The Wah Watusi

[@kencarole8415]

Born in 43 the 50'sand 60's were a blast. I would relive them again. Less B S back then.

[@rupertcadell2685]

My parents were born in 52' and I was born in 86' so I grew up with an appreciation for oldies but jaded by the turn of 21st century. But, I wish I could go back to those long road trips with my family listening to this music you can't find on the radio anymore. (Now with Sirius XM you can listen to the forgotten classics that remind you of your parents divorce and caused your complex PTSD) good times great oldies. Cool Earth 101.1

[@davedammann741]

BS is as old as dirt, being a smug BS artist is proof.

[@Medusa.1000]

ADORABLE ❤🎉❤😂😂 Go Babies GO so Awesome !! Love this Song 🎉🎉😂

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

The girl in the green in the front row was the best. I was fooled thinking it was 60's because of her. Great job!!!!!

[@TheBullyMomma]

My vote for best dancer is the young lady next to her in the black dress with yellow belt.

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

@@TheBullyMomma Why so? Is this a race thing? She made several mistakes.

[@TheBullyMomma]

@@dickiegreenleaf750 , Since I’m white I really doubt it. I like fluidity in a dancer and she was very smooth in her movements.

[@congocuatro118]

​@@dickiegreenleaf750Esa chica de verde es el alma del baile. Y sí, por ella el video se parecía a los 60. No había mucha gente de color bailando en la TV de aquellos años ¿acaso vives en una burbuja o quieres cambiar la historia?

[@yesterdayproductions1019]

@@congocuatro118 Thank God. The colored peopled had their own dance.

[@KingOFuh]

No CGI? No edits every millisecond? Love it

[@mrmantra3154]

I can watch this again and again and still want to watch it....again.

[@TheOzthewiz]

ME TOO!

[@lwentz5510]

Me three. Where are all these people today? Very old, for sure... like me.

[@empiema2]

Yeah! 😊

[@donnaparker4595]

And me. I wish i was up there them anyway.​@@lwentz5510

[@anthonylovavto3228]

We need more low budget late show now in2020

[@FrancisNStein]

OMG!! im out of Ipana!!! son?? Up.. There!?!?! You'll find a place called a "Liquor Store!!!"

[@jedwing]

Agreed. This is so fun. And I love the songs they choose. Ellington! The Orlons! The Marvelettes!

[@ElectricVehiclesAreGoodF-ti7xd]

2024

[@antoniomorales3023]

2024

[@GBR1111-x2t]

Politics have ruined all late night talk show host programs

[@carrienixon6663]

For a better signal and for the radio to play louder, I would go on the front porch and held the radio up in front of the meter box for as long as I wanted to listen to the radio. Those were the good ole days.

[@57highland]

This was my very first "favorite" song, when I was five. Like you, I remember listening to it on the front porch.

[@carrienixon6663]

@@57highland alright now. Those were the days.

[@websurfer5772]

That's like how I used to wrap my flat plastic add-on antenna attached to my stereo on the floor in a semi-circle to get a rock station that was a couple of hours away to come in.

[@jacktwist5907]

The simplicity and sheer joy they are having is so uplifting.

[@brendaeskenas2347]

They are great and very happy

[@KS-ro6in]

Oh Puke....

[@julienneangelocarpo2229]

Mad crushing on the red head in the middle

[@shokk40]

@@julienneangelocarpo2229 lol not like they're all underage or anything... 🙄

[@iamshango3005]

I love it.

[@iminthe70stang]

These young people are amazing!

[@smedleybutler1969]

HaHa I was born in 55 and remember my mom and aunt teaching me how to dance to this,Good times!

[@M_vintage-f5b]

THERE NEEDS TO BE A REBOOT OF THESE VIDEOS BY NEW DANCERS. I LOVED THIS. To bad there wasn't more. Kudos to all the dancers, job well done.

[@billirvin9057]

I lived in Salem, OR from 1964 until graduating HS in 1969. Part of our PE curriculum from at least the 6th grade on required us to have 9 weeks of dancing. I can't remember what year/grade I was in but I do remember learning this dance. Great memories and music.

[@Ramonatho]

I lived in Salem Oregon from 2017 to 2020. Glad I don't live there anymore.

[@BroWCarey]

I love the 60s dances, and I love these kids for doing them.

[@thebeardedjohn]

Pedophile!

[@PatriciaLopez-mz9qu]

These kids are the cutest.

[@MegaTurkeylips]

Pure unadulterated innocence. So refreshing.

[@pedrojiminez3404]

It's so naturally uplifting it wipes all the negativity away. More stuff like this is needed in this age.

