
Initially known by the awkward title of M4A3 (76mm gun) with 23 inch tracks the M4A3E8 began production in August 1944 with the first combat deployment in Late December of the same year with the 3rd Army during the Battle of the Bulge around Bastogne. THIS THREAD is dedicated to the "FLAT FOOT FLOOGIE" build and thanks to " MOONSHADOW" and "TXTANKER" for doing this project! Next thing I knew "MOONSHADOW" Volunteered to whip me up a highly detailed and rare M4A3E8 named "FLAT FOOT FLOOGIE". I asked a few of my great friends in the TEXAS ARMOR ASSOCIATION R/C TANK CLUB for some ideas. Wanting a new SHERMAN in something different than the stock Tamiya M4. If you look around on YouTube, you can find a video of a guy doing the "Flat Foot Floogie" dance to the music of the Yalloppin' Hounds.OK. It set off a dance craze and was recorded by many of the big names, including Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Nat King Cole and Louis Armstrong. It causes the sufferer to walk with a high-stepping gait, sort of slapping their feet flat on the floor. One effect of end-stage syphilis, which may not show up for many years after the infection, is called proprioception. It was changed to floogie to make it fit for the delicate sensibilities of radio audiences.Īnd "floy, floy" was slang for a sexually transmitted disease, probably syphilis. The floogie part originally was "floozie" or maybe "floosie," American slang for a prostitute.

It was first performed by Gaillard in 1938 and was pretty much an overnight hit.


"Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy, Floy)," for the vast number of you who have no idea what this guy is talking about, was a very popular song written by Bulee "Slim" Gaillard, Leroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart and Bud Green. I just hope I can bring you some closure, some peace of mind, on this issue. Have you spent all that time wondering what it means? That would be a heavy burden to carry. It's been recorded by many artists, including Michael Jackson. In the 1930s-'40s song "Flat Foot Floogie," what is the meaning of the words "floogie" and "floy floy"?
