Standing where Tom Hanks stood in the 1980s, Nick Jonas played his hit song "Jealous" on FAO Schwarz's foot-operated piano, the same one Hanks popularized in the film Big.
Hanks, as Josh Baskin in the 1988 classic, memorably performed "Chopsticks" and "Heart and Soul" on the ground-level electric piano.
Watch Jonas channel Hanks in this video, below, which he posted on Facebook:
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Post by Nick Jonas.
Big is about 12-year-old Josh, whose wish to be an adult is magically granted overnight. Josh's piano antics alongside store owner Mr. MacMillan earned Josh a promotion.
Now if only Josh's best bud Billy were around to sing this ear worm:
"The space goes down, down baby, down, down the roller coaster. Sweet, sweet baby, sweet, sweet, don't let me go. Shimmy, shimmy, cocoa pop. Shimmy, shimmy, rock. Shimmy, shimmy, cocoa pop. Shimmy, shimmy, rock." You know the rest.
And for old time's sake, here's the film's trailer from the '80s: