Triplets - Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan

[hardlines4]

A time when we had REAL entertainment!!!

[Gideon235]

If you pause at 0:12 that star thing looks a bit like the eye of sauron

[leafyutube]

Band wagon is great. This scene and the shoe shine at Grand Central are my favorite.

[ChrisWalkenFan]

Do you know what is so interesting on this song, it's the fact that Fred doesn't wear his ring on his little finger of the right hand in it, but Jack Buchanan does ;) Pay attention. Both did wear a ring on the little figner. Fred did never not wear it, but why this time? Hmmmm^^ and why the heck does the house burn? LOL

[sccl77]

Highchair! Highchair! Brilliant!!

[RandomLeanne]

i love this..it's hilarious XD

[Unbounding]

Oh joy....

[chuckbyf1]

What show is this in??

[ninababy8]

Been looking for this along time. I Remember the song from variety shows in the 60s when I was a kid. Such genius !! I love Nanette !!! Love her!!! Ouch those knees

[pycturethis]

I talked about it with my aunt years ago. Have to think and remember what she said.

My aunt is in the middle.

[ZataGigaX009]

Lolololol I can see hands holding their feet! A dark hand that is o.O

[FeLinaDolliex3]

how did they do this?!

can any tell me!

brilliant!

[Choefoe]

@FeLinaDolliex3 Just put your knees in shoes and get the rest in black.

[FeLinaDolliex3]

@Choefoe thats impossible, you cant dance like that with your knees or jump or if your sitting on your knees in the high chair. how can you jump down, ive been watching closely and theres some trick to it and i just cant tell how they do it! >.<

[Choefoe]

@FeLinaDolliex3 Just try it yourself I have a photo of myself with my knees in shoes,looks like this, to move ofcourse you need to tie the shoes over the legs;-)

[FoxgloveWanderer]

@FeLinaDolliex3 They're not jumping out of the high chairs while sitting on their knees. They're sitting in the chairs normally, but you can't tell because their legs blend into the backdrop. Then, when they 'jump out', they slide out of the chair and fall on their knees.

I love how they have to keep their arms up and at their sides. When Fred flipped the highchair open his arms looked so out out proportion, he looked like some kind of monkey.

[FeLinaDolliex3]

@FoxgloveWanderer OHHH!

i see! O:

but i still dont understand how they can dance on their knees? O.o

Care to explain? >.<

[FoxgloveWanderer]

@FeLinaDolliex3 It'd be difficult, but let's not forget who these dancers are. If anyone can pull it off it's these three.

Have you seen the videos of the new Shrek Musical? Christopher Sieber has a big dance number as Lord Farquad in 'What's Up Duloc?', and he does the whole thing using the same 'on the knees' technique. These guys make it look so easy, but that's probably why they're in the movies. ^_^

[NellyStardust]

@FoxgloveWanderer In the behind-the-scenes featurette on my DVD of this, Nanette Fabray talks about how difficult it was to do this dance, and how they kept falling over, and had bruises all over their knees. But I think the incredible thing is that they manage to keep their characters the whole time while doubtless being in pain. They are true performers =)

[TheBookWorm1718]

I LOVE this song, I especially love that line, "I wish I had a gun, a wittle gun, it would be fun to shoot the other two and be only one!" LOL Imagine if they'd had three little kids saying that, especially today they wouldn't allow that, but it's a great line.

[catwomanpl1]

Thanks for the words! I'll join in with great pleasure - I love the song and the gang who are singing it!

[gluups]

Too funny ! I saw the movie a log time ago : i do love it

[hypnoticbanana]

This is just ridiculously good. xD

[BardCoennius]

Three of my cats would sing this if they could.

[bdwalk]

to pinki308...... lady in the video nanette is my great aunt. heres to great families!

[DrNatalieP]

@bdwalk

I think Nanette's performance in this number stole the show.

So, how are you related to Shelly?

[darkmountains7]

Oh, I love this! The first time I saw it I laughed so hard and for so long I thought I was going to bust a seam or something. And now, months later, it's just as funny as the first time I saw it.

