SOLID POTATO SALAD

The Ross Sisters were three pretty young gals who entertained audiences of the '40s with an act consisting of peppy, Andrews Sisters-ish harmonies, spectacular arobatics and freakshow contortionism. This number, from the 1944 movie musical Broadway Rhythm, features the girls performing the annoyingly catchy tune Solid Potato Salad for a minute or so and then suddenly revealing themselves to be crazy ninja android babes who can plop their chins down on the ground, hoist their butts over their heads and then dance around their own skulls.

In the middle ages, these three would've been burned as witches.



One more weird footnote to what will already be the weirdest clip you've seen in about five years: according to their Wikipedia page (which also features the lyrics to Solid Potato Salad), the Ross Sisters were really named Vicki, Dixie and Betsy Ross, but for some reason they went by the names Aggie, Maggie and Elmira for their act.

(Via Mark Evanier.)

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