Follow the bouncing ball

Posted by ESC on October 23, 2002

In Reply to: Follow the bouncing ball posted by R. Berg on October 22, 2002

: : where did the phrase follow the bouncing ball come from?

: It became widely known when Mitch Miller's TV program "Sing Along with Mitch" was popular. I'm not sure Mitch and his crew originated it, though.

Wasn't this sing-a-long bouncing ball a feature of early movies too?