The Pajama Game - Steam Heat

Carol Haney and cast on the Pajama Game (1957).

[@judithlyons5471]

What dancers, what choreography....superb, will never see the like again. Bob Fosse was a genius.

[@pibly7784]

YES !

[@DeniseLajoie-d7y]

Totally agree

[@williamlrobinson6293]

This has to be one of the greatest dance routines ever!

[@thirabx6954]

Fosse. Excellent I wish I

[@YouzTube99]

Haney was a marvel! She really made Fosse's choreography come to life! And it's fascinating to see how Fosse simultaneously rejects Astaire's precision and creates his own.

[@susancullimore5643]

How true!

[@cherylhansen5798]

Such a great number! I saw it on Broadway (yes, I'm that old) with the great Carol Haney. It was this show that Shirley MaLaine went on as Haney's understudy and became a major star.

[@Juliaflo]

+Cheryl Hansen That means that you had the chance to hear Bonnie Raitt's father sing 'Hey, There', for the first time.

[@TheCMac518]

+Juliaflo HA! She used to known as John Raitt's daughter. He was my Mom's fave - he and Harry Belafonte!

[@renaebruggemann1300]

That would have been absolutely incredible!!!

[@anonymouspeacefulperson6199]

Wasn’t very impressed being cast as mae! Peter!!!!! Especially when everyone knew the casting of the original film apart from me until this year! It’s strange how other people’s intentions can have a huge affect on ya life! 🙄😒 Have you read ‘Wayne Dyer the power of intentions’ g.co/kgs/isu1MU

[@anonymouspeacefulperson6199]

Cheryl Hansen it wasn’t Shirley, it was Peter and he was making a point about carol and Eddie! And I get targeted and tarred with the same brush! And cast as the fat ugly woman!!!! And was blind to the fact for 48 years! 😭

[@mashtones]

@gmar55 The two male dancers with Carol Haney are the late Buzz Miller (who also was in the Broadway cast with Haney) and Kenneth or Ken LeRoy who took the place of the stage production's Peter Gennaro for the film. LeRoy was in the original stage versions of Oklahoma, West Side Story,and Damn Yankees among others and is I believe the dancer to the right. His sister is actress Gloria LeRoy who can be seen as the buxom wife of Archie's friend in "The Threat" episode of All In The Family (KZbin)

[@caseyspeaks6380]

Fantasic skills. Outstanding performers and choreography. Really tight.

[@carmenquinones4451]

It's one of my all-time favorite movie.

[@lastknowngood0]

This awesome clip never gets old.

[@jerryedmonson5041]

This is still amazing!!! Fosse’s brilliance so well performed!

[@tillysanders2593]

As an only child left in the house alone on a Saturday ( England) , I would take my Fathers records and play them on the record player which I was forbidden to touch ..The Pyjama Game was one of my favourites - Steam Heat & Hernados Hideaway Olay ! I'd put the records carefully away just as I'd found them before my parents returned home .. little did they know what fun I'd had .

[@jessicam5712]

I used to watch musicals when I stayed home sick from school, Guys and Dolls was a favorite for sure

[@dancewomyn1]

Carol Haney is something else!!! Love Fosse's choreography!

[@Tadzio5050]

+dancewomyn1 Isn't it amazing all these years later that his work seems fresh and new. Haney is loved, loved, loved.

[@dancewomyn1]

Indeed!!! Great work, danced by great artists!

[@Tadzio5050]

dancewomyn1 It is a bit of a shame that when Chicago was revived Reinking did a "in the style of" but that was kinda ok. When the movie was made Marshall got rid of Fosse's choreography. So I'm really glad that his work is preserved in some brilliant ways on film. By the way, search for the video with Lena Horne and Carol Haney dancing.

[@steliocalagias3275]

I agree! Back in 1980 I danced with Ann Reinking on a CBC TV Special called Dancin Man with Jeff Hyslop among others. She truly was extraordinary! Closest the real deal "Fosse" as possible

[@michaellazzeri2069]

it's so easy too see Bob Fosse in this number-------and Carol Haney really did own it.

[@Juliaflo]

On stage or on screen, Carol Haney OWNED this number.

[@pibly7784]

Yes !

[@carolinewhitaker967]

Chrissy Wade playing my mom 😤

[@gwine9087]

A great number from a very underrated musical.

[@therealzilch]

I must watch this again. Carol Haney was a marvel.

[@missdee4927]

This routine is sooo cool. Carol Haney was so good with Fosse choreography. My favorite part is that move they do at 2:27

[@lyndalarose9200]

The footwork! What a sight to behold!

[@Songcrafter25]

Oh does this bring back memories of senior year drama club! "The Pajama Game" was my final performance with my high school's drama club, for our spring musical (I played the part of Mae, and oh was it fun!). Thank you for the memories!

