The Post that Might Get Me in Trouble at Work
I may have mentioned, I teach at E.M.U. In my program (paralegal studies), we have a variety of different students. Many are “non-traditional” in the sense they are my age or older and are embarking on a second career. The other half are more traditional, twenty-something co-eds. I find it a really stimulating mix as their viewpoints and politics are diverse. Generally, I do keep the political stuff out of the classroom, but evey once in awhile, someone will speak passionately about something and it can spark engaging and lively debates. We are in the middle of one now and though my job may be on the line by taking a side on this, I feel my integrity–no–our national identity is at stake.
I think Marie Osmond should win Dancing with the Stars.
I know, I know, she is not the most technically skilled dancer. Helio and Mel B. have her on that. But…she’s Marie Effing Osmond!!! Come on!!!!
I wanted to BE her. I had every purple/pink tattered lame gowned doll. Every record. Donny is great too and they put him on the cover of Tiger Beat, but I never loved him in that way. I mean…he was my brother!
My Grandma Kordowski used to make us microphones out of clothespins, tin foil and twine. My sister and I would stand in front of her console stereo and belt out “I’m leaving it all up to you-o-o-0″ while the family threw money at us (ok, not at us…but to us).
The young kids, they don’t understand. They see flashy Mel B. and Maks, cute pixie Julianne. They think the dancing matters.
I argue that if it wasn’t for Marie Osmond, there would be no Dancing with the Stars. The cheesy-glittery-family-variety show line of descent goes from Sid Ceaser and Milton Burle DIRECTLY to Donny and Marie.
We owe her this. Mel B. has the Spice Girls (and frankly, the Osmonds paved the way for them too). Helio…he’ll always be cute.
Marie. It’s about respect. It’s about teeth and dimples. It’s about time.
Robin
(P.S. Having said all of that, the dancing doll creeped me out too.)
UPDATE: What????!!!?? I’m just sayin’. What, Helio??? I love the guy, don’t get me wrong. I even understand how it finally went down w/ Marie. But WHAT????? M & M was robbed!!!!!!!
… What???!!!!!
ok, I’ll comment. I enjoy your passion for the Osmonds. For me it was the Monkees. LOL
You brought back a lot of memories. Thanks.
Comment by old salt — November 27, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
I couldn’t agree with you more!! Go MARIE!!!!
She’s got it in the bag, her family voting alone will win her the title. Did you see how many Osmond’s there are on Oprah? They could be their own state for criminy sakes. LOL
Go MARIE!!!
Comment by Cheryl Engfer — November 27, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
They do have their own state, I think it’s called Utah.
Apparently I became stunted at that developement level, what with the mic in hand.
And finally I LOVE DAVEY JONES!!!
RR
Comment by Rebecca — November 27, 2007 @ 2:17 pm
To be blunt, I love Marie, always have, and have been rotting for her all along … but last night’s performances put her in the back of the pack for good reason. Granted some of the judging was a bit out-of-order, but she could have done considerably better. My wife and I were both very disappointed, especially knowing what Marie’s capable of.
Comment by LunaPierCook — November 27, 2007 @ 2:31 pm
Ok, rooting, not “rotting”. She’s old, just a couple years older than me, but there’s no rotting so far!
Comment by LunaPierCook — November 27, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
OMG! Davy Jones should TOTALLY do Dancing with the Stars. I think I would die!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Robin Dec — November 27, 2007 @ 4:38 pm
Oh…and another thing. I was feeling very dodgey on the couch when Marie was resonding to the judge’s comments. She almost got snippy. BAD move at this stage of the game. Her brand is perky. But I LOOOOOVE you Marie!!!!!!
Comment by Robin Dec — November 27, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/images/nez201.jpg
Okay copy paste that and it’s an arguement why Davy Jones, Shawn Cassidy and the guy in the pic should just stay in our memories. Seriously, I didn’t know who this was and then.. WHOA!
Comment by Rebecca Regnier — November 27, 2007 @ 7:36 pm
Who is that? Is it Mike Nesmith? If so…I’m still not afraid. He wasn’t the cute one. I raise you one middle-aged bazillionaire-from-my-mommys-genius with this.
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/hh/0427888/HH/0427888/iid_1122971.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Jones,%20Davy%20
I still think he’s cute. He is, BTW just about our Dad’s age. (he’s still cute too :))
Comment by Robin Dec — November 27, 2007 @ 9:33 pm
Yep Mike Nesmith. TOO WEIRD. Not keep in mind you had the Monkey context going alread.
RR
Comment by Rebecca Regnier — November 28, 2007 @ 3:58 am
Um yeah, riddled with typos it should read. NOW keep in mind you had the Monkey context going already. JEESH. Too early to do this eh?
Comment by Rebecca Regnier — November 28, 2007 @ 4:00 am
http://www.davyjones.net … his official site. Check out all the fun Photoshopping on his Divas page.
Comment by LunaPierCook — November 28, 2007 @ 4:58 am
I LOVE DAVEY JONES!!!
Those pics are great, especially #2–the black and white (w/o the beard) what a fox!!
RE: DWTS–Marie…I didn’t see the show Monday night so I didn’t see the ragdoll performance until last night I saw the clips on ET—-can you say “What the b**p were you thinking?” NOT a good move at all, if I had to choose someone other than Marie I would’ve chosen Mel…not Helio–its like his name is Helium–he didn’t float like helium, i saw a stumple a few times like at the beginning it was not good.
Come on American Idol!!!
Comment by Cheryl Engfer — November 28, 2007 @ 9:58 pm
OMG!!! I am glad you feel the same way….Mel and Max so should have won that!! I swear reality TV keeps letting me down. Next time you have a Dancing with the Stars debate in class, call me in as a guest
Comment by Cheryl K — November 30, 2007 @ 12:42 am
Ok, maybe you could track down your Marie Osmond doll from way back when and we could pair her with Ken. Then we could stage our own dancing w/the stars. (We can even pull in the malibu barbie to be sabrina, skipper to be julianne, etc…) See how easy you’ve made it to tie your blogs together
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