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When listening to Vince Guaraldi


...you must do your favorite Charlie Brown dance. Personally, I like the twins.


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dive said…
I've not seen the animated version, so I'll do the only one I know from the strips, the good old Snoopy Dance.
8:35 AM
Neponset River Bridge Dig said…
I have to get a copy of this. I keep missing it when it's on TV. Since I don't watch much TV. I do love Vince G and have a couple of his Cd's
9:27 AM
Sassy Sundry said…
I always do. I'm good at it.
10:34 AM
Scout said…
Dive, you really have to see this one, especially given your warm approach to the Christian holiday. And Snoopy does some pretty fancy stepping in it.

Rich, it's interesting to see it on broadcast TV with commercial breaks because that's how it was designed, but it is always better straight through.

Sassy, so do you do the twins dance or the Snoopy dance?
10:37 AM
Sassy Sundry said…
I do a Sassy dance, which is a combination of the two.
10:58 AM
dive said…
I've wanted to see it for decades; it's just never on the four poxy channels my old TV can pick up …
11:03 AM
Scout said…
amazon.com, Dive, amazon.com
11:06 AM
dive said…
It's tempting. I'll see what Santa brings.
11:09 AM
Anonymous said…
My favorite dancer is the girl in the berry-colored dress right next to the bass-playing Pigpen. I've made a study of their different dance styles and I can do hers really well. Look at Linus up there though -- he is bustin' a move.
5:16 PM
Scout said…
Molly, she's one of the twins, I think, and she's my favorite too. Although I like the moves of the spikey-headed boy in yellow. I think his moves can only be done by a cartoon.
5:36 PM
CMC said…
That is TOTALLY the dance I do every time I hear that piece.
7:45 PM
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