IN MY FREE TIME

Nov 2 2007

I fantasize about learning this entire routine and dancing around the apartment in a fringey dress.

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  1. Comment by syd | November 2nd, 2007 at 5:58 pm

    Heck yeah! I started practicing a couple of months ago, I’d love to do this routine.

  2. Comment by Stephanie | November 2nd, 2007 at 6:10 pm

    Doesn’t she get dizzy shaking her head so much?
    Or whiplash?

  3. Comment by Amanda | November 2nd, 2007 at 6:54 pm

    Yes indeed..this would cause a sore neck for sure. But the dancing and the dress sounds like fun!!

  4. Comment by Elizabeth | November 2nd, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    All you need is 10 willing men . . .

  5. Comment by Megan | November 2nd, 2007 at 7:12 pm

    Oh my god! That may be the best thing I have ever seen! I am totally going to go steal some of my grandmother’s dresses from the 60’s (or maybe some of her current window treatments.. both have lots of fringe) so that I can feel like I am capable of dancing like that.

  6. Comment by canknitian | November 2nd, 2007 at 7:18 pm

    Oh! I’ve had the same fantasies since seeing Ghost World but have never seen the whole song / routine up close. Thank you! Maybe I’ll go as her for Halloween next year…I’ll have to start neck-strengthening exercises now! :D

  7. Comment by Nancy | November 2nd, 2007 at 7:32 pm

    What language are they singing in?

    And that girl in the gold..her poor brain…all that shaking!

  8. Comment by Hecticmom | November 2nd, 2007 at 8:13 pm

    You know what I love about this video - all the girls are “regular” sized. Dig it.

  9. Comment by Holy Schmidt! | November 2nd, 2007 at 8:27 pm

    I think it only fair that you learn it and post the end results!

  10. Comment by lacroix | November 2nd, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    Hey! I’ve got that song on my iPod! I just love it to death.

  11. Comment by Shalini | November 2nd, 2007 at 9:50 pm

    They’re singing in Hindi…..I love the crazy 60’s Bollywood combo. Nothing better.

  12. Comment by wheezer345 | November 2nd, 2007 at 11:36 pm

    does anyone have any tylenol, i have a whoping headache after watching that!

  13. Comment by FENICLE | November 3rd, 2007 at 12:56 am

    IF I could dance better than the awkward white girl with no rhythm that I am, I would so do this as well!

  14. Comment by amanda | November 3rd, 2007 at 5:34 am

    Brilliant.

  15. Comment by Kyran @ Notes to Self | November 3rd, 2007 at 5:52 am

    Wouldn’t it be great if life would just turn to Bollywood now & then?

    I was also struck by the “regular size” gals. It’s kind of shocking to see a size fourteen on film or video that isn’t being screamed at by a panel.

  16. Comment by Barbara | November 3rd, 2007 at 6:32 am

    Thank you so much. For everything. But I thank you especially for this video. Excellent work.

  17. Comment by Kate C. | November 3rd, 2007 at 11:45 am

    It’s so cool to see women of usual size in a film dance sequence, but it’s also interesting that they are so pale. One of the most famous Indian actors of the 20th c., Amitabh Bachan, couldn’t get work at first because his skin was too dark:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GT95yr5wXs

    Which is a long way around to saying there’s always something.

  18. Comment by Kate C. | November 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 am

    Also, I am learning this one with 50 of my BFFs:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIL-w_jD8o

  19. Comment by Bebê de Soares | November 3rd, 2007 at 12:41 pm

    One of the funniest routines ever!!A must-learn!!

  20. Comment by mathew | November 3rd, 2007 at 1:03 pm

    finally anoter use for tassels besides sombreros and curtains

  21. Comment by misstraceynolan | November 3rd, 2007 at 2:02 pm

    This is going to get me through a lot of dark moments. I feel it.

  22. Comment by MontanaJen | November 3rd, 2007 at 3:59 pm

    My favorite (in addition to the above comments - real sized girl, crazy head shaking) is that the choreography isn’t so polish polished. I mean, no steps are dropped and no couples are missed, but I could totally see some folks jammin’ out like that in a club. Real folks, getting down real hard. Love it.

    Thanks!

  23. Comment by fully operational battle station | November 3rd, 2007 at 7:13 pm

    Wow. I’m speechless. I was MESMERIZED the entire time! I just couldn’t even BELIEVE!

    I especially liked the part towards the end where she slowly is lowered into the singer’s arms and we think it’s over but then BOOM it’s back to the close up agonizing head spasm again.

    I sincerely thank you for sharing this with me.

    Jamie

  24. Comment by ~moe~ | November 4th, 2007 at 1:32 pm

    I thought I was the only one who fantasized about learning movie dances. Mine is the Adam and Eve number from White Christmas.

  25. Comment by typingelbow | November 5th, 2007 at 8:09 am

    The song is part of the Ghost World soundtrack, which is out of this world!

  26. Comment by Tragerstreit | November 5th, 2007 at 10:16 am

    Wow. Just….wow.

    They look so HAPPY.

  27. Comment by kate | November 5th, 2007 at 12:15 pm

    I’m going to sing it so if you want a live singer instead of a tape, you know where to find me… toopatoopa tickatickee dina ka ha nee. dina ah san hoo!

  28. Comment by Louise | November 5th, 2007 at 3:10 pm

    I love that the women are in flats, not high heels. Those shoes are made to boogie down!

  29. Comment by willo | November 5th, 2007 at 6:08 pm

    totally want to second (or make that something more like tenth) the whole REAL women thing. awesome!

  30. Comment by Auntie Yolanda | November 6th, 2007 at 12:24 pm

    I can’t believe I wasted 5:33 minutes watching this. I do have a gold lamé outfit I wore in the 70’s you can have.

  31. Comment by Sara | November 6th, 2007 at 12:32 pm

    The whole thing (I think) is on the Ghost World DVD. This clip is the only reason I bought that DVD to own!

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  33. Comment by Mrs metaphor | November 8th, 2007 at 6:29 pm

    Oh..that is soooo not sexy. It was making my head hurt just watching all the head bobbing. Made a note to self too, fringe on the butt is NOT slimming.

  34. Comment by HDC | November 8th, 2007 at 8:23 pm

    Am I the only one who got a Quentin Tarantino vibe out of that?

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