Cecil Dill, the Hand-Farting Farmer

Internet Archive, which hosts this video, explains:

Cecil H. Dill, of Traverse City, Michigan, an aspiring radio artist demonstrating his ability to render popular melodies by pressing his hands together. Dill modestly tells how he discovered his unusual talent.

The guy is a natural in front of the camera. [via Neatorama]

     Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 17, 2012
     Category: Music | 1930s





Comments
Whoa, I gotta get my glasses changed! I misread the title as "Cecil Dill, The HARD-Farting Farmer."

Able to blow down cow barns in one go?
Posted by KDP on 10/17/12 at 10:58 AM
Cecil was one of the lead-off performers in the 1977 documentary, Gizmo, which can be seen here:

http://www.solarmovie.eu/watch-gizmo-1977.html

A truly weird feast, that movie.
Posted by Phred22 on 10/17/12 at 11:09 AM
Is this the entomological source for the term "Hand Job"?
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/17/12 at 12:47 PM
Um, entomology is the study of insects...etymology is the word I think ou were going for.
Posted by Alassirana on 10/17/12 at 05:22 PM
Watch his eyes as he's talking -- they're moving back and forth! He's using a low-tech version of a teleprompter. He coulda been president!
Posted by ges on 10/17/12 at 07:08 PM
Hand farting as a musical performance? Not my idea of a music.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/17/12 at 07:38 PM
No, Alassirana, that term has bugged me for decades. 😜
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/18/12 at 12:18 AM
Any chance you can fix the caption at the top? It's Traverse CITY, not Traverse COTY, Michigan.
Posted by Greg on 01/15/13 at 01:06 PM
Done! Thanks, Greg!
Posted by Paul on 01/15/13 at 03:24 PM
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