Little Tich - Big Boot Dance (1900)
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Little Tich (1867-1928) was a famous North London Music Hall artist.
In this routine, filmed with primitive sound for the Paris Exposition of 1900, he performs his Big Boot Dance.
Quite a lot of the routine is very inventive and funny and stands up well today. Part of the humour, which makes us relate to him, is that most of his tricks - balancing his hat on his nose, catching his hat on his long shoes, go wrong.
I dare you not to like Tich and his routine.
Enjoy!
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How happy he'd be to know his performances are still being viewed over 100 years later.
he would indeed. so lucky he was filmed
He’s a _Smooth Criminal_
Maybe that inspired Michael Jackson, yeah! 😃👍
Lol! That was the first thing I thought too!!! 😂
😅😅😅
A brilliant performance. My mother (b. 1908) saw him perform and never forgot it - one of the highlights of her childhood!
lucky you mother got to see him - yes, it stands up well, over a hundred years later
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@@geraldgamwell3634 ? :)
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I did not expect to see someone post who was "one away" from having actually seen him. Nice.
Can we just appreciate how impressive the quality is for 1900?
a real insight into music hall of the period - a real comic talent!
@@JohnRaymondHall Almost eerie! Brilliant.
@@mimibarn indeed! and surreal
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@@BrandonCurington-jr3qp hi :)
Amazing ! Bet he never thought people would be watching him over 100 years later.
And he would surely LOVE it that his performance is still being enjoyed!
I'm sure he didn't think people would see this an hour after this show.
Huh ?
I was reading about The Ministry of Silly Walks in Wikipedia which mentioned Little Tich as being an inspiration as sounds very plausible. I then read further in Wikipedia about Little Tich himself -- an interesting person. He was born with some differences but was of very much above-average intelligence and he managed to make his short stature an asset, becoming a successful entertainer with a pretty long tenure on stage. I had never heard of him before this day -- I may have seen the "Ministry" skit 50 years ago.
I loved the hiding of his naked foot with his hat. So charming.
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Wonderful to see before our very eyes😲…a great performance👏👏👏👏👏👏👏…from the legendary ‘Little Tich‘….from…124 years ago 😲😲
agreed! it's like time travel. the performance is so alive still today!
A nice tribute to a very talented man. The wikipedia entry for him is very illuminating. Whilst he was unemployed he taught himself to read and write music and play several instruments. He was also a gifted sketch-artist at an early age. As others have pointed out, this is but a tiny part of the diminutive comic's repertoire. Thanks for the upload sir!
He was fabulous I thought n I m a bit of a dancing comedian myself
good, clean and skillful comedy - rare thing these days
indeed! :)
where the heck do you hang out?
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mainly over my belt these days ;,
This must be how Chaplin was inspired to create Charlot.
I was wondering if Harpo Marx took some inspiration from this funny man, they both have a likable, funny personality, if not downright adorable!
And Michael Jackson, for the leaning forward bit...
Who would’ve thought 124 years later I’d be watching this and loving it!!!✨💖✨
yes, indeed!
I grew up watching silent movies on the local PBS station, but I've never seen him before! This is brilliant!
Thank you very much for uploading these treasures. People that nobody remembers but thanks to you many people can see them again.
a pleasure - and great you liked Tich - who has really comic skill and timing - for me it stands up today :)
Little Tich was one of the performers at the very first Royal Variety Performance in 1912. :) :)
Freaking awesome,thanks for saving and posting this for eternity
Thank you. I have never heard or seen this individual. I find him amazing including his life accomplishments.
pleasure. yes, his performance is so 'alive' even after over 100 years!
I went from the word Titchy, to the Wiki for Little Titch (Harry Relph), to this video.
What a fun time I've had. Thanks Harry!!
This is high quality performance theatre. Much better than contemporary show off. 🖤
agreed!
@@sg-yq8pm you obviously don't understand the concept and meaning of 'performance theatre' . The term 'show off' relates to acting without artistic skills. A comment is always a subjective critique, never an objective truth. The nonsense is obviously in your head. Maybe because you're a complete ignorant being without any knowledge about theatre, culture and/or art whatsoever. 🙂
Let's not be silly. This is cute but nothing that a your average street entertainer couldn't do.
Lil Tich has given us a brilliant, ingenious performance that I'm sure later inspired the great Charlie Chaplin.
Incredibile:dopo più di 100,siamo ancora qui ad ammirarlo! Bellissimo 💯
*Во все времена рождает Земля таланты* ✓
*Отдельный респект кожевнику и сапожнику: Браво!* 👏
This is fabulous. Went right into my The Best playlist.
glad you liked it - for me as much as anything the beauty is in the timing - such that the humour is gently maximized.
