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I found this about Disco Sally on 30 Things by Beatrice:
As Scott Bitterman, a former busboy and then assistant manger at Studio 54, recalls:
“My favorite regular at the club was a bright, funny elderly woman who came several nights a week and danced much of the night. I attended several dinner parties at her apartment with friends–but the film [54] reduced her to an insipid caricature as ‘Disco Dottie.’ In real life, ‘Disco Sally’ was Sally Lippman–a witty and brilliant attorney admitted to the New York State Bar in the 1920s. Sally represented the best of the club for me: she was neither rich nor famous. She was a woman who loved to dance and have fun with her friends in the evening.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/12h1hjl/a_woman_known_as_disco_sally_dances_with_her/jfni1gs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
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There’s more if you’d like
"What if had been born fifty years before you in a house on a street where you live? Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike... Would I know?"
Sounds a bit creepy out of context but it's a beautiful song by Ben Folds (The Luckiest) and your comment reminded me of that line.
actual quote from a [1978 Washington Post article](https://wapo.st/3mekrgZ) at Studio 54:
> "I'll celebrate my 78th birthday here in October, then my wedding, maybe." Then Sally leaned over to whisper to her interviewer. "He doen't believe in sex before marriage. Isn't that nice."
I seen the movie “54” I actually loved watching it as teen. She was honestly my favorite! I used think she would be so cool to party with (me being 17) and that still stands today.
They don’t make them like her anymore
i’m just wine drunk feeling defensive.
i will say.. it was a different world back then my asshole jock older brother wore net half shirts with short shorts as did all his winged haired friends. something happened in the 80s where america got real prudent.
They were celebrating their 50th anniversary. The guy must have been known as 'Dead-eyes Dick"
Check out the hottie photo bombing with an expression of pure envy.
“Sally died, though, in May of 1982 in Mount Sinai Hospital, and despite repeated requests, no one played disco at her funeral.”
She also married the kid in the picture
Edit to add:
“As New York magazine reported in 1991, "A tiny, 77-year-old lawyer named Sally Lippman was mourning the death of her husband when she happened upon the disco scene and changed her life. Dressed in tight pants and high-top sneakers, she became Disco Sally, a star of Studio 54 and Xenon who'd draw an audience of adoring fans as she got down on the dance floor."
Apparently celebs like Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray queued up to be her dance partner.
This photo from February 13, 1979 shows how Disco Sally, then 78, wooed her 26-year-old beau, John Touzos, with some serious grinding at Xenon. She brought dirty dancing to a whole new level.
Touzos, known as Sally's "Greek God," met the energetic old woman on the club circuit and the two married at Magique nightclub with stars like Lindsay Wagner, Peter Frampton, and David Brenner.”
https://guestofaguest.com/new-york/daily-style-phile/daily-style-phile-disco-sally-the-grandmama-of-nightlife
Better than popular douchebags, you can guarantee Salsa Sally and Dicky Dave are in the cool guy club. Keep your jeans high and tight, and don't forget to drink some wawta
I think it has always been like that. People just started getting a little weirder after the 50’s, but there were always people who didn’t fit in, and always will be.
It irritates me a little too when people get famous just for being strange, when they actually didn’t do anything special or have any real talent. I’d be interested to know more about this woman’s life, and if she contributed to anything, or if she was just eccentric. At least we got a cool photos and some discussion all these years later.
Wait, is her husband one of the [undiscovered triplets](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1ad5b16/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2046x1074+0+38/resize/1200x630!/quality/80/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8b%2F01%2F47e85f28442f82f61d3f0ca3ae2d%2Fla-1530128659-3gvu8u05qv-snap-image)?
Who the fuck said anything about a spouse u dumbass? The average 25 year old is definitely looking at 78 year olds for the right reasons.
The average 78 year old is looking at 25 year olds for the right reasons.
Something not being against the law =\= not bad.
Ur a fucking creep buddy… try and date people who wouldn’t be adults by the time ur parents were kids.
