Don't Knock the Twist (1962)

Chubby Checker: Chubby Checker

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• Chubby Checker : [singing]  Cool down the Cha-Cha, Burn up the list, But don't, yeah don't, Don't Knock the Twist, Oh, knock--Hully Gully, Knock - Mashed Potato, Knock--knock The Mess Around, Knock--Continental, Knock--Shimmy Shimmy, But don't put the Twist down, Slop and The Chicken, They won't be missed, So, don't, yeah don't, Don't Knock the Twist! Knock-knock, Knock-knock, Come on baby let's rock the Twist! Come on baby, Don't you Knock the Twist!

• Chubby Checker : [singing]  Baby, you're with me tonight, Go make the scene tonight, Dancin' half past three tonight, Makin' history tonight, Come on, Come on, We're goin' Twistin' now!

• Ted Haver : Don't ever break that Twistin' leg, man, or you're out of business.

  Chubby Checker : I'll go right into bankruptcy, that's for sure.

• Chubby Checker : This Twist stuff is a blast right now, Ted. You know that. All the good, good acts are booked!

• Chubby Checker : I don't mind being called Chubby, but, not Fatso!

• Chubby Checker : And, now, ladies and gentlemen, my good friends, the Dovells, are gonna keep the pot boiling with the "Bristol Stomp" - while I take five to rejuvenate my vitamins. And now the dazzling Dovells!

  The Dovells : [singing]  The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol, When they do the Bristol Stomp, Really somethin' when they join in jumpin', When they do the Bristol Stomp...

• Chubby Checker : [singing]  I got my eyes on you all through the Twistin', Hopin' that when we're through we'll do some kissin', Baby you know it's wrong to be resistin', We gotta fall in love if we keep Twistin', Ah, let's Twist!

• Ted Haver : What are you trying to do? Win an award for the best undressed woman of the year?

  Dulcie Corbin : Shhh! Darling, Chubby Checkers is going to sing.

  Chubby Checker : [singing]  I love to Twist, Baby, I do, I love to Twist, Ah, baby, with you, Sweet little Miss, Come on, let's Twist, The way they do, Yeah, that's all brand new...

• Chubby Checker : [singing]  Come on, child, Let's do it wild, wild, wild, A brand new twist, forget the old...

• Chubby Checker : [singing]  I love to Twist in the morning, And the nighttime too, Afternoon or evening, That's the right time too, Even when I sleep, I hear that beat, I get out of bed, Girl, I'm ready to Twist...

• Chubby Checker : [singing]  Come on, come on and do the Fly with me, Hey, come on everybody and do the Fly with me, Well if you don't know how to do it, Well just watch and see, You've gotta shake your hands all around and around the sky, And then you buzz around the floor, You can do it if you really try, All the girls and guys are getting the sky they're gonna fly, Oh, you pretty little girl come and fly away with me...

• Chubby Checker : [singing]  Come on come on, And please me baby, Come on and tease me baby, Come on and drive me crazy.

  Dee Dee Sharp : Come on, now!

  Chubby Checker : Come on and let's a twist it baby, Cause there's...

  Chubby Checker , Dee Dee Sharp : No, no twistin', Like a slow, slow twistin' with you!

  Chubby Checker : Ah, ya gonna last longer, Longer, just a take your time.

  Dee Dee Sharp : Round and round we go down harder.

  Chubby Checker : Ah, you're gonna feel stronger, And I feel so fine,

  Dee Dee Sharp : Let's Twist it slow now, baby.

  Chubby Checker : Cause there's...

  Chubby Checker , Dee Dee Sharp : No, no twistin', Like a slow slow twistin' with you...

• Chubby Checker : [singing]  In with the latest, In with the greatest, The Twist is here to stay!