Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Q: What are pirates’ favorite socks?
A: Arrrrrrrrgyle!

Hee-hee. I love that one.

Can I combine “Talk Like A Pirate” Day and Dance Party Friday? You betcha, matey. Stick with this video for the first couple minutes, after which you’ll see Eric Idle introduce George Harrison — and not the song you expect!




With thanks to our Favorite Person in North Carolina for reminding me of this auspicious day. Avast ye scurvy dogs, back to work!

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Friday Bounce

It’s a Friday pick-me-up with T-I-double-guh-err!



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Dance Party Friday: Secret Video Translation

This is less dancing than a whole lotta fun with song lyrics. Someone with a YouTube account and much too much time on his or her hands, decided to decipher Joe Cocker’s song lyrics and subtitle the video with, well, special captions.

Herewith, A Little Help from My Friends, “Captioned for the Clear Headed.”



Have a happy and fun weekend!

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Labor Day Dance Party Friday

I knew what song I wanted for our Labor Day weekend Dance Party Friday — although this might work as well for going back to work on Tuesday. YouTube wasn’t cooperating with the visuals, until I stumbled upon someone’s homemade homage to Dr. Who to accompany the song I wanted. It’s a little odd, yet that’s why you’re here, right?

For everyone who has a job that perhaps has its frustrations: here’s to our labor! It’s the last three-day weekend of summer, let’s dance.



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Still Dancing, All Summer

I’m looking for someone to go to the North Pole and turn the earth backward on its axis so I can have another month of summer.

My ode to summer, still going strong 45+ years on. Let’s twist!

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Dance Party Friday: August 15, 1969

I was looking for something sweet and relaxing to balance a hectic week. Since today is the 39th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, here’s a chill-out video with some Canned Heat.




Have a good Friday. And happy birthday, Woodstock!


No, silly, not you. The other Woodstock.



Peace out.

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Friday Sixties Sing-and-Spin

Flippin’ like a pancake, poppin’ like a cork. Before Barney was an annoying glimmer in anyone’s misguided eye, those of us who were poppets in the late ‘60s had practical educational television like H.R. Puffnstuff — yep Puff-N-Stuff, wafting right over the heads of network censors — and everyone’s favorite Drivers’ Ed instructors, The Banana Splits. Boomerang did a nice job restoring the print, although if I channel my preschool self, I think the original was more psychedelic and sparkly.



Yep, this explains a lot about my work ethic. Have a happy, happy.

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Dancing Friday: Hipsters A Go-Go

Get out your coonskin caps, cuz I’ve been searching the nether regions of YouTube and it’s time to dance. This may be a group called Pizzicato Five. They may be Japanese or Italian (or both). They’re definitely twisting to a song called “Twiggy Twiggy.” Now get off that couch and dance. Daniel Boone coonskin cap, optional.



Happy First Friday in August.


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Dancin' Friday . . . With Furry Monsters!

Will I get tired of posting danceable videos every Friday? As if. For this week’s installment: apparently a lot of people love to hate the Feist song that saturated the airwaves a few months ago in the iPod Nano commercials. (I actually like it, but that’s me.) Sesame Street has revived it in an altered version (which BoingBoing has declared more palatable) celebrating counting to 4, with monsters, penguins, and chickens on vacation. Maybe not so much dancing as loping and bouncy walking, but it works for Friday for me.



Happy Friday!

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Animated Dance Friday

Dance Party Friday has made its mark — I feel a need to post something dance-y to end the work week. Herewith, an animated dance remix — with apologies for the quality — the original isn’t available any more (lawyers, mutter mumble).



Happy Friday!

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That Dancing Guy

Nope it’s not Dance Party Friday, but instead Matt the dancing guy who’s all over the internet. Despite the over-exposure I still thought this was sweet, especially the shots with kids.




Have a happy Friday.

P.S. Higher quality version here (some of the location shots are beautiful).

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Even More Dance Party Friday

I can’t get enough of these. You know the drill. If it’s a slow day on the 5:30 a.m. Traffic Report, Cincinnati will dance. In this installment, even vacation can’t keep Dancin’ Bob away from Channel 12’s . . . Dance Party Friday!

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Dance Party Friday

Hmmm. Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance?

Cincinnati 5:45 a.m. When it’s a slow news day on the Channel 12 early, early morning show it’s time for . . . Dance Party Friday!




Betcha wish you didn't sleep in this a.m.

Have a fun Friday!

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