[@maxschilling3755]

it's called tiktok

[@angushight7084]

I grew up in 50's and 60's. I loved to dance. Electro swing incorporates bits and pieces of dances from the Charleston to 70's. Forgot the names,recognize the steps.thanks for the memories,keep them coming.

[@michaelperea9611]

This video is contagious, I just can't help but come back for more. Brings a smile every time.

[@MsJudi54]

I enjoyed this so much! I was a guest on one of these "Low Budget Late Shows"! I also entered & won quite a few "dance-offs" & "marathon dances" that were held at local "matinees" or indoor movie theaters that had stages back "in the day" (60's). There were also "rec [recreation center]" dances every weekend during the Summer, along w/ Drive-In movies. I can remember going to my first Beatles movie (A Hard Days Night) in the mid-60s. The girls in the audience were screaming so loud during the whole movie & we weren't able to hear anything! I first got a whiff of marijuana at a Beach Boys Concert in I think it was Santa Monica, CA, but I was pretty young when I went w/ a friend & her family, so I mainly remember the atmosphere, the crowd singing & dancing w/ the band, & all the refreshments we got! That's when I bought my first album. Boy did we have some clean fun back then! I don't know if teenagers today know what that's like.....actually interacting w/ others & engaging them in practical jokes, dances, or in playing street games like 4-square, kick ball, baseball, touch football, hide-n-seek, etc. until late into the night. The whole neighborhood would be involved, including parents cooking on the "Bar-B" (barbecue pits). In those days, many of us kept our doors unlocked or kept them opened, w/ only the screen door (yes, we had those) locked, during the Spring & Summer months. We never had to worry about burglars. We barely had 2 cents to rub together, but I wouldn't trade those memories for anything (except maybe Heaven).

[@ShaggyDawg]

Yep, those were the days. 40 years from now the oldsters will reminiscing about Spongebob and X-boxes I suppose.

[@stevebutler812]

I was born in 1962, had one of the first cell phones in the SF Bay Area, & now I see 👶🏼 newborns addicted to screens & parents happy to distract & morphine-drip screen time into every area. I got rid of tv in 1984- felt brainwashed! So, yeah. Real human interactions, play, good & bad, sometimes wonderful or horrible- but it was REAL! Tastes, smells, touches, sights, sounds of real people, in real places, doing human interactions. Video “Seeing” and “hearing” through an artificial screen & speaker are a new type of human “real” that we don’t yet know how it’ll impact us. But, the skyrocketing rates of social anxiety and autism kinda make one wonder… More violent crimes than in thirty years, likely due in part to desensitization from mass exposure and violent video games. Meanwhile, the trophies for “Best” killer of zombies cannot even run, jump, fight in real space and time, nor carry ANY of the “equipment” they get in the games… Fantasy No wonder this generation wants to grow up and be a unicorn… Ain’t no damned unicorns in the real world… Which it seems by merely saying so, one is “cancelled” by invisible people who probably bubble-wrap their 2.5 kids.

[@4672-m9f]

well written!!!❤

[@SuperChuckRaney]

sooo, this was filmed in 2015, if you google KCTU Dancers more vids come up.

[@ChicagoAstronomer]

I keep coming back to this and just smile and grin...

[@vitosanto3874]

Nice clean cut kids enjoying themselves ,makes me wish I was young again.

[@44lifecoco]

We are FOREVER YOUNG😉

[@vinsnan6259]

Hard to see Clean Cut kids nowadays.

[@MothaLuva]

@@vinsnan6259Depends on the cutlery one uses.

[@trevormiles5852]

I come here for the smiles.

[@sealily6015]

I love their young smiling faces. Made me smile too.

[@lorrainesotolongo1417]

I loved dancing to this back in the day... So nice seeing these kids enjoying like I once did.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Lorraine, How are you doing?

[@RobertDeloyd]

Okay, you guys had me fooled! I thought I was watching a program from the early to mid-'60s! I was looking at the girls thinking my gosh they are grannies now... only to find out it was filmed in 2014! Ya gots to love them! We need more of this kinda stuff 🤗

[@moemcgovern7345]

They're very good dancers.

[@sandsoftime1954]

I couldn't even imagine myself dancing on live T.V. ever ! Thumbs up to all.

[@TheDlj60]

@josef mengele LOL! Be nice!

[@angelacarleton9575]

I love the way this generation is enjoying themselves dancing to the wah watusi! Good Job guys!!

[@wwj14]

just love these kids..precious!!! May God Bless and keep all of them!

