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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 2:38 pm
OK, so how many of you had the tune going through your head before you even clicked on the link? And how many here remember doing calisthenics in gym class to this song? I was trimming some fat off some chicken, getting ready for the crock pot, and suddenly this old torture song popped into my head. Well, actually, after all these years, the only part of it that my brain could dredge up was the line, "Go you chicken fat gooooo!" So, naturally I had to Google it. I thought it was probably one of my obscure memories that only I would remember from my childhood. In fact, I came up with a lot of hits. Some pretty funny YouTubes on it too. Here's a link with all the lyrics, and if you let the page load long enough, you'll even get to hear the song as sung by Robert Preston. Chicken Fat Funny, I think when I was a kid I was thinking the song was telling the fat person "GO" (like they were calling the fat person "chicken fat." As a fat kid, I do remember rather hating this song, and feeling self-concious, like the song was directed at me. Now that I hear the song again, and read the lyrics, I get it...that they're telling the fat to go away.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 4:55 pm
I've never heard of it LOL Love the chicken!
It must be a regional thing.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 5:01 pm
I never heard of it either...
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 5:03 pm
Me three.
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 5:04 pm
me four
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 5:12 pm
That sounds just like Robert Preston from the Music Man.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 5:14 pm
Hey, I'm good. I Googled it and it was RP. The song was commishioned by JFK and written by Meredith Wilson, the composer of The Music Man.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 6:04 pm
Me 5.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 6:09 pm
Me 6
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 6:11 pm
me 6 WHen I saw the name I thought it was a game or something. *L*
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 6:23 pm
Hmmm -- may try this w/son! 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 8:55 pm
Wow! Nobody remembers it? Gee, maybe it was one of those obscure childhood memories only I had! LOL. In Googling it earlier, I had enough hits with folks talking about remembering doing exercises in elementary school gym class, that I thought for sure I'd trigger someone's memory here. I doubt it was a regional thing. From the sites I read, I gather it was distributed to schools throughout the country as part of the President's physical fitness program. Most sites mentioned it was "during the 60's." Maybe it just had a very short window of time. I'm nearing 50 (next month), and I remember doing this in grade school. I went to three elementary schools in my youth, the first was from k-3rd grade. Likely it was at that school I heard it. I probably would have started kindergarten in about 1964. If JFK commissioned the song, and it was distributed for his physical fitness program, and he was assassinated in 1963.....well, using those facts, I would guess that the song was used in the early 60's. For some reason I don't see the song being used for years and years after his death. Mostly cause I don't see the song being attributed to anyone else but him. So I'm theorizing that it wasn't used for long under another president's reign. So, I'm guessing I must have heard the song myself most likely during my kindergarten experience.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 10:54 pm
Eggie to the rescue Who!! I remember this piece of music from middle school gym class too! I think Egbob has an old 45rpm with this song on it...hahaha!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 11:09 pm
Yay Eggie! So I guess I wasn't living in an alternate universe back then! unless, of course, you were living in the same alternate universe as I was! 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 11:26 pm
No Who, you weren't living in an alternate universe back then...hahahaha! During rainy days, which were few and far between back then, our PE teachers would put everyone in the gym and put this 45 on the record player and we all had to do the exercises. And back in those days, all students did as they were told.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 7:11 am
ahhh, I wasn't in school in the 60s, so maybe that's why. A bit before my time.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 7:37 am
I started school in 1965, and I never heard it then. BUT here's a youtube of it with fun pictures from the early 1960's.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af2j59zzX3Q It looks fun to do 
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 7:52 am
I do remember it also! I'm pretty sure it must have been in gym class; and like you the only part I could remember was that single line!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 10:07 am
I remember it from gym class. I had forgotten all about it and hope I can blissfully forget it again!
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Gumby
Member
08-14-2004
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 9:38 pm
Gosh, I remember this too. I hated every second of gym class, but this brings back such memories!
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Monday, January 14, 2008 - 9:47 am
Too bad they don't still do that. Physical exercise is desperately needed in schools and I couldn't believe the <24> who removed them as a 'cost cutter' how incredibly stupid....
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, January 14, 2008 - 1:13 pm
I remembered it only after seeing the exercises and listening to the song on YouTube. Now I have to try to block it from memory again! LOL. Just kidding, it will fade from my memory as quickly as what I had for lunch today has...
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