SYSK Selects: How The Moonwalk Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

When Michael Jackson debuted the moonwalk in 1983 the world was enrapt. The dance goes back farther, to the 1930s, and pops up again in the 50s, before reappearing via mimes and West Coast poppers in the 70s. Follow the circuitous route of an iconic move in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Hi everybody.
0:32.4	Are you moonwalking right now?
0:34.5	Well, it's Saturday so you know I'm moonwalking and this is my Saturday Select Pick from July 21st, 2016.
0:41.9	How the moonwalk works.
0:43.7	Give it a listen right now.
0:48.3	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
0:53.6	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:59.7	I'm Josh Clark.
1:00.7	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Jerry.
1:03.4	So it's Stuff You Should Know.
1:05.3	You just moonwalked right in this joint.
1:07.7	Can you moonwalk?
1:08.7	No.
1:09.7	I think everybody at the Bell House on June 30th knows I can moonwalk.
1:14.5	Cannot.
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