People think the Hamster Dance is a all new song. People are so dumb,
It's Roger Miller's Whistle Stop sped up 160 times and run thru a synth.
You can hear a good version of Whistle Stop in the Disney movie Robin Hood.
Hamster Dance?
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At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
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Re: Hamster Dance?
I remember when hamsterdance.com was one of the first websites to go viral (back when "viral" just applied to medicine). The song is in Disney's Robin Hood -- it blew me away several years ago when I watched Robin Hood with my kids and recognized the (slower) song.
I always figured that had something to do with Disney's taking ownership of the song and putting out a full-length "Hamster Dance" mix version.
I always figured that had something to do with Disney's taking ownership of the song and putting out a full-length "Hamster Dance" mix version.
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Shall we consult the Wayback Machine? Here's a shot from April 21, 1999.
Heh. I was still in high school.
Heh. I was still in high school.
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good old hampton!
when we were doing upgrades to the office work stations, we used to change the internet homepage to the hampsterdance site!
when we were doing upgrades to the office work stations, we used to change the internet homepage to the hampsterdance site!
:pirateflaARRRRRRR YA DOIN'?