What a shame we don’t get music halls anymore.
smooth criminal
LOL :)
I came looking for this comment! :)
In the Ministry of Silly Walks I just assumed Michael Palin's extremely odd looking long-booted fellow was just another goofy absurdist Python invention. Now I know where it came from, strange full circle stuff for Little Tich.
I first read of Little Tich in The Witches of Chiswick by Robert Rankin, where he gets named dropped as part of the scene setting in a steampunk Victorian London. Was delighted to find out he and the big boot dance were actually real.
I've run across mentions of him in the past, never thought I'd see him perform! His boots are awesome.
I've seen this before but it's still amazing. So original and funny.
Good to see you back on RUclips.
hi Louise - good to be back and to hear from you :) yes, i was watching this footage yesterday and thought it stood up very well even today so an upload was inevitable though it's round the net.
John Hall I should have said it's also beautiful in a strange way. I've heard it described as the moonwalk years ahead of Michael Jackson
yes, the moonwalk ... with humour! i think the beauty you mention is in the gentle but firmly controlled timing?
@@JohnRaymondHall It's remarkable to think that the great ballet dancer, Vaslav Nijinsky, was a big fan and travelled to see him whenever he performed.
@@davidwhyberd7612 i didn't know that - but i am not surprised, given what i know about Nijinsky's character
A true cinematic jewel. Thank you so much!
pleasure :)
Not dated. Made me laugh at his antics. A real talent there!
totally agree!
First half of the film is watching a guy put shoes on! Sometimes it pays to be short. Amazing footwork.
@garywheeler7039 : People had more patience in those days when being entertained, not just providing culcated sound bites. The introduction added to intrigue and suspense in the build up, not just instant gratification. In this manner perhaps it does not belong on RUclips. In those days people went out to be entertained, not just opening a phone app.
Think of the 'start' as a prologue to the show/dance. There would have been some audience participation at this point too.
As they work out what he's about to do. He also puts a few subtle comedic moves in this section, for the audience to pick up on and comment.
@@Moodymongul I think it's great. 🤗
Watching this in 2024 after watching Drew getting a rare one of little Titch being restored. Amazing stuff.
Thanks for posting this. True, pure, entertainment.
Gee that was just swell!...Lil' Tich!😂🤣
Great art and entertainment. It takes a great artist to use simple tools and yet make world class entertainment.
True professional ! I enjoyed and appreciate. Thank you for posting !
yes, you know he knows his craft so well it is effortless.
no-hand hat pickup was DOPE! balancing it on his nose almost worked. If he held it another 5 seconds... that be pretty amazing. Those must be metal of some kind in those shoes or maybe could have been wood but something pretty strong so they wouldn't break with he leaned over on them.
i agree - probably metal in his shoes
Came here after hearing Vic Reeves mention Little Titch on RHLSTP. Watching him, I'm sure I've seen him before, or at least homages to him. Thanks!
Yes, he was featured on an episode of QI which is where I remember him from. Admittedly he's in a featured wikipedia article which is why I'm here now. :-)
@@evanescent1215 Ah QI, that's probably it!
Wonderfully entertaining. Also reminds me of breaking in new pointe shoes in my younger days.
A pub I used to go to a lot had a framed photo of him which I loved because it's so mad, the film is awesome and funny 🤣
Little Tich's legend looms large...
it does!
I'll bet children roared with laughter at his routine.
Brilliant and so inventive. Chaplin to Michael Jackson likely owe this man some debt.
yes, they are likely to have! good point
This is a hundred times better than any dwarf in a top hat and huge shoes doing a weird dance that we get nowadays!
absolutely!
Very talented!!! Thank you for providing this interesting film amazing talent displayed!!
yes, his talent shines through even 100 years later
Very unique and entertaining!
Legend say that Michael Jackson was inspired by him for his 45% bending move.
The fantastic work on the canvas backdrop is pretty awesome. It is vert eerie how humans were able to draw such complex illustrations. Sometimes of things that hardly existed yet. Also the architecture in the buildings. Nice work on the camer lens also, hand made glass .
Too bad we don't have Vaudeville houses for local talent.
We only have one percent of all silent films preserved. Less than one percent of the population has been around long enough to have seen them on their release. Two thousand years to develop modern society. One hundred years to forget it again, although the record has been kept this time.
You're clearly making shit up, so quit. When you do dumb shit like this, you let the world know you have no brains.
It is completely natural for things to fade and disappear.
It is a rare and appreciated effort when people care enough to preserve something and make it available.
