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  • they can't do this stuff today anymore. Why? they simply can't...maybe they can move faster and more explosive now BUT they don't have that core motive of dance...exactness, communication and things that are not physical...its like its their default...AMAZINGLY UNEQUALED even today...

  • Best tap routine ever!

  • I feel so bad for that vocal instructor. No one warned him what happens when Don and Cosmo get togethere with tap shoes on their feet :3

  • one of my favorite dance numbers of all times!

  • Donny is wearing my favorite color- green! :D

  • I love donald o-connor from 1:14-1:1:22. i'm gonna learn it!

  • Donald O'Connor is the understated and often overlooked talent in this film and others

  • That bin was meant to fall, that's how good it was

  • you may hate broadwway musicals but cmon, you gotta admit, that this is beast when they move their feet!

  • And THAT'S how people should begin whenever teaching the alphabet.

  • My studio did the original choreography in this video to this song at this tempo! Too bad it disnt look as good with 12 people doing it! But it was still cool!!! I was so happy my instructor said that shed teach us all of the steps so there is one teacher that still teaches them!

  • incredible dancers!! unique class

  • How Donald O'Connor didn't get an Oscar nom for this, I'll never know.

  • @strwberykiss12  You are soooooo right.....Donald definitely made the movie...so brilliant, funny, and adorable!!! He did win the Golden Globe for it:)))))))

  • @strwberykiss12 You are so right...Donald should have. He did get the Golden Globe for it, though:)))...no one more talented or adorable than Donald:)))

  • @faith4094 I'm not sure about talent, Darlene, but aren't I almost as cute as Donald?? lol Actually, this is one of my favorite scene's in all of movie-dom and I think Donald O'Connor showed he could keep-up with the great Gene Kelley every step of the way!! I'm sure you agree!! :))

  • @dlpine71 I sure do agree...Donald was the best...he could be brilliant comedically (I don't think Kelly would be doing Make 'Em Laugh) and just as brilliant in his elegant romantic dances and solos as in Call Me Madam, There's No Business Like Show Business, Anything Goes, Walking My Baby Back Home, and more....AND, YOU are a cutie!!!!!!:)))))))

  • @faith4094 I couldn't have said it better!!  And, you are too sweet ... thanks!!

  • 1000's of kids around can out dance these guys. Get real.

  • @WARDofLOR  I'm afraid NOT!! Please!!

  • @WARDofLORE Gene Kelly was 40 when he directed, choreo'd and and starred in this movie. That's talent.

  • one of THE most tiring dance scenes in all of history- just look at the way their panting after they yell "A!" my my my....if that isn't talent, i don't know what is! :)

  • I love this dance but that was not the video I was looking for. I'm looking for another video of this movie part, they are dancing on a different song wich says "come on/here" at @2:22. Does anyone know it please?

  • @Rrnv67 May be "Fit As A Fiddle"??

  • @caitiez19 Can't be; Fit as a Fiddle is barely 2 minutes long.

  • @Jadefg True enough. I was just trying to think of a song where these two are dancing and singing.

  • @caitiez19 I know I've been looking since last night but the only song that comes to mind with "come on/here" is Al Jolson's Rosie. If you ever find out, please post it :)

  • It saddens me how some people don't even know that something like this exists.

  • impeccable timing on the tempo changes... forgot how great this is!

  • No one can EVER fill their shoes. Especially Gene Kelly's shoes.

  • I'm buying tap shoes. And I'm wearing them EVERYWHERE I go.

  • Best dancin I've ever seen

  • 8 people are fucking idiots.

  • I love how everyone knew how to tap dance back then.

    My Grandad too... And that's weird when you think about it.

  • THIS MUSIC AND THESE DANCERS ARE FOREVER NO MATTER WHAT THE NEW TRENDS ARE.

  • I love this video! You cant even find a dance teacher that will teach you those steps anymore.... so sad!

