--- title: John McCain Dances the Robot, Chris Christie Does the Chicken Dance description: John McCain and Chris Christie could have danced all night at Saturday night's Apollo in the Hamptons benefit canonical: https://time.com/3144670/john-mccain-dance-robot/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-19T15:25:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:34.070Z og:title: Watch John McCain do the robot like no politician has done the robot before og:description: ABC, we have your next cast members for Dancing with the Stars. og:url: https://time.com/3144670/john-mccain-dance-robot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch John McCain do the robot like no politician has done the robot before twitter:description: ABC, we have your next cast members for Dancing with the Stars. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch John McCain Dance The Robot Like No Politician Has Danced The Robot Before by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 19, 2014 3:25 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 19, 2014 3:25 PM UTC If there was ever a case for _Dancing With the Stars: Politicians Special_, it was Saturday night’s [Apollo in the Hamptons benefit](http://online.wsj.com/articles/apollo-night-is-a-hit-in-the-hamptons-1408323788), where showstoppers John McCain and Chris Christie could have danced all night. And if you’re watching the above video of McCain doing the robot with an in-awe Jamie Foxx, you’ll wish they had. While the Senator pulled off stellar Mr. Roboto moves, getting most literally down in front of high rollers ranging from Bon Jovi to Harvey Weinstein to AmEx CEO Ken Chenault. Christie, meanwhile, went a little more Electric Slide/Chicken Dance fusion. “Christie really held his own,” Jack Nicholson told the [_Post_](http://pagesix.com/2014/08/17/chris-christie-busts-out-wild-dance-moves-at-hamptons-party/). “I told him, as he walked back to his seat, ‘Governor, you can’t let New Jersey down.'” Apparently Apollo in the Hamptons is _the_ event of the season. Last year, Foxx [reportedly](http://pagesix.com/2013/08/26/katie-holmes-rocks-out-with-jamie-foxx-lenny-kravitz-and-colin-powell/) got Colin Powell to sing “Blurred Lines.” While that magical moment wasn’t caught on video, at least we have the former Secretary of State’s _DWTS_ audition tape to make up for it: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3144670/john-mccain-dance-robot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3144670/john-mccain-dance-robot/"},"headline":"Watch John McCain Dance The Robot Like No Politician Has Danced The Robot Before","datePublished":"2014-08-19T15:25:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:34.070Z","description":"ABC, we have your next cast members for Dancing with the Stars.","url":"https://time.com/3144670/john-mccain-dance-robot/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Chris Christie","politics","viral","Bizarre","Arts","John McCain","dance"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3144670/john-mccain-dance-robot/","name":"Watch John McCain Dance The Robot Like No Politician Has Danced The Robot Before"}}]}] ```