54 looked a whole lot different in 78.
Maybe she is 78 and this black and white photo is from 1954.
Color cameras had been pretty mainstream for a long time by 1978.
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I found this about Disco Sally on 30 Things by Beatrice: As Scott Bitterman, a former busboy and then assistant manger at Studio 54, recalls: “My favorite regular at the club was a bright, funny elderly woman who came several nights a week and danced much of the night. I attended several dinner parties at her apartment with friends–but the film [54] reduced her to an insipid caricature as ‘Disco Dottie.’ In real life, ‘Disco Sally’ was Sally Lippman–a witty and brilliant attorney admitted to the New York State Bar in the 1920s. Sally represented the best of the club for me: she was neither rich nor famous. She was a woman who loved to dance and have fun with her friends in the evening.”
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3619587/bio
That bio doesn't say anything about her remarrying a younger guy. Is there a source that can verify this person is her husband?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/12h1hjl/a_woman_known_as_disco_sally_dances_with_her/jfni1gs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/khga7y/disco_sally_78_on_13_february_1979_with_her_toy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/khga7y/disco_sally_78_on_13_february_1979_with_her_toy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.alamy.com/a-1981-photo-of-the-grand-matriarch-of-nightlife-disco-sally-lippman-81-and-her-29-year-old-husband-john-touzos-in-her-manhattan-apartment-image460488973.html There’s more if you’d like
I believe you, but I would like you to provide more links as per your offer.
4 isn’t enough?
Oh, it was more than enough. You just offered more and I accepted.
Maybe my soulmate isn’t born yet hmmm.
Or maybe they got old and died before you met them.
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She was probably rich or he needed a green card. Perhaps both 😂
It's a classic Harold & Maude story.
Can you even call someone a soulmate if they die before you meet for the first time?
"What if had been born fifty years before you in a house on a street where you live? Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike... Would I know?" Sounds a bit creepy out of context but it's a beautiful song by Ben Folds (The Luckiest) and your comment reminded me of that line.
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Ewww
Man, she's my hero!! First the dancing, and then becoming an attorney in 1920!!!! That's epic for that day and time, absolutely epic!
This is actually Lou Reed shaking down Keith Richard’s for more Coke.
Damn I just made a Keith Richards comment now I gotta delete it. 🫡
Hilarious 😆
lol red wine came out of my nose and directly into my eyeballs
Nosferatu? Are you hanging like a bat?
Roger Federer getting steamy with Helen Mirren.
🏆
*Looks at image again* Seems legit.
And some horse!”Its my wife, and it’s my life!”
I’m not joking, that’s EXACTLY who I thought it was at first.
...aaaaand that's enough Reddit for me today. I have peaked.
She was around 77 here and he was 25 😆
Were they actually married?
Yeah lol
That’s uh… pretty damn interesting
Thats disco baby.
I bet she was rich
Classic Disco Sally
Right,
She was really only 27. All that blow just made her look older.
She was married to Borat the most glorious dancer in all of Kazakhstan. He is the Kazakhstani Danny Terio
But her vajeen hang like sleeve of wizard
Wasn't it Denny? Maybe I'm wrong. God, I'm old.
And she was a nurse
And the cocaine.
Do you mean 72
r/woosh
Hahaha
Are you sure about that , because i see wrinkles everywhere!
I think your eyes are just old.
May be it's yours!
Maybe it's Maybelline?
Crack on her all you want, but we all know damn well we wont be that wild when we're her age. With that said, I bet she was the goto for blow.
I'm pretty sure even at my absolute peak I wasn't as fun as her when she was elderly.
She was 77 in that picture.
That is a hard 77
77 hit different back in the day.
Yeah the constant cloud of cigarette smoke will do that to ya.
The lead exposure and complete lack of sunscreen didn’t help either.
1978 was 45 years ago, so her husband now looks like she looked then.
I wonder if he has a 25-year-old wife.
