The Hues Corporation was a pop and soul trio of the 70s, best known for the… Read Full Bio ↴The Hues Corporation was a pop and soul trio of the 70s, best known for their 1974 infectious hit "Rock The Boat". The song, a U.S. #1 single and million-seller that's still a radio staple, is considered one of the earliest disco songs. Some authorities proclaim it to be the first disco song to hit #1, while others grant that distinction to "Love's Theme" by the Love Unlimited Orchestra, a chart-topper from earlier in 1974. The Hues Corporation has played on into the new millennium, although facing many challenges.

The group formed in 1969 in Los Angeles, California, Before making it big in the music industry, the group appeared in the popular 1972 blaxploitation film Blacula, which starred actor William Marshall and brought the group in contact with songwriter Waldo Holmes. Holmes would go on to pen "Rock the Boat". The Hues Corporation's four other singles to reach the Billboard Hot 100 were "Freedom For The Stallion" (1973, #63), "Rockin' Soul" (1974, #18), "Love Corporation" (1975, #62), and "I Caught Your Act" (1977, #92).

The group's name was a pun on the Hughes Corporation, with the "hue" being the group's African-American heritage. Interestingly, they initially wanted to call themselves 'Children Of Howard Hughes', but that didn't pan out. The band's members were Bernard "St. Clair" Lee, Flemming Williams, and Ann Kelley.

Despite their initial success, the group disbanded in 1978. But with renewed interest in disco music throughout the 90s, the group reunited for tour dates and special events. This included the popular PBS special Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion. Bernard "St. Clair" Lee sadly passed away on March 8th, 2011.

There He Is Again
Hues Corporation Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Hues Corporation:

"Rock The Boat" So I'd like to know where, you got the notion Said…
Don't Rock The Boat So I'd like to know where, you got the notion Said…
Freedom for the Stallion Freedom for the stallion, freedom for the mare and her…
Hues Corporation So I'd like to know where, you got the notion Said…
I Caught Your Act Curtain going up-up-up - curtain going up-up-up Walking a…
I Got Caught Dancing Again You were just within my reach And i got caught dancing…
Rock That Boat So I'd like to know where, you got the notion Said…
Rock The Boat So I'd like to know where, you got the notion Said…
Rock The Boat (12 So I'd like to know where, you got the notion Said…

Rock the Boat 1974 So I'd like to know where, you got the notion Said…
Rockin If you want to get to where you let the…
Rockin' Soul If you want to get to where you let the…

The Rock The Boat So I'd like to know where, you got the notion Said…

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Comments from YouTube:

@tadimaggio

4y↑80

Completely apart from the fact that William Marshall both speaks and carries himself like a real-life prince, he convinced me that capes are genuinely cool. I don't know if I'll ever have the courage to put that theory to the test.

@missayawk

3y↑4

Skillet :" Yo Mamawaulde, when you gonna let me wear that cape man?".Im surprised capes didn't catch on after this movie.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

3y↑2

@patrick y Didn't he say "buy," though?

@whitepearl8639

3y↑1

Jaaaaa....

@ericmcgowan1993

Didn't Kareem wear one at ucla?

@garyreid2178

William Marshall had a very strong theater background(he probably performed Shakespeare plays like Othello), he even had established a theater for actors. He even had a great role in Star Trek as Dr. Robert Daystrom in The Ultimate Computer. He was in the film Demetrius And The Gladiators with Victor Mature.

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@BlakeGildaphish76

2y↑34

This song has been in my head for 23 years. 😆

@supersaiyanjack9233

35w

Gonna be in mine lol its awesome

@paulbrungardt9823

3y↑66

I am now 66 years of age. When I was 16 years old, I worked with Bernard St. Claire Lee ( man with headband in video), House of Pancakes, 443 East Manchester blvd, Inglewood, California. This was before Hughes Corporation became recognized. He was an opening cook and I was a bus boy. He would rehearse after work. I am pleased he got recognized for his talent. He was truly a nice man and I don't recall him ever saying anything bad about anyone else. He passed away a couple of years ago. He grew up in Santa Monica, Ca and was part American Indian. I remember him fondly. He gained recognition after " Rock the Boat" and did sound track for the late 1970s Black spoliation movies. I became an optometrist at age 26.We never met up after leaving the House of Pancakes.

