Comments on: Multiple dancing Bowies in bonkers 1978 Italian TV clip (video) http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TombKing http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429952 TombKing Tue, 22 May 2012 15:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429952 Yeah the 70's...and Italy a magic combination. Thanks Xeni for making the morning wonderfully fun and surreal. Yeah the 70′s…and Italy a magic combination.
Thanks Xeni for making the morning wonderfully fun and surreal.

]]> By: capsteve http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429915 capsteve Tue, 22 May 2012 14:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429915 i'm digging the outfits on the dancing ladies at the beginning and end of the number. outfits like that woulda landed this time capsule treasure on the cutting room floor by the BS&P  i’m digging the outfits on the dancing ladies at the beginning and end of the number. outfits like that woulda landed this time capsule treasure on the cutting room floor by the BS&P 

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429879 timquinn Tue, 22 May 2012 14:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429879 Oooh, I love a lad insane. Oooh, I love a lad insane.

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429859 Robert Baruch Tue, 22 May 2012 13:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429859 To be fair, it was the 70s. Collectively, humanity was a bit high from all the pot smoke wafting around the world. To be fair, it was the 70s. Collectively, humanity was a bit high from all the pot smoke wafting around the world.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429824 millie fink Tue, 22 May 2012 12:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429824 I didn't appreciate the Nitflix popup when I went over there. I didn’t appreciate the Nitflix popup when I went over there.

]]> By: feltmountain http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429788 feltmountain Tue, 22 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429788 Oh Raffaella Carrà, this exaplins so much. As seen on Doctor Who, Do it, do it again! Oh Raffaella Carrà, this exaplins so much. As seen on Doctor Who, Do it, do it again!

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429786 noah django Tue, 22 May 2012 10:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429786 No embed here on BB?  Trying to get some clicks over to DM, eh?  A little quid-pro-quo?  Not that it's any of my business, but sure seems unusual.  Also, DM does love them some Eye-talians, I notice. No embed here on BB?  Trying to get some clicks over to DM, eh?  A little quid-pro-quo?  Not that it’s any of my business, but sure seems unusual.  Also, DM does love them some Eye-talians, I notice.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429777 penguinchris Tue, 22 May 2012 10:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429777 I imagine all the people involved in the production having no idea WTF is going on, having to place trust in a crazy director who's always tripping that it'll all come together in the end. I imagine all the people involved in the production having no idea WTF is going on, having to place trust in a crazy director who’s always tripping that it’ll all come together in the end.

]]> By: Jan_Willem http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429705 Jan_Willem Tue, 22 May 2012 07:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429705 In space no one can hear you sing. In space no one can hear you sing.

]]> By: duc chau http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429680 duc chau Tue, 22 May 2012 06:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429680 Can someone please point out a non-bonkers 1978 Italian TV clip for me? Thanks. Can someone please point out a non-bonkers 1978 Italian TV clip for me? Thanks.

]]> By: Mitchell Glaser http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429679 Mitchell Glaser Tue, 22 May 2012 06:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429679 The bald chicks in trenchcoats looked like Cenobites. The bald chicks in trenchcoats looked like Cenobites.

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429643 voiceinthedistance Tue, 22 May 2012 04:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429643 Bat shit crazy never goes out of style! Bat shit crazy never goes out of style!

]]> By: kP http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429638 kP Tue, 22 May 2012 04:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429638 As the assorted Bowie's emerged from the tunnel, my prevailing thought was, "We've Got Movie Sign!!!" But still, for my money, Jaan Pehechaan Ho takes the cake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyEnG_DEB1I As the assorted Bowie’s emerged from the tunnel, my prevailing thought was, “We’ve Got Movie Sign!!!” But still, for my money, Jaan Pehechaan Ho takes the cake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyEnG_DEB1I

]]> By: Wingnut http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429621 Wingnut Tue, 22 May 2012 03:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429621 If Fellini saw such weird surreal things on TV, would he describe  it as "me-esque"? If Fellini saw such weird surreal things on TV, would he describe  it as “me-esque”?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429616 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 22 May 2012 03:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429616 So Many Sequins, So Little Talent. They did, however, anticipate the Borg, ladies of the Centauri court and MST3K. So Many Sequins, So Little Talent.

They did, however, anticipate the Borg, ladies of the Centauri court and MST3K.

]]> By: Quiet Wyatt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429614 Quiet Wyatt Tue, 22 May 2012 03:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429614 The eyepatch dudes' herky-robot dance (with the wonderfully out-of-step mustache man) was the highlight for me. Burly-bunch Bowies were an anticlimax. The eyepatch dudes’ herky-robot dance (with the wonderfully out-of-step mustache man) was the highlight for me. Burly-bunch Bowies were an anticlimax.

]]> By: ackpht http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429611 ackpht Tue, 22 May 2012 03:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429611 I'd say the spaceship owes more to Space: 1999 than the Muppet Show. Delightfully weird, in any case. I’d say the spaceship owes more to Space: 1999 than the Muppet Show. Delightfully weird, in any case.

]]> By: Alan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429605 Alan Tue, 22 May 2012 03:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429605 I'm afraid to go to sleep now, only because I'm afraid I'll dream this. I’m afraid to go to sleep now, only because I’m afraid I’ll dream this.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429603 pjcamp Tue, 22 May 2012 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429603 Well. Um. That was something then. I quite like the "Pigs in Space" ship. Well.

Um.

That was something then. I quite like the “Pigs in Space” ship.

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/multiple-dancing-bowies-in-bon.html#comment-1429602 Anon_Mahna Tue, 22 May 2012 02:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162198#comment-1429602 You know, as I was watching the video all I could hear was Flight of the Concords singing "Bowie's in spaaace, Bowie's in spaaace..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR2L98gobTQ You know, as I was watching the video all I could hear was Flight of the Concords singing “Bowie’s in spaaace, Bowie’s in spaaace…”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR2L98gobTQ

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