[@markschildberg1667]

Bob Fosse's first masterpiece. There would be many more.

[@acgogoacgogo8854]

Fosse choreographed and danced in "Kiss Me Kate" with Ann Miller 1952, I think. In 3D!

[@kellydg471]

@@valentenaupton2805 Actuslly he danced with Carol Haney in "Kiss Me Kate""from this moment on" a very memorable 60 second duo that he choreographed (it also included Ann Miller)

[@1775larbar]

Bob Fosse was a genius. R.I.P.

[@ellenspear7368]

Such excellence -- Fosse, Haney, et al. Terrific!

[@MarkTrawczynski]

A deceptively easy looking dance. fossy at his best the essence of movement perfectly distilled and an exact physical representation of the song!

[@douggeyer416]

I agree. I am not a professional in this world; but, still, anyone can see it: the minimalist expertise, the saying of everything that needs to be said in as few movements as possible. And it flies off the stage. (That's why I like dance.)

[@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c]

Even my 13 month old granddaughter is fascinated with this

[@Annsey]

great performance. Carol haney was such a talent. died way too young.

[@jodiestein8325]

And so did Larry Blyden, who was her husband for a time. Very sad.

[@garrison6863]

Carol Haney was really something.

[@cmlazar]

Carol Haney, John Raitt, and Janis Paige. I saw it too. NYC Broadway baby here. John’s daughter is the great singer Bonnet Raitt. She and her 2 brothers went to a camp in upper NY state in the summer where I was a counselor. She was in my cabin for 2 summers. Her parents were friends with the camp directors and he they came up every summer. He put on a show for all the campers. I got to know him pretty well. Very nice guy.

[@Foxoptionhaterz]

Proves why I didn't hope to be a Broadway star in music. I know I couldn't be Carol. The search for success would have killed me. I didn't have it and that urge would have killed me. So many who hope to make it despite the setbacks. Props to you!

[@missmidnight4147]

Impeccable dance, highlight of the movie! Donald O'Connor would have done wonders in this routine💖.

[@deborahmulkey1627]

Yes! But they wanted to feature Carol Haney.

[@missmidnight4147]

@@deborahmulkey1627 Her drunk scene in this film is totally hilarious!

[@robstockton911]

No…he would have mugged his way through it. I doubt Fosse would have wanted him.

[@ellencozelos279]

Carol Haney was truly a great talent to watch. So sorry that she didn't star in the movie Sweet Charity instead of Shirly MacLain, just imagine how great THAT would have been.

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

Was it Gwen Verdon who originated the role on Broadway? I would have loved to see her in the film version.

[@liberte5847]

An outstanding incredible incomparable Magic masterpiece! Merci beaucoup from Paris France. Emmanuel

[@BBKDW]

Number one Fosse piece of all time, I think. Great that we finally got an original clip from movie. Way cooler than the Fosse revival a few years back.

[@janepiepes2243]

A beautiful dance to a great song. Fantastic !

[@Monklane79]

What an inventive choreographer he was. Much missed.

[@JOHN----DOE]

Note how many of the moves are inspired by the movements of the wheels on an old steam locomotive.

[@gharkin3256]

We are doing a dance to this song in my modern dance class I love the song it's brilliant

[@treesny]

I believe we have Broadway director George Abbott to thank for this number. As I recall, he told Adler, Ross and Fosse to come up with a new number to open Act II. Abbott was also responsible for Comden, Green and Bernstein writing "Some Other Time" for On the Town (the original stage musical, not the film) and having Sondheim replace "Love is in the Air" with "Comedy Tonight" to begin A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. All brilliant moves!

[@BrooklynGirl136]

I was at Shirley MacLaine's Broadway debut in this show ... I was five.

[@PRR5406]

Shirley MacLaine tells a story about performing this on stage, in New York, and dropping her hat into the orchestra, then yelling audibly, "Oh, SHIT!"

[@judeorel]

brilliant choreographer. Bob Fosse, what a genius..

[@gmar55]

This number is incredible - a true CLASSIC!

[@barbaralowrey1391]

One of my favorite routines!

[@anella901]

OMG this is so adorable!! Lovely. Just lovely!! ♥

[@djg3n]

I don't know why 8 people doesn't like this video. This is magic! This is awesome! This is real art! :)

[@drsunshine1959]

Simple explanation. They're assholes.

[@user-hd5cp4od8o]

Saw this moovie, enjoying it,

[@FlamesCagney]

What a wonderful time to be alive. Thank you for this

[@murchie4]

bob fosse was a genius

[@lesleyblock1192]

I just moved into a 117 year old house in New Jersey. I got Steam Heat, and honestly, it sounds exactly like this song.

