Fascinating choreography with a lot of emphasis on the arms and legs doing fast and tight maneuvers close to the body with a lot of side snapping with the head..I really don't know how they do it ! Incredible number, orchestration, and shot composition. And that series of brassy chords at the end from about 7:20 is so bad ass and in your face !! A real show stopper
I was lucky as a kid to met Ann Margaret at the Fox Warfield Theater. She was there to promote the movie. My mom took me there. She was very sweet and pretty.
+Larry O'Brien I feel the same and bobby R came from my neighborhood in south philly as part of a very talented bunch. I watch him on this dance song and cant imagine if I was givin that chance that I could ever pull it off. wow.I guess talent just breeds talent lol.......
Is anyone here noticing Bobby Rydell's parter, in light blue? That's Lorene Yarnell, who later became famous in the mime team Shields and Yarnell. A great all-around performer.
I can't get enough of this scene. It's always a killer on so many levels. So much talent packed into one really cool dance scene. Ann and Bobby nail it. All this plus Paul Lynde, Dick Van Dyke and Ed Sullivan? You betcha.
Still feeling the grief of Bobby Rydell's passing. His songs were part of my teenage years growing-up. Times were so much simpler back then. RIP Bobby.
When Ann-Margaret dances she enters into a sphere were if you do not follow her, you will be left behind! That is the awesomness of this dancer! To know that you are in your own element of your gifting, yet invite everyone else into the party! Ann-Margaret is truly an awesome, magifincent, outstanding dancer!
Agreed. I'm somewhere in the 500's myself. It's so cool. LOL. It just is. I don't normally notice choreography but this is interesting and just downright....cool.
Ann Margaret wasn't supposed to get much attention in this movie, but while making it, the bosses so how talented she was and wrote more scenes just to show her talents.
See what I mean, even after 60 years, this song-dance sequence is alive and kicking. Its truly timeless. Boy, what energy those kids of the 60's had. A new Ann Margret is yet to be found. Guess there will never be another Ann Margret. Meanwhile, go enjoy this movie and dozens of other musicals in which she has starred.
I compare any and all dance scenes with large numbers of people to this scene. It is absolutely insane how I’m sync every single dancer is. I just don’t know that I’ve ever seen another sequence where every individual is so dead on. Amazing.
The choreography is the best ever for mob dancing ~ especially for the early 1960"s. I could watch daily. RIP Bobby Rydell - you danced/trained so well. High praise to all the dancers of this troop.
Yep, Ann-Margret was great. Bobby Rydell always had a great voice but I thought he was kind of stiff as Hugo, at least in his acting. However, I've seen him do imitations in some of his other appearances and was blow away by how good an entertainer he was.
I remember sitting with the kids on Bandstand at your first appearance, and that fabulous Saturday night when you began the show - from a Hansome Cab in NYC. You were always so kind, Bobby. We will all miss you!
I love this choreography. Ann Margaret was fantastic and Bobby Rydell who is really a singer, danced great! Who ever staged it made sure the colors of the costumes looked perfect from a distance with Ann Margaret's hot pink the focus. Great number!
Bobby Rydell, the epitome of the early ‘60s “teen idol,” who parlayed that fame into a starring role opposite Ann-Margret in the 1963 film “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday April 5, 2022 at age 79. The cause of death was pneumonia. His death just days away from his 80th birthday (April 26, 2022) was confirmed by radio legend Jerry Blavat, Rydell’s longtime friend from the singer’s South Philadelphia stomping grounds. Bobby Rydell had 34 singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100, the most well-remembered of which include “Wild One,” which reached No. 2, and “Volare,” a No. 4 hit. Other top 10 songs included “Swingin’ School,” “The Cha-Cha-Cha.” His run of top 10 songs began with “We Got Love,” which reached No. 6 in 1959, and ended with “Forget Him” in 1964.
Imagine your 11years old in radio city music hall & you see this,it blew my mind & now 60 years later it still makes my heart sing,its something I'll never ever not be amazed by, as a side note i seem to remember a very pretty girl on the staircase to the theater, later found speaking to my wife that she was there back then,was it her I'd like to think that it was her,we'll never know now, & evertime i see it I'm back there an astonished 11year old.
