The Cha Cha Slide: How One Uncle Changed Weddings Forever

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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DJ Casper tells us the origin story of the Cha Cha Slide. Plus, The Nod’s Brittany Luse is astonished by the unreleased Cha Cha Slide Pt. 1. Guests: The Nod’s host, Brittany Luse; Willie Perry Jr. (aka DJ Casper aka Mr. C the Slide Man); former gym rat David Wilson; radio personality and actress La Donna “Tittle in The Middle” Tittle; and BBC Radio 1 host Scott Mills. Thanks to caller Rachael and line dance guru Kenny J. Have a question that needs answering? Call the ELT Help Line #(833) RING ELT. To find a list of our sponsors and show-related promo codes, go to gimlet.media/OurAdvertisers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At the tone, please record your message.
0:04.0	Hi, every little thing. My name is Rachel.
0:08.0	And I think that we need to dive really deep into the chia slide.
0:15.0	Hi, this is Rachel.
0:19.0	Hey Rachel, so you called about this.
0:22.0	Right foot, let's stop. Left foot. Hey Rachel, so you called about this.
0:22.6	Right foot, let's stop.
0:24.6	Left foot, let's stop.
0:26.9	DJ Casper's The Cha Chacha Slide.
0:30.4	A song that is basically inescapable if you have attended a wedding,
0:34.0	pep rally, or high school dance since the year 2000.
0:37.5	Yeah.
0:38.5	You could have called about the mocharena, the electric slide,
0:42.0	the hokey-py why this song so I was just sitting down with my
0:45.9	husband and we both realize that we danced to the chacha slide at our respective
0:50.0	high school dances and it hit me that we've been dancing the chachos slide without
0:56.3	any sort of explanation of it for so long and there's a lot of like directions
1:00.8	and instructions within the song. Slide to the left.
1:04.4	Slide to the right.
1:04.8	And sort of just been unquestionably doing what
1:07.4	DJ Casper says to do.
1:10.1	You mean following his orders, like an automaton?
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