I CRIED!! | Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers (REACTION!!)

[@lydiajoy1823]

OK who else was saying “wait until he sees the finale…“ ???? They are complete geniuses I love this number so much.

[@christinegelabert1651]

@Lydia Joy as an older woman here in my MID 50s who took 7 1/2 years of jazz dance AND 9 1/2 years of ballet as a kid~YUP I WAS absolutely waiting to see that coming. I don't think he realized that some of those splits weren't FULL splits, they were actually what's called J splits. Your back leg IS bent and a good portion of your body weight goes onto it~that's partially how you bounce yourself back up also..you use it to push OFF it and propel yourself forward and upwards because you've got part of your foot ON the floor to help you. They do it in all the ones where they are facing the audience right AT the beginning, and a few other times but you can see it besr when you look closer in those beginning shots. 😉

[@mikemorgan2211]

But there wasn't a big ending or anything. What part are you talking about

[@lydiajoy1823]

Mike Morgan By “finale” I was referring to them leaping over each other over huge stair steps and doing the splits all the way down.

[@charlottecunningham2141]

Mike Morgan sooooo....splits DOWN a set of stairs isn’t a big finale? Ok🙄

[@carrielaliberte3255]

Yes!! Lol, so couldn’t wait for his reaction! 🤣.

[@lindapowers8592]

Jive was a popular type of dance 💃🏽 Cab Calloway was my grandmother’s cousin and a famous bandleader, dancer and singer, actor. The Nicholas Brothers actors and the most talented/famous tapping brothers of all time🔥 Dude this is from a 1943 film Stormy Weather starring Lena Horne. Younger people need to learn about our history and have honor and respect for those who laid the groundwork, so continue reacting and learning.

[@davidmichaelson1092]

Cab Calloway is one of my favorite performers Ever.

[@51Lorie]

The Great Nicholas Brothers. Greatest dancers of all time! They were what every dancer since has aspired to, seriously.

[@armadillotoe]

I can't imagine how strong their legs must have been, to go from a split to standing with only your legs? If I could do the splits it would take 3 medical professionals, and 2 weeks to get me back on my feet again. LOL

[@fredulyssesarockii8937]

Truth, greatest of all time!

[@ladyB59]

Fred Astaire thought they were the best dancers of thier day.

[@linnymaemullins3319]

😍

[@gasaholic47]

@Jack Bauer Astaire called this the greatest dance routine ever put to film

[@francesgordon3178]

This is the history of our people. These dance moves were not computer generated. This is pure talent. Learn it and respect it.

[@MrDarkMagnus]

I'm a 66-year-old white guy from NH. It bothers me that I know more about legendary black performers than so many young black folks.

[@itellwalker7923]

@@MrDarkMagnus …. I’M PROUD OF YOU FOR KNOWING THE TRUTH OF OUR BLACK HISTORY BROTHER. 👏🏽

[@itellwalker7923]

I’M ASHAMED AND DISGUSTED AT MY YOUNG, BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THEIR OWN BLACK HISTORY…. WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE LIVE IN WHEN WHITE BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOW MORE ABOUT BLACK HISTORY THAN MY YOUNG BLACK BROTHERS AND BLACK SISTERS OF TODAY DO?…. They’d take a look at the name IMHOTEP and just laugh……..

[@itellwalker7923]

@@mariestreeting4213 I’M PROUD OF YOU FOR KNOWING THE TRUTH OF OUR BLACK HISTORY SISTER. 👏🏽

[@cynthiayargus1695]

This is YOUR HERITAGE! Without this music there would be NO rap music.

[@tanyamonk1280]

you are soooo right Cynthia

[@sassymessmess9110]

Thank you Cynthia!

[@fuzzyjax]

This is our heritage. American.

[@NeoNeoNeo]

Please yell at me

[@prestigeworldwide5239]

Or Rock 'n' Roll.

[@maxmauer3353]

I’ve scrolled through the comments and feel I need to add one thing... I’m a blues/swing/jazz musician of thirty years. My wife is a jazz educator of twenty five years. Most people in the comment section are talking about “talent”. I’m here to tell you that talent is somewhat of a myth; Talent would imply that everyone shown in this footage just showed up and was automatically perfect. What everyone in this clip had was the highest level of discipline. Every player in the band/orchestra, along with Cab and the brothers, all individually, had thousands and thousands of hours of practice at their chosen discipline. They then got together for this one scene and rehearsed it hundreds and hundreds of times. Don’t let the “all in one take” talk fool you. It was, indeed, all in one take: when film was rolling. These performers rehearsed this to level most of us can’t imagine. So, yes...everyone here was talented. But, it was discipline that made this one of thr all-time great musical sequences in history. TLDR: you don’t wake up being able to do this, from musicians, directors, to dancers. Everyone was extremely disciplined in their craft, rehearsed it to a level that’s insane, then crushed it when cameras were rolling.

