The Nicholas Brothers & Cab Calloway -Jumpin Jive (1943)

[@themidsouthcyclist8880]

If clubs like this existed today, we'd all be much happier.

[@shevawn1973]

They did this in one take with just one rehearsal. True talent!

[@fallibleangel9101]

After 100 rehearsals, I would have had 100 hospital visits and that would have only been because of 10 seconds into the performance. These men were amazing.

[@derrickzane5834]

@@fallibleangel9101 I think Fred Astaire is quoted as saying that the Nicholas Brothers dance number in Stormy Weather was the greatest dance routine ever committed to film.

[@gasaholic47]

@@derrickzane5834 That is absolutely correct.

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

Not too many videos can make exhausted from just watching.........

[@davidw.hulbertiv5211]

Cab gets you in the mood... Yes sir... Yeah, the sax player cracks me up with the wincing...

[@queenreg7]

That whole “you better not kick me in the head, man!” vibe. That’s the funniest part to me.

[@passqualecaiazza7728]

Nice reaction. You mention need to bring back tap dancing. I agree, but know one could even come close to these guys. Now excuse me, I am going to get me an ice pack. That hurt just watching them. Oh and I love this type of music too.

[@paulturnet4572]

You're right about the sax player, I noticed that quite some time ago,...cracks me up every time, and yes, that is "exactly " what he's thinking !!

[@samuelwoods7463]

Fat lip or broken tooth and you are out of business!

[@BlueShadow777]

You’ll also see them perform in the following films: • Sun Valley Serenade (1941) • Tin Pan Alley (1940) • Orchestra Wives (1942) - brilliant! • Down Argentine Way (1941) • The Great American Broadcast (1940) • The Pirate (1948) - with Gene Kelly ...and as young kids in: • Kid Millions (1934)

[@johnsrensen3366]

Amazing show

[@LuisVazquez-hx3bk]

That what the Irish folklore dances do and their dace school that give classes of tapdqnce.

[@Rob_Fordd]

These guys were MJ and Janet Jacksons dance instructors later in life! Just goes to show we all stand on the shoulders of giants. Tap dancing isn't big in pop culture anymore but you can see the impact it had on dancers from Michael's generation. Its influence is still definitely felt today because of that.

[@Brother_Dre1900]

Yes, our ancestors back in the day knew how to bring it too.

[@chalmapatterson544]

Since the late 1920s.

[@rmcfete]

Comment after not during the greatest dance on film and you stop it watch it first

[@cheryllee8107]

They did this in one take

[@SingDanceKC]

The gals and guys dancing together is called swing dancing and it is very much still done today. There are swing dance clubs all over America, but the dancers also dance in nightclubs, bars and ballroom dance studios.

[@gagecarty4290]

There's a number of videos of both Cab Calloway and of the Nicholas Brothers listed on KZbin.

[@cainsolo1]

47 comments..... And not one person correctly identified the dude YOU were talking about @3:48???? That is Savion Glover.

[@gchristyer]

Lots more ! 😁😉✌️👍🇬🇧

[@ellengrace4647]

my grand children do tap dancing

[@MrRizzo1961]

You should see the complete movie. "Stormy Weather" at least do a reaction video of Lens Horn singing the title song. By the same name. It's a real classic musical.😊❤️✌️

[@dwightguthrie8757]

There is a movie that stars Gregory Hines & Mikhail Baryshnikov. The movie is called White Knights. It has tap in it as well as a lot more I think you'd be interested in.

[@SavedChampion]

Watch the Mills Brothers from 1942 singing Paper Doll. You will love it.

[@oldschool72]

By the way this movie was in Black and White, they added the color years later. Which I think takes away from the Nostalgia of old films.

[@lindalightfoot9837]

I agree with you that the original black and white highlights the shadows. However, this coloration was fairly subtle.

[@jcbj40]

Done in ONE take

[@Rebel9668]

I don't know about the Nicholas Bros. But I know I've seen Cab Calloway performing with his orchestra in a movie called "International House" from around 1934 or 35. It starred him, W.C. Fields, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Rudy Vallee, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Bela Lugosi, Alan Pangborn, Baby Rose Marie and a whole slew of others. Great film :D

[@tapduff]

Tap Dance is alive and well in 2022!

[@raynavarro7997]

According to an interview that Fayard gave they didn't rehearse this at all....just talked about what they were going to do and then did it in one take...

[@jamesbrookeriii811]

In my opinion,when you have Mr. Entertainment Cab Calloway & The Kings of TapDancing,The Nicholas Bros.what can you say... ...B...R...A...V...O...🎥🎭🎞📸

[@oreally8605]

Dear, before the creators of Super Mario bros were BORN this has come and gone 40 plus years. Cause our people either don't know they're history or they just too young.