This is the most fabulous thing ever! Nothing better than seeing American kids dance! Bobby Rydell, Jesse Pearson-just the best- and Anne Margret, lovely and exquisite Anne Margret has to be the bomb shells to end all bomb shells. She makes Madonna pale in comparison and does it without revealing a thing!
As a teen, I sat in the theater mesmerized by this dance scene in this movie. Must have taken them weeks to get it just right. I was in love with Ann Margret
Awe… you have to see this movie from the perspective of the times in which it was made. I saw it in the movie theater when it first came out. We were sooo excited. It's a classic in the true sense of the word. And Ann Margret was the bees knees! :)
Yes, the Mamba dance scene at the high school gym in West Side Story is simply epic. The music, which was a spicy blend of symphonic staccato Jazz, blended with Mamba beats, thoroughly captured the tension between the rival, ethnic gangs. A masterpiece of choreography, singing, and dancing.
At around 4:50 into this, they seem to be paying some kind of tribute to the gym dance from West Side Story, even with Kim and Hugo standing still looking at each other like Tony and Maria.
I can never get enough of this dance routine & sing! Just love watching Ann Margaret dance during this particular segment! Loved this movie anyway but adore her !!! How talented Ann Margaret is!♥️
My mother always hated Ann Margret but, she really knew how to dance. Best scene in a movie that pokes fun at Elvis and his fans. It was the Spinal Tap of 1963!
saw Ann-Margret for the 1st time in State Fair on tv as a kid. fell madly in love. but this movie especially THIS dance/song number literally pushed me right into puberty (lol). literally. that hot skin-tight pink outfit and the magnificent Ann-Margret was almost too much for my poor little heart to handle. glorious memories of this movie but mostly THIS dance number. thanks for letting enjoy my childhood for a brief time once again.
This was some terrific choreography performed by superb dancers. Along with West Side Story's "Dance at the Gym/Mambo" sequence, it's among my favorite movie musical scenes.
imo...This is actually one of the best filmed musical numbers in movie history. The choreography is complex; the cinematography and camera pans are extremely challenging for the limited studio space they were confined to; the orchestration builds in its intensity; and the staging is almost mathematical in its precision. (And, of course, having Ann-Margaret in tight hot pink pants certainly doesn't hurt!)
Richard Donato On a White did the choreography for this as well as The Music Man (stage and film), Mame (stage and film), Oliver! (film and received a special Oscar).
this is my favorite scene from the film. The entire movie is good but this one simply stands out from the rest of it! Ann-Margret was a great talent, she had it all! Beauty, great singing voice & dancer, you couldn't ask for more! This film was released in 1963 & the Beatles came to the US in the same year! If you didn't grow up in the '609s like I did, you don't know what you were missing!!
YES!!! I remember Richard Gere in "Chicago" and they made a big deal that he could dance. They would do a torso shot and then cut to his feet. I still am not sure he can dance.
David G. Or Moulin Rouge. They made such a big deal over the dance numbers and then they wouldn’t show full shots of the actual dances. Look how Fred Astaire’s dances were filmed- show the damn dance!
Bye Bye Birdie was one of my favorite musicals of all time it really showed the preciousness in the talent and the beauty inside and out that and Margaret had a real star that shined and a real decent person
I remember when people were boycotting in Washington and all over the place when Elvis Presley got drafted into the army it seems to me bye Bye Birdie was based on the fact that Elvis was drafted and Conrad Birdie played sexy singer and they have the clips of Frank Sinatra in Bye Bye Birdie which it actuality at first he reacting to Elvis like he did in real life initially like that ironically she met Elvis I think a couple of years later and they did Viva Las Vegas together and actually fell in love or had a romantic time. Together I think that is very ironic and Bye Bye Birdie made her famous
Excuse I should have edited my former comment a little better but you get the gist my point is that in Bye Bye Birdie she's acting to think like he was a the sex symbol which was only a movie but later on in real life she met the real thing the real deal Elvis. This was fascinating
Bobby Rydell was the most versatile entertainer ever, could do it all! Am currently watching old Danny Thomas clips to see more of him. Gratefully, he left behind a large body of work.
