# How does one do the Smurf, the Popeye, and the Jerry Lewis? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-the-smurf-the-popeye-and-the-jerry-lewis/318604 "2005-08-25T18:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-the-smurf-the-popeye-and-the-jerry-lewis/318604/1 "2005-08-25T18:57:04Z")
Listening to old Beastie Boys today, there’s the lyrics: “I can do the Smurf, the Popeye, and the Jerry Lewis I like Bullwinkle but I don’t like Moose” I assume those are dance moves. Can someone describe them to me? ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-the-smurf-the-popeye-and-the-jerry-lewis/318604/2 "2005-08-25T20:59:55Z")
I’m guessing “smurf” is the old break-dancing moved, described at the bottom of [this](http://www.angelfire.com/extreme3/breakdance1/popping/spopping.htm) page. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-the-smurf-the-popeye-and-the-jerry-lewis/318604/3 "2005-08-28T07:06:04Z")
I thought it was I like bullwinkle… // not boris. Im STILL trying to find out first hand… what the hell Brass Monkey is. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-the-smurf-the-popeye-and-the-jerry-lewis/318604/4 "2005-08-28T16:47:39Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Im STILL trying to find out first hand… what the hell Brass Monkey is. A funky monkey. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-the-smurf-the-popeye-and-the-jerry-lewis/318604/5 "2005-08-28T18:05:30Z")
That, and an implement for holding cannonballs in a pyramid form. Seriously, Ive been told that it is a drink. If Its a brand name or a ready-made drink… or the name of a cocktail/mixed drink I still dont know. On a further related hi-jack, I know if I ever go to White Castle; “White castle fries only come in one size” Then again, The only thing we have in GA is Kyrstal, which I think is similar… but not quite there. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-the-smurf-the-popeye-and-the-jerry-lewis/318604/6 "2005-08-28T18:15:51Z")
What the smurf are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-the-smurf-the-popeye-and-the-jerry-lewis/318604/7 "2005-08-28T20:13:37Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > That, and an implement for holding cannonballs in a pyramid form. > > Seriously, Ive been told that it is a drink. If Its a brand name or a ready-made drink… or the name of a cocktail/mixed drink I still dont know. Brass Monkey was a bottled cocktail made by Heublein, promoted in the '70s with a series of text-heavy magazine ads full of tall tales about how the drink was tied up with WWII espionage and a mysterious spy code-named “The Brass Monkey.” And the story about the cannonballs is a myth. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@MC\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_E)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-the-smurf-the-popeye-and-the-jerry-lewis/318604/8 "2005-08-28T21:11:59Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Brass Monkey was a bottled cocktail made by Heublein, promoted in the '70s with a series of text-heavy magazine ads full of tall tales about how the drink was tied up with WWII espionage and a mysterious spy code-named “The Brass Monkey.” > > And the story about the cannonballs is a myth. Here’s a recipe for a reasonably good approximation of the Bottled stuff. I’ve had both. > [@Drink of the Week.com](#): > > Brass Monkey > > 1 oz. Vodka > 1/2 oz. Light Rum > 1/2 oz. Galliano > 4 oz. Orange Juice > > Combine the vodka, rum and orange juice into an old fashioned glass filled with ice and stir well. Pour the galliano over the back of a teaspoon into the old fashioned glass so that the galliano floats on top.