[@lestranged]

I just love how every player in the band is a showman too, every instrument gets it's moment to shine, there is this fun interplay between the musicians and the dancers like they are bouncing energy off eachother, it's just all so polished and perfect but it still has this exciting hint of chaos, like a roller coaster on the verge of going off the rails but they pull it back in and make it look effortless. Even the dance has this perfect tension between chaos and control, athleticism and elegance. It's the definition of cool. Every time I watch this I think this has to be the pinnacle of American culture.

[@breebree9319]

Amen all of this is so!

[@twilightdream1000]

If you look up the interview a reporter did with the Nicolas Brothers, they say that they didn’t rehearse this scene BUT they did do it in takes. The would dance/film one scene, rest for 15-20 minutes, then do another scene, rest for another 15-20 minutes etc. Of course the were directed in each part but their routine was literally freestyle. They said the only time they ever rehearsed was when they were learning a new dance move. At this point ( and I’m don’t know how old they were in this movie) they’ve been dancing been since they were children. They also said that was the only time they did this routine because “it hurt too much!!” 😂😂😂

[@leung9401]

Talent is 99% blood, sweat and tears.

[@arthurdturner3394]

You also know that level of entertainment will never occur again.

[@otisyoung7061]

Fred Astaire (who Michael Jackson said was his hero) said this is the best dance routine in history......which it is......nobody comes close to doing the stuff they could do

[@adailydaughter6196]

Otos Young, Fred Astaire was CORRECT!!!!

[@deirdredoyle9410]

There’s a really cute short video of Fred dancing with the Nicolas brothers when they were little, on the MGM lot. Gene Kelly used to dance with them all the time. They were absolutely the greatest ever.

[@danawinsor1380]

@@deirdredoyle9410 Wow! I would love to see that.

[@constancehaynes8528]

Please Michael was into Sammy Davis n James Brown. Fred Astaire was a carbon copy of Bill Robinson(Bojangles). There a lot of better dancers then Fred. Just like Elvis copy n paste.

[@sheltonmackey6449]

Fred Astaire would go uptown to the Harlem black clubs like Apollo and Cotton Club to learn moves. The only reason he was seen as great tap dancer because he was white. During that time in the 1940s 95 percent of movies made were all white people.

[@Thatgirl1973]

That my friends, is what you call a performance! ❤️ Remember, there’s no fancy camera work, no auto tune, no take 12. Just raw, beautiful talent. Damn! Thanks for this reaction.

[@anniethenonnymouse]

You'll never see better tap dancing than the Nicholas Brothers. They are not of this world! Great reaction, Mr. Video-- keep doing what you do!

[@shawnac9289]

Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire beg to differ

[@dwhitman3092]

LMAO with the split on the couch!

[@tafkap01]

@@shawnac9289 Fred Astaire made the same statement himself!!

[@calliedavila2517]

I lost it at "thigh-atical" muscle!!!!!!! OMG!!! I LOVE when he makes up words that don't exist, but should!!!! Thanks Leo!!! 😂💓😂

[@dianegoldeneye7207]

Leoisims 😂

[@lilygrace1304]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sissybushnell7959]

😂😂😂😂

[@michaelloveland1330]

DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY STUNTS SEEN IN THIS VIDEO!

[@racheldobbs2028]

I wonder if anyone has tried to recreate it?

[@NelsonStJames]

@@racheldobbs2028Once.

[@davidmichaelson1092]

Iron balls or an "egg basket" (Chernobyl reference)?

[@cnatview]

A fact: "Most dance routines are practiced countless times before they’re performed, but the legendary Nicholas Brothers could dazzle audiences on the first take. A clip from the movie Stormy Weather (1943)-featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing Jumpin Jive-captures Fayard (1914-2006) and Harold (1921-2000) Nicholas jumping into tap-dancing action to perform an incredible routine that was completely unrehearsed and recorded in one take."

[@bibakroll8999]

I wondered if it was recorded in one take, so thank you for that. :)

[@ameyer1970]

Two of the greatest dancers ever. They did this whole routine on the first take.

[@navigatingwithnana]

We wouldn't have had jazz, the blues, then rock and roll and hip hop if it were't for the African Americans who were the forefathers of the Arts in this country. THIS needs to be taught in our schools.

