There is no better way to validate a particularly emotional victory than with a long, hard, and distinctively slooooow clap.
Immortalized in a slew of inspirational 1980s films, the slow clap has remarkably maintained its place as Hollywood’s favorite unthinkable victory cue. It begins with a single clap, often coming from the protagonist’s abandoned best friend or mean yet shockingly honorable nemesis, only to spread through a confused audience faster than Britney’s legs. Soon, our hero stands before a crowd of naysayers who have suddenly seen the light, whooping and hollering their unbridled support despite nearly an hour and a half of being incredible assholes. Is such an emotional U-turn realistic? Hells no, but neither is Corey Haim’s acting.
So throw your hands in the air and wave them like you might have just witnessed something worth caring about, because we proudly present the longest, hardest and slowest clap ever. No applause necessary.
http://www.yuppiepunk.org/2007/01/throw-your-hands-in-air-slow-clap.html
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qruelSomeone has already brought up that this video does not include The one from Dead Poet
southblvdAm I the only one who hates slow claps?
Cool Runnings was an awesome movie, btw.
qruelWow, I got an upvote from BillOreilly ! who'da thunk it. comedy really can bring people of opposite ideaologies together:-) Ha, next thing ya know good ol Choggie will be voting for my sift !
yea, I dislike the slow clap cliche also.
budzosI hate slow claps too. Cool Runnings sucked. I was about 15 when it came out and my mom sat my 16 year-old sister and I down in front of Cool Runnings to be "inspired." She then proceeded to prod us every five or ten minutes throughout the movie with "Isn't this inspiring? You don't look inspired!"
gorgonheapYou have no idea how much I've looked forward to a video like this! It's hilarious, I never realized it was used so often. What a bunch of tools.
boombapsays...Anyone know the song playing at the beginning? It's sampled in a bunch of hip-hop songs, I've always wondered.
bigbikeman*clap*
bigbikeman*clap*
bigbikeman*clap*
CrushBugSorry to hear that Budzos, but anything force-fed into kids will make them hate it. It is a good movie and hopefully sometime in the future you will get a chance to see it again clear of pressure.
bobraingodThe song at the beginning (and at the end) is the Meters' "Handclapping Song" from the album Struttin'.
videosiftbannedmeWhat? Yuppiepunk.org never saw Not Another Teen Movie?? They thought so much of the slow clap, they actually made it a plot point. Can't have a slow clap comp without it in my book. Downvote.
SketchThis movie is great! Hagrid is a geeky hockey player that gets put on the team for Jamaica! Um... And whatever the hell those Ben Affleck and George Cloony clips were...
boombapsays...thanks bobraingod
TickleMyElmoI had thought that this would be a collection of examples of the OTHER slow clap: the sarcastic slow clap.
e.g. Bond has escaped from the laser table, fought his way through the shark tank, draws the gun hidden in his sock, and shoots the evil mastermind -- but it's empty! Cue Dr. Evil's slow echoing clap. "Very impressive Mr. Bond. Did you honestly think I didn't know about your little toy? I disarmed it while you were unconscious!"
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Eklek*reclaimvote
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jimijoboSo, slow clap movie experts: what movie had the first slow clap? How about that other really annoying ripped-off dramatic moment, the slow walk (with a small but determined crowd walking in slomo)?
Not sarcasm, I don't know and those must have been pretty good movies for either scene to have been ripped off so many times, and I'd like to see them. So, any help!
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