German retro-futuristic group-dancing

I seem to remember seeing clips of them fighting some not-so-scary lametta or glittery curtains. And didn't the flight controls include an iron stuck onto the table?

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#12 posted by Teapunk , April 2, 2009 2:32 AM

Apparently you only see the "Deutsche Gruss" (?!) when you really want to - the Hitlergruß is forbiddden in Germany, as it should be. You know, Germany is not always all about Nazis. Germans have existed before the third reich and even stranger, still exist today. Sometimes we manage whole hours without doing a Nazi-related activity (apologizing and feeling guilty, something which extends into at least three generations born after the war, as we should).
So: Danke, Schätzchen.
*coughs*
Raumpatrouille Orion is a cult favourite TV show with the most awesome design, ever. They were extremely low budget and had to be quite inventive, incorporating irons and shower heads into something you could use to control a spaceship.

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#13 posted by Anonymous , April 2, 2009 2:45 AM

"Now's the time on 'Sprockets' when we dance!"

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#14 posted by chops , April 2, 2009 3:24 AM

Zis is the time on Sprockets when we dance!

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#15 posted by WalterBillington , April 2, 2009 3:27 AM

It's decided, I've thought it through - ich bin ein Raumpatrouiller, and dancing is how I'll spend my time. When I'm not patrouilling.

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#16 posted by skramble , April 2, 2009 5:05 AM

"hold your butt, now spin around. and back 1 2 3 4"

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#17 posted by Chalky , April 2, 2009 5:16 AM

I wanna see someone mash this with Fatboy Slim.

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#18 posted by Gareth Stack , April 2, 2009 5:17 AM

That's pretty accurate. It's exactly how folks dance in Second Life or Home.

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#19 posted by dross1260 , April 2, 2009 5:35 AM

Was ist "Jazz Hands"?

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#20 posted by Permanent4 , April 2, 2009 5:38 AM

I think we just found Peter Crouch's new goal celebration.

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#21 posted by ironcrow , April 2, 2009 5:57 AM

Unt now ist the time on Sprockets when we dance!

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#22 posted by ck , April 2, 2009 6:08 AM

Half "funky chicken" and half ice-capades.

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#23 posted by yri , April 2, 2009 7:10 AM

It's the Space-Chicken Dance!

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#24 posted by dbarak , April 2, 2009 7:31 AM

Wo ist Dieter Von "Sprockets?"

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#25 posted by Phikus , April 2, 2009 7:37 AM

And now, I take you to India, land of 1000 dances...

Benny Lava

The Nipple Song

May He Poop?

...And the classic Gumnaam from Ghost World

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#26 posted by Boba Fett Diop , April 2, 2009 7:57 AM

This seems like perfectly normal German dancing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orjHpwoNgpA

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#27 posted by eyeruh , April 2, 2009 8:08 AM

On a side-note, Amazon sells the soundtrack from the show & it's *fabulous*!

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#28 posted by Anonymous , April 2, 2009 8:23 AM

Yeah, this is great because it shows Germans doing ballet. HAHAHAHAH!

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#29 posted by freshacconci , April 2, 2009 8:25 AM

I read all the comments, get to the bottom, and #25 has already basically said what I was gonna say.

Damn.

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#30 posted by Anonymous , April 2, 2009 8:48 AM

Yes - party like it's 2099!

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#31 posted by Anonymous , April 2, 2009 8:58 AM

Peter Thomas FTW!

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#32 posted by tw15 , April 2, 2009 9:10 AM

Definitely normal dancing by German standards, judging by this previous Boing Boing post:

http://boingboing.net/2008/12/18/strange-soccer-fashi.html

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#33 posted by Anonymous , April 2, 2009 9:33 AM

I can't decide if this dance is evidence of a future where:

a) the internet has allowed like-minded people to find each other; or,
b) humans have adopted a collective hive mentality

I prefer the first one, since the second one rules out the individualization allowed by the internet.

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#34 posted by GregLondon

, April 2, 2009 9:56 AM

If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says 15 miles to the... Love Shack! Love Shack yeah yeah

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#35 posted by Phikus , April 2, 2009 10:26 AM

Now if only we could get someone to film themselves dancing at various locales every day... Hmmm...

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#36 posted by nosehat , April 2, 2009 10:29 AM

I love the contrast between the serious, normal conversation in the foreground and the increasing absurdity in the background. Without the foreground conversation, it would be a silly dance, but with it this becomes much more sublime.

Thanks for the link!

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#37 posted by Chas44 , April 2, 2009 10:42 AM

It's like dry heaving, and dry humping, and country line-dancing all rolled into one activity!

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#38 posted by DanC , April 2, 2009 10:54 AM

Reminds me of a Naked Gun movie, where you pay absolutely no attention to the conversation going on because the background has someone on fire or something.
The woman can't even help staring at it at one point.

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#39 posted by phlavor , April 2, 2009 11:01 AM

The Nazis were a lot of things. Funky was not one them.

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#40 posted by Anonymous , April 2, 2009 12:29 PM

soundtrack http://itscomingoutofyourspeaker.blogspot.com/2007/07/peter-thomas-soundorchester.html
;)

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#41 posted by katkins , April 2, 2009 1:27 PM

Dance of the GermGuins!

(Morgan Freeman should be engaged as the voiceover for the man...)

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#42 posted by egghat , April 2, 2009 2:16 PM

Regarding the irons in Raumschiff Orions flight control desk takea look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKJqGn7_7nM after 23/24 secs you cann the iron.

Raumschiff is extreme culty. Fantastic stuff. Sometimes even cooler than the first season of star track.

Btw. The title song of Raumschiff Orion is rather cool as well.

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#43 posted by obeyken , April 2, 2009 2:21 PM

Ah! I saw this a while ago and just recently (for no apparent reason) felt strongly compelled to dig it up. I drove myself mildly nuts searching youtube and google for "weird german robot dancing" and variations thereof, but with no luck. And here it is! Thank you easter bunny!

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#44 posted by obeyken , April 2, 2009 2:26 PM

It gives me that special funny German feeling.

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#45 posted by Anonymous , April 2, 2009 2:40 PM

I highly recommend watching this while listening to the Radiohead clip from the post above. Turn the volume down on this video and play the music from the Radiohead performance. They sync nicely.

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#46 posted by TharkLord , April 2, 2009 2:58 PM

Wow, the future used to be so... HOT!

Tight clothes, super hairspray do's, sexy boots - Yowza!!

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#47 posted by caipirina

, April 3, 2009 5:25 AM

Fantastic TV show (pre-Star Trek!) .. i hold my DVD set of it very dearly ... i wonder if they ever released a version with English subs ...