[pinki3o8]

I'm related to Jack buchanan. He's my Grandmas Uncle!

[MrCarrot1]

What. The. Fuck.

[RockMeRollMe]

Oh God. I saw this movie for the first time today and this scene.. During the "widdle gun" bit my hand literally flew over my mouth. XDD DIDN'T EXPECT THAT!

[ChangeMyPitchUp]

When they say "high-chair" and then repeat it twice they seem to be making a kind of reference or private joke to something else, another movie or something.. does anyone have an idea what it could be? or maybe it's just my imagination?

[latice]

I think it's supposed to be as though they are saying "Hi, chair!" to the chair

[lhasa7]

It's a pun on "Hotcha!" and "Achoo!"

[numberonefilmfan]

Actually I think it's a riff on Jimmy Durante

[Fredfanish]

I think you may be right

[scriptum60]

The first time I watched this number I totally cracked up. :D

[Mestisamo]

Use this as a filler when I can't think of anything else to say LOL

[RussinTirnaNog]

I have been looking for this for ages, can someone tell me what the film/musical is called? Thanks

[nanikipilo]

The Band Wagon (1953) Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse

[RussinTirnaNog]

thanks

[1940semochild]

"The Bandwagon" from 1953

[RussinTirnaNog]

Thank you.

[Lockpeople]

It's from Bandwagon, now my official favorite movie

[chevychase]

Classic!!

How I miss Nanette Fabray!

[MaryJoanna24]

Love this Movie!!!!!!!

[000266617]

SPOILER ALERT:

(Don't read if you haven't heard song)

I laughed my head off at the shock ending of this song: How I wish I had a gun

A widdle gun

It would be fun to shoot the other two

And be only one. "

[scriptum60]

@ 000266617

Me, too! :D Back in the good 'ol days people actually had a sense of humor & weren't smothered and chocked for PC [political correctness]. Think of this segment being part of a high school musical or some talent show --- the PC Police would tase your ass, you'd be permanently evicted from the school and generally blacklisted from life. PC has killed entertainment.

[Massachusetts01]

i love this song :x 1. Your reading my comment 2. Now your saying/thinking thats a stupid fact. 4. You didnt notice that i skipped 3. 5. Your checking it now. 6. Your smiling. 7. Your still reading my comment. 8. You know all you have read is true. 10. You didnt notice that i skipped 9. 11. Your checking it now. 12. You didnt notice there are only 10 facts

[elvisnutkid]

Happy 110th birthday Fred

u rock

[bagot6]

"High chair, high chair"!

It's difficult to believe that Nanette Fabray was hard of hearing.

Great stuff! :)

[gfainla]

How, exactly, did Fred, Nanette & Jack do this dance? On their knees? If so, you'd expect one black-panted leg to show against the others' white dresses -- and how does Nanette jump up off the floor?

[Sparki777]

She went back on her toes on one one foot, lifting her knee a few inches off the floor, then smacked the other knee against that first knee, then repeated on the other side. It takes INCREDIBLE strength, and it hurts like heck when you land on your knees again, even wearing knee pads. The first time or two you do it, you can actually get fairly high off the floor, but after a few rounds, you're lucky to get your knees off the ground more than a couple of inches.

[flandesss]

jaja que bueno

=D

[mkmih01]

its croup not flu ya dummy

[dancingfreak94]

Haha the first time I watched this movie it was like 2 in the morning, and I couldn't make sense of this number. I was like, "What the hell is going on?" And I was so out of it I didn't notice it was Nanette Fabray singing in "Louisiana Hayride." But this is one of my favorite movies. :)

[foster3D]

People like to assume children are the most innocent, and it is ideally understood humor, if it is effective, should have an element of truth behind it.

Therefore, I posit that this skit is so funny because PET scans on their brains now show that babies thoughts are actually the most violent--much more so than adults. The safe thing is that they are so uncoordinated that they can not carry out their desires...to kill the other two and be the only one!

[Kailys3]

that...was kind of disturbing, heh.

childlike proportions with adult faces scare me <<

[ChrisvonLuckner]

Does anybody know whether Jack Buchanan was a relative of scottish soprano Isobel Buchanan or not??? I need to know this...