@bayawiki

3y↑13

That's a nice story. Thank You to sharing that with us.

@paulbrungardt9823

3y↑6

@Zvonko Slisuric My Pleasure.

@thomasvazquez8746

2y↑3

Great story......That's awesome

@celly9719

2y↑3

That's amazing. Thanks for sharing this!

@rickyjkuron5275

2y↑2

@Paul brungardt do you still keep in touch with him

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@Biscuit1973

2y↑15

The Hughes Corporation really put on a best performance at that nightclub over 50 years ago because I really like the club’s interior with all of the people having their drinks on with The Hughes Corporation really getting down to the beat plus extras really swinging & digging it .

@Blackbeard0531

2y↑29

I love how James at Dead Meat doesn’t just introduce us to good old horror movies, but good old-school music

@Ecollado670

2y↑2

That man got me into horror movies, my favorite being scream. Thanks James.

@thomasvazquez8746

7y↑91

Dude in the brown suit was killing it in the crowd.... Always loved this movie...

@bigkeezo

5y↑5

Wasn’t he though 😁

@alanmorris7669

4y↑5

While he was killing it on the dance floor, I guess his twin walked through the door... at 2:13

@lawannalw

4y↑2

I said the same thing! Awesome! lol

@lizzettepope2270

3y↑2

He damn sure was

@bestlife9409

3y↑2

😂🤣🤣🤣😅

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@jessicawright9434

6y↑48

Go girl , the moves they put all their energy into it

@patriciamay2690

4y↑18

I love the way this song was designed!! The writer of this song is a genius.

@sandrapointer5707

8y↑42

I saw this movie at the theater when I was 12 years old. I thought it was great. Of course, now it's just hysterical to watch, but I never miss it if I see it's playing on cable. This scene was one of my favorites.

@peacefuljeffrey

7y↑2

Sandra Pointer They're playing it right now on "BounceTV," the black people channel. "TV 'our' way!" It shows that, if you're going to insist on showing only black culture movies, your channel is going to run out of decent entertainment VERY quickly.

@jamie4084

7y↑6

did you know "Mamawaldi" ( William Marshall ) was an opera singer ?

@celly9719

Omg! That is so cool

@caasgreen29

6y↑38

I love this song blacula is so groovy

@pookiedavis8560

6y↑14

They was getting down jamming,,,I like they moves and the singing,,,That's what it was back in the day,,,Good ole having a good ole time,,,Right on my Sista,,,Right on girl😎👍👍

@tadimaggio

4y↑10

It's funny how non-musical films sometimes have GREAT musical interludes like this one. Think Lauren Bacall singing "Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" in "The Big Sleep", Dooley Wilson singing "As Time Goes By" in "Casablanca", and Angela Lansbury warbling "Little Yellow Bird" in "The Picture of Dorian Gray".

@missayawk

51w

Curtis Mayfield in Superfly is one of the all time great musical interludes.

@btheatre1

2y↑5

I love the dance she does at 0:55 in the video 😂👏🏾

@seventhfirestephanie8740

2y↑13

Not a cellphone in sight. Everybody living in the moment. ❤

@pearluniverse7960

32w↑1

because it was 1972

@iammumawaldi

8y↑85

There is nothing better than this.

@glennchristian9329

3y↑4

Agreed 100%!

@TheShabazzProduction

3y↑14

Complete Soul at it's best!!!! This shit is electrifying. Black folks looking amazing with nice Afro's and all, what the fuc happened to us?