After this movie I was a lifetime fan of Ann Margaret. What an amazing woman and star. Such an extraordinary range. I wrote my first fan letter to her and actually got an answer.
As a kid, my family and I would watch this every time it aired on TV. None of my friends knew anything about it, and I was so thankful that my mom exposed us to such great fare. I was maybe 8 but wanted so badly to be a Yale or Purdue man...whatever that meant. I was oh so willing to put childhood behind me.
Conrad stepping into the midst of the Hugo/Kim drama and saying more or less, "Ha,ha, you all are cute. Let's remember who this show's named after, shall we?"
I'd forgotten that Bobby Rydell not only sang well .. but acted and danced. The classic Hollywood "triple threat" ... and he did all of them pretty well. May his memory be a blessing (not to mention Ann Margaret!).
This is 15 years before "Grease." Onna White's inventive choreography is on perfect display in this number and Ann-Margret's sexiness melts the screen.
A fabulous exhibition of ensemble dancing. They were still doing great musicals in the 1960s. Wish this would come back to film. There is a bunch of us that appreciate this type and level of professional film artistry. A lot of movie money is being left on the table.
First of all I love this song. I was listening to Nancy Wiilson"s version I grew up on, never knew it came from Bye Bye Birdie. Nothing new under the Sun, I see Hip Hop dance moves here, crazy dope!
This is a great dance scene Most Enjoyable To Watch Rest In Peace Thanks for being such a great iconic piece of such a time honored masterpiece such as Bye Bye Birdie It's Never Goodbye Just So Long For Now Mr Bobby Rydell
Ann Margarette was only 20 years old when this film was made. She was not a trained dancer, so it is impressive to watch her dancing in this film as well as others. A lot of it is natural "shake". In fact, she was chosen for the part when Bye Bye Birdie director George Syndie saw her dancing the Twist with friends at the Sands Lounge in Las Vegas. Of course, to be 20 years old and hanging in the lounge of the Sands put you well into the cool crowd of the jet set in the 1960s. Chances are, though that Ann Margarette was a jaw dropping sensation even when partying with friends.
That is a deep thought! Moral for anybody trying to retrieve a lover in retreat!; Chase them away for ever or stand back and let them come back naturally and truly. If they don't, then it wasn't meant to be.
I just loved this movie, great dance numbers, this one is my favorite, wonderful Choreography. Love Ann-Margrets, pink blouse, I remember they were popular in that era, called Angel Blouses, I also saw them in the movie called SHAG, a great spring break movie, in the 60s great period costumes. Not sure when movie came out maybe in the 1980s.
Fascinating choreography with a lot of emphasis on the arms and legs doing fast and tight maneuvers close to the body with a lot of side snapping with the head..I really don't know how they do it ! Incredible number, orchestration, and shot composition. And that series of brassy chords at the end from about 7:20 is so bad ass and in your face !! A real show stopper
I was lucky as a kid to met Ann Margaret at the Fox Warfield Theater. She was there to promote the movie. My mom took me there. She was very sweet and pretty.
RIP, Bobby. Great performance.
Top five “most entertaining scene in a movie musical”. Rest In Peace Bobby Rydell.
Just heard Philadelphia’s own Bobby Rydell passed today!
I had to find this scene and play it!
R.I.P. Bobby! 💙🌹
Like Patti LaBelle has, Rydell stayed in Phila. area his whole life.
@@morrisking3282 He went to Hollywood but, apparently, he didn't like it so he came back home to Phila. He never left again. He died there.
This scene still blows me away all these years later!!!
The choreographer should have won an Oscar for this scene alone.
The choreography onna white won in 68 for that dreadfull Oliver!
It is one of Fossi’s better dances.
@@heathermcmahon4423 Gower Champion was the Choreographer for the film
@@Iccarus72 Onna White was the Choreographer for the Film of Bye Bye Birdie.
Gower Champion did the Broadway version .
I can't know how many hours of practice went into this routine alone.
I love how expressive Ann's face is when she sings!
One of the best choreographed scenes put down on film. I saw BBB when in the movie theater when I was eight years old!
What an incredible dance scene!!! I can't imagine how much planning, rehearsal, and work went into it!!!
