Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars
Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars by MookieMovies
The Pitch: Chewbacca and a Jawa dance to Footloose, Princess Leia and Queen Amidala are Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and Darth Vader is a Thriller in Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars, part of the 2008 Star Wars Weekends Hyperspace Hoopla show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
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Idol Lesson #1: If Your Princess Leia Bun Should Fall, Have Grandpa There to Catch It
Holy hell.
American Idol has made its seventh season debut with a fierce and poignant message: There are quite a few fantastic freaks in these here United States.
Who knew?! Oh, right. Randy, Paula, Simon and Ryan.
Tonight, not only did we meet a girl who packed on enough face glitter to register from outer space, we met a chest-waxing Steve Carell wannabe in a Princess Leia getup, a stalker who’d like to put Paula Abdul in a bathtub and "caulk her" (ewww!) and, my favorite, a strangely charming Egyptian guy who appears to be the second coming of Borat—complete with proclamations that he is a "sexy face" and wants to "love a girl from the hair to the nipple."
Don't we all, my friend…don't we all.
Still, Idol's greatest premiere-night lesson came from Christina Tolisano, the oddly intriguing Princess Leia look-alike who suffered a meltdown upon rejection and, well, lost her head.
As she screamed about the lack of fairness and diversity in the competition, she whipped her coiled buns around with such fury she catapulted a clump of fake bun down to the floor—prompting her perfectly adorable grandfather to pick it up calmly, hand it back and console his girl.
So, what did we learn tonight, class?
No matter how bad things get and how horrible that evil Simon may be, what truly matters is our loved ones, who nurture us no matter how whack-ass crazy we may get.
Or rather, in the words of tonight's Tobias Funke/Fred Flinstone love child Milo: "Sex is weak, and love is strong." (Gramps before amps. Woo!)
Idol’s back with more wisdom Wednesday night…Until then, be safe out there. Keep your buns tight and your bobby pins secure.
P.S.: I’m sorta in love with the incredible shrinking Joey Catalano (how sweet was he?), not to mention sexy Milli Vanilli knockoff Chris Watson…but we’ll discuss that later, when my husband’s not looking.
For now, tell us who you liked…and who, well, not so much.
30 Rock Dish: Five Minutes with Tina Fey
J.Go here. Last night at the NBC cocktail party, I rescued Tina Fey from behind a piano, brought her a Diet Coke and interviewed her. I can die now, but before I go, here’s what I picked up about season two of 30 Rock:
The Lemon-Donaghy Romance Begins Five Minutes After Never: Despite their intense chemistry, Tina says there’s no romance—nor any sex—in store for Liz Lemon and her boss, Jack Donaghy, played by Alec Baldwin. "No, never gonna happen. They have great chemistry, I think, but in the writers' room we always talk about it as Lou Grant and Mary Tyler Moore, or Han Solo and Princess Leia. Lot of chemistry, never happened."
Paging Mrs. Brady? Kenneth the Page, on the other hand, might get some action this season. "Kenneth the Page will have so many love affairs. Somebody pitched the idea of Kenneth the Page having an affair with Florence Henderson, which I think we should really try to make happen. She’s really funny."
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down: Tracy Morgan’s real-life ankle bracelet could very well make an appearance this season on 30 Rock. Tina tells me, "Tracy’s been saying that, and I’m like, Okay! We'll see. Don’t have any big plans for it yet, but maybe…" Send your ankle-bracelet story ideas to, uh, 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Begin at the Beginning: It’s early yet, but the writing staff is hard at work. There are no complete scripts, but according to Tina, "We’ve broken a lot of stories, and then I get in there with the writers next week."
Slice Girls: Says Tina of possible story beats for the coming season, "We've talked about Jenna, Jane Krakowski’s character, coming back from summer hiatus having gained like, 30 pounds, because she spent her summer doing Mystic Pizza: The Musical, and she had to eat two whole pizzas a day. So, we might have her struggling with that as a small arc in the beginning. Jane, of course, is in fantastic shape. I talked to Jane about it last year, and she was totally into it."
Donny and Marie do Star Wars
When I first came across this video on my web travels, I thought it was part of that infamous Star Wars Holiday Special that aired in the 70s and hasn’t been seen on television since (I think George Lucas is trying to forget it even exists). However, this is actually from Donny & Marie, and it’s just as surreal, if not more. Long before she was dancing with other stars, Marie played Princess Leia to Donny’s Luke Skywalker. Kris Kristofferson plays Han Solo (and looks like he’d rather be someplace else), the voice of Darth Vader is Thurl Ravenscroft (Tony the Tiger!), and General Harkin is played by…Paul Lynde!
The most incredible part though is Redd Foxx, who hovers above and gives little bits of wisdom. The 70s were a very screwed up time. I also don’t think that Donny & Marie would get very far if they tried out for American Idol. I used to watch this show though.
(Note, the first video after the jump is completely out of ;sync. Believe me, it wouldn’t be any better if the sound and video were together.)