  • lolx I loove this soo much. It always makes me laugh :)

  • ask justin bieber, usher, or katy perry to this. THIS IS REAL TALENT HERE.

  • Casually wearing tap shoes everywhere you go.

    That's the hollywood way. Or WAS the hollywood way.

  • Nagyszerűen nyomják.....

  • ps. How could anybody not like this? 8 people think Moses' toes WERE roses.

  • If only we could live forever - then we'd maybe get to meet Gene Kelly, but we'd probably have to wait a lifetime :D

  • AMAZING!!!!!!!! that is real entertainment!

  • watching this yet again. So amazing!

  • As a dancer this is one of the best routines ever choreo'd, danced by two of the best tappers ever, Kelly's technique is nigh on perfect, and every dancer (tapper) wants to be O'Connor (male or female :))

  • Bravo!

    What's the style Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire or Donald O'Connor usually dance? I don't know how it's called.

  • The two of them are amazing!!! This is one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies :)

  • Won't be seen again, folks. Can you imagine Brad Pitt being held up to these chops? I won't say bankrupt, MAYBE there's a new, better standard. I'm just waiting to see it.

  • @KidIndigo1 I totally agree with you.

  • Amazing, i wonder who choreographed, im guessing Gene choreographed, and its amazing, no slip-ups, and the singing was perfect. The lyrics are really tongue-twisting, its amazing they got it right all in one go and the dancing. Wow, truly iconic.

  • actors dont do these kinda things anymore...

  • Gene Kelly is AMAZING! and Donald such a bro when it comes to dance numbers; he doesnt try to outshine kelly (which wouldnt actually be possible) but instead he compliments him. those two are incredibly talented

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  • @jsf5146 Donald could outshine Kelly, especially in a number like Make 'Em Laugh, so brilliantly funny, or in a romantic dance, in tails, with Vera-Ellen in Call Me Madam or dancing with Mitzi Gaynor in Anything Goes, just to mention a few. Donald could be hysterically funny or incredibly romantic and sexy...check out Walking My Baby Back Home...fabulous routines. On a show a few years ago, 5 beautiful Hollywood actresses ranked Donald as the best kisser in Hollywood...I've seen him - YES!!!

  • from the truly great days of cinematography

  • Both of them are soooo hot

  • I ♥ Gene Kelly

  • Damn, now that's talent

  • this is what REAL entertainment is. why don't they do stuff like this anymore?

  • @katiep1125 cuz crap nowadays sucks....

  • @katiep1125 Because most people have the attention span of a 5 year old these days.

  • @katiep1125 because nowadays people pay for all kind of crap withour problem (;agy gaga anyone), co no performers have to work their ass off, why should they if they get paid just for looking good/strange/unique, since people have too much money to waste anyway...

  • @katiep1125

    the current stars dont have the attention span and the actual drive and determination to complete the lessons to be this good. Whats sad, most of the dancing back then was taught by family members and by programs that didn't have to have too much disiplin to get the kids to learn the dance steps. Blame it on society!

  • @katiep1125 They still. You're just not looking at the right "stuff". Today's show business is over saturated with greedy uncreative money hungry fuckers that don't deserve to be called artist. Look for people and artists with passion and you will find "stuff" like this.

  • @katiep1125 I guess because it is more financially effective to do tons of crapy movies than less movies but of high quality :/

    The saddest thing is that the crowd adapts to what's given to it.

  • @katiep1125 A lot of this went away with the old studio system, though the late 40's - ear;y 50's were more of a transition period. A actor had to be much more versatile then to make it big, act, sing and dance.

    I was very fortunate that my parents and grandparents loved films like this and would make a habit of viewing them with us kids as family time.