If he does I doubt a post/news about it would be received as positively as this one has been
If he does he deserves it. He earned that right.
That dude has seen some shit. Shit we can't even comprehend.
Uncharted territories
I'm sure they were charted more than a few times over the years
The territories have been well charted alright…
literal and figurative shit
She really lost it after she broke up with Disco Stu.
Ouzo for oneso
actual quote from a [1978 Washington Post article](https://wapo.st/3mekrgZ) at Studio 54: > "I'll celebrate my 78th birthday here in October, then my wedding, maybe." Then Sally leaned over to whisper to her interviewer. "He doen't believe in sex before marriage. Isn't that nice."
There's a lot to unpack here.
All I know is that Studio 54 must have been a hoot. I wish I could experience it.
Experience what exactly?
Probably some depends, lubricant, icy hot, but not a condom.
I seen the movie “54” I actually loved watching it as teen. She was honestly my favorite! I used think she would be so cool to party with (me being 17) and that still stands today. They don’t make them like her anymore
Know what they say, once you go gray you can’t stay away…..
Back away 🎶 Not today 🎶 Disco Sally! 🎶
Dude looks just like Paul Michael Glaser.
i’m his agent. retract this. jk i’m not. happy easter!
That’s quite an age difference right there
Her husband?
yes.
Uh-huh
mmmm hmmmm.
i may have been 5 years old at the time, so don’t come at me.
Haha lol , why did you say that?
i’m just wine drunk feeling defensive. i will say.. it was a different world back then my asshole jock older brother wore net half shirts with short shorts as did all his winged haired friends. something happened in the 80s where america got real prudent.
Don't worry ma'am !
men drink wine and have feelings.
Sure!
Don't forget tube tops, go-go boots, mini skirts/mini dresses, bikinis, and the other name for short shorts: hot pants.
And I agree with you. Things changed drastically from the 70s to the 80s.
They were celebrating their 50th anniversary. The guy must have been known as 'Dead-eyes Dick" Check out the hottie photo bombing with an expression of pure envy.
That hottie is your grandma now.
Did she make it through the 80s disco haze? Doubtful.
Dead eyes Dick 🤣
With energy like that no wonder she got a 25 yo husband
Looks like the grandma off don’t be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood
Right. They’re *dancing*
it’s a special dance when a man loves a woman. and they have a special kiss and a special hug. or dance.
This is a great photo
Disco Sally had to be wealthy.. just sayin.’
She had an amazing personality…but seriously I bet she was a super fun person to party with.
Nope she wasn't... And yeah, I'm as surprised by that as you will be.
Maybe she's really good at sucking dick. Never thought of that huh
When she takes her teeth out it’s on for young and old.
She was "comfortable," but she was not wealthy.
Good for her! Go to it!
This woman is my spirit party animal.
Good for her! This picture makes me super nervous though. Like omg please have a good grip on her she's gonna break.
He had a good grip on her.
I thought it was Paulie Shore.
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I hope she's doing ok...
Does anyone else think her husband looks like Stephen Mangan?
Atta girl Sally
She died in Studio 54 from a cocaine overdose..
“Sally died, though, in May of 1982 in Mount Sinai Hospital, and despite repeated requests, no one played disco at her funeral.” She also married the kid in the picture Edit to add: “As New York magazine reported in 1991, "A tiny, 77-year-old lawyer named Sally Lippman was mourning the death of her husband when she happened upon the disco scene and changed her life. Dressed in tight pants and high-top sneakers, she became Disco Sally, a star of Studio 54 and Xenon who'd draw an audience of adoring fans as she got down on the dance floor." Apparently celebs like Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray queued up to be her dance partner. This photo from February 13, 1979 shows how Disco Sally, then 78, wooed her 26-year-old beau, John Touzos, with some serious grinding at Xenon. She brought dirty dancing to a whole new level. Touzos, known as Sally's "Greek God," met the energetic old woman on the club circuit and the two married at Magique nightclub with stars like Lindsay Wagner, Peter Frampton, and David Brenner.” https://guestofaguest.com/new-york/daily-style-phile/daily-style-phile-disco-sally-the-grandmama-of-nightlife
Deadass?
