Dance the Funky Chicken

Work with me here on this post, okay?

It will soon be Thanksgiving and you know how that can stress out a woman’s brain.

Today, you might think mine has taken the train to Topeka.  But it hasn’t.  It just wants to have a little fun.

Imagine it’s Thanksgiving.  Imagine that you’ve fixed the best Thanksgiving meal ever.  Kudos to you.  Now, imagine you gather your family around and dance the Funky Chicken.  Can’t imagine that?  No?  Well, Leroy, I certainly can — and it’s a hilarious sight to behold!

What is the funky chicken dance?  I’m glad you asked.  It’s one where you don’t have to worry about stepping on your partner’s toes or looking like you’ve won Dancing with the Stars.  All you do is act like a chicken in time with the music.  Watch this YouTube video to see how high school students did it in 1995.  It’s kinda blurry but you get the idea.

If you want to bust a gut laughing, watch the Lawrence Welk version.  Their hair and clothes style.  Oh my!  But watch for only a little bit to get the gist of the dance because they are as stiff as marionettes and don’t look like they are having any fun at all.  (They do give great instructions at the beginning though.)

Now, when you dance the funky chicken on Thanksgiving Day, do it with an at-ti-tude, man. 

Don’t be prim and proper like the Lawrence Welk folks.  Get into the dance.  Peck other chickens with your beak-hands as you dance.  Flap your chicken wings like there’s no tomorrow.  Wiggle you little tail feathers with gusto.  Bounce up and down.  Strut around.  You know, just like the chickens out back in your chicken coop.

Do you know how many times I listened to this song (my head a bobbin’ and toes a tappin’) while I typed this post?  4,398 times.  Love that song! Just makes me want to get up and do the funky chicken.  Ready Natalie?  Ready Spencer?  Let the dancing begin!!

(Note:  No rubber chicken was harmed in the making of this post.)