Little Pattie sings "Stompin At Moroubra" and chats on The Way We Were in 2004.
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00:00Come on, Little Paddy! Come on, Little Paddy!
00:05Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, direct from Maroubra, Little Paddy!
00:12There's a dance that they're doing down Maroubra Way
00:15The service and the standards will make you stay
00:18Feel that rhythm, you can feel that beat
00:21All you gotta do is move your feet
00:23Oh, stomp, stomp, stomp on that Maroubra
00:26Stomp, stomp, stomp on that Maroubra
00:29Stomp, stomp, stomp on that Maroubra
00:32Everybody's doing the Maroubra stomp
00:34All you gotta have is your stompin' shoes
00:37You can really stomp right away, your blues
00:40Up and down and all around
00:43Never really coming from all over the town
00:45So go stomp, stomp, stomp on that Maroubra
00:48Very good! Oh, it's been good!
00:52Oh, stomp on that Maroubra
00:54Everybody's doing the Maroubra stomp
01:00Mwah!
01:01Thanks
01:02Come here, John
01:03Do you remember seeing him through the window at The Rule?
01:06I wished I could say I did
01:08I think that's a lovely story, thank you very much
01:10It is hard to remember, I bet there would have been so many pervs peeping in through the window
01:15Oh, have you guys met before?
01:17We haven't, this is our first time
01:19Oh, Patricia, this is John
01:21And he's a lovely stomper, but I've got to say, he's even better
01:26He's wonderful
01:27But anyway, please thank John O'Connell
01:29Thank you
01:33Once again, everybody, Patricia Antlett
01:35Thank you
01:41Now, first of all, the name, because somebody said Patricia Thompson, but that's your married name
01:45That's my married name
01:46And you're not Little Patty, you're Patricia Antlett
01:47Well, I'm either of those things, I don't mind
01:50You're a little bit of both, because of course there's the connection with Chrissie
01:52Yes, a bit of a musical family, my cousin Chrissie Antlett, who's in New York at the moment
01:59She's the best
02:00I love Chrissie
02:01Yeah, we all love Chrissie
02:02I think about her and I touch myself
02:11Did the stomp happen to you, or did you happen to the stomp?
02:14I think the stomp happened to me, but maybe I made it famous
02:17I was just a kid going to the beach like most eastern suburbs kids
02:22I grew up in East Lakes and I went to the beach every weekend with my brother
02:27Were you allowed to surf?
02:28I was allowed to surf, but I was a typical teenage girl
02:32We used to lie there with the coconut oil, maybe a bit of zinc cream, you know, getting all our skin cancers ready
02:39And, you know, the skimpy little triangle bikinis
02:44And we would just lie there hoping that a boy would come and say hello
02:49And surfer boys, I've got to tell you, are not romantic
02:55Sometimes they would talk to us and they'd say
02:58Until they saw a decent wave
02:59They'd say things like, are you going to be around soon?
03:02And we'd say, yes, we'll be here
03:05We were totally pathetic
03:07And they'd say, if I give you a couple of bob, can you get us our lunch for us?
03:12And we did
03:15Even more pathetic
03:16So, no, being a teenager in the 60s was a bit like that
03:20And the stomp happened on the beach?
03:22The stomp happened because a man called Paul Graham
03:25Who went on to become a very muscular
03:28Mr Australia, he was a wonderful bloke actually
03:31He began the dance at Bronte
03:35And we rushed there every Sunday afternoon
03:38There was a talent quest and nobody entered
03:41And my best friend at the time said, Patricia can sing
03:45Anyway, my friends literally carried me onto the stage
03:48And I sang, oh, a terrible song
03:50What did you sing?
03:51It was called Surfer Joe
03:53Oh, I remember that one
03:54Oh, it was really crook
03:57Surfer Joe, oh, oh
03:58Oh, you know it
03:59Oh, oh, oh, oh, look at him go
04:02Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
04:05Oh, how good is that?
04:07I wonder why a lot of, um
04:09Well, it was the era of surf music, which was huge
04:12Yes
04:13Particularly in Sydney, wasn't it?
04:14It was
04:15And what was that, uh, uh, uh
04:16Oh, lots of that
04:17I think it was because the old panel vans were so bouncy
04:19That's right, it could have been, it was
04:21Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
04:23I won the talent quest
04:24You won the, of course you won the talent quest
04:28But nobody else entered
04:32It's true
04:33What happened next with the song?