+Larry O'Brien YES
+Larry O'Brien I feel the same and bobby R came from my neighborhood in south philly as part of a very talented bunch. I watch him on this dance song and cant imagine if I was givin that chance that I could ever pull it off. wow.I guess talent just breeds talent lol.......
Well my school is performing this play I'm Kim and it is a lot of choreography to memorize 😂💗
Good luck, Kim!!!
Larry O'Brien oops sorry my name is actually Zoe not Kim lol
Ann Margret was beyond talented! I could watch her dance everday & it would never get old...unlike me!
Christina Poisson BE KIND TO YOURSELF
when something is good it never gets old
Is anyone here noticing Bobby Rydell's parter, in light blue? That's Lorene Yarnell, who later became famous in the mime team Shields and Yarnell. A great all-around performer.
Yeah I sure noticed her! Wow I had no idea that's who it was..
Is that the same person who later became a panelist on What’s my Line?
How did you know?!? We lived in SF in 80's and 90's, and I used to LOVE going to Union Square and watching Shields and Yarnell!
Thanks for the heads up!
Ah! Thank you for the info. Yes, she does stand out throughout the scene.
This scene and dance routine is epic. And that Conrad Birdie is a hoot.
I can't get enough of this scene. It's always a killer on so many levels. So much talent packed into one really cool dance scene. Ann and Bobby nail it. All this plus Paul Lynde, Dick Van Dyke and Ed Sullivan? You betcha.
One of the best! I never noticed it before but they actually sped up the "fast-moving" part of the dance routine. Agreed?
Still feeling the grief of Bobby Rydell's passing. His songs were part of my teenage years growing-up. Times were so much simpler back then. RIP Bobby.
I also grieve. He was among the best.
Awww…nuts! I loved him.
Hew was wonderful. His voice is second to none. It was such a good time.
When Ann-Margaret dances she enters into a sphere were if you do not follow her, you will be left behind! That is the awesomness of this dancer! To know that you are in your own element of your gifting, yet invite everyone else into the party! Ann-Margaret is truly an awesome, magifincent, outstanding dancer!
Right? Part of me says, oh let’s check out the other dancers… but I just can’t do it. You can’t take your eyes off of her. ❤
When I was younger, I said that I was going to learn this routine. Never did. But it's never too late
I only came here for Ann margret, but that dancing was great
The nitty gritty is a great dance
You too? lol
Me,too.
I came for the dancing and stayed for Ann Margret 😆
I just love these old movies...so classic. So cool...so fresh. Musically just awesome.
I can watch this scene a thousand times and not get tired of watching it.
In my opinion telephone hour was better
Agree.
@Peter McIver telephone hour the first song
@Peter McIver I just liked the first one better that's all
Agreed. I'm somewhere in the 500's myself. It's so cool. LOL. It just is. I don't normally notice choreography but this is interesting and just downright....cool.
I still love her outfit, like her figure is amazing!!!
Cockeyed Optimista Don’t be hateful of kind words. Luciana is being sweet don’t be sour!
@@cockeyedoptimista SHUT THE HELL UP, GRANDMA!!!!!
Cockeyed Optimista Like that’s a dick move, Cockeye.
baby saige Good luck in life, you stupid, rude little twerp.
We called those tops " Rib Ticklers" !!!!!!
Never knew Bobby could Dance so good. He is GREAT.
Ann Margaret wasn't supposed to get much attention in this movie, but while making it, the bosses so how talented she was and wrote more scenes just to show her talents.
Superb in every way. Ann Margaret is unbelievably amazing. Beautiful. But it is sad we don't have this talent today. Horribly sad.
There's a lot of talent out there but new movies ignore and exclude it.
See what I mean, even after 60 years, this song-dance sequence is alive and kicking. Its truly timeless. Boy, what energy those kids of the 60's had. A new Ann Margret is yet to be found. Guess there will never be another Ann Margret. Meanwhile, go enjoy this movie and dozens of other musicals in which she has starred.
I compare any and all dance scenes with large numbers of people to this scene. It is absolutely insane how I’m sync every single dancer is. I just don’t know that I’ve ever seen another sequence where every individual is so dead on. Amazing.
Always a fun number to watch! RIP Jesse Pearson and Bobby Rydell.
