Fit As A Fiddle: Steve Martin & Gregory Hines

[thepoozer]

Jay mohrs podcast brought me here. Awesome.

[9ninteen90]

This is so amazing! Thank you for sharing with the rest of us. Especially those of us who weren't even alive when this aired.

[PegassusInPlayaCar]

AMAZING!

I never seen before this!

Thansk a lot !

[GrampaKenny]

Best of the best. Thank you for allowing me to watch. Over and over and over.......

[aphotog24]

I remember watching this when it aired...until then Steve Martin was just some funny guy my uncles' imitated...but this...made me a fan. Thanks for posting!

[brwneyesaz]

Dancers should be shown if full view not just the feet or the from the waist up.

Good dancing and showmanship on both Greg and Steve. Thanks for the video.

RIP Gregory Hines we still miss you.

[Malerknecht]

Wow, Steve and Gregory,

Awesome!

[hansumjoe]

i remember this like it was yesterday...this is truly classic, many thx for posting. There was also an Eric Idle sketch about Stonehenge

[B4Doughboy]

What a perfectly good baton! XD But seriously, this was awesome.

[BonzoAllStar]

If anyone has a line on Irwin Mainway's Sucker Showcase, classic comedy will follow.

[nicelookin2012]

Im doing this for Cabaret.!



[usamuun]

Thank god for people like you, recording these gem.

[brainfreeze215]

@gussielulu I think the unfortunate reasoning behind the close ups on some modern dance shows, especially dancing with the stars, is to hide the horrendous dancing.

[vmargotpaez]

thanks for sharing this. :) it's brilliant!

[jellypurple]

I love it!

thanks for share it!

[Abkeda]

Delightful! Uch...where did these days go?

[txcowgirl83]

The BEST are always taken from us too soon.

[cazia9]

mad props to Steve Martin for keeping up with Gregory Hines

[JubalCalif]

@cazia9

I second that emotion! Mr Martin is certainly a man of MANY talents...he more than holds his own with the much more experienced Mr Hines. Oh those dancing fools! Wonderful stuff! Can't help but get "Happy Feet" when I watch these two GIANTS of show biz! CHEERS, mate! :-)

[angelialvares]

top class and Too Good!

[angelialvares]

Just fantastic, Steve Martin is a modern day Danny Kaye...he's not just a great tapper but also has a real good voice. I wonder how he keeps in such good shape!

[parkerstage]

THIS IS AWESOME!! People didn't realize just how talented Steve was. May he RIP with his folk band. No but really this was GREAT I Love what ever Steve does. And he Was AMAZINGLY smooth in this. I wonder if Gregory Hines, God rest his soul for real, choreographed this number. Was this SNL?

[411shopper]

@parkerstage

Hi Parkerstage,

I just wanted to let you know that I agree with what you said about their talent. However, Steve Martin is very much alive.

[jillhbaudhaan]

ednayarkspay, what is a betamax?

[broadwaystar92]

LOVE how they do sing, have a KILLER dance break, then belt it out after all that dancin! True performers!!!!

[MsJoanieK]

Gregory Hines , one of the GREAT entertainers!

[gussielulu]

The director made it possible for us to enjoy these moments of genius by NOT MOVING in for closeups during the dance.  Both Gene and Mr. Astaire insisted on having both dancers in full frame. The idiots at Dancing With the Stars think they can improve on the Astaire/Kelly school and ruin every dance by cutting to closeups at least 5-8 times in a 90 second dance. Guess what Idiots: we KNOW what they look like! We've seen them all for months in interviews, in articles and on magazine covers.

[queenmother123]

aww Gregory Hines wow may he R.I.P. I love steve too thanks for posting :)

[GuitarzanOO50]

Wow...brings back memories. Thanks so much for posting this.

[harleemorgan]

Was searching for Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor... thought this was lame... then they started dancing. SOOOO GOOD. :)

[marc565656]

GREAT

[onesongofglory]

Could anyone else just not stop smiling for the whole thing?

[carryyouinmyheart]

i was SO SAD when this video disappeared from youtube a couple years ago. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT BACK!!!

[electronictrip]

WOW!!!!!

[ShoutHard]

Both of these guys are amazing. Gregory Hines may have been the last of the great tap dancers and Martin moves so strangely that it's excellent!

[kakarrata]

Just amazing!...

[ladynfsoffice]

Excellent version by Gregory Hines & Steve Martin

[jazztapfrance]

I love it , they're so funny !!

[dbeyeah]

i love it...what a classic. PERFECT! and two handsome gentleman at that!!

[Beafteck89]

Martin is pretty multi-faceted...

[jlmww]

This brings back some great memories.

Not just Steve Martin and that white suit, but it was great to hear Don Pardo's voice again and see Howard Shore from the pre-Lord of the Rings days.

[Korwia]

hey that's what i was gonna do!

[ApoloExpress]

WOW!!!

i did not know that Steve Martin had moves like that! haha i am in complete and utter shock!! go martin!! :D

[jennyamelie]

Thanks for posting this.

I saw the special when it first aired, and I have never forgotten it.

Eric Idle did a really funny piece in it, one called, "Did the dinosaurs build Stonehenge?"

A great line from that,

"We are here at the British National Museum.....by mistake."

From the segmenet with the American String Quartet, "Oh, that's going to really cut into the donkey sketch."

If you haven't seen it, get a copy.

If you have a copy, please post the rest of it.

[joemoe23]

is there anything steve martin can't do?

[JohnnyContagious]

@joemoe23 Inspector Clouseau.

[Pompazoidee1]

@joemoe23 Be serious for more than 15 minutes? (That's a good thing btw.)

[jpastuch]

Lets see him tap dance, play fiddle, and be funny while throat singing all at the same time. I bet he can't.

[vinebry]

Thank you for posting this! I admire both these men so much! RIP Gregory!

[pm4tm1027a]

This made me smile all the way through! I loved Gregory Hines, and I recall this SNL show. Love it! Thanks so much for posting it!

[JubalCalif]

HEAVENS TO MURGATROID !!! This is awesome footage! This is one SNL episode that I've never seen. I'd seen Steve Martin play the banjo (which he does exrtremely well) but I've never seen him dance before. He MORE than holds his own with Mr Hines. Plus, I've always loved this song, which I first heard in the 1951 MGM classic musical "Singin in the Rain". THANKS so much for sharing it with us! May ALL your wishes & dreams come true in the New Year!!! :)

[erniehead]

Ok, what can I do to persuade you to put the rest of that special on youtube? I havent seen this since it first aired but I remember it vividly!

Did Eric Idle have a segment in the special?

[madisonriver00]

I have to say thanks very much for posting....I was actually at this show....it was a great show and the funny part was that they were giving out tickets at the rock center ice rink about 2 hours before the show because they were sure they could fill the studio..

if you have more clips of the show, please consider posting...

[madisonriver00]

"they WERENT sure they could fill the studio"

[casemuse]

Gregory Hines is my idol!!

[PaulWilliems]

Wow Steve can do it all!

[robotrix]

Most watched video since 1981 and still is such good shape....

Us Betamax fanatics knew something, didn't we?

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[ramanaross]

Many thanks - great video.

[mawee04]

This makes me so happy. Thank you!

[dukesgal39]

WOW! So happy to have found this post again -- it's one of my favorites! Thank you.

[Kiddman32]

Wow! Great stuff! Great old tune, too... I have a 1932 recording of it :) (Well, an mp3 of it...)

[Lufkineer03]

Been tryin to find this video...Preciate it!

[TheLonelyScarecrow]

Been looking around for this. Love it. Thanks so much!