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

[Jonathan Lighter]

But what, if anything, did Phil and Fred call it?

JL

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:15 AM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

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> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Ben Zimmer" <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM>
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> Subject: Re: [ADS-L] Bilko's high-five in '55
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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:
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> > 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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