The choreography is the best ever for mob dancing ~ especially for the early 1960"s. I could watch daily. RIP Bobby Rydell - you danced/trained so well. High praise to all the dancers of this troop.
Bobby's my favorite. He's got a great voice. He's not nearly appreciated enough. Dancing, singing, looks. Gosh Hugo...
❤
The choreographer really loved that elbow move. He used it over and over and over and......
One of the great scenes from ANY musical...Ann just killed it...damn she's gorgeous...Bobby was cool in that Sinatra/Darin feel...one of my favorites.
Yep, Ann-Margret was great. Bobby Rydell always had a great voice but I thought he was kind of stiff as Hugo, at least in his acting. However, I've seen him do imitations in some of his other appearances and was blow away by how good an entertainer he was.
Is Bob Fosse here. .
AnnMargret (pssssst! She hated being called Ann. ...or Miss Margret)
Loved Bobby Rydell.
@@poorthingshe’s still alive
I remember sitting with the kids on Bandstand at your first appearance, and that fabulous Saturday night when you began the show - from a Hansome Cab in NYC. You were always so kind, Bobby. We will all miss you!
I’m so thankful my grandma showed me this musical! I’m only a pre teen! And I love the 60s!
I love this choreography. Ann Margaret was fantastic and Bobby Rydell who is really a singer, danced great! Who ever staged it made sure the colors of the costumes looked perfect from a distance with Ann Margaret's hot pink the focus. Great number!
I had a too and shorts with the
I had top and shorts like Ann Margret's I loved it but I was only 10 year's old I still Love this. Movie and always will
So many people dancing in this scene, but I can't take my eyes off of her♥️🍭
Bobby Rydell, the epitome of the early ‘60s “teen idol,” who parlayed that fame into a starring role opposite Ann-Margret in the 1963 film “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday April 5, 2022 at age 79. The cause of death was pneumonia.
His death just days away from his 80th birthday (April 26, 2022) was confirmed by radio legend Jerry Blavat, Rydell’s longtime friend from the singer’s South Philadelphia stomping grounds.
Bobby Rydell had 34 singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100, the most well-remembered of which include “Wild One,” which reached No. 2, and “Volare,” a No. 4 hit. Other top 10 songs included “Swingin’ School,” “The Cha-Cha-Cha.” His run of top 10 songs began with “We Got Love,” which reached No. 6 in 1959, and ended with “Forget Him” in 1964.
Imagine your 11years old in radio city music hall & you see this,it blew my mind & now 60 years later it still makes my heart sing,its something I'll never ever not be amazed by, as a side note i seem to remember a very pretty girl on the staircase to the theater, later found speaking to my wife that she was there back then,was it her I'd like to think that it was her,we'll never know now, & evertime i see it I'm back there an astonished 11year old.
This is the most fabulous thing ever! Nothing better than seeing American kids dance! Bobby Rydell, Jesse Pearson-just the best- and Anne Margret, lovely and exquisite Anne Margret has to be the bomb shells to end all bomb shells. She makes Madonna pale in comparison and does it without revealing a thing!
Madonna is a Satanist so yeah
*Ann-Margret
Jesse Pearson played the role of Conrad Birdie on Broadway, sadly, he died young.
@@SundaeExpress it's Ann-Margret.
As a teen, I sat in the theater mesmerized by this dance scene in this movie. Must have taken them weeks to get it just right. I was in love with Ann Margret
That was some really excellent choreography and great dancing by all the dancers.
💙💙💙 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL OUTFIT 💗💗💗 ANN-MARGRET GODESS 💙💙💙
I MEANT GODDESS
Awe… you have to see this movie from the perspective of the times in which it was made. I saw it in the movie theater when it first came out. We were sooo excited. It's a classic in the true sense of the word. And Ann Margret was the bees knees! :)
Yes-- seeing this on a big screen when it was new must have been amazing. I'd love to see it on a big screen now.
Not just the bees knees, she was the cat's pajamas! ;-)
She was cool, Daddyo!
This has always been one of my absolute favorite movie dance numbers. Right up there with the gym dance/mambo from West Side Story.
wehoscott Me too.
