Monday, May 17, 2010

Favorite Movie Dance Scenes

Molly and Andy over at the Bumbles Blog have a Monday Movie Meme, and today's theme is favorite dance scenes.

Play along -- either in your own blog, or leave a comment. Link back to the Bumbles Blog. What's your favorite dance scene?

I love the dance scenes in Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, but I'm going to list some of my faves that are a little off-beat, but oh-so-fun:

During a talent show at my kids junior high school a couple of years ago, a student recreated this dance from Napoleon Dynamite, and the crowd went wild. People still talk about it. Here's the original:


Pee Wee Herman being threatened in a biker bar, and his last request is a dance:


In order to fully appreciate this scene from 500 Days of Summer, you really should know that he just slept with his girlfriend the night before:


This is probably a popular favorite, but I can't omit it! John Travolta doing what he does best, in Pulp Fiction:


When considering dance scenes, I must slip in this television dance scene, one of my all-time favorites, when Ricky finds out he's going to become a father, in I Love Lucy:

13 comments:

  1. Good choices!! Definitely not your typical choices either. I like :)

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  2. Thanks, Noelle! I had fun with this ~ and I wanted to go off the beaten path a bit. Glad you enjoyed it!

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  3. I just love all of your picks - they are so great! Fun stuff - thanks for sharing!

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  4. Happy Monday to you, scrappydee! Thank you for stopping by and checking out these fun picks!

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  5. I totally loved your Napoleon Dynomite pick--I'd completely forgotten how funny that was. great job.

    Kaye—the road goes ever ever on

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  6. Hi Kaye,
    I just stopped by your blog ~ it's wonderful. Your picks are terrific. I love the dance scene in the gym in "It's a Wonderful Life," too ~ good one!

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  7. thanks for including "Tequila." Haven't seen it, or even thought about it, for YEARS -- and that's my loss. Terrific inclusion.

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  8. Thanks for stopping by, The Gal Herself! Tequila is an unusual pick, but so much fun!

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  9. Great post, Kathleen. The Pee Wee Tequila sequence is favorite of my kids (and me). So, too, the Pulp Fiction dance scene. That scene in I Love Lucy is soooo touching, as well. Some others of mine would include the lip-sync Twist & Shout sequence from Ferris Bueller's Day Off and ANY of the dance sequences from Bob Fosse's great All That Jazz film. Thanks for this

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  10. Hi le0pard13,
    So glad you enjoyed this. Isn't Pee Wee hysterical?
    Thanks for the reminder of Twist & Shout ~ Ferris Bueller is a classic. All That Jazz ~ another great suggestion. It's fun what people are coming up with!
    Have a great week!

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  11. We have three in common! And I love that episode of I Love Lucy. It's so cute how Lucy tells Ricky her big news :)

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  12. Oh Kathleen! You have some real gems selected here. Love them - especially Napolean Dyn. That movie was so hysterical in all of its awkwardness. Thanks for playing along - join in any time.

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  13. Thanks for stopping by, JujuB213! Isn't that fascinating we chose three of the same dance scenes! Cool!

    Hey Bumbles!
    Thanks for creating this meme ~ what a lot of fun. I'm a huge movie buff. I look forward to visiting your blog often. That's a great word to describe Napolean Dynamite ~ awkward. Jon Heder did a fabulous job, though.

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