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In Flubber, Professor Brainard tests Flubber's intelligence by blowing a raspberry to this beat, with Flubber giving the 'two bits'.Kingsman: The Secret Service: Lancelot uses this knock at the hideout where professor Arnold is locked.Bender starts to sit up but bonks his head on the table, and Andrew nearby quickly raps the 'and a haircut' part of the beat Bender fist-beats 'two bits' back. In The Breakfast Club, Vernon goes into the library to investigate the commotion caused by Bender falling through the ceiling of the bathroom unknown to him, Bender is hiding under a table at the moment.One of them sticks out a sign saying, 'Shave and a Haircut-75¢,' note this would be SIX bits, which still fits the rhythm and the familiar snippet is heard.

#SNIP ITS GILBERT MOVIE#

The Movie of On the Town has the main characters hiding under a street vendor's stand while being chased by police.Used in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, when Gilbert has to lure Arnie down from the water tower: 'Match in the gas tank, boom boom!'.Juni responds with 'two bits' by smashing the lunchbox into the wall, and the lunchbox rebounds and slams into his head. He walks away from Carmen, trying to shake it off, and the soundtrack drum plays 'Shave and a Haircut'. In a scene in Spy Kids, Juni accidentally handcuffs himself to a metal lunchbox.As Forrest enters the studio, the (in-movie) band plays a jingle starting with an asian-sounding tune and ending with Shave and a haircut. In the scene in Forrest Gump where Forrest goes on The Dick Cavett Show, Forrest has recently played ping-pong in China.This tune shows up in You've Got Mail at the end of the scene where Joe and Kathleen meet (physically) for the first time.Rooney flips the bird in lieu of the 'two bits'. The florist honks the 'shave and a haircut' but. Used in Ferris Bueller's Day Off when a florist delivers flowers to Ferris's house, where Mr.Del Griffith clears his throat to this tune in Planes, Trains and Automobiles.A delay, a 'nyuk nyuk', a 'two bits' response, and you know the rest.

They would mirror it perfectly until the 'shave and a haircut' part was tapped out. Usually a stooge (usually Curly) would tap something (usually a wall) and get a response from whatever is on the other side ( usually some kind of monster). Several The Three Stooges short subject films have them.Judge Doom: No Toon can resist the old 'shave and a haircut' trick. (Cultural warning: be careful with expressing this song in Mexico or in front of Mexicans, because as noted under the real-life section this sting is extremely offensive over there and is likely to get you in serious trouble with another Mexican unless you have enough of a friendship to justify it as friendly teasing).įor an equally ubiquitous song intro, see the Minsky Pickup. (which would be an F# in the illustrated example). Another common variation is to have an additional faster note between the 'and' and 'a' part of the melody, usually an augmented fourth. Illustrated is actually a variation of the original tune, with a flattened sixth. While the rhythm is flexible, and the words change, it's always to a similar tune, though some different versions of it exist. Incidentally, good luck finding a barber that gives a shave and a haircut for 25 cents these days, and good luck, too, trying to incorporate inflation into a two-knock beat (ten bucks, maybe?)įor laymen unfamiliar with musical terminology and reading musical notes, 'Shave and a Haircut' is the name of the familiar beat that goes ' dun dun-dun dun dun, DUN DUN. This was why pirates called them Pieces of Eight. note 'Two bits' is old American slang for 25 cents, dating from the time of the Spanish Milled Dollar, which was worth 8 Spanish Reals - one Real, or 'bit', was an eighth of a dollar. In music, it's a sting to end a piece in other media, it appears in a joke and/or as a recognition signature, usually a knock-the first person taps out 'shave-and-a-hair-cut,' and waits for the 'two bits' response.

Probably the most infamous seven beats of music in the modern world, or at least high on the list, this five-and-two lick appears everywhere.

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