[@thomastimlin1724]

As a former music teacher I totally agree. And I include American Hispanic and American Indian Nation music and other world music in that...but we as a country apply too much emphasis on sports and "No Child Left Behind" type testing and teaching to the test, and underfund the arts. Hell, we underfund the public schools for 50 years now and are allowed rob from their budget for private charter schools which are legalized special interest profiteer endeavors and do no better than the public schools, and often times, worse [look at the studies made...]. We apply business models for schools for results with a $ sign and a test score to everything. We need to change this first before the diverse arts and culture will ever be valued and funded properly. It's very hard to revive and truly teach culture in this country when it is owned by the corporate media who promote the basic mantra "If it smells, it sells."

[@navigatingwithnana]

@@thomastimlin1724 So true,Thomas. I agree with all your points. My daughter is a public school teacher, so I'm well aware of the critical issues at hand. I only wish more Americans would wake up to this. Our children deserve so much better.

[@PhoenixRising357]

@@thomastimlin1724 I totally agree. The arts promotes so much universal appreciation and unity and can connect with kids on a deeper level than academics. It should never be left out.

[@elizabethanderson4909]

We wouldn't even have country music without the influence of African and Indigenous music

[@cwilliams7017]

I taught it in school...

[@dagnelpaula1]

Oh man! I almost feel off my chair when you hit the sofa in a wanna-be split! You're KILLIN' me, man! SO funny! I'm 63, and this was before MY time. You can see the Nicholas Brothers doing their thing in the video that Bruno Mars cobbled together for "Uptown Funk." (They're on toward the end of it.) I've never seen ANYTHING like this before! These guys were talented, and THEN some! And so are you, Bro. WAY too funny! GREAT reaction!

[@rmnpeacenluv9824]

I totally agree!! They were phenomenal!! And Mr. Video is a NUT and I love his reactions so much! Im a 59 year old female and he has got me hooked on his Vids!!!! He's just too funny!!!🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂💞💞💞

[@walkofnails2923]

LostInAsheville Yep! Here it is from Bruno - I knew I recognized the suits and dance moves. Those jump splits are crazy 😬 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2KpYZ94o9ihoac

[@rmnpeacenluv9824]

@@walkofnails2923 wow!!!! I've never seen this!! Thank you for the link!!! Don't ya just love KZbin?!?✌🦋🤩

[@walkofnails2923]

RMN peacenluv I’ve had this saved on YT for a long while. He’d really freak out if he saw the jump off the balcony 😁😁

[@rmnpeacenluv9824]

@@walkofnails2923 🤣😂😂👍

[@uncle_thulhu]

You know when your grandparents would say "when we were your age, we made our own entertainment"? This is what they were talking about.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

😂🥰

[@SingDanceKC]

This is considered to be the best dance scene ever put on film.

[@karenmartin7978]

The Nicholas Brothers began performing when they were children. There's nothing like a few decades of practice to help people become excellent dancers.

[@Spazzmatazzz]

Doing the splits is one thing. Jumping and landing doing splits is another. But having the thigh muscles to stand back up multiple times is super-human! ☺☻

[@canaisyoung3601]

That would explain Prince and James Brown.

[@Spazzmatazzz]

@@canaisyoung3601 You make a very good point. lol

[@lexiburrows8127]

Agreed. The way they get up again is like gravity has been cancelled!

[@wsjustice]

Not only that, but leaping off that piano and landing in a split?! They're balls were probably 7' off the ground.

[@barrystein8834]

...without using your hands...

[@Rob_Fordd]

No joke, the Nicholas Brothers were Michael and Janet Jackson's dance instructors later on. They both even did performances with them in the late 70s and they still had the moves! Janet even had a tribute in a music video to them iirc. Giants stand on the shoulders of giants :)

[@wordforger]

That makes so much sense!

[@lindahardy8713]

“They jumped balls first”... I lost it 😂😂😂. This was probably before your dad was a seed.

[@foofookachoo1136]

What I thought!!!! Couldn’t be more than 25 or 26!!!

[@bvscfanatic]

Every time I see this incredible video, I notice something new. Note that the Nicholas Brothers never do break a sweat in this film, you never see strain on their faces, nor do they ever stop smiling through the entire routine. These guys were in a class by themselves, having begun dancing as young boys. They were completely in sync with each other. Supposedly, this scene was filmed in ONE TAKE. The brothers knew exactly what they intended to do, and they did it. It is one of the most remarkable pieces of film in all of history. Also, kudos to Cab Calloway, one of the greatest entertainers of his time. This is solid gold.

[@robynleighs]

I almost peed from laughing hysterically when he tried to jump split the couch. I'm dead!

[@dianegoldeneye7207]

😂😂😂😂

[@SkipFrontzJr]

I UGLY LAUGHED

[@divyak9980]

I made a poor decision when I decided to see this at 3:20 am . Had to lock myself in the bathroom with my hand on my mouth trying to not wake up my whole entire house cackling with laughter. Him doing the step on the sofa made me loose it saying the brothers were groinless just made it worse. My god. I have tears.

