#big bea

George “Shorty George” Snowden and Beatrice “Big Bea” Gay (Ask Uncle Sol)—Okay, so everybody (Lindy hoppers) talks about Shorty George Snowden but his partner, Big Bea is a bad ass too. She dances so hard she invented the Lindy hop. Look at this man scrungle so hard he invents the Lindy hop [editor’s note: these two were submitted separately but since they work as a team in this routine, I’ve put them together as a scrungly unit like Laurel & Hardy or Bryant & White.]

Musidora (Les Vampires)—That batty lady just scrungles across the screen! [editor's note: musidora is not the batty ballerina from the original clip. a new clip has been put for her under the cut.]

This is round 2 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you’re confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

They had a schtick (she's real tall! he's so short!), but they were some of the best dancers of the generation and real innovators for jazz dancing. I'd like to put in a shout out to all my jazz dancing scrungles: Big Bea and Shorty George, Frankie Manning, and Paul White & Marie Bryant. (Also CAB CALLOWAY, who does not need my help.)

Thank you! I'll edit the post to reflect her real name.

George Snowden and Beatrice Gay [scrungly unit] vs Victor Jansen

Marie Bryant and Paul White [scrungly unit] vs Victor Buono

Frankie Manning vs Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford [scrungly unit]

Victor Jansen (The Doll)—I was looking for a scrungly clip to submit for Ossi Oswalda but actually he did me in as the puppetmaker in The Doll: very scrungly wig and a silly-looking man indeed.

George "Shorty George" Snowden and Beatrice "Big Bea" Gay (Ask Uncle Sol)—Okay, so everybody (Lindy hoppers) talks about Shorty George Snowden but his partner, Big Bea is a bad ass too. She dances so hard she invented the Lindy hop. Look at this man scrungle so hard he invents the Lindy hop [editor's note: these two were submitted separately but since they work as a team in this routine, I've put them together as a scrungly unit like Laurel & Hardy or Bryant & White.]

This is round 1 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Equine Escape Into Isolation

Beyond binging on comfort food during this pandemic, today I need a comfort horseback ride after yet another zoom meeting and another masked supermarket trip. My ride begins with a meditation of sorts—grooming the horse. Big Bea loves to roll in the manure pile, I believe to spite me so I will groom her more. When I give her this “spa treatment” her pendulous lower lip quivers. Before I sling my…