Gone but not forgotten: old-school dance shows on TV.
I recognize that FOX, ABC, MTV and Oxygen all still have active dance COMPETITION shows, but after watching a documentary on Soul Train this past weekend, I'm talking about remembering the classics -- like American Bandstand, Solid Gold, Club MTV, the Grind -- where you spent a half hour or so watching the camera weave in and out of a crowd full of the limber, lissome and lithe (today's post brought to you by the task of alliterative thesaurus-ing) showing off all the latest moves. I was always aware of the Philly connection to American Bandstand growing up in central PA, but I didn't know about the Chitown origins of Soul Train until this weekend (further explored in the article below).
And so, collective creative output of Don Cornelius, Shemar Moore, Marilyn McCoo, Downtown Julie Brown and Eric Nies, you will be missed.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/soul-train-local/Content?oid=1106014
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