[@jjoh2347]

If not for CC and the Nicholas brothers, there would be KZbin reaction of this caliber! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dennisb2450]

Cab Calloway “Reefer Man” or “Minnie the Moocher”.

[@armadillotoe]

It is hard to find a good copy of Reefer Man on Leftube.

[@mastershake1790]

The minnie the moocher performance from the blues brothers movie was legendary

[@lyubovs]

@@armadillotoe In my first comment draft I started to go hard against your comment, but I cooled off and I just have this to say. It wasn't hard to find "Reefer Man" on KZbin and I disagree with your implication that KZbin is Left leaning and that, somehow, the left is against marijuana legalization as your comment seems to suggest. Let me know your thoughts, especially if i misunderstood your words. Thanks.

[@Akamai2HI]

My cat Minnie is named for that song.

[@mastershake1790]

@Bodhi Lee T please don't turn this political guys. This channel is about good music and connecting to others through music. Both left and right are just as insane as each other. Learn to get along.

[@Tigerlillielibra]

The legendary Gregory Hines once said that there could be no biography movie made about the Nicholas Brothers because no one could copy those dance moves today. I believe it.

[@dee_pendable1]

I have not laughed this hard in my entire life. When you jumped onto your couch, you took me out. I knew when I saw the title, I had to drop everything. Thanks for the giggles. My side truly hurts

[@MrVideo123]

Dee be careful over there 😂

[@dee_pendable1]

@@MrVideo123 Too late🤣

[@rachelgonzalez3803]

I had the snively dog, chain smoking laugh going on. 😂😂😂😂🤘🏼

[@omgirl2145]

@@rachelgonzalez3803 Thanx! I needed a laugh cry too! 😂😍😘🙏

[@scarletjohnston741]

I'm crying 🤣🤣🤣

[@liamwilbur1897]

My grandpa played bass in a swing band when he was in his 20s. He was born in 1919, so this would've been his generation's version of heavy rock music. 😂😂

[@mindigd]

"He jumped from the top stair balls first!" 😂😂😂

[@mshack2602]

That line took me out lmao!!

[@CharlieHuang]

They got BALLS OF STEEL!

[@mindigd]

@@CharlieHuang 😂😂😂

[@katsujinkin60]

One of the best reactions I've ever seen for the greatest tap dancers of all time! You got me laughing and crying at the same time, Son! I've seen this clip (and the film it came from) many times and it never ceases to amaze!

[@etc7070]

This video should come with the warning DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

[@conniemink672]

😂😂😂😂For real, this was funny as hell😂😂

[@leonardlarrisey7525]

I got exhausted just watching it. The best dance sequence I've ever seen .

[@christymearna3912]

😝😂❣️💯

[@sjw5797]

@@leonardlarrisey7525 That was Fred Astaire's professional opinion.

[@marylees8983]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@carmenmehringer9765]

😂😂 That was really a lot for you take in! Hearing SCAT and watching the most acrobatic (groin less as you put it), tap dancers ever. WELL DONE MR VIDEO YOU SURVIVED! Especially, after your failed attempt to jump and jive. 😂😂

[@pushpak]

Cab Calloway also sang "Reefer Man'. I loved CC, he was incredible.

[@MrSmartAlec]

Minnie the Moocher !

[@felderup]

since i haven't heard it, maybe it's related to a particular kind of train car called a reefer?

[@pushpak]

@@felderup You jest! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qafShIaaqLObqqM

[@felderup]

@@pushpak i'm 46, it'd be a bit long of a jest at this age, my first intro to cab was, i think, minnie the moocher in blues brothers.

[@tessdean2523]

black community should be promoting and and encouraging this kind of talent again. amazing

[@jazshas]

Tell me about it. When I look at my mom's old pictures, compared to today we carry ourselves like bums.

[@reneesie1]

In the scene, Harold and Fayard Nicholas dance to Cab Calloway's Jumpin' Jive. The most impressive fact about the dance is that the two brothers danced without previous rehearsal. According to Fred Astaire, this scene is the greatest dance scene ever captured on film.

[@charlesspringer4709]

This old yarn comes up every time this video surfaces. Of course it is rehearsed. 35mm film cameras back then are on tracks and cranes with a hole crew, including a guy called the "focus puller" who has marked up a tape on the lens and sets the focus as the time is counted. Plus, if you look at the cuts you can see the various cameras would be in each other's way. And lighting is adjusted for every camera position, as you can see. Here is one kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZPYaqR5o7uVgpI

[@MarkAnderson-vg5vq]

To take a chance and go all out doing those beautiful moves on beat and with no mistakes ,WOW 👍🏽👌🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 This is Timeless

[@haydenmary4849]

@@charlesspringer4709 that had to have rehearsed to learn the routine, right?

