The Tootsie Roll Square Dance (1960) Vs. The Tootsee Roll (1994)

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Yes, we're a a classic television blog… in fact we are THE Classic Television Blog, but we're also self-proclaimed historians of culture and art, as television plays a part in both.  That said, below is a Tootsie Roll commercial from 1960 which features "The Tootsie Roll Square Dance." Yeah, we hadn't heard of it either…

… until 1994, when Miami-based hip-hop artists 69 Boyz came out with their hit single "Tootsee Roll," and accompanying dance of the same name that was revealed in the music video. It's a bit of a departure from the square dance. See below:

Now, as you can tell, the difference between these two dances isn't just three decades. My, how the times change.