  • @Ullarsskald1989 I don't understand why other people my age don't appreciate stuff like this. I just turned 20, so obviously this type of entertainment is way before my time but I would watch this or the Dick Van Dyke Show ANY DAY rather than Jersey Shore or other crappy shows they run nowadays. I miss the days where people had to have talent like this in order to get noticed. Now everything is just watered down and not even worth watching. It's sad that things changed =(

  • @katiep1125 Amen! I get laughed at because, by & large, I like shows like Hogan's Heroes, McHale's Navy & the old musicals & movies instead of the junk that passes for entertainment these days. (I will say I make exceptions for a few modern shows, but never have the time to watch them.)

  • I would have loved to be that old man...Gene and Donald pulling me everywhere and being in my face the whole time

  • <3 Donald O'Connor <3

  • Yeah Donald is hot. I especially love how he holds his won dancing next to Gene Kelly. Gene could out dance most of his co stars back in the day. Gotta love Donald tho! And Gene Kelly.

  • Ive watched this a 1000 times and I've never noticed how fast this routine is. That takes skill ;) and yes, Donald O'Connor is most definatly the sexy one here :D

  • wow I've always thought Gene Kelly was the hot one!! ;;)

    

  • @morrighan72 Loads of us think Donald is the hot one!!

  • I am absolutely in love with Gene Kelly

  • @MrsDwightFrye who isn't?!

    

  • @alexoldmovies27 I'm sorry, but lots of us are in love with Donald:))))))

  • @faith4094 who said i wasn't in love also with donald o'connor :P :D

  • @alexoldmovies27 Terrific!!!! I LOVE it!!! Check out my channel for a great Donald channel picture and videos, montages, and tributes, as well as those of sorrowfulflower, catwomanpl1, donaldo'connorfan, wasittoyou, vaudevillefanatic, and others:)))))))

  • @faith4094 HEY, Hey!! WHOS UP FOR START"N A DONALD O'CONNOR CLUB??? HEHE ;)

  • @practicalmagic4 I'm all for it:))))) Actually, a bunch of us have a club of sorts....look at my channel and those of many of my friends....Donald picures, videos etc. ......some of us talk all the time via e-mail.....we have loads of Donald's movies.....practically all of them....we've shared, etc. We have those when he was very young, when he was a huge teen star, right up to SITR and beyond. LOVE him!!!!!!!

  • @practicalmagic4 i want !! i want !!1 ;P

  • I wish Donald would take off his shirt at some point during the movie...I bet he had a nice body, lol. /dirty thoughts

  • @moehowardfan Good thoughts, please, but check out my channel picture - Donald in swimtrunks - he looks FABULOUS!!!!!! Muscles!!!!! Everyone is crazy about that picture!! Girls/women stop to gawk:)))) It's with his daughter and their HUGE dog, named O'Flynn. Check out my friend's channels, too. We have everyhting Donald - videos, montages, clips from all of his movies, tributes, etc. He had it all!! ( Those pants he wears in the Good Morning Number!:))))))) )

  • @rungirlmgg Donald O'Connor isn't hot. He's FREAKING SEXY!!!! lol. Gene Kelly is sexy too XD

  • @moehowardfan You're so right! FREAKING SEXY!

  • @Rtmax45 Donald was the BEST - he could do it all - he was a teen idol and made hugely popular movies at Universal; he won the Golden Globe for Singin' in the Rain and won an Emmy as Best Male Star. He has fabulous performances in so many movies and did romantic dances as skillfully as tap dancing and comedic ones - he was an amazing talent!!! He was a lot younger than Gene and Fred and couldn't take as full advantage of musicals' Golden Age, but he gave us many, many brilliant performances.

  • @Rtmax45  Check out my channel for everything Donald - clips, montages, tributes, etc. and those of my friends:)))))))

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  • Gene!

    This is one of my top 5 movies! All of it incredibly funny! Love all the numbers - especially when they throw in the jazzy parts. Also the Gene-Cyd in the green dress dance.

  • how many years does one have to learn to be that good ...tap dance on a table and not fall down?????

  • @bossyboots55 no amount of years will get u that good.... that.... that is just puure talent..... ya got to be born with that awesomeness

  • @dancergirl250

    thats for sure. ! talent is only part of it. its just got to be part of the person.

