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{SPEAKER name="Interviewer"}
Okay, how would you, the Twins, well one is going into acting now. Now, contemporaneously, the um, Heinz, Heinz and--

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{SPEAKER name="Robinson"}
I didn't know they were twins.

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{SPEAKER name="Interviewer"}
Well, the Heinz Brothers.

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{SPEAKER name="Robinson"}
Oh, you talking about Gregory Heinz and Maurice Heinz?

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{SPEAKER name="Interviewer"}
Yes.

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{SPEAKER name="Robinson"}
What was you saying about them?

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{SPEAKER name="Interviewer"}
Well, what I would say in terms of, of their style of dancing, I know that- you mentioned the Nicholas Brothers earlier- and I know that the splits was one thing that one of the brothers was famous for.
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I guess he was the one that sang soprano, but anyway. What about the [laughing] what about the, what about the Heinz Brothers?

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{SPEAKER name="Robinson"}
Well, I think the Heinz, well, see the Heinz Brothers, um, dancers that came along, they, they came along into the last end of, you know, that tap thing when people were learning the tap.
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They were the last to come along very young and they learned a lot from a lot of dancers that they had seen and I think that they're, uh, upcoming to be one of the, the future great tap dancers. You know? 'Cause they got a lot of time to learn. You understand me?
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And both of 'em have very good singing voices. And this helps. You know, uh, when you mention the Nicholas Brothers, see there's so many different styles of tap dancing.
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See now, the Nicholas Brothers was flash, acrobatic flash tap dancers.
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Y'know, uh Bill Robinson was the greatest buck dancer in the world. Y'know that's when - and the only thing changed about dancing was the name. Buck dancing and tap dancing - it's all the same.
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But, the name changed from buck dancing to tap dancing. Y'know - that's all it is. Lotta people say, "What's the difference between buck dancing and tap dancing?", "Is there a difference?" There is no difference - only thing changed is the name. Y'know.

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{SPEAKER name="Interviewer"}
I think we would entertain some questions from the audience, if you have any. As you are thinking of them I'd like to just put an anecdote in to reinforce what you're saying about Robinson being able to run fast or backwards and some forwards.
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At one time, he was the owner of the New York Black Yankees and, uh, they would have double headers there at Yankee Stadium. And one of the--if not promos--at least one of the big--

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{SPEAKER name="Robinson"}
That's right

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{SPEAKER name="Interviewer"}
--publicity events, he would get the youngsters or a group of youngsters and, uh, in front of Yankee Stadium, leading there and for a block he would beat them backpedalling and they are running as fast as they can forward. There are some pictures of that.

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{SPEAKER name="Robinson"}
That's right!

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{SPEAKER name="Interviewer"}
Just a little anecdote to underscore that. Are there some some questions? Yes?

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{SPEAKER name="Audience Member"}
Uh, I'm wondering - uh, you remember Cosby?