I decided to log every occurrence I can find of the hilarious index finger wag dance of the late 30s and early 40s.
– 3 stooges, ‘Back to the woods’ 1937
– Hal LeRoy, ‘The Prisoner of Swing’ 1938
As suggested by chat gpt
Fred Astaire Top Hat 1935
Gene Kelly American in Paris 1951
Betty Grable in Moon over Miami 1941
Busby Berkeley Musicals
Donald O’Connor in Singin’ in the Rain 1952
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Its called Truckin a jazz swing era phenomenon.
__ the finger wag is from spinning the plate. From the tip searching waiters, from the harlem clubs. Noble Sissle
