Did you get pears??

Old man: “Did you get pears?… Did you get pears?… Did you get pears??”

Old lady: “We’ll discuss it inside.”

–One of the best pieces of TV writing ever. Tear-inducing laughter. Wow.

Thank you, Mad Men.

Haiku/Random SYTYCD thoughts: Homoerotic!

Homoerotic!
My bad girls, these dancers are
totally straight. Wink.

Well José probably is, but I’m just glad they’ve embraced guy on guy choreography. Not only is it making a lot of their demo happy, but we get to see so much more than the usual boy-meets-girl story. And I’m enjoying the new format more and more!

I’m referring to the Afro-jazz piece between Billy and José on tonight’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance. If you don’t watch SYTYCD, they usually act like all the obviously gay male dancers are straight on camera. Jesus H, if there’s one place a man should feel comfortable being into other men, it should be the effing dance world. I’m sure it’s just FOX being FOX. Adam Lambert didn’t “admit” to being gay until after Idol.

Is it a step in the right direction, or invitation for outrage from conservative families who don’t mind when the female dancers wear napkins as costumes and rub up against the boys’ penises (the way God intended), but won’t tolerate any queers corrupting their childrens’ fragile, straight little dance-watching minds?

DWTS: Jabbawockeez

Jabbawockeez on Dancing With The Stars

hip hop meets Fosse… i love it.

quotes: saner than Palin

“Can I tell you something for real? You seem saner than Palin.”
- Jon Stewart to Rod Blagojevich, Daily Show, Sept 24 ’09.

Dancing with the Stars: nail polish hands

i love dance competition shows, but i am definitely more on the SYTYCD side than DWTS, and part of the reason for that is the dreaded nail polish hands. DWTS has for the most part untrained dancers who don’t know what to do with their hands, and when those untrained ladies go through their moves, they wave their hands around as if trying to avoid messing up their manicures.

Belinda Carlisle, in her one DWTS performance last year, was one of the worst NPH offenders, but this season they’re spread evenly among pretty much all of them.

NPH begin at 1:30.