Similar in style of dancing of the times
Yes, the Mamba dance scene at the high school gym in West Side Story is simply epic. The music, which was a spicy blend of symphonic staccato Jazz, blended with Mamba beats, thoroughly captured the tension between the rival, ethnic gangs. A masterpiece of choreography, singing, and dancing.
At around 4:50 into this, they seem to be paying some kind of tribute to the gym dance from West Side Story, even with Kim and Hugo standing still looking at each other like Tony and Maria.
How wonderful! What a great time in America! Gorgeous Ann Margaret and what a singer too!
I can never get enough of this dance routine & sing! Just love watching Ann Margaret dance during this particular segment! Loved this movie anyway but adore her !!! How talented Ann Margaret is!♥️
This is hands down one of my top 10 fav musical dances!
I just LOVE this movie! I miss musicals, especially the more fantastical ones where people spontaneously jump into song and dance routines.
Hands down, the best song and dance number in film! Everyone shines! I bought this DVD just so I could access this scene whenever I want!
Jesse Pearson also played the part of Conrad Birdie in the Broadway Production. Sadly he died young.
I watch mostly this dance number as well from the movie - my favorite dance of all time.
@@Synoopy2 It's so great when Kim and Hugo end up dancing with each other towards the end!
RIP Bobby Rydell ! He is so good in this- his first movie
He was great beyond great. RIP great one
My mother always hated Ann Margret but, she really knew how to dance. Best scene in a movie that pokes fun at Elvis and his fans. It was the Spinal Tap of 1963!
Great film with terrific performances all around. They don’t make them like this anymore.
I agree , saw this at my jr high school days back 1978 . Never know film movie until later. Enjoy classic hits soundtrack s
"They" can't make them like this anymore.
Mind blowing dance scene. Ann Margaret was amazing.
The tall blonde guy, in the blue shirt, is feeling himself majorly 😂💖 Love it!!! 🔥🔥🔥
They got some killer dance moves I love this scene this never gets old
saw Ann-Margret for the 1st time in State Fair on tv as a kid. fell madly in love. but this movie especially THIS dance/song number literally pushed me right into puberty (lol). literally. that hot skin-tight pink outfit and the magnificent Ann-Margret was almost too much for my poor little heart to handle. glorious memories of this movie but mostly THIS dance number. thanks for letting enjoy my childhood for a brief time once again.
My Grandma first showed me this movie. I would beg her to play it over and over for me..this scene is so iconic.
You have good taste
Bobby Rydell said it took over 2 weeks to shoot. It shows ! And it's amazing to see on a big movie screen !
Imagine all that talent and no wardrobe malfunction.
Love Conrad Birdie. Funny, energetic with that crazy lop-sided smile yet kinda detached like a ghost. His character still makes me laugh.
Jesse Pearson was perfect in this role. :)
This was some terrific choreography performed by superb dancers. Along with West Side Story's "Dance at the Gym/Mambo" sequence, it's among my favorite movie musical scenes.
Ann Margaret .... always breathtaking ....
Gotta give Bobby Rydell credit, he can really dance!
He was so great
imo...This is actually one of the best filmed musical numbers in movie history. The choreography is complex; the cinematography and camera pans are extremely challenging for the limited studio space they were confined to; the orchestration builds in its intensity; and the staging is almost mathematical in its precision. (And, of course, having Ann-Margaret in tight hot pink pants certainly doesn't hurt!)
You're right on all accounts. This is pure cinematic magnificence.
the constantly shifting tempo and style, building and stirring energy,, well--- thats a lotta work to do. Excellence!
See the song and dance for chop Suey in flower drum song
The choreography is very good. The song, however, has not held up well over time and is far inferior to the dancing (and Ann Margret).
@@eugenesmith5173 ,
West Side Story is pretty good too ...
The choreography is so inventive.
I agree, in fact I think it's the best part of the whole movie. Of course Ann-Margaret in that outfit didn't make it difficult to watch!
Onna White. Utterly brilliant choreographer. See her Wikipedia page for her credits, other clips one might find.
Richard Donato On a White did the choreography for this as well as The Music Man (stage and film), Mame (stage and film), Oliver! (film and received a special Oscar).
Me in my youth.