[@iedawahato]

@@haydenmary4849 They had performed ever since they were young, and in their early years their footwork was very tight. Alll the splits they're doing are things they were already known for doing. Sometimes they even did flips. Whenever they practiced other routines, they imagined the camera was running at the same time. An interview with the Chicago Tribune revealed it wasn't rehearsed as their choreographer didn't want them to.

[@nicodemusriley]

Now you are primed and ready to watch “The Blues Brothers”, one of the greatest films about music of all time. Cab has a part in it, and does one of his most famous songs at the end. Really truly hilarious and educational and inspirational, with performances from some of the true legends of music.

[@joannereece8183]

This scene was made as part if a film it was filmed in one take

[@eluby]

That's truly amazing!

[@Klapeful]

That's definitely not one take, I'm sure they were capable of doing it, to some extent, in one take but the whole logistic with the one or two camera etc.. won't allow filming this in one take. You can see when they stop the scene to move the camera. Imagine the waste of money on film if they were doing this 5min scene in one take and messed up the slide at the end, that would be good to go to the trash. Without even talking about an operator messing with the light, the focus, the framing of the brother etc during the take.

[@rccraig7580]

​@@Klapeful There has been a little controversy about that subject. Since I'm not a director or film expert I'm not going to say one way or the other. One of the brothers reportedly said it was all done in one take. I wasn't there so I'll just say it was one hell of a dance scene whether it was one take or hundred takes it still holds up today.

[@1984msmocha]

@@Klapeful I'm an interview Fayard said the stair part was done in one take and if I remember it was only discussed but wasn't rehearsed.

[@reneesie1]

@@Klapeful it WAS filmed in one take and they had no rehearsal either they did it cold.

[@acevedo128]

Shame on you not knowing who Cab is and was, cuz. He's that hep cat, from way back. He spoke in scat, way before rap. Even before the big Mac, got stacked.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

😂🥰

[@dianegoldeneye7207]

Oh that was good 😂👍🏻

[@Stilwell88]

Shame? No thank you.

[@acevedo128]

@@Stilwell88 I'm just talking about Cab

[@Skunkieboo]

It took everything in my power not to fast forward to "that scene". Because I knew you were going to lose your mind. We all did the first time we saw it. I've seen this movie clip a hundred times and it still impresses and entertains me.

[@siobhancharnley8760]

WARNING: Do Not Try This at Home 😂This was from my mom’s generation. She was a “jitter-bug” dance champion with her brother, so I was exposed to a lot of these musicians and particularly dancers as they were my mom’ favorites. And Cab Calloway was the first musician to coin the term jitterbug. Some of his other performances are “Minnie the Moocher” and “Hi De Ho”. He’s a hoot.

[@gooberclese]

You need to look up our late brother Gregory Hines........that was a man with a gift for Tap. He impressed me with his gift when I was still a child and had little to no interest in dance. He was on tv and I was hooked. He was amazing!

[@shannonallen2993]

He was fantastic!

[@grayace4556]

Cab Calloway was the king of jazz/swing!

[@someoldatheist6712]

You got to do Cab Callaway "the reefer man". And remember this is the 30s and 40s . Back in these day they didn't mess around when they called someone a performer! this kind of showmanship is a lost art.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

Yep ❤️

[@CFlip1971]

49 year old white lady and I'm thrilled to see you recognize this scene and the Nicholas Brothers/Cab Calloway. Old Hollywood legends!!! My Mom always pointed out real talent to me growing up...she said stop and check THIS OUT!

[@seasickviking]

Cab Calloway: A Legend from a Time Where Being A Professional 'Dancer' Wasn't Some Euphemism For Strippers.

[@splashofun]

"Jumping on their Jives" and you need new "thigh-attical" muscles! Dude, I subscribed yesterday because you have me crying in laughter, like they made you cry! You're a lotta fun, and it also gets me when you talk to the show, like they can hear you! Keep up the crazy-good work, Bro!

[@andrealarocco4941]

Have you not watched the movie The Blues Brothers?!? A MUST WATCH!!! Cab is Brilliant!!!✌️💗😊

[@blacksheep_edge1412]

That version of Minnie the Moocher is FANTASTIC. The whole soundtrack of that film is awesome. Hard to find a better soundtrack. Ray and Bohemian Rhapsody are two that come close off the top of my head.