We shouldn't take it for granted.
A genius music hall artist unique, a treasure.
Incroyable, et à Paris en plus ! C'est très émouvant de remonter le temps
Thank you for this; it’s just wonderful!
Absolut amazing performance. Of course the sounds are not from 1900 but edited at a much later date, beside that, very entertaining to say the least.
There was no sound in movies in 1900. I wonder when this sound was added. In this modern presentation or perhaps in the 1930s.
What a amazing little man! I wonder if Michael Jackson ever saw this?
Where did you think he hit his act from by leaning forward 😮
Thank you for this Great Moment !
pleasure :)
Little Tich was a pro. Even when he messed up his tricks, like balancing his hat on his nose, he kept moving on to his other tricks without so much as a wince of embarrassment.
I'm glad to see Britain's got talent raised the bar a few notches over the years.
I'm glad I see this thank you
My man does have some unique skills
Amazing, the power of RUclips!
Its soooooo cute! And very funny even by todays standars
i agree - i loved it - it seemed so fresh and gently done
Agreed. Comedy could be gentle and kind when done the right way.
I think I'll get me a pair of shoes like this👌 Sure will anoy people on the public transportations😁
lol! :)
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The original "smooth criminal"
Looks like he's about to go skiing.
he does!
Still amazing even in this day and age…
I wonder how long it will be until we see big boots like that as some fitness fad.
Great short film!
I felt what it was like to be sitting and watching in a vaudeville audience.
Wow absolutely amazing
He made comic records too, such as "The Gas Inspector" in which he is quite endearingly silly.
i didn't know that - i just googled and found 'The Gas Inspector' ruclips.net/video/CtkzdhFv1Kg/видео.html thanks!
Michael Jackson is all over this. From the hat and the lean to the tippy toes stance.
agreed!!
More so.., even a Moon Walk 'variation' was done by stage performers as early as 1930's..; in short films by jazz & big band leader Cab Calloway; and 1940's..,
In 1943, Bill Bailey performed on screen backslide in the movie Cabin in the Sky. This dance move closely resembles what was later called the Moon Walk.
Later.., in the late 1950's; Jeff Daniels, member of the R&B group Shalamar; alledgedly, is attributed w/pioneering a dance move, the 'backslide'. Which, after teaching it to Michael Jackson, it became known as the Moon Walk. 🙂
Smooth criminal
Fantastic!👏👏👏❤❤❤
Wonderful.
Outstanding!!😎 D
So loves this.
Incredible! ❤
My Great Grandfather was a Big Foot Dancer in this period and earlier ... his name was John Yeomans. I am researching his career so any help would be appreciated. He was from Wolverhampton.
i'll see what i can find Colin :)
@@JohnRaymondHall Thanks John, that would be great.. he might have used a stage name
@@colinpeckham7258 hopefully i find something! i'll ask friends too.
Little Tich, Tin Man, Michael Jackson... they all make it look easy
Just goes to show that being small shouldn’t stop you from living your best life. Even going bald didn’t hold him back.
Cool! Bravo! Stéph.
es un honor ver algo así
Beautiful to see.
Nice that he let us spend 1:20 watching him put his shoes on.
First time for me to see this very good
His shoes still hang above my old local pub’s door in a small cabinet.
amazing!
Tich was featured in a UK TV advert some years ago. Can't remember what it was for though.
so he still lives on - that's nice
That was great!
1:38 he did the Michael Jackson lean!!! 87 years before Smooth Criminal!
this was entertainment at the turn of the century...how spoiled we all are.
"120 years from now people will be watching your performance while sitting in their living rooms. On a glass screen that makes its own light."
Ah....le WTF!
Ray Bradbury wrote a SciFi story in the 1950s about a world in which people never left their apartments and only ever communicated with others via video screens on the wall. We're not far off it becoming reality.
I had never seen or heard of this, but it MUST have inspired one of Monty Pythons "Ministry of Silly Walks" scenes.
yes, i think so too
Wonderful and I assume that effects and music was added later but if that's wrong please let me know. Clarence Janvier.
i understand that sound was added to and was part of film in the late 1920s - but silent films had gramophone records played with them - so the audio here may be original in that sense
A great and charming talent - he is the origin of the word 'titchy', meaning small. God bless him.
Oh Lil Titch you scamp, you've done it again!
Que genial!!!
FYI, this was a silent film. Someone did a nice job dubbing in sound effects and music.
They were called "Foley artists", who dubbed in sounds on the silents when played, their "combination organpianocalliopedrumsetorchestra" was quite the box.
Amazing❤
Wow that’s just perfect a comedian from the 1890s -1900s