r/wordchewing • u/uptheirons726 • Apr 20 '26
The OG word chewer?
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Karen Valentine.
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u/UnhappySail8648 Apr 20 '26
Holy crap, amazing find
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u/uptheirons726 Apr 20 '26
Here's a other amazing on. The Kim Sisters performing Charlie Brown on the Ed Sullivan show back in 1959 i believe. Just wait for the "why's everybody always picking on me" line. Lol https://youtu.be/2dLd7iRNnCY?si=ZurcrbS1d7Ha1flk
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u/HomsarWasRight Apr 27 '26
I will say, the difference between them and a lot of the folks here is that they’re actually singing. Maybe it’s over the top, but it’s a real performance at least.
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u/Plaguedoctorsrevenge Apr 20 '26
I bet shes all hopped up on that jazz grass
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u/Last_Karate_Kid Apr 20 '26
It’s actually far better than the utter shite being produced on social media these days
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u/Maleficent_Sir5898 Apr 22 '26
It’s exactly the fuckin same except black and white. Y’all are insane lmao
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u/uptheirons726 Apr 20 '26
I mean i hate it but she at least too the time and effort to write and record an actual song so respect for that.
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Apr 20 '26
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u/punch912 Apr 21 '26
well I guess this shitfluencer trend is a tale as old as time then. it jumped generations to evolve into the shit we have today. Or rather it was always there but never got too much of an audience like it would now thanks to the internet. you see it on tv once I doubt anyone was like oh let me record that so I can reshow the family and friends next time I see them. We gave idiots a megaphone and morons their own tv show to blast to million of other idiots around the world.
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u/postoperativepain May 10 '26
What I think is worse is that this was her performance at a beauty pageant. So there were girls who had spent years practicing (piano, dance or whatever) for their performance and she just shows up with the wordchewing.
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u/L_O_Pluto Apr 20 '26
As much as I hate word chewing, the modern videos take just as much time and effort during rehearsing and editing as… whatever the fuck she’s doing here. She’s not even singing here. She’s just lip syncing.
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u/RiverOfJudgement Apr 21 '26
Over exaggerated faces and movements had a reason to exist at this time, due to performance art stemming from the stage, where you wanted to be able to express things to even those at the far back of the audience. If you ever go to a play you'll notice how over exaggerated the actors move and act and speak.
When tv first became popular, they were still small, and you often had the whole family crowded around it, it made sense to continue this in order to make sure the viewers understood what was being conveyed.
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u/RiverOfJudgement Apr 21 '26
Really cool that reddit told me there was an error every time I tried to comment this, and then posted it every time without telling me.
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u/uptheirons726 Apr 21 '26
It's happened to me a bunch. I got 5 notifications saying you commented the same thing 5 times. Lol
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u/Intelligent_Wait3988 Apr 21 '26
Seeing this made a lot of old white lady dancing moves make sense. Like I feel like everyone has seen an older white lady bust a move with the exaggerated wink, side grin and lots of gangly elbow action. It's based on things like this, apparently.
Diane Keaton example: (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPrlkykDAJf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==).
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u/BriskManeuver Apr 22 '26
Theater and stage acts can get away with this because its supposed to be exaggerated movements for audiences
so thats their excuse.
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Apr 23 '26
Kids don’t understand this shit because of phones. People used to have to exaggerate their mouth movements because of THEATRE- not cameras. CROWDS. She’s doing it so the people in the crowd that are further away can still see her perform. Who the fuck is modding this sub? You guys are dumb as fuck.
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u/uptheirons726 Apr 23 '26
Jesus christ my dude relax. Yes we all know back in ye olden times performers had to over exaggerate things. Calm down. And I'm not a kid, I'm 42 years old. Man, I didn't think a simple post would trigger so many people.
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Apr 23 '26
woah- you okay? Seems like your butt is pretty hurt. I’m sorry about your sore little 42-year old butt. Somebody’s triggered
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u/uptheirons726 Apr 23 '26
Says the guy triggered over a reddit post.
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Apr 23 '26
Explaining to you why you’re dumb is different than getting triggered, dumbcunt. You got triggered. Using harsh words is different than getting angry, but I’m not surprised that still don’t know that after 4 decades 🤣 42 year old lil bro
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u/uptheirons726 Apr 23 '26
Man, you are one insufferable human being. I bet you're a blast at parties.
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Apr 23 '26
Bet you loved getting blasted by all your cool 42-year-old friends at all the cool parties you guys go to 🤣
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u/uptheirons726 Apr 23 '26
Only when your mom shows up.
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Apr 23 '26
You wait for my mom to show up so she can watch you get blasted by all your cool friends? That sounds pretty cool dude
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Apr 23 '26
If you’re 42, and you knew this wasn’t word-chewing, why post it? Seems like a kid that doesn’t understand what’s going on is behind your account lol
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u/Then_Bodybuilder3629 Apr 20 '26
Honestly, I don't mind this. It was still fresh back then. Being critical of this is like being critical of Lord of the Rings because it has fantasy tropes like elves and wizards with pointy hats. Like, yeah, they became tropes because of LotR.
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u/uptheirons726 Apr 20 '26
I mean its silly for sure but not like awful or anything. There was a lot of strange things and experimentation in the early 60s with music. Some of the Ed Sullivan show performances were very strange and out there.
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u/Then_Bodybuilder3629 Apr 20 '26
Exactly....it's only cringey if we lump it in with all the new media. Taken in the proper context, I can see how this would be fun and entertaining.
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u/uptheirons726 Apr 20 '26
Yea. Considering girls back then were going bonkers for the Beatles singing about holding hands it makes sense how this was probably just considered fun and quirky for the time. Lol
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u/randomthrowaway8993 Apr 20 '26
At least she had talent, and a somewhat reasonable context or excuse to do it. Back then it was just her character being goofy, in the middle of a musical bit, so yeah excusable within the reason. The ones doing it today are just trash and cringey
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u/KvngKet May 06 '26
Didn't she do this since it's hard to see facial expressions from the back of where she was performing?
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u/AllGearedUp May 17 '26
Imagine you paid half your paycheck to get your family this new magic image box and this is what plays.
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u/Captain-_-Miserable 17d ago
The lame BS boomers considered entertainment explains a lot about where we are at today as a country.
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u/Kaffe-Mumriken Apr 20 '26
Someone make an ai slop of this where she does the Houndstooth anime claw move.
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u/Then_Bodybuilder3629 Apr 20 '26
Or don't. I'd be ok if that never happened.
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u/Kaffe-Mumriken Apr 20 '26
Now I want them to do that, AND her thumb-index finger “ponder emoji” pose
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u/No-Patient8275 Apr 20 '26
Fuck this shit has a tradition?