  • everybody Donald O'Connor  is mine! He's MINE OK!

  • everybody Donald O'Connor is mine!

  • Think about this: Donald was 27 here, while Gene was 40! I can't believe it! They both are great dancers, but you can't beat Gene Kelly!

  • @flautist24  I'll take Donald - always!!!!!!!

  • Donalds sexy ;)

  • @Vanderpost97 Mercy, yes, he is! Much more sexy than Gene, in my opinion!

  • @rungirlmgg OMG i think you could be my best friend!!! Donald is amazinngggggggg XD gene is cool but hes no where near as amazing as Donald! in the Make Em Laugh scene in Singing in the Rain, his eyes are SOOO blue, he is so handsome (:

  • @Vanderpost97 His eyes are incredibly blue - have you seen them in Call Me Madam and Anything Goes?

    His romantic movies and dances are incredible; he could do it all - he was the BEST!!!!!! And, sooooo adorable and handsome!!!!

  • @faith4094 No i havent, I actually have only seen him on youtube and in Singing in the rain .. i will be sure to check it out though. Im only 14 so i dont know alot of his movies but i see him alot on youtube and im fascinated! he is amazing, i love old movies, I will be sure to check them out. I loved his dance/sing number in the Milk Man.. so cute (:

  • they have such an epic bromance

  • I wonder what would happen if I tried to do this randomly when my mother is trying to teach me something.......

  • i think o' conner gave kelly a run for his money

  • yes Donald sure is is.....

    very good routine anyhow

  • You guys can have Donald O' Connor, Gene Kelly is mine!!!

  • @MrsDwightFrye lol, thats great i love it

  • @MrsDwightFrye no way donald o'connor is way better ;) aha jokes they are both fantastic

  • Semplicemente..vi adorooooooooo!:D

  • Wow...the year my father was born in!

  • Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. Enough said.

  • Ask Justin Bieber if he can do this..

  • everybody Donald O'Connor is mine!

  • @nanakoism There are LOADS of us who LOVE him!!!!!! The most talented and the most adorable man -

    EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nanakoism I challenge U !! i loovvee donald just as much!

  • alguien los puede superar x que yo jamaz en realidad mis respetos :)

  • Who needs to speak properly when you can dance like THAT!

  • this makes me want to learn tap-- just so i could do this number :)

  • You just can't take your eyes off Gene Kelly (still love Donald though!!!) One of my fav movie scenes.

  • @Butters3429  My eyes are on Donald!!!!:)))))))

  • I've always loved Donald OConnor and he in my opinion was just so much cleaner and lighter in his dance moves in this scene then Kelly. He was so underrated. Just think how hard it must have i've been to keep their distance and balance on the table while maintaining complete synchronicity starting at 1:01. AMAZING!!! Two scenes I love is 1:25 when Don sits on lap on professor and does the hand point to Kelly's feet.... Love it. And how effortlessly he steps in to time at 1:30 to match Kelly.

  • @demm80s You are sooo right about Donald - love him!!!!! Check out my channel and others who have written on it - we love Donald and have loads of his great movie clips.

  • they make this look effortless, the modern stuff don't hold a tap shoe to these routines :D

  • Those shoes are killer. Just sayin. :)

  • I have an incredible fascination with Gene Kelly's feet. They are like poetry.

  • i am absolutely in love with Donald O' conner

  • @m3liee13 Yes, we are in love with Donald - his leading ladies said they fell in love with Donald - they couldn't help it! He was such a wonderful man and an enormous talent, not to mention adorable:)))

  • @faith4094 for sure, ha i kinda thought that people'd want to kick my ass for wanting to watch donald over gene(in this particular movie.) Hee Hee

  • aaaa lol they were also pointin at the pic of the voel a and sang it

  • back in the day when erroneously was a word that everyone knew.

