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

[Andy Bach]

You like my smile
You like my style
Well, why don't you make me know it?
You like my walk
You like my talk
Well, there's only one way to show it
If you want to shake my hand
Like they do it in Harlem
Stick your hand right out and shout
Gimme some skin, my friend
Step right up and take your stand
You don't have to be timid
Stick your hand right out and shout
Gimme some skin, my friend
Smack it
Wack it
Let your hand rotate
Show it
Blow it
Put it in your pocket till a future date
If you want to shake my hand
Like they do it in Harlem
Stick your hand right out and shout
Gimme some skin, my friend
If you like my style
Well show it
If you like my smile
Let me know it
If you like my walk
Please tell me
If you like my talk
Well, skin me papa, skin me
If you want to shake my hand
Like they do it in Harlem, baby
Stick your hand right out and shout
Gimme some skin, my friend
Step right up and take your stand
You don't have to be timid, baby
Stick your hand right out and shout
Gimme some skin, my friend
Smack it
Wack it my friend
Let your hand rotate
Show it
Blow it
Put it in your pocket till a future date
Step right up (what for) and shake my hand
Like they do it in Harlem today, (how do they do it)
Just stick your hand out and give out with the shout
Gimme some skin, my friend
If you want to shake my hand
Like they do it in Harlem
Stick your hand right out and shout
Gimme some skin
Gimme some skin
Gimme some skin, my friend
Songwriters: Gene De Paul / Red Mack / Don Raye

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:52 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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