[@berndpape407]

🙏

[@taumpytears6999]

amen

[@MrAdvance2go]

Maybe God sent them out to slaughter in the jungles of Vietnam

[@makaha5750]

It`s just nice to see people dancing and enjoying themselves.

[@denisecorcoran8027]

YES! LET. US. ALL. DANCE. AND. BE. JOYFUL. AGAIN! AMEN!

[@beatlejim64]

Released by The Orlons in May 1962. Got to #2 on the U.S. charts...and #5 on the R&B charts. Sold over 1,000,000 copies and started the "Watusi" dance craze....

[@thatissoquebecishh2134]

white people i swear..

[@albertadriftwood3612]

I can't imagine how much fun those kids had putting this show together. I like the debonair announcer and dancers are all so special!

[@jennifursun3303]

the young man in the right back corner cracks me up he is just having such FUN

[@Mohini52]

What a great time I had growing up with all of this music. Wouldn’t trade it for the music of today for anything.

[@Tlyna1952]

Most of them now don't have any decent voices for singing, just yelling or as in rap speaking the words to a beat which anyone can do. They didn't need to use obscenities either in lyrics to sell their music back then.

[@MrJizzinmypantz]

@@Tlyna1952 so many songs from the 60s are about doing heroine its not even funny

[@doninmichigan]

Same here Lola!

[@sashasguitarcovers5921]

@@MrJizzinmypantz Legit? Can you tell me some good ones?

[@kertesz100]

So enjoyable. Such happy dancing. Life is to be enjoyed.

[@iamshango3005]

I thought it was.not be broke and warring 247 and threaten and criticized. And messed with mentally

[@StringsUp58]

So cool to see these young kids dance to this music and having fun doing it.

[@jmrodas9]

I frankly had not seen this sort of dance since I was a teenager over fifty years ago. It is nice to watch and to remember so many things and to realize without thinking I dance a mix of rock, watusi twist and frugg whenever I go to parties.

[@LiftedJeepTJ98]

Rock on 🤙

[@hazelchief-rabbit5903]

I really enjoyed watching this that I want to learn the dance now! The girl in the green dress right next to the girl with the black dress (at the front) is really good. Actually they're both really good. These kids must be in their late 20s now...

[@lancelot1953]

Hi Hazelchief, most dance schools can teach you "Line Dance Choreographies" like this one along with steps that you could adapt to many different beats/styles of music. Good luck to you - great comment by the way, Ciao, L

[@hazelchief-rabbit5903]

@@lancelot1953 thank you! Appreciate your comment :) I don't know if they teach this kind of dancing at dance schools here in Australia. Not even sure if line dancing is still a thing here except maybe for the nutbush, haha. Oh well, I'll try to find some tutorial here on youtube somewhere :P

[@lancelot1953]

@@hazelchief-rabbit5903Hi Hazelchief - You are welcome! The choreography (i.e. the dance step sequence) that the KCTU dancers are performing are relatively simple moves. Most dance teachers, regardless of their expertise (ballroom, hip hop, modern, ballet-jazz, ...) should be happy to break the steps in "blocks" for you and recreate this performance for you. Actually, if you slow down this YT video, you can isolate each step (i.e. break them down in simpler moves) and "reassemble" them as you like. That is the way dancers create a pattern or a choreography. One thing to remember though, dancing is about "having fun" or enjoying it! BTW: A good line dance to start with is "Electric Slide Dance" which is an easy line dance to start with. Peace be with you and my compliments to members of the RAAF I had opportunity to fly combat missions with. Your compatriots are very dedicated and professional, Ciao, L

[@Penswordman]

Treasure! Treasure, treasure, treasure, James Copeland. You've set it to history, maybe history will bring back this great spirit.

[@KeinName2012]

I don't know why, but everytime I see this video I have to smile 😊 I love it 👍

[@johnfoy2840]

I suspect you are in good company.

[@MarshallArtz007]

Imagine! They look like they’re actually having fun. 💃🕺

[@bubbalouie100]

Thanks to all of you, what a breath of fresh air.

[@akaredrocket3572]

its like an addiction i have to watch this video every so often great song great kids great choreography thanks!!!

[@genez429]

I played drums in a good band at that time. Spontaneously the kids used to become like one big family on the dance floor. Made me feel beautifully happy inside when they would form into one gigantic chain and dance around the floor with laughter and joy.....

[@sterlinggreg]

OMG you kids are awesome it looks like an early broadcast from American bandstand complete with skinny ties retro dresses and ponytails. Love the camera in the way and the commentators talkin and suddenly realizing there on the air great take off on early television awesome dancing keep it up guys what a pleasure to watch 😁😁😁👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️

[@michaelduggan1890]

OMG , these young people are amazing , nice to watch .

