Jake Johnson has said, as well as Hannah and Lamorne, that he is not a good dancer and doesn’t necessarily like to dance. Once Schmidt says “He’s a leaper” I’m 99% sure it’s Jake (not Nick) saying that line. You can see the dread in his face after, as well as Max’s happiness when he’s done leaping. I’m pretty sure most of this version of the scene is improv, which makes it even better.
Continue here: Just noticed the “Yeah, I knew it was gonna go there” because they know Jake can’t dance. Here’s a new article from https://reddit.com/r/NewGirl/comments/1s44vmi/just_noticed_the_yeah_i_knew_it_was_gonna_go/: Jake Johnson has said, as well as Hannah and Lamorne, that he is not a good dancer and doesn’t necessarily like to dance. Once Schmidt says “He’s a leaper” I’m 99% sure it’s Jake (not Nick) saying that line. You can see the dread in his face after, as well as Max’s happiness when he’s Continue here: Just noticed the “Yeah, I knew it was gonna go there” because they know Jake can’t dance.