[@carolinewhitaker967]

Go tell our Margaret Lynn 🙂

[@vondenballs]

Impressive. It looks easy but this level of control and precision is great.

[@director2josh]

This vid reminds me of my pop! I used to watch this with him when i was little! RIP pop!

[@JenniferMatthews1908]

This was the first musical I was cast for back in 2005... This song brings back so many memories!

[@FLOWERSANDSLOTS]

ANY movement is DANCE. BOB FOSSE was a genius! THIS coming from a non-dancer... but a musician. This never gets old. :)

[@2spicyicy]

i'm on jazz unit in my dance class and we watched this. Omg i love this and learning about jazz dances

[@MrRasorci1]

My ballet academy is doing this song for my jazz group. We are doing some of the great Fosse's moves. I hope we do well! :)

[@epicphail2926]

How was it?

[@stevenmiles]

Fantastic, they nailed it!

[@48cocoaboo]

Bob Fosse was brilliant.

[@janetmccausland8953]

I so love this! It is one of my favorite numbers from any musical. What do they call those songs that get stuck in your head and play over and over and over? Ear worms, maybe? Whatever, this is that! Gosh, I wish I could move like that! I'm not a dancer, so I've no idea of the difficulty of this number, but it is wicked cool. This and the barn raising scene from 7 Brides for 7 Brothers are my go to bits when I'm feeling down. Makes me smile every time! I want this song for my ringtones!

[@CWb2006gl]

Hi neighbour and Steve girvan. 👋

[@CWb2006gl]

Yes, she was a dancer in her Auntie Dora's dance school since the age of 5 and played dandeenie. I followed suit at Hillary Smith dance school age 5 too. Brendan Cole and Pasha Kovalov were my dance partners age 10. I didn't sin. I was bridgerton Vanessa Harmon during fertility treatment.

[@RealSadKumquat]

They call them showstoppers

[@animeballet]

wow this is defineately not what i had expected... we are doing this for a theatre class im taking... i give it two thumbs up!

[@notyouraveragething]

oooh i remember this!!!! i did this musical when i was 6 and this is the only song i totally remember. i love this.

[@HunterMann]

Thanks for this great old film clip! The first time I heard this song it was on the first Pointer Sisters album. Looking forward to watching the whole movie!

[@georgiared1]

golden age ... lyrics you can understand and dancing to blow you away ... i'm glad i saw this in person ... back in the 40's and 50's broadway was there for a few cents up high but worth it....robert g. with blue eyes my mother almost died. mb

[@tillysanders2593]

Awesome fabulous magic - Love it !!! Thank you :)

[@jimhirsch4482]

A friend once asked me why I enjoyed musicals so much. I said, it is because these folks can do three things I cant: Sing, dance and act.

[@georgiared1]

golden age ... lyrics you can understand and dancing to blow you away ... i'm glad i saw this in person ... back in the 40's and 50's broadway was there for a few cents up high but worth it.... mb

[@albertdiner]

At last. Been waiting for this clip. Fantastic choreography by Bob Fosse (Cabaret, All that Jazz, etc.). Thank you for uploading it.

[@Foxoptionhaterz]

Geez. I, Iove Carol Haney! Too soon!

[@jimgolab536]

That was brilliant.

[@emilionassarantonio7868]

Hola..excelente presentación de coreografía asi coml de buena música..

[@angelacarleton9575]

This is my favorite dance routine on "Steam Heat" from Pajama Game!

[@roblewis3565]

Fosse comes to life in Steam Heat--with the great Carol Haney.

[@deadpoet7783]

Holy crap. That was amazing.

[@janicesmyth1713]

Saw this film in 1956. Great watch

[@gmar55]

Yes - totally awesome. I LOVE the moves between 2:28 and 2:35, not technically difficult but as effective as just about anything.

[@gmar55]

@mashtones Thanks for the info!!! Makes you realize there are, and have been, so many extremely talented, hard working performers who never "make it". They do it for heart and soul and it always comes through regardless.

[@goofyrulez7914]

"Steam Heat" is COOL!!!!

[@rexwall2000]

Abbott and Donen we’re such awesome musical directors.

[@terrryc]

Absolutely wonderful..........what happened to this level of brilliance?

[@mjjm5511]

Terry Corcoran sadly a lot of it died with Fosse and others.😓 grateful for what still remains.

[@AndrewRudin]

Andrew Lloyd Webber. Claude Michel Schoenberg.

[@carolinewhitaker967]

Unfortunately She got flu and a stroke and died in January 2015.

[@archivald-cx9fq]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE MUSICAL MOVIE, I SAW IN MY COUNTRY IN PREMIER, DORIS DAY ONE OF MY FAVORITE SINGER, JOHN REITT Beautiful singer.🌹

[@lasktguy]

Love the scream near the end of the song.