[@ptlmtgirl]

They are so cute. Having so much pure fun dancing all together. Love this so much. ❤

[@johnfoy2840]

Me too!!!

[@patjenkins3402]

the cute gal in the green dress with bangs in the center front is so into it-love her spirit!

[@mayloo2137]

Love these dances from the old days. Different dance styles. Everything doesn't look like hip-hop.

[@Jigaboo123456]

I really enjoyed watching these kids enjoy themselves showing off their routine. Keep on dancing!

[@barbaraleszczynski2214]

Jay Igaboo Simple and sweet. Like life once was. Bless them.....they made me smile ...and remember!

[@jennifursun3303]

like the girl in black dress

[@juliant43]

Take that

[@lelandbridges2470]

Jay Igaboo I still love the way it was there

[@joangirardi1550]

Jay Igaboo .

[@lmm1586]

You’re all wonderful for keeping these dances alive😌 keep it up and thank you 😊

[@ma.delrefugioiniguez3921]

Me encanta la música de los 60's

[@rhondasampson3109]

I can't stop smiling watching them dance!.

[@bobbywall172]

This just blows me away, love the group and song, grew up listening to this, kids look clean and are having a good time!!!

[@MullsysMedia]

WOW! You lads and lasses ROCK! Luv U!!!!

[@joselauzardojr.2808]

This is An Excellent Video"With the great 60s dance presentation"The way the video quality was filmed"It's Absolute Dynamite"Don't Change a thing!!!

[@sarahbaca7785]

I'm crazy for this song thank you very much

[@lancelot1953]

That is beautiful and real classy - brings back a lot of memories, a time of peace (before being drafted), freedom and innocence. Thank you for the memories, great choreography, cute dancers, and genuine fun, Ciao, L

[@JimKrawzak]

They look like they are having so much fun! Great!

[@furfamilysue]

Love this! I keep watching it over and over. So fun.

[@anthonylovavto3228]

I love this I was13yrs old when this song came out, for a while I thought this was video from that era these young people in Kansas City nailed it!

[@joshpembers]

OMG, I was in 10th grade when this song came out. I remember two girls teaching me how to do this dance. I also think I dressed like the guys in this clip (back in the days before males torture themselves getting in and out of "skinny jeans" just for fashion). Love this group...such memories.

[@IZRElLO747]

Yes! Keep on dancing all you lovely people having so much fun

[@jeffreyproulx2612]

The girl in the middle in the front row is hands down the best dancer of the group. She has something--you can see it. The boys in the back row dance like I danced back in high school, and the way I guess I still dance at weddings. It's no good if you're not having fun. This was very kitschy and fun. Yes, we need more Low Budget Late Show dancing like this now.

[@3315nostrand]

That's why they placed her in the front, her smiles are real joy ..

[@tp1_philler179]

I don't know, the boy with the glasses in the front left is pretty nifty and keen.

[@dans9463]

Another reason.. The looks​@3315nostrand

[@EJofLA]

Wow those dancers are terrific and adorable thanks! Stylish choreography- and they know their moves!

[@benbrownjr.7626]

My God, this is so awesome. ❤

[@johnfoy2840]

I'm with you Ben. I absolutely LOVE this!!!

[@vinyl45s4ever]

FANTASTIC Choreography!

[@tbskeet]

They do a great justice to the spirit of this song..... Good job

[@Thistledove]

Pretty good line in the front. "We're on camera right now." He says with so much swag. Love it.

[@WOODR52]

I lived through this era, They all look good to me!

[@jorgeestomba9888]

One of the greatest videos on Tube !!! Gives you energy and happy !! The front rowers are awesome The girl in black skirt is very appealing !!!

[@sarahbaca7785]

I love this song thank you very with all my heart ❤😂

[@stefonpawlowski9666]

Lots of old souls and hearts of gold really enjoying the dance and this absolute classic. I love to see this.

[@richthepontiacguys1412]

Right ON

[@trevormiles5852]

Makes you feel so good.......

[@juanitamcfadin7020]

I really enjoyed watching the Kansas City dancers perform. Brings back a lot of memories. Many thanks.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Juanita, How are you doing?

[@lclover77]

was 10 years old when i first listen to this popular song and now 67 ...and I am so glad see these kids whose parents were not even born when this song was a hit .......good on them . fantastic !!

