Le Cochon Danseur
The Dancing Pig was a French vaudeville act at the beginning of the 20th
century. In 1907 Pathé released a 4-minute film based on this act. The man dancing in the Pathé film was Mr. Odeo, who had a dancing routine Le Cochon Mondain. From 1906 until the early thirties, he toured the music-halls with this burlesque act. No one knows his real name.
La Blockette, the title of the sheet music and the name of the piggish
polka dance, was also the artistic name of actress and singer Fanny
Bloch (1863-1956). This is a bit confusing, as it is perhaps her older
sister, comic singer Jeanne Bloch (1858-1916) who by her hefty looks
inspired the name of the flabby polka.
Jeanne Bloch
http://www.dutempsdescerisesauxfeuillesmortes.net/fiches_bio/bloch_jeanne/bloch_jeanne.htm
: Manasse dansar, the Swedish version of Cincinnati Dancing Pig, a hit for country singer Red Foley.
Ain't no ham like Birmingham.
Statuette by Werner Voss.
Well how about that -- I never heard of this phenomenon! Great post!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I never heard of this either, although it has become a creepypasta staple. I am afire to know how that costume worked. What a weird cabaret show that must have been.
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