[@tillysanders2593]

Thank you so much for uploading this .. just fabulous:))

[@stanochocki8984]

It is in full respect to Miss Haney, at to her talent and skill--that she was suffering from Cancer--while she was making this picture. And delivered a terrific performance. It would be so great--in her honor, to have had her in the top-of-health at the time of production; and one can only imagine the greater dynamics and power-performance that she would have delivered. Have read that during the many rehersals and takes...Miss Haney, started to falter and the male members of this number--great personal friends of hers, stood by her and added some of their energy and emotional support that helped her find the 'inner furnace' that many a dancer searches for, when they have that momentary 'sag' of energy; and go on to give a filmed definitive interpretation of this dance number.

[@ClueSign]

She died from pneumonia, with complications from diabetes and alcoholism, not cancer.

[@lizholzer4930]

Are you sure that Haney had cancer? Wikipedia (yeah, I know) says that she broke her ankle during the Broadway production of PG and was replaced by Shirley MacLaine. This filmed version of Pajama Game happened many years before her death in 1964, and she was apparently still dancing professionally during some of that time and definitely working as a choreographer. The wiki article says that she died of pneumonia compounded by complications of diabetes and alcoholism. It does seem that she had a rather underappreciated career, but geez, the girl could dance! That number from Kiss Me, Kate-“From This Moment On”-is one of the most amazing dances on film, for sure.

[@MrCrowebobby]

@@lizholzer4930 No amount of talent can replace "star quality." But she was a fabulous dancer.

[@Ajherez]

Ah the days of REAL talents!

[@donaldfrazier3894]

Now we know where Michael Jackson got a lot of moves, ideas, stances.

[@lyndalarose51]

I agree!

[@lilyluu973]

I was thinking the same...#fossefossefosse

[@fundifferent1]

And step into a black jazz nightclub in the 1930s and you'll know where Fosse got his.

[@ClueSign]

@@fundifferent1 word

[@holdyourhats]

All the greats "borrowed" from one another.

[@therealzilch]

What great performers.

[@topriser]

@scotpens Yes. And for historians -- For this number, Fosse was inspired by an old vaudeville performer named JOE FRISCO. Frisco's act had trademark stuff -- a well fitted suit, white sock (so you'd look at his feet), a derby and a cigar. As a child, Fosse and his dance partner Charles Grass were schooled all about Frisco from their mentor and first manager (they had a tap act as kids in Chicago) Fredric Weaver. There is a rare clip on KZbin is you search for JOE FRISCO

[@suejones2787]

Incredible dancer

[@keepcalmandcarryon8934]

great choregraphy !

[@neilstephen6761]

Fabulous

[@bonniemikel4900]

love this movie

[@SinXI]

a friend of mine and her friends did this for musical Theatre and now I understand the choreography they decided to do

[@adlouxo]

just beautiful.

[@Psergiorivera]

Fucking incredible!!!!!!!! That is some beautiful choreography!

[@edharbur698]

+Pablo Sergio Rivera MUST it be "fucking" incredible, Pablo? How common.

[@Psergiorivera]

Really bitch? You are not going to make a snarky ass comment. What are you, a fucking hipster? Hipsters are SO 5 years ago.... You really thing you're all that? That you have esoteric appeal? Grow a pair, will ya?

[@absolutelynot7394]

Now we know where Micheal Jackson gets his Dance Choreography from :/ ..... Seriously though, this is a very deceptively difficult dance ....and they make it so easy, as if anyone can do it. But it is a lot harder than it looks. I ought to know. These moves are exhaustingly difficult. Fosse is a genius

[@123wickedsweet]

I was cast as Gladys in our high school production. I can't wait to do this song!

[@mrsphoenix85]

Carol Haney is INCREDIBLE. Freakin' you GO girl!

[@shortnproud781]

our highschool is doing the pajama game for our senior class play, and this and hernando's' hideaway are my two favorite. lovelovelove

[@Chimplockgrapehead]

oh my god this brings back memories i did a dance to this when i was younger classic

[@sneakpekoe]

Who are the 100 odd dead inside people who didn't enjoy this?!

[@jnevins2486]

super BOB FOSSE dance choreography !

[@barbarascott3350]

The GOAT. Bob Fosse

[@mkspangenberg]

So good!

[@jailahatcher3782]

We do a jazz dance to this song! Love the moves

[@chelseahernandez4151]

I'm doing this play at my high school. I auditioned yesterday and I was asked to return Wednesday 4 a call back! My teacher might consider me 4 the lead!!!

[@leslieawest5062]

So Great. Just Found out this lady was Carol Haney. And this was a Bob Fossie Choragrophy. Just wonderful to watch. ❤❤❤👏👏

[@naniha5964]

懐かしいな、青春時代を思い出します