[@tomconstance2391]

The big guy may not be the best of the dancers, but he is definitely having the most fun :)

[@grundlefly]

Thank you for noticing him

[@imeanithonest5704]

He's a dancing fool!!!😄😄😄😄

[@billguill1859]

That's for sure!!!!!

[@johnfoy2840]

I love that guy!!!

[@marktwain380]

With this delightful little dance I shall sleep right through tonight

[@johnhenni7558]

This is a great song and a funlooking dance!

[@raymondholcomb7927]

It is refreshing to see young kid dancing to songs and dances I remember from when I was a kid, and clean cut. Boys wearing dress slacks, shirts and ties and not pants down to their knees, and girls wearing dresses.

[@sheilalett9332]

Love this short video of kids having good, clean fun just dancing like this! Wonderful!

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Sheila, How are you doing?

[@foxvienna1]

Some great smiles from that group, good stuff! Blond cutie has a winning smile for sure.

[@indiesindie1984]

These young kids know how to dance! They look so cool!

[@bearellie6985]

Born 1957. Was a magical time indeed❤

[@billythedoggie]

good to see the kids enjoying themselves....plus it keeps them off the street......

[@haroldgillette7157]

I loved all the dance songs of the early to mid sixties.

[@williamcarey8529]

I love the young woman in the middle with the light green floral dress!! She is my favorite one of the group!! Great work on putting this video together!!

[@berndpape407]

woud be nice to see how she looks today 😉 Now she is in our age

[@TheOzthewiz]

I like the ratio of young ladies to gents.Perfect!

[@VinDcator]

What a really great bunch of kids, making our own music look and sound so great!

[@deke6x]

OK now I'll have this song in my head for the next two weeks....

[@johnmilner7603]

Born in ‘53 the 60’s and 70’s were a blast. I would relive them again. Less BS back then.

[@havenhurstgroup]

I keep watching this video, such sweet kids all of them, but especially that cute gal in the green dress !

[@dannystrickland4729]

waiting for the DVD

[@flashfish2005]

There's always one that catches the eye...fresh..!

[@staciehenderson6982]

The wholesomeness of this is almost too much to bear! Lol Seriously though, good for them. They look great and are having fun.

[@WhoBeSilly]

When, o when America?! I want to dance like this again!!!

[@bethpalmer1024]

... the wah watusi is a reference to the human flesh and baby breeding of mount giluwe papua new guinea coprophiliac incest breeding cannibals ... after island-hopping the torres strait which is quite shallow and filled with islands they invaded into queensland cape york peninsula in the 1960s after starving themselves to death with " policies " of human flesh only fermented rot only and excrement from kangaroos and rabbits hares etc only and human excrement and urine which is now the pathology lab ... my former mother-in-law being one of them that swam to here ... they murdered many of my family with general anaesthetic and held others captive as they did in papua new guinea ... pap smears named after them for getting women pregnant to smear the reputation for baby meat going wah wah wah wah and ka ka ka ka poo excrement ... the entire www is their cannibal ibm policy uploaded in pigeon english ... amarycan amarican cannibals virgin mary meat ... jesus ... be careful what you wish for on that " star " ...

[@marynace3969]

Love watching them dance so I really had the moves brings back a lot of memories rock and roll is here to stay

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Mary, How are you doing?

[@johnfranco4417]

They look like they are having so much fun!

[@ksw8415]

No wonder we were so thin!

[@johnnysea7]

I love this sooo much!❤ they should make a new video in 2024!

[@johnfoy2840]

I wish. ❤❤❤

[@ronbean8684]

Wow! That was great! That girl in the front row with the above-the-knee floral dress really had the moves! I was 5 years old when this song came out. All the songs from this era were so fantastic & so many dances too. Seems like from a young age I always had a radio nearby & I remember all the songs from the early 60s (best music era ever IMO). Dances I can remember are: The Wah Watusi The Twist The Frug The Hully Gully The Pony The Jerk The Mashed Potato The Swim The Hitch Hike The Shake The Limbo The Freddie The Locomotion (from the song by Little Eva). So much fun & it's great to see all these young smiling faces having fun and doing this as a line dance. Great memories.

[@mickehogan3230]

She's the choreographer of the group which is why the cameras on her a lot

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

What about the Limbo? Wasn‘t that big back then? It had a revival when I was a kid in the 80s.

[@jessejustsick]

The frug?! I cannot wait to look this up

[@brianfreel7418]

wow I fell in love repeatedly

[@darrylevans4401]

This was a number one record for The Orlons out of Philadelphia.

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

Yes, it definitely came out of Philadelphia. I saw the Orlons in person. One of the greatest groups, I ever saw. Very entertaining.