Talk:Trip the light fantastic

message: The paragraph describing a bicyclist changing a traffic light sounds to me like a very localized or individual usage. The dance reference is well supported in the article; the traffic light not at all. I'd like to see some support for the bicycle usage.  Bealevideo (talk) 05:52, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second paragraph of article: doubts 

message: The phrase is spoken in Stalag 17, when Animal thinks his friend, Harry Shapiro, is Betty Grable.
It is also the title of Sophie Ellis-Bextors third album.
"tripping the light fantastic" is also the name of a track on electronica  album IMA, by BT
also in Mel Brooks' musical The Producers, there is a lyric and to trip the light fantastic we picked dancers who were spastic
 
Also mentioned in the song "Holly" by Republica.
Psych - Season 6 Episode 14: Autopsy Turvy.  Whip Chatterly, Gus and Shaun walk into a club and Whip says, "Gentlemen, we are standing in a retro dime-a-dance hall, one of the last of its kind.  Here, regular fellows can dress up like servicemen on leave from the 1930's and offer up a coupon to trip the light fantastic with one of these alluring and voluptuous women."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisjburt (talk • contribs) 18:34, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Comments 

message: "The Light Fantastic" is a book bt Terry Pratchett.  I haven't read it (yet), but does this have anything to do with "tripping the light fantastic? Or is it irrelevant? --Fantasylover12 20:43, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book references 

message: Etymology is one of the most agreeable of the quiet avocations. Not many of Wikipedia's articles deal with it. Wikipedia has a mechanism called Categories that link together articles having a common theme. I'm not sure if there is a Category for etymology. If so, this article should belong. If not, the category ought to be added. David spector (talk) 19:02, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category for etymology? 

message: it appears that the common use of this phrase is likely derived from light fantastic. I plan to create a disambig for dark fantastic, and will link. it may verge on original research to link them, but i think its safe as long as i just put in the See also section.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dark fantastic 

message: Groove Armada: Groove is on has "Trip the light fantastic disco show" as its second line and it repeated during the song.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.218.232 (talk) 18:21, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exhaustive list? 

message: To say that the phrase resembles something from The Tempest and not provide that phrase leaves the reader wondering what the phrase in The Tempest is. Please elaborate on any examples provided.
While possibly relevant for explaining previous usage of Milton's phrase, I don't support the current article wording that the phrase from The Tempest 'tripping on his Toe' (discussed in the reference http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20010320) is a 'somewhat similar phrase' as 'Tripping the Light Fantastic'. To me these are not similar. I suggest this be reworded or removed.
Roughana (talk) 04:09, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elaborate on examples in History 

message: George Friedrich Handel wrote a song from his Opera "L'allegro"  called "Come and trip it." The music for this is available in the music book, 45 Arias from Opera and Oratorios for voice and piano edited by Sergius Kagen and published by International Music Company, NYC. The song according to (http://www.answers.com/topic/trip-the-light-fantastic) was written in 1632.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itasara (talk • contribs) 01:44, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another place to find "Trip the light fantastic" 

message: Just paid attention to the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five classic's lyrics and noticed the phrase appearing there as well. "Said she'll dance the tango, skip the light fandango". Since a Google search only brings up lyric pages that won't be accepted as references, I hope someone else can add that to the article. Jules TH 16 (talk) 20:44, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Message