  • @digimaster89 we allow lower standards to be "hip", and keep getting worse quality students, and awful grammar. Maybe more rap music will solve the problem.

  • @Dave78mYT One can like rap, heavy metal, etc and still appreciate great dancers like Kelly, O'Connor, Astaire, etc. It actually is all on what your parents expose you to. I love classic films and it's the result of my parents showing them to me from a young age. This is one of my favorite performances because they dance so beautifully yet they maintain their masculinity. It seems more and more these days male dancers seem to think they have to lose their masculinity to be a good dancer.

  • Ke$a, P. Diddy, EMINEM, Souja Boi, Kanye West and Britney Spears just disliked this video

  • Donnald O'Connor is my icon, i wish i can sing and dance like him one day, I'm gonna work hard for it! but it's almost impossible.....I'm probably the only 20 year old whose icon is someone like Donald and not P. Diddy or some stupid rapper

  • @santidipp More and more young people are LOVING Donald and are realizing that he was one of the most incredible talents ever - no one did all of the things he did as well as he did them - he was a brilliant dancer, a terrific actor, singer, comedian, pratfall artist, as well as a composer( he wrote beautiful songs - he sang some on his T.V. shows and he wrote a symphony) director, producer, and musician (he played piano, drums, and clarinet) You used the right word - ICON - definitely!!!!!

  • Where has all the talent, entertainment, and sheer class gone? Why can't there be movies like this anymore? It's captivating to see such talented people, and its a shame to see such an amazing era and culture lost.

  • @molliecoyle Good idea, but so many people would refuse to do so that it would be a bit of a hassle to pull off.

  • Incredible 3 minutes of raw talent, and entertainment. Gene was such a perfectionist, it's so great watching Donald matching him step for step, and keeping up with Gene's relentless energy. A joy to watch.

  • LOVE, LOVE Donald - so adorable and incredibly talented!!!!

  • @faith4094 i bet he could charm  the sourest of women an make there tows curel!!!

  • :59 i love Gene Kelly's Stern Face. And 1:00 I love that move.

  • i wonder who was the more uptight one?

  • @practicalmagic4 well i don't know much about gene kelly, but Donald O'Connor was a joker

  • @sparkleproductions27 I'm just like your sister :P I have them all too! haha

  • i LOVE gene kelly. my sister has the full videos on her ipod.

  • DAMN! they are so good!

  • Gostei muito desta parte...

  • I wish there were bloopers of this movie. They looked like they had so much fun. I can only imagine what happened back stage.

  • @chaff5 You will NEVER find a Gene Kelly blooper :P

  • THE BEST MUSICAL EVER!

  • What a wonder! I wish films were still like this..I think we should start a revolution and make MGM do films like these again!

  • Ah yes. Back when entertainers truly had real talent, they could dance, sing, act, and probably play at least one instrument. Real entertainers, not singing some non sense about tits, ass, big rims and smoking weed.

  • Three letters.. WOW it makes me wish I took tap when I was a kid and also at the same time never wanna even try

  • I have always loved this song!! I sometimes start singing it for no reason. You should see the looks I get!!

  • They make tap dancing look like great fun. =D

  • the days when people were fully integrated performers...

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  • Now that's Entertainment!!!!!

  • ahhhh this brings back such memories! i was cosmo in the school musical and got taught this tap dance :)

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  • A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is so awesome

  • This scene always makes me wish I learned how to tap dance as a kid. They make it look so easy lol.

  • @TinaB1990 A sign of greatness - to make it LOOK easy even though it's hard. Love Donald!!!!!

  • Ae I O U one you guys, for showing me some of the best dancing ever ^^

  • I wish more movies were made where the actors actually put in the legwork and you can tell they're having fun doing it. That look they have at 1:35 says "We are going to tear shit up now!"

  • Genius, just pure genius! <3

  • THAT´s a team!! <3

  • Why did the good stuff have to die out... this here... real talent--I can't bare to watch the bologna that's popular now a days... has nothing on the real stuff :)