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Laura
07-10-2005, 12:08 AM
Quoted (in full) from Salon.com:
Just to prove that I am, indeed, 3,000 years old, let me add that no, of course I didn't miss the finale of "Dancing With the Stars" (see also: The Best Show of the Summer), and I was a little disappointed with the results. Now, I'll admit, Kelly Monaco has a belly that cries out for tequila shots. I'll also admit that she's plucky and likable and I've been rooting for her over, say, Rachel Hunter or Evander Holyfield. I'll even admit that she's very fit and flexible and therefore very good at those crazy lifts and back walkovers and other sexually perverse athletic stunts. But girlfriend can't dance. She can shimmy, sure, she can shake it, but she can't actually dance. So I was annoyed that she won, and irritated that the judges all gave her three 10s in her last performance when, well, it was flashy but the dancing wasn't any good.
John O'Hurley (J. Peterman from "Seinfeld") can dance. He can't shake his a**, and his gut doesn't cry out for tequila, but he can dance. Fit little bunny rabbits may be taking over the universe (and more power to them), but this is a show called "Dancing With the Stars." Remember? Let's say it together: "Dancing With the Stars"! Now, can we please hold on to our creaky Lawrence Welk values for long enough to vote for the guy who does a mean quick-step, instead of being hypnotized by big, bouncing boobies?
Who am I kidding? Big, bouncing boobies win every time, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Pop quiz!
1. We learned so many important lessons this week! But which was the most important?
a. Big, bouncing boobies win every time.
b. Only very old drunks remember INXS.
c. The only thing worse than wanting to be a soap star is dragging out your best fist-pumping, hip-thrusting rocker moves for a screaming fraudience on a reality show, just to join a band that only very old drunks remember.
d. People involved in making TV aren't fun to watch on TV.
e. "The Real World" is just cheap pornography without any of the naked butt-pumping glory.
f. Sometimes deleting pointless reality shows from your TiVo without watching them can be very thrilling, particularly if a herd of whoring sea donkeys armed with flaming Jägermeister shots and fruit-flavored condoms stampedes in right after that.
Answer Key: 1. a.
I love Heather Havrilesky!!!
pygmalion
07-10-2005, 04:21 AM
ROTFL! This is hilarious. I guess I must be at least 3000 years old, myself. :roll: :lol:
leftfeetnyc
07-11-2005, 10:12 AM
I for one, noticed the bunnies taking over the world comment right away....
Sagitta
07-11-2005, 10:17 AM
I for one, noticed the bunnies taking over the world comment right away.... :doh:
Vince A
07-11-2005, 11:02 AM
Absolutely busted a gut laughing while reading this . . . great stuff!
And, big bouncing boobies . . . hell, no wonder I voted for Kelly!
Finally . . . who's Lawrence Welk???
The Lawrence Welk show was one of televisions's most enduring musical series. The show debuted as a summer replacement show in 1955, and went on to last an amazing 27 years. Lawrence Welk's format was simple: easy-listening music, what he referred to as "champagne music," and a "family" of wholesome musicians, singers, and dancers.
Vince A
07-11-2005, 11:15 AM
The Lawrence Welk show was one of televisions's most enduring musical series. The show debuted as a summer replacement show in 1955, and went on to last an amazing 27 years. Lawrence Welk's format was simple: easy-listening music, what he referred to as "champagne music," and a "family" of wholesome musicians, singers, and dancers.
LOL . . . that show was way "before my time."
Well, I guess I must also fall into the 3,000 year old category, because I remember the show.
Laura
07-11-2005, 11:27 AM
Me too! Tiny bubbles in the wine! Make me feel happy! Make me feel fine!
Medira
07-11-2005, 01:26 PM
Me too! Tiny bubbles in the wine! Make me feel happy! Make me feel fine!
Tiny bubbles make me warm all over
With a feeling that I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time. :)
Do I fall into the 3000 years old category even though I was born 6 years before the show ended? I do remember it though!
Vince A
07-11-2005, 01:48 PM
I'm J/K . . . I "had" to watch it every weekend with my parents, but you know . . . I remember those nights when the "right" song came on . . .
especially those faster songs that could be Jitterbugged to (which, if I recall, was seldom on that show) but my Mom (NY State Jitterbug champion, two-years in-a-row) would grab me, and a-dancing we went . . .
"Thanks, Mom."*tears swelling*
Sagitta
07-11-2005, 03:30 PM
I'm J/K . . . I "had" to watch it every weekend with my parents, but you know . . . I remember those nights when the "right" song came on . . .
especially those faster songs that could be Jitterbugged to (which, if I recall, was seldom on that show) but my Mom (NY State Jitterbug champion, two-years in-a-row) would grab me, and a-dancing we went . . .
"Thanks, Mom."*tears swelling*
The warm fuzzy good memories.... :together: :D
pygmalion
07-11-2005, 07:21 PM
The Lawrence Welk show was one of televisions's most enduring musical series. The show debuted as a summer replacement show in 1955, and went on to last an amazing 27 years. Lawrence Welk's format was simple: easy-listening music, what he referred to as "champagne music," and a "family" of wholesome musicians, singers, and dancers.