[@andrealarocco4941]

Blacksheep_Edge I still listen to that soundtrack regularly. Ray was amazing and for me personally I like Walk the Line a little better than Bohemian Rhapsody only because they actually sing and play in Walk the Line. But it’s all good music to me. The Blues Brothers weren’t just a movie or sketch they were a actual band that toured. Belushi’s talent was so out of this world. And I grew up in Chicago so it is a little sentimental to me. ✌️💗😊

[@lindabergman3127]

Oh yes indeed it was hilarious 😂🤣

[@aliceludlow9558]

This is your great grandfather's music! I'm 73 and this was my parents music. Mom use to go to see big bands in the Paramount Theater in the early 1940's. Nicolas Brothers a great dance team!

[@ROW3rd]

The cotton Club in Harlem in the 1940's had the best dancers the best musicians and the prettiest girls hands down

[@Triggerhippie70]

This music makes me so happy! I come from Italian family and grew up listening to the standards.

[@justadonis9286]

Dude Cab Callaway Minnie the Moocher next

[@Uninvited72]

Next logical step 💗💗💗

[@Martha_thl]

Spock would agree.

[@robertcherman]

Crazy I have been working on a Reactor KZbin list, and I just added Minnie the Moocher, about an hour ago. kzbin.info/aero/PLPpXqXEr01uZCtUgCU8OvGaP5dHnR2dIS

[@Uninvited72]

@@nancymclaughlin6790 Betty has some seriously risque stuff. You want to wartch something surreal. Watch this. It's one of a kind. Wait for the contortionism ✌🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKbXpnieoLihebc

[@gooberclese]

Yes please!

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Man, that crowd really got their money's worth. Hell, I could clear out my month's wages seeing that myself live and I'd more than get my money's worth.

[@MrSmartAlec]

The fitness and flexibility levels of those two is off the charts.

[@lindas5200]

They actually did this dance in one take.

[@anyright8683]

One take that's amazing 💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 but look at the guy playing the horn he was trying to move everytime they jumped over his head🤣😂

[@larrymorris4959]

Now you dealing with the ultimate entertainers , classic is always better

[@mellonlord4616]

Tyler The Creator, FKA Twigs, Bill Callahan, Frank Ocean, Fleet Foxes. There are great creators in every generations. It's about knowing how to find them. And there was trash back then but they've since been forgot.

[@thehorrorfanx]

Damn straight. 👍🏼

[@jeanettesmith765]

Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers were amazing! "Ya'll better be careful!" LOL!

[@lz4005]

You're gonna love Cab's song Reefer Man. Last line "now pass it slightly, lightly and politely"

[@funnybunnyfuzie]

AYOOO A RECENT VIDEO TOOOOO???????? Don't mind me infodumping here, but oh my god it makes me beyond happy to see people are still listening to Cab Calloway and still know who he is, to begin with. You can ask anyone of Gen Z now who he is and I guarantee you a very small amount of people will have any idea who you're referring to. He is such a talented man and I feel like so much of him and his music are commonly forgotten by anybody now. I'm in my teens and I just found out about him a few months ago, but god, his music has changed my fucking life. Truly one of the most talented men of his time, and I hope people never forget him man,, he really formed a genre and I swear, him and the songs he sang were so damn magical, unlike anybody else

[@funnybunnyfuzie]

Sorry for my long ass comment also you're fucking hilarious by the way LMAOOOOO

[@dragonflyparade8143]

Fantastic, and WAY back in the time when people of colour had to be incredibly talented to make it - and showed they were! Look up Dorothy Dandridge, who was married to one of the Nicholas Brothers. Fabulous, talented lady who starred in the films Porgy & Bess and Carmen Jones.

[@Platymapuss]

I absolutely LOVE watching the old school dancers like Cab Calloway, Fred Estair, and Frank Sinatra! It's like they're weightless and floating...I've never seen anything like them since anywhere.

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Watch the whole movie, Stormy Weather! It’s arguably the high point for African American culture or at least a primary document. The band leader is Cab Calloway who played the Cotton Club in Harlem. See him do his hit Minnie the Moocher as an old man in The Blues Brothers movie. He brings down the house. A song he does could be ur new theme song: The Reefer Man!!! 😂

[@lindamaemullins5151]

❤️

[@jlerrickson]

I don't think that I've ever laughed so hard at any reaction video ever. I was laughing streams of tears. 🤣

[@Mainecoonlady.]

Big Band era.... my parents danced to this stuff. My Dad love the Nicholas Brothers. That staircase routine is legendary. I think I saw this movie when I was about 8 years old. Sweetie... don’t be jumping around like that. They are trained athletes. You are cute but not a trained athlete. LOL.

[@rogermeadowstaylor3256]

You weirdo

[@mexton]

The Greatest Dance Routine in History.Still unmatched in 2020. Also Cab and his orchestra..Taking no prisoners..Just Killin! Oh yeah we was Killin in the 1940s too..Pure Talent.