@pepsiq11965

LMAO...but true

@nickthehatmansmoviehouse2538

29w

It just went out of style

@tadimaggio

5y↑38

William Marshall should have had a MUCH bigger career than he did. He should have played every Shakespearean hero (WHAT a Henry V, Macbeth and Coriolanus he'd have made, with his face, height and voice!), as well as the great Greek tragic figures like Oedipus, and the outsized modern dramatic heroes like Solness and James Tyrone. Since he had every possible asset that an actor can have, one has to conclude that it was nothing but our old friend Racism -- or, more precisely, the idiot view still -- STILL! -- held by some people in the arts that performers of color may be all very well for modern vernacular parts, but that they just Don't Look Right or Don't Sound Right in classical roles -- that kept him from his rightful place in American film and theater. (Just for the record, the best Helen of Troy in "The Trojan Women" that I ever saw was a black actress, just as it was black actors who did the best job I ever saw with Prospero in "The Tempest" and Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra".) If there are aliens watching us from another planet, they must think "We'd better steer clear of THIS world. If they have so little regard for their own people, what would they do to strangers like us?"

@missayawk

3y↑8

You're absolutely right.The man commanded attention without seeking it.Just his physical presence and his voice were commanding.Plus he oozed with class.Roscoe Lee Browne is another who had a classiness about him as well.

@jurnagin

3y↑3

True, I hate the way they portrayed him in Starter, could have been a great villain

@timpenfield5

50w

The comee thing hurt him to, He was the best of the best, I watch him once a month, star trek, Rawhide with Eastwood+Bonanza were he shows off his voice+guitar playing.

@Ricky-cm5bj

2y↑11

I'm a white guy and I was born in 1966 so I got to experience the 1970s. BEST DECADE EVER!!!! Best for movies Rock Soul Funk Disco Punk New Wave Folk and Country music and people actually talked to each other and families ate dinner at the table and kids played for hours outside until 10 pm or so then came home and parents didn't freak out because they were safe. People didn't have their faces buried in cell phones. We had phones and could call people which was fine. We didn't need all this internet crap. We played board games and went to the beach in the summer and played sports and went dancing and shot pool and interacted on a real basic human level that today's society wouldn't have a clue to even start to integrate that into their compartmentalized social media robotic existence. Yes I have a cell phone but I don't live inside my phone 24 hours of a day. Some people are connected to this technology so much it IS their life. Very sad.

@Kimberly-pf4iy

1y↑1

I agree with you about the cellphones. In this day and age we need them, but I am not obsessed with a cellphone like so many people these days.

@pepsiq11965

I agree with you about the 70s. It was really the most original in new genres of music: Funk, Disco, Glam Rock, Punk Rock, and New Wave

@nicolemonrue

43w

The 70s might have had some great music....but anyone's parents from that Era are messed up.

@salmanuel4053

38w

You got it bruh.

@ronnettnorfleet3626

5y↑52

I was born 1977 and I wished I could experience the whole 70s decade.

@joemoschetta1541

5y↑6

you missed a great time ,also disco blew it up after saturday night fever

@tyrondavis6727

3y↑6

I too was born in 1977. In fact, I myself trying to catch up with the rest of the 70s decade... But then again instead, I grew up as a child in the 1980s..... OUCH! And graduated from high school as a teenager in 1996.......
But truthfully and personally, I am obsessed with the 70s music and movies and entertainment.......... Thank you Ronnett Norfleet....I appreciate it very much and good day.😢☺️💎🎶🎆

@uniquepurpose03

3y↑3

I was born in 1978

@celly9719

2y↑1

Me too! June 7th

@rahmanmadison4967

2y↑1

08/04/77

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@coasmith4852

7y↑46

my 5 yr old son can sing and do this whole choreography haha my mom played this song now he's stuck with it

@nattiemae61fleshman24

@Coa
Yesssss❗
Timeless grooviness❗ 🙂
Blacula is AWESOME❗

@PierreGarrabrant

7y↑77

The 70's were the best as far as creating vibes in movies.

@astaciamckinnis3969

3y↑4

Yeah, I wasn't born in the 70s, but I love everything about the 70s

@nene1082

5y↑6

Love this song. This just came to my mind as I was watching this. Has there ever been an episode about them on TVOne's Unsung? There definitely should be.

@exequielromero3697

2y↑2

Que canción tan pegadiza!! Excelente trío y gran filme!!

@badboisquid2762

They were really getting into this, shows how everyone back in the 80s really loved dancing and we're always so upbeat😎

@patrickmiller1834

3y↑5

It was a great decade. So much happening in music

@chevken1831

2y↑4

Was this an actual hit? This is a really good song.