Thx.

[craigowler]

Jack Buchanan - a Scotsman

[bjorn48]

oops *their

[beatleshunn]

ahh! i LOVE this so much, but i can't figure out how they did this...and it makes me feel dumb.

does anyone know how they did it?

[bjorn48]

ummm...not sure if this is what you're asking...but on there knees, with little fake feet and legs on the front of their thighs and black pants to hide their real legs?

[Julian9ehp]

. . . And I understand it was _extremely_ painful.

[drcoxcentral]

I kind of figure that but it still looks incredible considering this was pre - CGI days!

[idiotpress]

I wish I had a gun...

[octavarium8818]

me and my cousins were flipping thru the channels and we saw the end of this and we were like "what the fuck" and "that was the weirdest thing i have ever seen in my life"

its funny as hell

[mraubin]

We're recreating this number for our annual faculty talent night at school and having a blast...This is a tough one...more difficult than it looks.

[CurlyHayami]

I saw something on That's Entertainment where she was dressed like a poor person...I wanna find it again real bad. Something like, "We'd catch a cab but we can't afford the fare!"

[sparksfontaine]

That's "A Couple of Swells". Type in "swells" and you'll get it as your first result. It's Fred and Judy Garland actually. I think it's a great song too. In fact, I learned all the words so that I could sing it to myself properly.

Ah, such fun!

[richardsnow]

haha! never seen this. I have the record on 78rpm. What year is this?

[chinobalam]

probably '52 or '53 since the movie was released in august 1953.

[GuanoLad]

Ah, a nice family friendly tune about shooting your siblings.

[BocaFriend]

Thanks for posting this! Some of us may remember Nanette recreating this number with Bonnie Franklin on ONE DAY AT A TIME -- a

sitcom in the 70s.

[jazziebanks1]

this is so funni!.. i love this song!.. i have it on my i-pod!

[jazziebanks1]

this is so funni!.. i love this song!.. i have it on my i-pod!

[elrota]

I can't believe I found this! I love this number! It's hilarious! Thanks! By the way, does anyone know where I can find Cyd Charisse in the deleted "Two-Faced-Woman" number from The Bandwagon?

[Jayee123]

Thanks for posting the lyrics, too.

[SoftballBabe5716]

i love this and the feet amaze me!!! i dunno why but they do lol

[star0879]

Nanette is awesome and so talented. She is Shelley Fabares' aunt. Thanks for posting.

[4Y83Z120401]

And Nanette Fabray is a really cool lady, I remember when I was a kid in the 50s seeing her on TV, she always had the prettiest most real smile. She is Shelley's mother.... (she spells it Fabares sometimes). Love this,.....high chair, high chair, high chair!

[BocaFriend]

Actually, Nanette is Shelley's aunt!

[moviegirly88]

Haha I laughed so hard the first time I saw this in the movie! Awesome!

[ChileanGirlGery]

I love this!My teacher has this song on her i tunes.

[whyme1963]

My absolute favorite number from my favorite movie musical--t5hanks so much for putting this up.

(A minor lyric correction:

Then all of us gets the measles

And mumps and CROUP, not 'flu.)

[mithol]

That is crazy!! Lol. I saw this at a DVD store. I can't believe i didnt buy it.

[tigerfanfrv]

and the funny thing is it is sooooooooooo true. no one can complain about raiseing twins or one child at a time around my mom. the jokes gets annoying and we all got the chickenpox with in a week of eachother

[conglieteri]

I can't get enough of it. High chair! Hagh chair! And mumps! And flu!

[CIAO4now]

This is from "The Bandwagon" directed by Vincente Mannelli

[Fufflehead]

What is this from? This is awesome!

[Fufflehead]

And where can I get the sheet music for it, if possible?

[mem56]

LOL It's still wonderful!

[mem56]

LOL Wonderful!!!!

[ompr]

thank you so much, this is a great song

[cybercita]

I"m in heaven too! Thanks for posting!