Talk:High five
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Is there a way to recover the now deleted links to Phil Silvers and Dean Martin using the high five? I must say that I am surprised that actual historic (video files) examples are being deleted. What gives? Also the Burke example is important because it helped popularize the gesture. Each of these examples were sourced, with date and location provided, yet they were deleted. Oddly, a reference to NASA (while interesting) remains. I'll check with NASA on that. Can someone restore the lost information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.164.86.158 (talk) 22:01, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
The motion of the High-Five is you put your Hand up then you put all five fingers up and you slap some ones hand that has his/her hand up high and five fingers up like yours.
What is the source on all this Glenn Burke stuff? It seems like it would be very hard to verify that this was the first ever high five in baseball. I think that one guy on outsports.com wrote about Burke and needed a good intro for his story. High fives have obviously been around for longer than this and the "first high five in baseball" seems like it is about as important and relevant as the first high five in accounting. I'm removing it from the page until someone comes up with a more verifiable source for it than outsports.com
I'm moving the children's game stuff here, in case someone wants to find a place for it. --Beefnut 21:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- Here's an article from the 1981 Dodger Yearkbook:
- And a quote:
- The Dodgers and their fans are ecstatic as Baker tours the bases behind his three teammates, but the ultimate expression of the moment doesn't come until Dusty approaches the dugout.
- Out jumps outfielder Glenn Burke, the man who has kept his team loose and laughing all season with his cassette player, his dancing, his unique clubhouse manner.
- Burke winds up as Baker nears the dugout steps and Dusty does the same. Their right arms extend to the skies, their hands meet in a resounding slap that defines perfectly the impact of this moment.
- "That's right," Dusty Baker says, smiling handsomely with the recollection of the magic moment. "That was it. The first 'High Five.' "
- That seems to be the source of the matter, and at the very least worth mentioning. ALbino 22:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
In one popular children's game, variations of high fives are enumerated by the rhyme, "up high, to the side, down low, too slow!" When the "too slow" is recited the hand is withdrawn causing the other person to miss the slap.
Another variation is "in space". The "up high, in the middle, down low," is repeated similar to the first variation, but the hand is not pulled away on "down low." Instead, the person takes advantage of the other's bewilderment, and continues with "in space." When the other person strikes the hand "in space" (above "up high"), the first person retalites by saying "In your face!" and hitting the other person in the face.
[edit] High five/low five
The article as it stands confuses the "high five" (which developed during the 80's) and the standard "low five" ("Gimme five") which had been popular for many years before, and probably came from the world of jazz musicians ("Gimme some skin"). The high five was not, as stated, popular in the 60's, it essentially didn't exist yet -- the apparent "high five" in 'The Producers' was completely coincidental, as it was a five coming off a Nazi "Heil Hitler" salute. I'm making changes accordingly. unfutz 18:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I agree with your assesment of The Producers, but the rest of your argument regarding the high fives origin has no citations and is based solely on your opinion. So far the only two theories about the High Five origin on this entry are the Glen Burke info and the Mont Sleets info, which is linked to the citation. I'm cleaning up anything that isn't verifiable.
I'm assuming it is okay with the main author of this article, but I added a brief paragraph regarding another likely origin of the high five/low five. I agree with the above-user who stated that the high five/low five is in large part, attributable to early jazz musicians. Indeed, in the "Jazz Singer" (1927), Al Jolson distinctly gives another character the low five, which in my opinion, clears up any confusion regarding the verifiability of the high five/low five pre-dating the 1960's. --Stat107 18:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image
It would be both encyclopedic and hilarious if somebody could take a picture exchanging a high five. Taco325i 17:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Done and done. Toasterb 05:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
- Oddly enough, the man in the high five picture is from Burlington, MA. The picture was added before the Burlington, MA segment of the article was added... strangeToasterb 03:59, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] popularity and usage
probably needed is a small article on the popular use of the high five... just an idea, but you would be shocked at how popular the high five is here in the Philippines. I hadn't seen a high five done outside of sporting events, in anything other than jest in North America since about 1989. I came to the Philippines four years ago, and everyone is high fiving each other.Woknblues (talk) 11:03, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