[@sheayankee]

I loved your reaction-you really appreciate good music and dancing. Definitely, you should explore big band music from the swing era 1930's and 1940's. I am sure that you will enjoy it. Btw, if you would like to learn tap dancing, there are plenty of classes in dance studios in Brooklyn. After covid, Brooklyn College has classes as well. Have fun :)

[@TysheenOrane]

Thank you! Will do!

[@sheayankee]

@@TysheenOrane My pleasure!

[@oldschool72]

This was their final movie performance from the movie Stormy Weather in 1943..I watched them as a teen growing up in the 50's with most of their performances by then being a single act rather than a duo.

[@chalmapatterson544]

They did another guide number called "Down Argentine Way". It was fantastic.

[@detraturpin2112]

1989 Janet Jackson video for the song “Alright” pays homage to Cab Calloway and The Nicholas Brothers. All 3 of the appear in the video. It goes over the head of most reactors on KZbin. Now you know you should react to it!

[@TysheenOrane]

Oh noo, I remember that video. That was one of my favorite Janet Jackson video. I remember trying to copy the moves. lol

[@sixfootbeauty]

She and Michael actually took lessons from Harold Nicholas.

[@detraturpin2112]

@@sixfootbeauty I didn’t know that!

[@rolandmarkland6844]

Cab is the original B boy and so much more of course. You can see where a lot of the future artists got their swag from.

[@oldschool72]

People tap dance but your not going to see it on social media. Only On Stage...

[@warrenroy7333]

That scene was done in one take

[@nozecone]

How could you interrupt a performance like this??

[@TysheenOrane]

to avoid copyrights and being block

[@BaronessErsatz]

Try "Hellzapoppin'". Really will blow your mind.....

[@joannechatman8536]

This was real. They didn't really know this was being taped or recorded until the end

[@chris...9497]

Gregory Hines. You ask last real tapdancing, likely Gregory Hines. He passed away in 2003.

[@chris...9497]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIG0ZGWGidKEmZI

[@bethking7348]

Originally black and white 1943

[@joepowell7025]

It changed to guys spinning on the floor and gyrating on their heads hahahahahah

[@stevensprunger3422]

It’s funny you say we don’t see people tap dance like this anymore these two brothers inspired Fred Astaire these two brothers inspired Fred Astaire these guys are artist they are just plain old tap dancers

[@TATANKA-nf4ck]

5:14 似てる😂

[@LuisVazquez-hx3bk]

Did you notice all men are soldiers?

[@vivientinsley4163]

That's because it's a film you're watching from the 1940s

[@kurtb8474]

I shoot video of a lot of dance recitals that are put on by dance schools. They are taught to tap dance along with everything else. But, the music they tap to is nothing like this. They're talented, but the music they choose to dance to just doesn't work for the kind of dance they're doing.

[@GinMae]

Thanks for watching this, Tysheen - first I've seen of the "colorized" version - gotta say I like the original black & white better - I've heard that this (while obviously rehearsed) was a "one-take" for the movie - there is also a great dance scene with the brothers "Down Argentine Way" -- where they sang, as well - they were the "total package" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX_VemqOe5Kjf6s - they inspired Gregory Hines, and even Fred Astaire was reported to have said that he could never compare to them!

[@dignerds]

Just pause

[@bigmixx75]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIG0ZGWGidKEmZI This offers more insight on the routine

[@jeaniebottoms7202]

Thighs of steel!

[@rmcfete]

no TeHearsaL

[@Will008]

Yes. Savion Glover is the last of the classic tap dancers. Tap dancing is a lost art form, and I would love to see a dramatic come back in this generation of it.

[@dreamchaser3381]

Sorry, but you stop the video way to much, it got annoying. I couldn't continue watching.

[@oldschool72]

Maybe in todays world of Junk cheap made furniture, but back in my day those tables were Heavy being made with Real Wood not this Pine mdf crap they make today... so no there were not fastened down.

[@mikem957]

I bet they never fathered children after all those splits. Ouch! Incredible dancers though.

[@athlonen]

They did. They have Grandchildren, with Harold's granddaughters now performing as The Nicholas Sisters. They even went as far as to perform one of the Nicholas Brothers' routines (an early one before all of the splits). A clip of them dancing is on KZbin.

[@queenreg7]

Harold had two, one daughter with his first wife Dorothy Dandridge, and I think Fayard, who was married four times, also had at least two children.

[@rmcfete]

You know nothing