Talk:Jumping Jack
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The Jumping jack the toy
Its a toy figure with jointed limbs it can also bemade to dance by pulling a string
So what muscles does this strengthen?
[edit] Jack Who?
Jack McFadden, also known as Jack "Jumping Jack" McFadden, named greatest player of all time
Player of what? 84.58.13.42 16:40, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Split
Before the night is over, I'll split this article into three separate articles, as well as create a disambiguation page. Anthony Rupert 00:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not sure, but I think this should be at Jumping jack even though it purports to be named after someone. But that's just my OCD shining through.
152.91.9.144 05:47, 17 November 2006 (UTC)- Split complete. Anthony Rupert 06:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
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I am shocked that it seems some people here do not know exactly what a jumping jack is, there is not one single American that has not performed at least one thousand of these in their lives. There is not one school is this nation that doesn't require it as part of its physical education program, as for the rest of the world I have no idea and as for the citation needed for Jack Lalanne inventing the jumping jack, I'm not sure if it should need citation since it's a very well known fact and well... they don't call it a jumping 'jack' for the hell of it 71.87.7.14 11:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- First of all, calm down. Second of all, the citation wasn't because people don't know what the exercise is; it's because, well, if Jack LaLanne was the inspiration for it, then why isn't there any mention of it in HIS article? Anthony Rupert 15:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Anthony, a few ideas - I put them on this page as this is where the discussion is If you type in "jumping jack" and click "go" it still comes directly to this page, not to the disambiguation page, should it go instead to the disambiguation page? Should we include "Jumping Jacks" the film in the disambiguation page? You have rewritten the music-related definition, but it is not correct actually. The normal action of a harpsicord is that the jack goes up when the key is depressed. The jack then hits the jack rail and stops. The term "jumping jack" refers to when somebody has taken the jack rail off and and forgotten to replace it before starting to play. In this case there is no jack rail to stop the jack moving up, so the jack actually flys up into the air about a foot or so. This is quite amusing if the keyboardist has hit a big chord to start their piece and you get several jacks flying up into the air. This is the original usage of the term "jumping jack" although I don't have any citation for that assertion other than the fact that harpsichords were around from the early 16th century and common until the end of the 19th which is before the Jack Lalanne fellow was around.
- I didn't know that; I just stated what was already on the article. That's why I noted that it was unreferenced. Anthony Rupert 03:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
I thought I'd go "to the horse's mouth" and see if LaLanne himself takes credit. Here is the relevant text from Jack LaLanne's own FAQ:
14. Was the "Jumping Jack" exercise named after Jack?
The two schools of thought on the "JUMPING JACK" are that the exercise name evolved because the movement necessary to do the exercise makes the human body look like a "JACK" (the kind you used to play with as a child with a small bouncing ball). However, both Jack La Lanne and the name above evolved together and if the exercise was not named after him, he certainly made the "JUMPING JACK" world famous as his trademark through his 34 years on television and we believe historians will credit him with the name as well.
HTH --Eliyahu S Talk 21:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
That picture's not a jumping jack! For Christ's sake.... HTH --Sinde
