what I recall is saying, 'Why don't you shoot it in reverse?'.

They kept shooting it, but the guys under there couldn't really see where their hand was going and they poked each other in the face. BeetleJuice (Soundtrack) - The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) HD - YouTube 0:00 / 2:16 BeetleJuice (Soundtrack) - The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) HD Ali Frat Ar 2. The song is later used in the musical Beetlejuice, where the song is extended, but still happens in the same moment, as the twelfth song. The song shows Adam and Barbara possessing Delia Deetz and her colleagues. My contribution had to do with the attacking shrimp. 'Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)' is a song from the 1988 film Beetlejuice. 'It's safe to say this, I think I made a contribution to the film. But practical solutions were needed for production problems such as this, and they often required some outside the box thinking like Dick Cavett, who played Delia Deetz's art agent Bernard, proposed: Nowadays the shrimp hands would probably be completely CG, or there would be a quick digital fix for this issue. Beetlejuice Original Broadway Cast Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) / Act I Finale: Business friends I have only known this amazing, amazing man and his. If you don't remember it or just want to watch it for the millionth time, this Day-O shimp dance from Beetlejuice is attached below.ĭid you know this scene actually proved logistically difficult? Apparently, the people controlling the monster hands couldn't see the faces of the actors they were aiming for, so I imagine this led to quite a few unpleasant eye pokes and ruined takes. At the end of the song the shrimp on their plates become the fingers of monstrous hands that reach out to grab them by the face and throw them backwards on their chairs.

The routine’s skeleton theme is likely a reference to the fact the song was featured in the film Beetlejuice. During a dinner party thrown by the Delia Deetz, her and her guests are possessed and sing Harry Belafonte's Day-O (The Banana Boat Song). Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) is the oldest song on Just Dance Kids 2014. One of our favorite Beetlejuice scenes was the hilarious, strange and unforgettable Day-O shrimp possession dance scene (lead by Delia Deetz) set to 'Day-O (Banana Boat Song) by Henry Belafonte. His world is one made of everything weird and fantastical that we've come to love at CultSub T-shirts. Beetlejuice is one of Tim Burton's most memorable films.

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