Little Tich Big Boot Dance (1900)

Little Tich (18671928) was a famous North London Music Hall artist. In this routine, filmed with primitive sound for the Paris Exposition of 1900, he performs his Big Boot Dance. Quite a lot of the routine is very inventive and funny and stands up well today. Part of the humour, which makes us relate to him, is that most of his tricks balancing his hat on his nose, catching his hat on his long shoes, go wrong. I dare you not to like Tich and his routine. Enjoy