@zzsmurf4053

2y↑2

William Marshall never had to over act He was a natural 🦇✌☮

@Kimberly-pf4iy

1y↑3

I liked this song. It was perfect for this scene. I wouldn't mind at all if I was under Mamuwalde's spell. William Marshall was so handsome and he had such a captivating smile.

@markbarret6836

47w

Girl, check yourself! You are captivated by Mamuwalde's carefully cultivated charm & his cape! Listen to the Hughes Corporation, they are hip to him!

@Kimberly-pf4iy

47w↑1

@@markbarret6836 While William Marshall is indeed handsome, my comment was a lighthearted one. If you had a sense of humor you would know that. Check yourself, boy!

@hillrosalind69

8y↑68

One of the best vampire movies ❤️

@georgeplagianos6487

3y↑2

And one of the top song to set you in the mood

@MGillDesign

And Vampire in Brooklyn

@brianalejandro5746

3y↑4

I love everything about this scene... I miss those 70s!

@Srananbloke

5y↑21

Everytime I see this scene/song I’m thinking about Big Skillet! One of the most underrated characters from Blacula

@georgeplagianos6487

3y↑6

I agree Skillets personalities captivating just like the other actors I wish there were more movies with them in there. But is one movie producent directed by Jules Dassin which Skillet in there. About some black revolutionaries and among them is in a Informer and the whole movie is based on finding out who it was and why and why he let the movement down interesting piece you can mad about 1967-68

@erikerikmoore

3y↑3

Skillet actually was the toothless guy that Eddie Murphy shoots as a kid in Harlem Nights.

@obasiokeke3629

If that’s him then he was in a movie about slavery where he let black slave catchers have it

@celly9719

2y↑1

@truereal1 whatttt!? 😆 🤣 😂

@missayawk

@George Plagianos The movie you're talking about is " UPTIGHT" which also starred Max Julien and Dick Williams ( The Mack), Raymond St.Jaques and the great Roscoe Lee Browne.Big Skillet also played a rebellious slave in Mandingo....the speech he gave before being hung is one of all time favorites in movie history.

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@georgeplagianos6487

8y↑7

yes its a very hauntng song. and lead singer is the best and pretty . she sends chills up my spine. I find it funny that the dancers in the audience really weren't too much in the grove with the beat here except for the shorter guy in the brown outfit really got electrified with the music . l wonder why. during the movie unlikely interaction of the actors with each other actors so well with each other. And during the song we couldn't help but notice singer on the left side how tight his pants were. We all couldn't help but notice the extension of his manhood

@pepsiq11965

1y↑1

Are you blind? You didn't see the girl with the red top and micro mini at 2:22? She was Fierce!!!

@finalfactionzone7

1y↑1

🙂

@sassyd8738

2y↑6

love this song dude had me cracking up at 2:18 dude who snapped dancing im like get it lol

@Chuckberry30

2y↑1

I own the dvd. Love this movie

@samuelgriffin4167

2y↑4

The dancing is outstanding

@antoniopallanniti2346

4y↑1

Temaso este trio la rompe por dios son muy buenos

@mariogiresi6792

4y↑5

Too bad Rock The Boat wasn’t out yet, they could have sang that one too👍🏻

@cursedforanovice1072

4y↑3

Loved this movie as a kid, this scene started my love for that soul/funk sound.

@roddmatsui3554

Hey, this is a great movie from 1972, and the music is superb throughout. This scene is wonderful.

@TheShabazzProduction

3y↑2

I love the way this was filmed, the lighting, editing, the colors and of course the soulfulness of the performance.

@patriciamay2690

4y↑1

Let me mention how great The Hues Corporation's performance was in that scene

@TheShabazzProduction

40w

That Rock The Boat was a timeless cut!!!!

@CJfunctional

3y↑1

I feel the same way I felt back then. It feel like they through that song together at the last minute. Still a great movie. The female vampire in the morgue…. Still makes my heart jump. I could not sleep for weeks

@barryjohnson409

2y↑3

Never knew this group was Hues Corporation..👌

@parsnipmcgee329

7y↑21

This movie looks awesome! I used to have the soundtrack and loved it but I didn't realize the movie was good too. I love Vonetta Mcgee.

