,,!!

[@jinxinternet]

You must be young!

[@vaslav030547]

What a good job someone had the common sense to film this or we would never know. Unlike today with all sorts of tech and nobody films anything for future generations.

[@coracleman]

just fab stuff! coracle woman

[@ruthd7274]

perfection!

[@mrmel321]

very good

[@frostye11]

My Father always used to say in a joke ( having seen them many times ) that Wilson and Keppel were always the same but Betty was always changing ha ha.

[@drummerjohn49]

Brilliant! How do they keep a straight face?

[@davidkglevi]

Masterful! So funny! And bizzarely enough very similar to a dance routine I and my colleagues do in a intermezzo in The imaginary invalid by Molière, called "The moorish dancers".

[@essyyyx]

Hahaa :O One of the men was my great great great great uncle !! Lol !!

[@muffinisis]

i have to say, they were good,

[@gremlinuk1968]

fucking class !!

[@nitronorman1491]

That looks damn hard to do. Not saying that other dances are less complex or longer. Most movies nowadays would have has several scene cuts to give the actors a few moments of rest. But that part where they're walking back to front is very difficult to pull off without loads of practice.

[@Ouseabour]

Sorry! an out of control tablet! Merry Christmas! (and a wonderful performance,btw).I' ve been looking for this for many moons...

[@monimoniese4816]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@gremlinuk1968]

1930s, / would , be, ,great now, 2018,!!

[@muffinisis]

too true

[@darkoak40]

is it possible to get a dvd of these guys, they are great!

[@shawntco]

OK someone please point out where in this video is that 9-bar piece that we've all come to associate with being Egyptian... that do-do do do do do-do do-do do part.

[@algrant5293]

I know this is can answer 4 years on but it starts at 1 minute 30, the music is known as the sand dance but is really named The Egyptian Ballet ☺ hope you don't mind this message now.

[@ericd7709]

0:30 is an old Scots song, "Hey, Johnnie Cope" ... they also used "Kate Dalrymple" in another routine's medley ...

[@pereast]

Was this the reason the British Government created the Ministry of Silly Walks? ;)

[@differous01]

The ministry was founded to regulate an outbreak of morris dancing; Wilson and Kepel (part of the rehab' program) went to Berlin in 1936 but the lederhosen strain of the disease proved too virulent.

[@trysometenderness7466]

Good one! Not many would understand that reference.

[@pendragonready7217]

@youssarian99 - that's exactly what I was expecting to hear, that is why I just put the search in to KZbin - I feel cheated! :-)

[@Freddie3113]

hahhahaha this makes me chuckle

[@stephaniesadie832]

Theres a point at 2:34 where he is Moon Walking. Now you know where Michael Jackson pinched it from.

[@Freddie3113]

Hahahahha! I love this

[@musanca42]

Proof that break dancing was invented in 1899

[@Oleg-z6t]

Забавно танцуют дядьки👬 с усами в набедренных повязках и чёрных труселях Как один из них 1:45 жеманно он поднимет повязку чтобы показать что под неё находится 🙊🙉🙈

[@Freddie3113]

Look them up on wiki?

[@doznt12]

Ha! They put Toast & Peacock to shame!

[@incongra]

What's the name of the biography and does it have an ISBN number by any chance? - I am very keen to find out more about these marvellous performers

[@codfangler1]

Sand Dance

[@muffinisis]

It was not always the same Betty, but they were good

[@pendragonready7217]

sorry youssarian91, I put in 99 in error!

[@williamhall1927]

For some strange reason, i insist on cslling this trio. Freeman Hardy and Willis. Daft, i know.

[@Ouseabour]

@mommymoonchild

[@AA-wd2or]

Sound like Borat dance

[@alanm5939]

Can someone post this great clip in better resoloution - no excuse for 144 these days

[@urnungal]

AIUI there were 3 Bettys - each new one being the daughter of her predecessor.

[@nicmart]

What our gay fellows have had to endure!

[@tomitstube]

can't find much about their personal lives, don't think the two men ever married and there's no mention of girlfriends. probably a good indication they were both gay.

[@marywilliams9858]

Oh shut up. Probably a good indication they never found the right women.

[@tomitstube]

@@marywilliams9858 uh yeah, sure... ; - )

[@blackrabbit212]

@@marywilliams9858 Don't encourage him, Mary. If we ignore him, maybe he'll go away.

[@jinxinternet]

Is this racist? I sure hope not.

[@oldskoolfool141]

Nope, Tutankhamuns tomb had recently been opened so anything Egyptian was very fashionable at that time and WK&B were a natural spin off of that, this is (as were most theatre acts in those days that mimicked other cultures in times when foreign actually was foreign) merely innocent parody, the comedy isn't aimed at Egyptian culture or dance it's about how daft THEY look doing it as two skinny lanky angular white men (enhanced by their angular moustaches)

[@chapsnaps1]

No it's not racist! They are depicting ancient Egyptians from thousands of years ago. Wilson, Keppel and Betty performed the act for King Farouk of Egypt, and he laughed greatly during the performance. The act is an entertaining homage to ancient Egypt and capitalized on the worldwide excitement following the discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in 1922.

[@lenniecapuano521]

what a load of crap is this

[@pendragonready7217]

sorry youssarian91, I put in 99 in error!