[Ads-l] Bilko's high-five in '55

[dave@wilton.net]

I wouldn't call what happens in "In the Navy" high fives (or high tens). They're choreographed dance moves. But you can judge for yourself: [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIFN13-a1iA ]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIFN13-a1iA )
 
But I'd say the Phil Silvers show qualifies.
 
 
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That "Phil Silvers Show" episode came up in this forum discussion, along
with apparent high-fives in the Abbott & Costello film "In The Navy" (1941)
(during the Andrews Sisters' performance of the song "Gimme Some Skin, My
Friend") and, later, Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" (1960):

https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053607/https://mubi.com/topics/first-high-five-in-cinema-history

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 3:59 AM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> MSgt Ernest G. Bilko & MSgt. Stanley Sowici do a high-five, 15 November
> 1955.
> The Phil Silvers Show S01E09 "The Eating Contest" at 8:49. Clock on wall
> reads 2:30 p.m.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-aQYrxyK4
>

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