@keithsumpter9971

6y↑3

This song wasn't on the soundtrack i bought.😟😵

@celly9719

4y↑3

I still watch this movie. Love it 😀 😍 ❤

@robynheavner4689

1y↑1

William Marshall and Robert Quarry were great as Blackula and Count Yorga ❤🎭🎵

@ericmcgowan1993

1y↑3

Prince blacula reminds me of this judge I knew growing up. Judge Spencer didn't wear a cape but I believe he could've totally pulled it off without looking silly 😎

@finalfactionzone7

1y↑1

😃😀😄

@samuelgriffin4167

2y↑4

Actually I love this 1972 Hues Corporation song There He Is Again from the movie Blacula

@robynheavner4689

I love it! And the movie! Classic! ❤🎭❤🎵

@jimmyhd1969

7y↑6

One of the earliest disco groups!

@antoniopaglianiti2304

4y↑1

Muy buen trio la rompe este tema muy bueno son barbaros

@msnos6245

3y↑3

Hey did they ever record that song? I'm dancing to it in my living room.

@deeh5530

2y↑2

Boy oh boy where did these times go....good stuff here

@cinders5305

2y↑2

Now this is what I call a movie

@samuelgriffin4167

2y↑1

Hues Corporation has that 1972 feel to it

@chrispudlo2091

20w

I used to get my Neighbor friend and we would perform this dance for everybody on our street, and I recorded the song with a cassette tape from the TV

@pepsiq11965

2y↑1

Once upon a time, there was a COOL AMERICA. Fashion, dancing, and music

@samuelgriffin4167

2y↑1

So glad I came into the world in 1968 by the 70s blaxplotation flicks were already coming in

@jessicawright9434

8y↑2

If there a movie writer who would do this project , it sure would be amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@bigkeezo

6y↑34

Brother on the dance floor in the brown outfit was groovin wasn't he?😂Hey this scene was funky with the look the other way DONT LET HIM FOLLOW YOU Spooky ass hell

@derrickpettigrew7712

6y↑5

hahaha hahaha hahaha he was gettin

@Tantamani

5y↑2

Are you talking about the scene at 1:35? If so, check out 2:16.

@lordbison

1y↑5

This Nightclub was The Former Marla’s Memory Lane In South Central Los Angeles, On King Blvd. Near Arlington!

@tabeccaletford408

1y↑1

This is just so good

@bnatural0415

4y↑3

I wish I could pop like that dude on the dance floor. WATCH OUT!!

@kimberlycromwell2269

36w

❤❤❤Love this

@aishabooth-horton6543

4y↑7

The group that recorded Rock the Boat!!!!!!!!!! This movie scared me as a child🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️😂😂😂😂

@ccth22

3y↑4

I’m fascinated by the influence that black Los Angeles had on us culturally during the 70’s. Obviously Hollywood played a role but Soul Train and Motown moving there as well. Groups like Hues Corporation got a lot of play with “Rock The Boat”...

@zroy9263

1y↑3

One of the many things that I love about this video is how natural and beautiful these Black women were back in the 1970s!
Today, sadly, these women are wearing colored contacts, hair weaves, straightened hair, plastic body parts, and skin lightening!
Not to also mention, obesity is a serious problem in our communities today!
What happened to Black women?!

@supersaiyanjack9233

35w

That song is awesome hues corporation bro amazing 70s group

@lordthorgorath

4y↑1

Never a more unsubtle way of reminding you that you're watching a blaxploitation film

@jurnagin

6y↑52

That was a time when black was simply beautiful!!

@thedorseyway

4y↑8

We fell short when we started to adhere to another race's standards. We were fine being just who we were, and I'm not talking about broken down language and being poor.

@keithbaucum7156

3y↑11

Black is still beautiful. Black was NEVER ugly.

