Stephen Worth says: "Here is a song called 'The Tantrum' from a 1967 movie titled, The Cool Ones. Just try not to enjoy it, I dare you!"

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Now, where have I seen this dance before?… Oh Yea! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY_DF2Af3LM
captaincrossbones

Holy gumdrops: Thunderbirds Are Now! – “When It Comes To Elements, Hydrogen Is Titz”
Deadmeat

Someone needs to let Data out of the wood-burning stove.
VagabondAstronomer

Dear Gawd! I remember this movie, sort of… just on the edge of memory… but how I remember that scene…
Anonymous

I was on the verge of offing myself when I saw this video. Now I know how to cope with life’s frustrations. Thanks, Boing Boing!

signing off pastime Total
blueelm

I really like that guy’s pea coat and houndstooth outfit. Seriously love that outfit.
overunger

Was that Iggy Pop hanging out against the furnace?X)
Phikus

It worked pretty well to Matilda Mother by Syd’s Pink Floyd which happened to come up on my itunes at the time. XD
Anonymous

The dance is extremely similar to that freak-out dance seen at the beginning of the movie Ghost World (the song is “Jaan Pehechan Ho” by Mohammed Rafi, and it’s originally in the movie Gumnaam ["Suspense"]):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHA_S48KRrI

Gumnaam came out in 1966, I believe, so it’s at least technically possible that The Tantrum was inspired by Gumnaam. Was Hollywood paying attention to Bollywood?
Anonymous

that was weird without the sound. i’m curious if the music sounds at all like the music that was elicited by my brain.
igpajo

The guy with the hat and glasses at :35 Looks like Ad-Rock from the Beastie Boys.
aldasin

“The guy” is Roddy McDowall, you damned dirty ape!
Bender

One of the seminal influences of Joe Cocker.
Hawkman

There’s not one thing in that video that they make like that anymore. Crazy man!
PeskyFly

The best thing about The Cool Ones is that it also featured the one and only Mrs. Miller as herself. And if you don’t know who she is do a youtube search and get wise. Her music is The Bomb in every sense of the word. I’m especially partial to her Downtown, though Strangers in the Night and These Boots are Made for Walking are also exceptional. And for lovers of classic country, nobody butchers Buck Owens like Mrs. Miller.
DeWynken

Drop lots of acid and rewatch.
wil9000

I’m a square white guy, and that video pretty much encompasses the history of the square white guy dance, in its most perfect form.
Santa’s Knee

Did this influence Charles Shultz in any way, because I have seen the Peanuts gang doing very similar stuff…
DasBub

Part of me wanted this to be an Arch Hall Jr. movie.

Part of me knows Arch Hall Jr. couldn’t dance that… well… well?
Antinous / Moderator

I, for one, welcome our new, tightly-clothed, teenage overlords.
Anonymous

Love those styles! These boots are made for walking.
wonderama

Ah, 1967…the greatest year in film history.
Teller

Roddy almost lost his teeth at 1:55.
mellowknees

Yet another classic example of the moral decline of our society’s young people…

…OH WAIT…

Okay, had to do it.

Now my second joke:

Holy cow! They’re krunking!
Grahamers2002

Wasn’t this flick on MST3K?
robcat2075

@ #8 The Peanuts kids were doing their dance years before this.

Probably more an invention of the animators than Schulz himself.
Anonymous

Its like a dayglow Night of the Living Dead! Creepy!

1967 dance video - "Do the Tantrum"

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