Jerome Robbins rip off
This musical had some of the best songs! Such a treat for the eyes and ears.
this is my favorite scene from the film. The entire movie is good but this one simply stands out from the rest of it! Ann-Margret was a great talent, she had it all! Beauty, great singing voice & dancer, you couldn't ask for more! This film was released in 1963 & the Beatles came to the US in the same year! If you didn't grow up in the '609s like I did, you don't know what you were missing!!
Great dance number. Loved this movie. A total Classic!! ❤🎶🎶🎶❤
The Original 'Pink Lady!' Ann Margaret is burning hot!
They actually showed the dancing back then, not like today where it's a bunch of 2 second shots and half are people's faces or feet.
YES!!! I remember Richard Gere in "Chicago" and they made a big deal that he could dance. They would do a torso shot and then cut to his feet. I still am not sure he can dance.
David G. Or Moulin Rouge. They made such a big deal over the dance numbers and then they wouldn’t show full shots of the actual dances. Look how Fred Astaire’s dances were filmed- show the damn dance!
They did a lot of things better back then. Music is another.
Or chests or derrieres!
Titan52berg thank you! I hated Moulin Rouge, but they kept showing crotches and asses when they should have been showing the damn dances.
Love this dance/song segment! RIP South Philly Robert Ridarelli Bobby Rydell. Thanks for the music joy.
Bye Bye Birdie was one of my favorite musicals of all time it really showed the preciousness in the talent and the beauty inside and out that and Margaret had a real star that shined and a real decent person
I remember when people were boycotting in Washington and all over the place when Elvis Presley got drafted into the army it seems to me bye Bye Birdie was based on the fact that Elvis was drafted and Conrad Birdie played sexy singer and they have the clips of Frank Sinatra in Bye Bye Birdie which it actuality at first he reacting to Elvis like he did in real life initially like that ironically she met Elvis I think a couple of years later and they did Viva Las Vegas together and actually fell in love or had a romantic time. Together I think that is very ironic and Bye Bye Birdie made her famous
Excuse I should have edited my former comment a little better but you get the gist my point is that in Bye Bye Birdie she's acting to think like he was a the sex symbol which was only a movie but later on in real life she met the real thing the real deal Elvis. This was fascinating
Bobby Rydell was the most versatile entertainer ever, could do it all! Am currently watching old Danny Thomas clips to see more of him. Gratefully, he left behind a large body of work.
Thanks for all the music and memories Bobby, RIP.
After this movie I was a lifetime fan of Ann Margaret. What an amazing woman and star. Such an extraordinary range. I wrote my first fan letter to her and actually got an answer.
As a kid, my family and I would watch this every time it aired on TV. None of my friends knew anything about it, and I was so thankful that my mom exposed us to such great fare. I was maybe 8 but wanted so badly to be a Yale or Purdue man...whatever that meant. I was oh so willing to put childhood behind me.
You forgot how great singer Bobby was until he starts singing in this scene. The best tone of the three.
Absolutely
💗💗💗 THE VERY TALENTED ANN-MARGRET 💗💗💗 AND VERY BEAUTIFUL, SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FACE 💗💗💗 WOW 💗💗💗
Such an amazing collection of talent here. Every dancer did an amazing job.
Conrad stepping into the midst of the Hugo/Kim drama and saying more or less, "Ha,ha, you all are cute. Let's remember who this show's named after, shall we?"
BAHAHA RIGHT😂
Jesse Pearson, who played Conrad, also played Dash Riprock on "The Beverly Hillbillies"...
No he wasn't. Pearson was on the Andy Griffith Show but he wasn't Bash Riprock.
Roy Dean you’re wrong, he did play on that show
Conrad Birdie is actually a minor character
Always loved this dance scene.
What I notice is that every dancer in this number is at the same high skill level. Every one is doing the same steps with the same precision. Awesome.
I'd forgotten that Bobby Rydell not only sang well .. but acted and danced. The classic Hollywood "triple threat" ... and he did all of them pretty well. May his memory be a blessing (not to mention Ann Margaret!).
Breathtaking choreography a la Bob Fosse. Among the best dance numbers in the history of musicals. Bobby and Ann, never again!
