- In short: Researchers have found the dance routine to Nutbush City Limits was invented by the New South Wales education department.
- The Nutbush was distributed to teacher training institutions as a teaching aid in 1975, researchers said.
- There have been attempts to create a world record for the number of people dancing at one time, with the record standing at 6,594.
@maculata
Maybe people will stop doing it when they hear a government department came up with it. 🤞
@zero_gravitas
Australian DJ in London: puts on that fucking song. All Australians in party or club: start doing that fucking shit. Everyone else: fucking leaves.
@maculata I never learnt it, but as a teenager I knew a large number of scout/rover types who did. Every party, 18th, 21st, even a couple of weddings, it would come on and every one of them would get up and do it. At the time I felt very left out, but later I realised I’d been lucky.
As an emigrant I really dread my citizenship test when I’ll be asked to perform The Dance.
@maculata 😬
(I may be deported now I’ve publicly admitted I never learnt it.)
You can come hide in my basement.
Edit: do you think Tina Turner’s role in MM2 was in part due to the NBCL legacy and do you think there might be any hidden references to it in the film?
@maculata Thanks! 😅