# Your favorite dance from a TV show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804 "2016-12-15T20:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/1 "2016-12-15T20:02:27Z")
I was going to do a poll but then I realized I don’t know how. Also, at the moment I can only think of three: [The Elaine Dance](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=the%20elaine%20dance%20move) or [The Carlton Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS1cLOIxsQ8). or [The Brady Kids](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFPfyqdXSBA). What is your favorite (out of these or any other you can think of)? ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/2 "2016-12-15T20:04:49Z")
For me, it’s a toss-up between the [Batusi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsYA8Gr5NTY) and the [Chicken Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWXorE6h8U). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/3 "2016-12-15T20:05:08Z")
The Chicken Dance ([take your pick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWXorE6h8U)) from _Arrested Development_ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/4 "2016-12-15T20:14:34Z")
Ohmigosh, I forgot about Batusi! :p:p That is freakin’ delightful. Is that where John and Uma got their dance moves for _Pulp Fiction_? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/5 "2016-12-15T20:32:19Z")
I’m going with the Elaine dance. The little kicks and the thumbs out, hilarious, and practically _hypnotic_. I’ve tried to emulate it occasionally, but apparently I’ve got too much rhythm. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/6 "2016-12-15T20:37:56Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I’m going with the Elaine dance. The little kicks and the thumbs out, hilarious, and practically _hypnotic_. I’ve tried to emulate it occasionally, but apparently I’ve got too much rhythm. Totally unstealth, unabashed brag here: I won $250 in an Elaine dance contest 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/7 "2016-12-15T22:41:02Z")
I always got a kick (heh) out of Rerun’s dancing on _What’s Happening_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_2rDgZWqvhY/hqdefault.jpg "Rerun Dance") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rDgZWqvhY) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/8 "2016-12-15T22:56:12Z")
George Jefferson [dancing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQQfv9kg48k). Looking for this, I came across a “mix tape” of several comedy characters [dancing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrbSLLtKjk). Although in the case of Fred Sanford, that’s stretching things. On a more “serious” note: Mary Tyler Moore [dancing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANvMAyXuQpI) on the _Dick Van Dyke Show_. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/9 "2016-12-15T23:01:24Z")
This will be a strange answer for me, because I rarely watched the show, but … There was a scene in one of the later seasons of _Glee_ where the guy in the wheelchair (Marty, maybe? I’m blanking on the name) had a dream sequence in which he danced in a mall to the song “Safety Dance.” I loved that song when it first came out, and I knew just enough about the character on the show to appreciate the sequence. Plus, it was done as a flash-mob type dance, and the guy who played Marty showed some really cool dance moves. I thought that scene was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/10 "2016-12-15T23:01:52Z")
[https://m.popkey.co/c27f11/xYGjM.gif](https://m.popkey.co/c27f11/xYGjM.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/11 "2016-12-16T01:47:42Z")
[quote=“Tangent, post:7, topic:774804”] I always got a kick (heh) out of Rerun’s dancing on _What’s Happening_. [/QUOTE] That’s because THIS was Rerun’s day job. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yHbfLyLzXHU/hqdefault.jpg "The Lockers with Pink Bunny") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHbfLyLzXHU) And the girl in that dance group was [Toni Basil](https://youtu.be/6t6Y1mvQ4hY?t=20). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/12 "2016-12-16T02:37:00Z")
Second the Batusi and MTM on _ **DvD** _. Third: Every dance ever done by a hot space babe on _ **Star Trek** _ (_ **TOS** _): Did old Jean-Luc ever get anything like \*\*these \*\*on \*\*\*TNG\*\*\*? Don't think so; he'd rather hang out at Ten-Forward, a real "happening" place! :( ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/13 "2016-12-16T14:03:35Z")
The _Perfect Strangers_ [Dance of Joy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPg5LjGYz8) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/14 "2016-12-16T14:19:18Z")
[Raj and Howard’s disco roller skating dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JYqO8JanJs) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/15 "2016-12-16T14:49:31Z")
Fry and Leela doing “the robot” while Bender stands there amazed wondering how they are doing that. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/16 "2016-12-16T15:31:20Z")
Ba ba ba… ba bar barino… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbeX7xQgm5c) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/17 "2016-12-16T15:38:14Z")
I saw this sketch when it first aired in the 70s, and I didn’t think it was the least bit funny. But it’s sort of touching now. Not on Youtube, but those who’ve seen the sketch will recognize this link: [https://www.google.com/search?q=gilda+radner+steve+martin+dance&biw=1920&bih=945&tbm=isch&imgil=7flyeunoeSYOTM%253A%253BHc4AOvdaGvzxUM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.pinterest.com%25252Fpin%25252F400468591838410529%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=7flyeunoeSYOTM%253A%252CHc4AOvdaGvzxUM%252C\_&usg=\_\_ro7iohXRtXkDGSp6ITGP7kk9eqs%3D&dpr=1&ved=0ahUKEwjy1vqOhfnQAhUY\_mMKHV8KD2AQyjcITw&ei=wQlUWLLyJZj8jwPflLyABg#imgrc=7flyeunoeSYOTM%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=gilda+radner+steve+martin+dance&biw=1920&bih=945&tbm=isch&imgil=7flyeunoeSYOTM%253A%253BHc4AOvdaGvzxUM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.pinterest.com%25252Fpin%25252F400468591838410529%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=7flyeunoeSYOTM%253A%252CHc4AOvdaGvzxUM%252C_&usg=__ro7iohXRtXkDGSp6ITGP7kk9eqs%3D&dpr=1&ved=0ahUKEwjy1vqOhfnQAhUY_mMKHV8KD2AQyjcITw&ei=wQlUWLLyJZj8jwPflLyABg#imgrc=7flyeunoeSYOTM%3A) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/18 "2016-12-16T15:42:16Z")
[quote=“astorian, post:16, topic:774804”] Ba ba ba… ba bar barino… [/QUOTE] Ha! Another move I used to bust (never won any money for it though :o ) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/19 "2016-12-16T15:44:27Z")
[Wednesday and Lurch dancing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3jnymeJof4). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804/20 "2016-12-16T16:23:03Z")
Wait a sec… got the greatest of all here! (Astonished all the Trekkers left this one to me!) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miD1drD5M3w) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dance-from-a-tv-show/774804.md?page=2)