@jurnagin

3y↑7

@Keith Baucum7 true! But today there's no sense of black pride, A dark skinned woman isn't as popular as a light skinned one, but it's changing back

@kevindavis296

@Keith Baucum7 Right on! ✊🏾

@uniquepurpose03

3y↑1

That is so very true

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@kevindavis296

4y↑6

The actor that plays Blacula was on pee wee's playhouse. He played the king of cartoons.

@salmanuel4053

38w

Show me another horror movie with a musical piece this fine.

@jacquelynjones4747

5y↑4

Love the Hues Cooperation on Blacular Movie.

@LSC701

this is me... this is our people and how powerful we are :)

@preshutchins

6y↑16

Fun Fact:The Hues Corporation #1 R&B One-HIT Wonder WAS: " Rock the Boat"

@dorianharris1633

5y↑1

They also had the hit Rockin Soul # 18 in 1974.

@pepsiq11965

At 2:22 love the lady in Red dancing moves. SUPER COOL

@christopherpuryear5167

8y↑79

R.I.P. Thalmus Rashulua & Vonetta McKee

@parsnipmcgee329

7y↑4

Oh no! Vonetta Mcgee is gone? I thought she was so cool.

@jacquelynjones4747

5y↑2

Did not know Vonetta McGhee and Thalmus Rashulus was dead. So sorry but what happened to them besides age? What year did they die?

@The1baddman

4y↑3

@Jacquelyn Jones, Thalamus passed away in October 1991 from a heart attack, he was 51, and Vonetta McGee passed away in 2010 from a heart attack, she was 65.

@shengchenfan

4y↑7

William Marshall is gone too. R.I.P

@chrissystewart6268

4y↑4

I don't want to believed this William Marshall , Vonetta Mcgee, & Thalamus gone 😢 noooooooo

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@rickfassel7176

6y↑6

i miss william marshall my favorite star

@robertscaife2361

27w

The song and dance one does to stay out of drama at work ..look the other way 😅

@redbuick

2y↑2

Dam vonetta McGee was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. God rest her soul.

@jurnagin

6y↑8

My favorite scene, but I've always wondered did he wash them clothes and take a bath? Well if he can turn into a bat and then,.... oh nevermind

@finalfactionzone7

😃

@paulcooper3463

7y↑25

I want to go back too 1972.

@lloydcole6090

6y↑1

paul cooper. Me 2!

@pookiedavis8560

6y↑1

paul cooper Me too😎

@jessicawright9434

7y↑3

Someone please come back with a update version

@jamesgraham3116

6y↑3

Rock the boat!

@blackcosmos

4y↑1

Awesome, Groovy 💕
ps she sounds n looks like Penny Ford

@glennchristian9329

The Best!

@adamnorris2363

2y↑2

Real classic movie

@99sdad

5y↑7

Dude on the left is HUNG! lol

@jessicawright9434

8y↑3

Some col producer should do up to date version / and have thesinger Ledisi sind this part.

@Blindstromives

3y↑1

I love this film dearly

@samuelgriffin4167

2y↑2

R.I.P
Vonetta McGee William Marshall Thalamus Rasulala

@devinrivers5808

5y↑6

This is how folks got down back in the day😅...sorry I was born in 1979..after disco😅

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

3y↑1

Saturday Night Fever was right in there, however...highest selling soundtrack at that time.

@patrickmiller1834

3y↑3

Natural black beauty wow

@Krrrimmi

6y↑5

Will the Wayan Bros. ever gonna do a remake of this? XD

@Krrrimmi

6y↑1

Mark Grant That will be full of blood & gore. lol

@ianward3647

7y↑2

just saw this movie for the first time today

@rayshardrobinson7878

5y↑1

Classic 70”s Blaxploitation Movie!! Blacula!!

@georgeplagianos6487

People have you ever notice how we took on the police with no sympathy

@jurnagin

6y↑13

That police detective is the actor that played on Good times in episode where he got Florida that whistle and James was jealous

@summerlyric506

6y↑3

Yep. He was also the friend who stole the salt shakers on Good Times. He played in alot of 70s things.

@kevindavis296

4y↑4

He was on The Jeffersons too. He played George's bussiness friend that George ask Florence to insult George to impress him and he had the funniest laugh.