# The Peanuts Dance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181 "2003-02-15T00:20:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/1 "2003-02-15T00:20:31Z")
You know…running in place, with both arms firmly affixed to the sides of your torso, while rapidly bobbing your head up and down and from side to side. Has anyone tried this? Is it possible to do this dance without serious risk of neck injury? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/2 "2003-02-15T00:59:42Z")
I used to do it as a gag when i was younger. I am currently not dead or neck injured. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/3 "2003-02-15T01:56:50Z")
In one of my younger incarnations, I worked as a bartender. The “Peanuts Dance” can be done behind a bar by even a large clumsy person without knocking over the merchandise or glassware. It is also a way to get more tips. I have no shame. ---
**Author:** ![dogchow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@dogchow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogchow)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/4 "2003-02-15T01:57:36Z")
It is possible. My friend does this all the time. I can’t, but I can’t really dance to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/5 "2003-02-15T02:59:40Z")
The Riverdance people do this all the time. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/6 "2003-02-15T04:01:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philosophocles \* > **with both arms firmly affixed to the sides of your torso,** If your arms become unaffixed from your torso, get yourself to the emergency room _pronto!_ ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/7 "2003-02-15T07:33:41Z")
Snoopy Dance! It’s the Snoopy Dance–not the “Peanuts Dance.” That’s just wrong. It’s the Snoopy Dance. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/8 "2003-02-15T16:51:42Z")
And you have to sing the song (_ala_ “dah dee dah, dah dee dah, dum dummmm” while doing it, or else you look like you’re having some kind of religous experience and/or seizure. But, then again, I think I’m thinking of the piano song “Linus and Lucy”, but that’s the song I always sing when doing the Peanuts Dance. I love that song…it’s so neato. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/9 "2003-02-15T17:04:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoCoolUserName \* > \*\*Snoopy Dance! It’s the Snoopy Dance–not the “Peanuts Dance.” That’s just wrong. It’s the Snoopy Dance. \*\* No. The Snoopy Dance is completely different from the one they’re talking about. The Peanuts Dance is the one some of the cast of the Christmas Pageant do when the rehersal gets completely out of control (although not all of them, so the name is probably a misnomer). The Snoopy Dance involves waving the front paws overhead and flapping the enormous feet, something hard for humans (or real beagles) to imitate without clown shoes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-dance/155181/10 "2003-02-15T17:16:58Z")
> [@](#): > > I am currently not dead or neck injured. What about before?