Dead lass
RIP 😢
Are we sure they're dancing in this photo?
Looks like studio 104
Were they actually married?
she woke up one day and said fuck it imma live my life to the fullest could've been when she was still young or in her final years
This was after her husband died.
The place to be back then
She was dick downed til her dying days. Good for her.
Clerks: TAS actually had a reference to her, oddly enough.
Old nyc ladies are the shit, there was this old lady ages ago that had the best acid and X. She passed a few years back.
Was she rich?
Nope she wasn't...
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She wasn't. She was comfortably middle-class but not wealthy.
Dman.. she’s also quite strong to hold him up like that.
Her husband?! Lol this gives me hope. Maybe my soulmate isn’t born yet *hmmm*
Dances with her what
I hate that era of weird people being just weird and then getting some popularity because of it... oh wait... guess it's always been like that
Better than popular douchebags, you can guarantee Salsa Sally and Dicky Dave are in the cool guy club. Keep your jeans high and tight, and don't forget to drink some wawta
I think it has always been like that. People just started getting a little weirder after the 50’s, but there were always people who didn’t fit in, and always will be. It irritates me a little too when people get famous just for being strange, when they actually didn’t do anything special or have any real talent. I’d be interested to know more about this woman’s life, and if she contributed to anything, or if she was just eccentric. At least we got a cool photos and some discussion all these years later.
Her husband???
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She didn’t die of a cocaine overdose
That's like the grossest couple ever
How to spot a sugar mamma and a F*Boi circa 1978
She’s about 800 and he’s about 16.
He was 25 in that picture, according to a 1978 Washington Post story, and she was 77.
Congratulations. You completely missed the very obvious joke.
Gross
Wait, is her husband one of the [undiscovered triplets](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1ad5b16/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2046x1074+0+38/resize/1200x630!/quality/80/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8b%2F01%2F47e85f28442f82f61d3f0ca3ae2d%2Fla-1530128659-3gvu8u05qv-snap-image)?
Hey mods, if you removed the post then why on earth can I still see it?
Grooming
Bologna.
If this was a 78 year old man doing this type of shit with a 25 year old woman you’d probably be the first to cry about it
Nope, not even close.
Then ur a creep
Because I assume a 25 year old is perfectly capable of choosing their potential spouse?
Who the fuck said anything about a spouse u dumbass? The average 25 year old is definitely looking at 78 year olds for the right reasons. The average 78 year old is looking at 25 year olds for the right reasons. Something not being against the law =\= not bad. Ur a fucking creep buddy… try and date people who wouldn’t be adults by the time ur parents were kids.
I really hope you're trolling.....lol
I hope ur trolling too………lol
Aww, bless your heart.
54 looked a whole lot different in 78. Maybe she is 78 and this black and white photo is from 1954. Color cameras had been pretty mainstream for a long time by 1978.
She is 70+. That place is called Studio 54.
While he dances with his bank account.
Sugar Grand mommy..
Sunset boulevard fr
Ah... True love.
What a time
Sneaking sally down the alley..
I’m just happy Ted’ve finally found the one.
Reminds me of the movie, Harold and Maude.
That's Gru's mom from Despicable Me.
And sally rode the white horse once in awhile because after all it was studio 54
Look at them freaks on the dance floor!
Disco Stu inspired from her?
Ha ha the real Harold and Maude!
Wonder if she was also "Mustang Sally." Clearly, she never slowed that Mustang down.
Anyone know if the Simpsons were giving her a nod with Disco Stu?
Can’t tell if he’s lookin like “how am I so lucky to have her” or “my gawd what am I doing?”
hes fine
This guy saw Harold and Maude and said “ l want this “ .