[@frankrossi6972]

"It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing..." Big band swing was a magical, all-too-short era in music, but it influenced the whole spectrum that came afterward---jazz, rock n roll, R&B/soul, funk, hip hop. This is one pioneering genre, though it also can be traced back to African percussion traditions.

[@wishingeveryonegoodhealth8168]

I just recently came across the Nicholas brothers on KZbin and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. These gentlemen are amazing, so effortless, in tuxedos no less. They didn’t even seem out of breath after that crazy, high energy, amazing performance. Must of been amazing to see them in person. I don’t if anyone was able to match their dancing, choreography and showmanship.

[@NicaB75]

BE CAREFUL! 😂🤣😂 And yes, the Nicholas Brothers were superheroes. I just laughed so hard I scared my dog! Love you, Mr. Video! 💕

[@lxhobson]

This has got to be from the late 30's or early 40's, I would imagine. How wonderful that we have these old recordings so that generations later can see how talented these guys were (the Nicholas Brothers). Cab Calloway was very popular, but I relate more and enjoy more the Nicholas Brothers. They were freaking AMAZING! I can't think of one person today who could do the routine they just did. And maybe, Mr. Video, they were wearing the metal "cups" that some Mui Tai fighters wear???

[@toughpull]

Those 2 brothers are amazing dancers

[@Martha_thl]

Two of the most athletic, creative, and entertaining dancers ever.

[@tleonard2511tl]

This is from the movie Stormy Weather with Bill Bojangles Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway but the ones that was dancing at the end was the Nicholas Brothers. Plus the the younger brother Harold Nicholas was in the movie "The 5 Heartbeats" and Cab Callaway was in "The Blues Brothers"

[@mulatanyc865]

No kidding the Nicholas brothers were extraordinary dancers. There’s no other dancers like them as far as the tap dancing the jumping and the splits. Their original dancing moves and talents was Phenomenon. Your reaction was a crackup! Thank u for making me laugh. We all need more laugher in our life. ✌🏼💕

[@THEPATRIOT1000]

A great movie about the Harlem Renaissance is called The Cotton Club.. also a movie about Billie Holiday with Diana Ross ... Lady Sings the Blues

[@lindabergman3127]

Great movie 🤩

[@jgsrhythm100]

Have you seen the movie this clip is from. " Stormy Weather" ? It's not a movie about that era, it is a film from that era!

[@jgsrhythm100]

Before Billy Holiday the was " Bessie Smith"! Check this circa 1929 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5TQZnSao56MedU

[@turtle4717]

Billy Holiday is legend!

[@andrewpetik2034]

You (and we with you) are watching some very talented people do what they do best!! The bandleader, Cab Calloway, is, in my opinion the king of jive and the father of 'scat'.... That type of vocalizing he does here. The Nicholas Brothers are legendary dancers!

[@TexasMagnolia]

1920-1970 Actors HAD to be able to Act, Sing and Dance. Also, up until the end of the 50’s, all boys were sent to Dance Classes because, it was important for them to know how to dance when they started dating.

[@krisstiebee9688]

"They're groinless" 😄. I was waiting for The Nicholas Brothers to come out. Your reaction was amazing.

[@BeeWhistler]

I have watched a bunch of reactors reacting to this video because it never gets old... but you’re the first one who has pointed out how scary it is when they’re leaping over the band like that! Every time I see it, I think, “Those musicians must really trust the Nicholas Brothers...”

[@sfbayareagirl]

This dance number from “Stormy Weather,” 1943, is considered one of the best dance scenes on film. This film is also the first with an all black cast and crew. Great movie culminating in this iconic routine. Fun enjoying it with you! I’m sure you’re not the only one to be squeamish during those splits moves, lol.

[@bobbielemaire4024]

Got me over here straight Belly Laughing loud af. My neighbors prolly hate when I watch these reactions. So dang funny. 👍🏼☠️

[@rmnpeacenluv9824]

He is HILARIOUS!!! I look forward to his reactions, ALWAYS!! I LOVE his channel!! He can pull me out of a funk so quick!! We need this young man and his humor! Especially now days. I know I do! 🥂✌🦋

[@terpjh4634]

🤣 why did you try that?!

[@rachelgonzalez3803]

Right? So dead! 😂😂😂😂🤘🏼

[@bobbielemaire4024]

⚰️☠️

[@highpsi11]

We all need a good laugh right about now (and always) and this did it for me. "Groinless" is a whole new concept. I'm laughing inside just thinking about it. The Nicholas Brothers are without peers - past, present or future. They look like they just pretend that gravity applies to them so that the rest of us don't freak out. Seriously, they look like they only agreed come down from those jumps to reassure us that they are in fact human. If you notice, their groins don't quite hit the floor, but I'm sure their bodies took a beating - hip replacements for sure. They inspire anyone with the desire to dance!

