The Hand Clap Game "Slide" ("Numbers", "Slide Slide Slippery Slide" & Other Names) - Videos & Comments

Jules Oosterwegel, Aug 20, 2021

Slide baby    N-America  USA  Handclapping game  

This game needs a fine eye hand coordination, not so easy as it looks while they  play it.

Director/camera: Jules Oosterwegel    Editor: Timo Gilhuis  Shooting date: 2010

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on the hand clapping game that is known as "Slide", "Numbers", and several other names.

This post showcases five YouTube videos of this hand clap game . A few comments about this hand clap game are also included in this post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/01/what-slide-hand-clap-games-are-called.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents comments about what "Slide" hand clap games are called in various places around the world. 

The content of this post is presented for folkloric and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in and associated with the videos that are showcased in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/playing-hand-clap-game-slide-part-i.html for Part I of a 2018 pancocojams series that provides videos, information, and comments about the hand clap game "Slide"

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/playing-hand-game-slide-part-ii-two.html for Part II of a 2018 pancocojams series on this hand clap game. That post showcases two additional videos of that game and presents some comments from those videos' discussion threads. 

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ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS
These videos are presented in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - @twinlaespace, July 26, 2020



@twinlaespace, July 26, 2020
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This video is also showcased in Part I of the updated 2018 pancocojams post on the "Slide" hand clap game.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Slide



The Lorenz Corporation, Jul 30, 2013

Check out this hand clapping game with Mari Schay!
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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
1. @OGSuki., 2020
"When I was growing up, we called this game “Numbers” too."

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2. @jenayabrampton8582, 2020
"We call it :slime yak yak at my school haha"

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3. @allie-anncesar6235, 2020
"I already knew this game my mom helped me learn it"

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4. @inialiufau7018, 2020
"COVID-19 Yeah no thanks."

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - Hand Clapping Game "Slide"



Splash Games, June 11, 2009

A fun hand clapping game.
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This YouTube video is also showcased in Part II of the 2018 pancocojams post about this hand clapping game.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #5 - Slide Slide Slippery Slide Slide!

ThunderShark, Aug 17, 2008

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ADDENDUM - A Comment Exchange About When The "Slide" Hand Clapping Game Was "First Made Up"

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zEcsIfe6lU&t=28s "90's Hand Games", Geneas, Nov. 4, 2018

1. @MsHill79, 2020
"Nope your era didn't make up the slide game 😂 We made that up in the late 80s . I love this video"

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Reply

1. @mommydearest3164, 2021
"you didn’t make it up late 80’s it has been around since 50’s to 80’s."

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This concludes Part I of this two part 2024 pancocojams series on the hand clap game "Slide" (and other names).
 
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