Choreography by Onna White (1922-2005)
This is 15 years before "Grease." Onna White's inventive choreography is on perfect display in this number and Ann-Margret's sexiness melts the screen.
Lots of Bob Fosse here
Ann was considered for Grease but she turned it down as she felt too old to play a college girl
Javed Khan You mean high school girl
Javed Khan I also read that Marie Osmond was considered for the role of Sandy, but because of her religious beliefs, she turned it down.
@@XjtBA in other words she was hopelessly devoted to her faith
Love this. !!!!!! Still watch at my old age. 73
I agree. I watch this scene over and over. Ann-Margret is a 🌟
A fabulous exhibition of ensemble dancing. They were still doing great musicals in the 1960s. Wish this would come back to film. There is a bunch of us that appreciate this type and level of professional film artistry. A lot of movie money is being left on the table.
I will always adore this dance number!! :)
Same here!
Wendy Stulgin ...and I think (not sure) they had to film in one take. Right? That is amazing.
First of all I love this song. I was listening to Nancy Wiilson"s version I grew up on, never knew it came from Bye Bye Birdie. Nothing new under the Sun, I see Hip Hop dance moves here, crazy dope!
Love this scene. RIP Bobby!
LOVE that routine! Annie you nailed that perfectly!:-))
This is a great dance scene Most Enjoyable To Watch Rest In Peace Thanks for being such a great iconic piece of such a time honored masterpiece such as Bye Bye Birdie It's Never Goodbye Just So Long For Now Mr Bobby Rydell
Thanks for the music Bobby, God Bless.
Ann Margarette was only 20 years old when this film was made. She was not a trained dancer, so it is impressive to watch her dancing in this film as well as others. A lot of it is natural "shake". In fact, she was chosen for the part when Bye Bye Birdie director George Syndie saw her dancing the Twist with friends at the Sands Lounge in Las Vegas. Of course, to be 20 years old and hanging in the lounge of the Sands put you well into the cool crowd of the jet set in the 1960s. Chances are, though that Ann Margarette was a jaw dropping sensation even when partying with friends.
Billy Crystal: Mike Tyson once hit Trevor Berbick so hard, Trevor did the dance Ann Margaret did in 'Bye Bye, Birdie.'
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Guys, her name is Ann-Margret.
Good point! Thank You.
Explorer Mike
wasn't she (ann-margaret) on "77 Sunset Strip" at times, certainly not a regular but, like "cookie", made cameo appearances?
Literally the best choreography ever, nothing compares to it to this day.
This choreography is ... mediocre at best.
I like it also .🥰
@@PeaceBang choreography wise i kind of agree with you nevertheless it has energy and youthfull enthusiasm
Totally the best, insane song and dance performance!🆒⭐️😎
Cool from West Side Story gives me goosebumps every time! The emotion through movement was dripping off the dancers!
Moral of the story: don't try to get your girlfriend back during a musical number because she will be to caught up in the song to talk to you.
Ha- right. Never thought about it, but right after the song is over she thinks about Hugo, not before then.
nat riggins did you see her face at the end of the scene and her calling for Hugo? What he did worked.
Such a big mood. Poor Hugo😂
No. It's that girls want older seductive guys like Conrad until they get cold feet and go back to their sweet high schoolers like Hugo.
That is a deep thought! Moral for anybody trying to retrieve a lover in retreat!; Chase them away for ever or stand back and let them come back naturally and truly. If they don't, then it wasn't meant to be.
I watch this everytime it comes on.... We love you Conrad 😍 ❤
And Ann Margaret.. RIP Bobby Rydell ❤
I just loved this movie, great dance numbers, this one is my favorite, wonderful Choreography. Love Ann-Margrets, pink blouse, I remember they were popular in that era, called Angel Blouses, I also saw them in the movie called SHAG, a great spring break movie, in the 60s great period costumes. Not sure when movie came out maybe in the 1980s.
This song pops into my head every now and again. Love this movie, and this song.
God, please bring us more Ann Margaret types, pure talent, class, and a true entertainer.
Yeah class. She screwed Elvis Presley while he was married. Pure class. 😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂 typical man
I love these older movies. Can't get enough.
She’s absolutely Gorgeous even today !!