[@wesalker3479]

Lean Horne sang "Stormy Weather" in this movie. One of my favorites. You need to check it out.

[@pampietro8980]

Lena Horne

[@gruntrucker1]

Wellllllll ......... Let's not forget Eartha kitt!!!!!!!!!

[@wesalker3479]

@@gruntrucker1 SULTRY!

[@aaronlane1391]

My legs cramped up just watching this. Incredible talent and athletic ability. ( just the leg strength alone is almost superhuman)

[@aspjake123]

Damn the BEST reaction video ever! had me LMAO and i didn't know why

[@jgsrhythm100]

In the 50's Elvis was hailed the King of RocknRoll. Uh I don"t think so. Check. "Louis Jordan" (circa 1946) , "Caldonia".This is essential reaction!! Nicolas Bros, Louis Jordan never got credit deserved. Real old school!!!! The roots that bare the fruits. "

[@shellybay817]

you might find interesting that these movies with Cab Calloway, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and others is where young Michael Jackson took his inspiration. (I grew up on this old classics :) Annnnnd you just did the jump splits into the sofa LOLOLOLOLOL!

[@lindamaemullins5151]

😂🥰

[@zimnizzle]

I have seen this so many times and the Nicholas Brothers’ athleticism is OUT of this WORLD. Talented - absolutely. Their dancing is amazing! But I cannot get over their stamina. It’s crazy.

[@laurageorge8560]

You should look up Gregory Hines when you get a little time.

[@edithrobertson3127]

Savion Glover.... a genius tapper as a boy ... still amazes me when I watch the man.

[@loriwishman1866]

Gregory Hines...❤️❤️❤️him!

[@gwillis01]

Another vote for seeing who and what Gregory Hines was !! I think you will like what you see He moves so well!!! He's a smooth brother

[@FerroMancer]

Could not agree more. Absolute prodigy.

[@gwillis01]

@@edithrobertson3127 I agree that Savion Glover is amazing at what he does His moves are smooth and astounding

[@paulstory6601]

" they jumpin on people" yo so funny. The entire reaction. Yes they are super heros. Your laugh is contagious! I literally had to hold my belly ,stream of teats when you cringed ,fell off your couch than tried the move. " balls first" omg .thanks. You need more reactions to dance moves .

[@TheRicardoAlas]

You have to continue exploring Cab Calloway. Or even other Nicholas Brothers routines... They are the best tap duo ever! By the way, Cab is my idol !

[@tgapmamakat]

When they jumped from the piano to the floor oh, you said oh, they're superheroes, and I thought to myself yeah now you finally got it

[@deenoruve1542]

😂😂😂😂 Today was just one of those horrible days for me but this reaction has lifted my spirit. I had tears too after watching your attempted split 😂😂😂 Loved it!

[@RhettAnderson]

Unbelievable video and a solid reaction. Jeez, that Cab Calloway is a bundle of talent. And those brothers are nuts.

[@ldbagwell]

I love those old movies. They were awesome!

[@victorbloom8286]

I'm 70 Years old . This is before My time and Brilliant. You are showing me Your Ignorant Side . Be carefull . They were the Besy . Cab Callaway and the Brothers are Heros .

[@eluby]

Just got to the part that made you laugh so hard - DEAD. 😂😂😂

[@sibkiss2009]

I saw them run up a wall and flip in another show. Exciting dancers!

[@johnjohnson3291]

Where you look back at them old jazz players in the mall musicians each one of them tight outfit tight hair tight shoes tight performance and voice just perfect no auto-tune no computers just a crappy old fashioned mic

[@ocheltree1]

TALENT!!!!!!!!!!!! That's what it looks and sounds like. Dedicated, hard working, talented people, entertaining everyone who watches. Remembering these artists of yesteryear is a fine thing to do. I really appreciate all the hours of their life they spent honing their craft for the benefit and pleasure of us all. They had no idea that in 2020 we would still be enjoying their performance.

[@Martha_thl]

Someone got the giggles today! 😂🤣😄

[@Martha_thl]

BTW - another one you might try is the video clip from Hellzapoppin', another music and dance movie of that era, starring Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart. Couples dancing together. THE BEST!

[@HelloKittykat21]

Grew up loving Cab, first introduced to him by Betty Boop and my grandparents ❤️ The energy of their performances were amazing and today's artists don't have even a fraction of their style, class or talent.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

The fabulous Cab Calloway. He's a big influence on music. Jazz Blues Rock. Check him out in the first blues brothers movie. A song called "Minnie the Moocher