Me too!

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I prefer Hustler movies, but sure, this is OK.

Chelsea Canales I enjoy and love them very much

I show my 8 year old girl these and she loves them. There's something magical about these old dance routines. Amazing!

Fred was 47 here. No problem at all for him.

Wonderful in thier own ways. Incredible dancers never been anyone like them since. As for fred not being good looking, what the hell that man was like a butterfly when he danced didnt need to be a hunk. Both of them were my idols even as a child, i couldnt take my eyes of them in old movies on the the tv. Thier timing was something to be cherished. Was watching fred with judy garland in dancing "walk up the avenue" heaven! Dont knock my Fred for not being good looking neither was Sammy Davies but what a talent.

@@jillwhite6875 why would anyone say anything about how good looking they are? This video is about what Superb dancers they are/were.

@B*Cool its thier feet that matters. I carnt believe myself why someone would call Astaire ugly and old.

@@jillwhite6875 Pure jealousy.

Probably cos thier talentless and ugly. With feet like that who needs to look like Leonardo DiCaprio.

I think they also did a bit in the first "That's Entertainment" but both were past their prime at that point.

The Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig of dance!!

Sorry that would be Nicholas brothers

If you wanna see the best dance movie ever made check out Stormy Weather. Fred Astaire said so himself that it was the greatest dance routine to ever be put on film and that's coming from one of your idols. So just imagine if racism never existed you with no doubt would say that the Nicholas brothers are the best dancers to ever do it. Because of racism you say Babe Ruth but I say Josh Gibson. It's a shame that the color of a person skin downplays there contributions to American Culture.

Even Astaire and Kelly were impressed (Very!) by the Nicholas Brothers, and freely admitted that the Nicholas Bros. did things they couldn't do, that they 'outclassed' them, dance-wise. I have long appreciated the dancing talents of both Astaire and Kelly, but as far as I know, and as far as other dancers have said, the Nicholas Bros. were at the top, far greater than all other dancers. There are other videos with interviews of many professional dancers that all agree on that.

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Your so right....no one ever stand beside them

Both truly missed, but they left us with wonderful memories,truly two of the best in the business.

Do you happen to know how he got that scar above his lip? It gives him some sex appeal as well as some bad boyishness.

And each one, "if necessary", could dance like the other. Truly, the Two Greatest Hoofers that ever graced the Silver Screen!

@@Promptjock Indeed. They had their own individual styles, but they could emulate the styles of each other. And they always, always, always complemented their partner, whether it was Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, or Donald O'Conner. They were, quite simply, magical.

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Fred looked like a dancer, Gene seemed to defy gravity. I thought Fred was very good and Gene's dancing,so frer and feather light, with a body that just didn't look like a dancer. Really liked Fred's work but I was fascinated by Gene's dancing, just magical.

Yeah, only Astaire was ugly through and through right down to his bones! He beat his wives, was mean to cast members, and was insanely jealous of anyone just as talented as him and he demanded he get top-billing... often which he did not get. Astaire could dance, but he couldn't act worth a shit.

@@pheobefink2664Gene wouldn’t have existed without Fred.

Absolutely agree!

@@MrPomelo555 I think Kelly is still my favourite. He was a better singer and actor. Genius dancer more creatively technical to Astaire's technically creative. Hard to separate. I guess it's just personal.. still..Cagney dancing down the stairs has to be one of the best alongside the table dance with Hope. Cagney was unique - i think Robbie Williams modelled his movement on Cagney

He knows how to use his arms to accentuate his steps.

I just love them

I love both of these talented men but there is just such an elegance about Fred Astaire when he dances.

That may be because he's a little light in the loafers..

I'm glad you mentioned the Nicholas Brothers. They had a unique style all their own, and we're incredible dancers! They're more obscure than Gene and Fred. Once you find them, they knock you out!

I think Fred competed well with the athletics!

My sentiments exactly.

I don't think you can separate them ,just two peas in the same pod.

Not true; the NIcholas Brothers far surpassed both Astaire and Kelly, both in talent and in athleticism, and both Astaire and Kelly admitted that. No one came close to the Nicholas Brothers in talent or ability, no one.

Bless you, yes both are true statements I always felt that way & I'm a tap dancer!

You can really see that difference you mentioned at 6:38.

Me too 😢

Can I ask you something Karina!

@@paulgabit9534guess not

Astaire was uptown and Kelly was blue-collar. That's how I saw them.

I also saw Kelly as a fellow Irish American!

Ich liebe Beide

That's for sure..

​@@erlanesilva5778 Same here!

Can I ask you something Janet!

I have a picture in my head that Gene Kelly demanded a lot from himself but all the others too (Singing in the rain job etc). Fred Astaire demanded perfection only from himself and was more liked because of that.

Gene Kelly had a high temperature when he danced that singing in the rain classic. Wasn't he on roller skates, too?

Can I ask you something Miriam!

El instituto de estudios de mi hijo y sus compañeros( 16,17,18 years) están hoy en Budapest.

Both of them are great dancers. I enjoyed it a lot.

Yes, as a dancer myself i can tell you they were really champion ✨✨

Can I ask you something Carrie!

Absolutely agree with you. Fred certainly was the more nimble and agile of the two due to how each of them was built. Wonderful as Gene Kelly was he was the more heavily built of the two and it showed in their performances together. It often looked as if Gene Kelly was struggling to keep up with Fred Astaire's speed and agility and lightness of foot but never the less I admired both men as masters of their craft.

Gene Kelly knew he was a great dancer…but also knew who was The The Top Man …

Fred was always no.1 to mee even though i adore Gene Kelly. Fred floated and comic timing was incredible. Two very different dancers but as many have said never see the likes of them again

Can I ask you something Andrea!