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===Television and media=== Go-go dancers were employed as background dancers accompanying performances (real or lip-synced) by [[rock and roll]] bands on teen music programs in the mid-1960s. ''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]'' was a musical variety series that ran on [[NBC]] from 12 January 1965 – 29 August 1966. ''The Hullabaloo Dancers''—a team of four men and six women—appeared on a regular basis. Another female dancer, model/actress [[Lada Edmund, Jr.]], was best known as the caged "go-go girl" dancer in the ''Hullabaloo A-Go-Go'' segment near the closing sequence of the show. Other dance TV shows during this period such as [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Shindig!]]'' (16 September 1964 – 8 January 1966) also featured go-go dancers in cages. Sometimes these cages were made of clear plastic with lights strung inside of them; sometimes the lights were synchronized to go on and off with the music. ''[[Shivaree (TV series)|Shivaree]]'' (syndicated, 1965–1966), another music show, usually put go-go dancers on scaffolding and on a platform behind the band which was performing. ''[[Beat-Club]],'' a German show in the period, also used go-go dancers.<ref>{{cite web|website=MeTV|location=Chicago|date=2 October 2015|title=Shindig, Shivaree, Hullabaloo and the great rock & roll shows of 1965|url=https://www.metv.com/lists/shindig-shivaree-hullabaloo-and-the-great-rock-roll-shows-of-1965}}</ref> Each show of the period had a particular method of bringing the go-go dancers into camera view. British go-go dancer Sandy Sarjeant became popular performing on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] music show ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]''.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} The US TV crime drama series ''[[Honey West (TV series)|Honey West]]'' (1965–1966) included an episode called "The Princess and the Paupers" which featured a go-go dancing sequence.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} Go-go dancing became the subject of 1960s pop songs such as ''Little Miss Go-Go'' (1965) by [[Gary Lewis & the Playboys]] and ''[[Going to a Go-Go (song)|Going to a Go-Go]]'' (1965) by [[The Miracles]].{{sfnp|Mitchell|Reid-Walsh|2007|page=329}}
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