Any excuse to show Cyd and Gene

[jlh]

I didn't post about it because there wasn't a whiskey tango foxtrot big enough for the shock, but RIP Tim Russert. You will be missed, especially in Buffalo.

I'm sure it seems to many of you that I'm not very geeky about movies because I'm not that familiar with geeky movies, but that's not true. I'm very geeky about the movies of my childhood, but they were old classic Hollywood comedies and musicals. So I was very sorry to hear that Cyd Charisse died yesterday—I'm sure they'll mention it this week on SYTYCD. Here's one of her many iconic moments, from the ballet in Singin' in the Rain (1952):

I used to pretend to do that leg thing with the hat all the time, I'm very sure to not nearly as good effect. If you want Cyd a little more recently, she comes into Janet Jackson's "Alright" video (1990) at about 2:55—the lady coming out of the boutique, in the red dress:

Not bad for 70, eh?

Comments

[evil-erato.livejournal.com]

As soon as I heard about Cyd I thought of you, actually. :)

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Singin' in the Rain makes everything a little better. I do hope they mention it on SYTYCD.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

It was weird that they had that accidental mention of her since (as I forgot when I wrote this) last night's show was taped on Monday.

*is embarassed*

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I left last night without paying for dinner! Sorry about that--remind me how much so I pay next week!

[piperki.livejournal.com]

I sure as hell couldn't do that with my leg, and I'm only 43.

Also, Gene Kelly is extremely athletic and hot. Rowr.

[uberlibra.livejournal.com]

OMG. Cyd Cherisse. I had forgotten all about the "ALright" video until now. She looks amazing.

I wish I could do that...and I'm only 30.

RIP, amazing lady...