I loved Lawrence Welk. It was cheesy, but lots of fun. Plus it was the only thing on TV early on Saturday evenings for years and years when I was little. And it was a heck of a lot classier than Hee-Haw. :lol: :lol:
Laura
07-11-2005, 09:28 PM
I admit to loving Hee-Haw too...
Saaaaa-lute!
pygmalion
07-11-2005, 09:30 PM
No comment. :roll: :oops: :lol:
chachachacat
07-11-2005, 10:54 PM
The Lawrence Welk show was one of televisions's most enduring musical series. The show debuted as a summer replacement show in 1955, and went on to last an amazing 27 years. Lawrence Welk's format was simple: easy-listening music, what he referred to as "champagne music," and a "family" of wholesome musicians, singers, and dancers.
LOL . . . that show was way "before my time."
I knew you were joshing way back here.... :tongue:
Vince A
07-11-2005, 11:22 PM
The Lawrence Welk show was one of televisions's most enduring musical series. The show debuted as a summer replacement show in 1955, and went on to last an amazing 27 years. Lawrence Welk's format was simple: easy-listening music, what he referred to as "champagne music," and a "family" of wholesome musicians, singers, and dancers.
LOL . . . that show was way "before my time."
I knew you were joshing way back here.... :tongue:
Yea . . . you know how old I really am . . . now we both are "legal drinking age, eh?"
mamboqueen
07-18-2005, 10:03 AM
OMG! Hee Haw??!!! LMAO!
I remember being at my grandparents' house and them watching Lawrence Welk. I take it he's no longer alive?? Or maybe I'm thinking of Merv Griffin. And do y'all remember Dinah Shore??
Oh boy. Major flashbacks. I'm even bearing to mind my Vinny Barbarino book covers. Man was I popular that September *LOL*
I admit to loving Hee-Haw too...
Saaaaa-lute!
Me too! :D
cornutt
07-18-2005, 10:42 AM
OMG! Hee Haw??!!! LMAO!
I remember being at my grandparents' house and them watching Lawrence Welk.
Me too! We were made to watch it. We only tolerated it because if we sat quietly and behaved through it, we were allowed to stay up past bedtime and watch "To Tell The Truth" which came on afterwards.
pygmalion
07-18-2005, 09:29 PM
Say what you will. There's a lot to be said for those old fashioned family-hour variety shows, IMO. 8)
chachachacat
07-19-2005, 01:06 AM
Say what you will. There's a lot to be said for those old fashioned family-hour variety shows, IMO. 8)
I enjoyed them! Carol Burnett, Sonny & Cher, :!: oh, there were so many.
pygmalion
07-19-2005, 05:24 AM
Carol Burnett is on my list of all-time favorite comedy shows. 8)
Medira
07-26-2005, 03:20 PM
Carol Burnett is on my list of all-time favorite comedy shows. 8)Amen to that! I'm just glad that they're releasing some of the old episodes on DVD now. :D
Swingolder
07-26-2005, 03:40 PM
Carol Burnett is on my list of all-time favorite comedy shows. 8)Amen to that! I'm just glad that they're releasing some of the old episodes on DVD now. :D
And the reunion show she did last year was really fantastic and got huge ratings.
But I can go back in time and remember the Ed Sullivan Show and Elvis's first appearence. Everybody showed up on Ed Sullivan!
Medira
07-26-2005, 04:07 PM
Carol Burnett is on my list of all-time favorite comedy shows. 8)Amen to that! I'm just glad that they're releasing some of the old episodes on DVD now. :D
And the reunion show she did last year was really fantastic and got huge ratings.
But I can go back in time and remember the Ed Sullivan Show and Elvis's first appearence. Everybody showed up on Ed Sullivan!Actually, I believe they're releasing those on DVD as well....
I grew up watching all of those shows with my grandparents and still enjoy watching their old VHS tapes every once in a while.
pygmalion
07-26-2005, 09:21 PM
Ed sullivan is just a fuzzy memory, for me, at best. But I do think that show deserves a lot of credit for shaping Amreican music and culture. Things probably wouldn't be the same, without "a really great show."
chachachacat
07-26-2005, 09:41 PM
I remember the "really big shew" when the Beatles were on.
8)
pygmalion
07-26-2005, 09:49 PM
So do a couple of my siblings. 8) :D
Say what you will. There's a lot to be said for those old fashioned family-hour variety shows, IMO. 8)
I enjoyed them! Carol Burnett, Sonny & Cher, :!: oh, there were so many.
OK, now your getting to shows that I liked.
I did sit through several episodes of The Lawrence Welk Show at my grandparents house. Do you remember his accent? "The boys and I will pee in your town soon." It never even occurred to me that knowing how to dance might be cool until I saw Saturday Night Fever. Even then, it wasn't an urge, just a passing thought. It was Michael Jackson in Thriller who really made me wish I could dance.
pygmalion
07-26-2005, 10:15 PM
That's true. He did have a distinctive accent. 8) Hmm. It never occured to me at the time I was watching. 8) :)
chachachacat
07-26-2005, 11:38 PM
That's true. He did have a distinctive accent. 8) Hmm. It never occured to me at the time I was watching. 8) :)
All of our family did the Ed Sullivan impression, along with all of the comedian impersonators of then and now.
I'm really not as old as I sound. Just a precocious child, you know. :wink:
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