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

[Wilson Gray]

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

And how many years did it take for it to catch on?

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 11:30 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Ben Zimmer" <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 7:52am
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADS-L] Bilko's high-five in '55
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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