Julie Andrews and Gene Kelly play The Tapping Game, a game where you tap out a song with your knuckles, a pencil, your hands on your knees, etcetera, and others have to guess what the song is…
And they sing and dance, because when Julie Andrews and Gene Kelly are on stage together, that’s what happens.
The Tapping Game has proven useful for waiting rooms, grocery store lines, rainy days, and the like. No tap dancing required.
This clip is from the 1965 Thanksgiving weekend variety special The Julie Andrews Show. Featured songs include Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Disney’s Mary Poppins (1964) and the Scottish folk song Auld Lang Syne.
Related rhythm videos on TKSST:
• Objects falling to make rhythm
• Pen drumming
• Playing the river like a drum
Plus, enjoy these, too: Fred Astaire dances with drums and Gene Kelly sings and dances in the rain.
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