04:34Then, um, a talent scout from EMI Records came along
04:38And, uh, invited me to go to EMI Records one day after school
04:42So I did
04:43Anyway, things happened
04:44And of course, uh, before I knew it
04:46I had a number one hit record
04:48And, uh, that was part of it
04:50The one I just sang then
04:52Why was the stomp so popular?
04:54I believe it was so popular
04:56Because before the stomp
04:58The dancers which had been around were quite intricate and complicated
05:02And, uh, the stomp came along, it was so easy
05:05Nobody sat down and waited to be asked to dance
05:08Everybody got up
05:09It was a very unifying dance
05:11It was a wonderful, easy dance
05:13Kind of mindless, but we didn't think so
05:15We loved it
05:17This is a stomp marathon, isn't it?
05:19It is, and think, you know
05:22I said it was easy, but I was telling fibs
05:26Look at it
05:27That's, I mean, look
05:29I wonder how long you can stomp
05:30Look
05:31Let's see
05:34That's serious
05:36That really is good
05:37He's been at it for a while
05:39He had, well, had a rest
05:40What's the match with the ruler?
05:41Well, I think the ruler
05:43As I said, that's really serious stomping
05:45Your feet had to be a foot apart
05:48Or twelve inches apart
05:49Whatever, however many centimeters
05:51Otherwise what, it'd look poofy?
05:52Disqualified
05:54Disqualified, that wasn't the fed income stomp
05:58That could have been any old dance, you know
06:02That's true
06:03It could have been
06:04Do you know that we started at Bronte
06:06And that the surf
06:08Yes, why is it called stomping at Maroubra?
06:10Well, it could have been different
06:12The lifesavers at Bronte Surf Club went mad on us
06:15Because they said, after three weeks
06:17Your kids will have to shoot through, you know
06:20You're really wrecking the floorboards here
06:23They're sinking
06:25And I didn't believe them
06:28But anyway, the promoter said
06:29Right, come on you kids
06:30And we went to Maroubra
06:31Otherwise it would be stomping at Bronte
06:33And I don't think it would have scanned
06:35I don't think so
06:36Believe it or not, it's true
06:37The stomp was controversial
06:39Have a look at this
06:40Critics of the stomp say it is weird, undignified
06:43And the stomp is in trouble
06:45At least two municipal councils
06:47One in Sydney, the other in South Australia
06:49Have put their foot down
06:51One reason is the possible damage to dance floors
06:54What do you think about the councils that have decided
06:56To close down their halls to stomping?
06:57Do you think this is a good idea?
06:59No, I think it's terrible
07:00Why do you think they've done it?
07:02So the buildings won't fall down
07:04Oh, it's good dance, energetic
07:06You enjoy it then?
07:07Yeah, it's good, it's beauty
07:09But the stomp is still the craze
07:18Darwin had his ideas about our own
07:21And I'm rather sure that if he saw the young people of today
07:24Doing the stomp, that he'd be convinced he was right
07:26After all, apes do the stomp, don't they?
07:29And haven't you seen pictures of some of these tribal dancers
07:31Where they're going like this?
07:33Now, what's the difference?
07:34My word, well, do you think the stomp should be banned?
07:36Oh, no, they haven't banned apes
07:38Or tribal people that do tribal dances, have they?
07:41Because they're dancing like that?
07:42Well, in that case, would you say that the stomp
07:44Has some merit as a dance?
07:45Oh, I don't think it has much merit as a dance
07:48In fact, it's hardly a dance
07:50Maybe it's some kind of expression
07:52Like the natives have for some special feeling
07:56Was she the librarian at your school?
07:58Oh, thank you all
07:59She was the librarian at my school
08:00I think she was the librarian at everybody's school
08:02She was very nasty
08:03Do you know, I don't care what she said
08:05We loved stomping
08:07Absolutely, and it was top exercise
08:09And, well, it made you a legend
08:12Thanks, little Paddy
08:13Patricia Adler
08:14Thank you
08:17I have to ask you
08:19What was your favourite TV show when you were a kid?
08:22I guess it was Bandstand
08:24I really liked Bandstand
08:25Yes, but considering that we're on the national broadcast
08:27Could we take a second go at that question?
08:30Sometimes I am so silly
08:33It was Six O'Clock Rock
08:35Six O'Clock Rock!