The Hip Swinging Skeleton is an animated Halloween decoration made in 1998-1999. He wears a gray tuxedo with a black vest and a black top hat with a red stripe. He swings his hips back and forth and moves his arms up and down while singing "Puttin' on the Ritz".
Hip swinging skeleton with box
Gallery[]
Hip Swinging Skeleton with alternate box
Trivia[]
- There is a sitting version of this item that holds a cane.
- There is a dancing hamster called Dapper Dan with the same recording as this item, but the recording of the song is sped up and the voice is slightly different.
- The later models of this item have a different Hip Swinging mechanism, and the music is sped up and slightly extented at the end compared to the first ones, as shown here.
Videos[]
Gemmy - Hip Swinging Skeleton (Video)
Hip Swinging Skeleton in action