We open with Ryan Seacrest (note to new readers, I know he's not actually Ryan Seacrest) telling us that millions have voted and one Danny and Sandy are going home. Who are these "millions?" So vague.

Tonight's group number is a super-peppy "Hand Jive." It looks like everyone's been eating their Wheaties - including Kathleen Marshall - the number has great energy and more interesting choreography than last week. It should be a better performance, since last week's was deader than Meredith Grey. Rimshot. Thank you, I'll be here all the week! During the boys' solos I kind of fall in love with Chad, while Jason lives up to his "Can Mormons be Gay?" Danny nickname. Hello, did you not get the memo about this week's not-so-secret test?

Ok and seriously, as much as I prefer the poodle skirts over those HORRIBLE PANTS, why must the costumes on this show look so cheap? The girls' outfits look like the '50's-Girl costume I got from Toys 'R Us when I was 8. I had the black-and-white saddle shoes and everything. It was pretty sweet and I was the toast of 3rd grade. Then this British girl moved to town who had a pair of pink-and-white saddle shoes and a British accent and that was the end of my toast-dom. Whatever, those pink shoes were tacky. Anyways, my point is, at 8 a pair of saddle shoes and a cheap poodle skirt are special, but on national TV, not so much.

Watching this number on repeat viewing makes me very irritated at the show that they're back to singing pop songs for our votes. As great as some of the performances of said pop songs can be, compare those numbers to this and think about what's more interesting to see. If we wanted to watch American Idol, we would watch American Idol (and probably do.) Why not sing songs from Broadway musicals and give us something different?! I want to see singing, dancing and acting! ALL AT ONCE! That's what Broadway calls a star! Except you don't actually have to dance. In fact, I think you're only a real star if other people dance around you. Sorry Sutton Foster.

Ryan Seacrest has taken to calling Kathleen Marshall "The Marshall." Clunk. Shoulda quit while you were (barely) ahead with "World-Wide-Webber." Cat Deely informs us that John Secada won raves on Broadway in Cabaret and the 1994 revival of Grease. Yeah, thanks for reminding us it's really too soon for a revival. But ugh, don't get me started down this path. I'll have to bring up the current Les Mis "revival" and you'll never get me off the subject.

Video montage of the final 12: Suddenly all the boys are threatened by Derek's arms. Max and Allie have a little love connection. It would be cute if Max weren't already dating me. Now it's just awkward and I need to make a phone call, excuse me. While talking about Kate's powerful, but "official" performance last week, Allie says she doesn't know how willing Kate is to experiment with other Danny's and "play doctor." Um, WHAT? I don't even know how to respond to that. Wait, yes I do. Slattern!

There's more smack-talk as Ashley claims she can hit the same notes as Kate. Derek claims he'd be a better Danny than Austin because he can bring the machismo. Hence this week's theme. After the video plays Ryan Seacrest mentions that the potential Danny's and Sandy's hadn't seen that before just now, then the camera pans to all of them sitting together in their special section of the audience. You can visibly see them ruing their words. Awkward!

When we come back from commercials Ryan and Cat ask Jason "purple Danny" Celaya, Juliana "violet Sandy" Hansen, Kevin "green Danny" Greene and Kathleen "light pink Sandy" Monteleone to step forward. After a long, but not at all suspenseful pause Ryan Seacrest tells them they are the ones with the lowest votes. If it were up to viewer votes alone, Jason and Juliana would have gone home. I must say I agree.

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Posted in Grease: You're the One That I Want by Krank Mills at 3:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (8)
Last Comment: ampiper on Feb 24, 2007 01:07 PM.

Comments (8)

gretcheepoo :

Funny recap. You and I thought a lot of the same things. I too can't figure out why they are having them sing pop music... you may be an excellent pop star and totally suck with Broadway music.

Juliana has the same stupid expression (silly frozen grin) no matter what she is trying to convey. Thank GOD she's gone

I think your recaps are funny, but one thing... it's Danny ZUKO. Check IMDB if you don't believe me. Sorry, it was really bugging me.

1 of 8 | Posted by gretcheepoo | Posted on February 22, 2007 3:55 PM

deepika :

good recap of the show

2 of 8 | Posted by deepika | Posted on February 22, 2007 10:10 PM

deepika :

nice information

3 of 8 | Posted by deepika | Posted on February 22, 2007 10:14 PM

JasonR :

Krank,
Your recaps are both hilarious and insightful, allowing us to revel in the so cheesy its wonderful vibe of this show, from the costumes to the faux-Seacrest host and shameless Idol-envy that permeates everything minute. I also liked Max this week. There are 3 or 4 girls who are really good and I can't really say I have a favorite yet.

4 of 8 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on February 23, 2007 6:20 AM

JasonR :

that should have been "every minute"

5 of 8 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on February 23, 2007 6:23 AM

maybeimamazed02 :

I know I'll prolly get raked across the coals for this, but I think Juliana was let go too soon. No, she's not right for Sandy and she's definitely a flawed performer, but I STILL prefer her to Kathleen Crazy-Eyes.

I think Kevin's days are numbered, though I do like the new haircut.

And I'm sticking to my opinion that Austin is not Danny. He did an EXCELLENT job this week with Laura and was very believable. He's such a good performer all around...but that doesn't make him right for the character. Sorry.

Ashley was good but needs to cool it with the makeup. The green eye shadow was a little scary.

Max was absolutely darling. I really really hope he gets a chance to make it further...not every Danny needs to be super macho. I mean, Barry Bostwick was the original Danny, and he wasn't nearly as tough-looking as John Travolta. Krank Mills, you hit the nail on the head when you said Danny has to have some dork in him. Also, remember it's his sweetness that Sandy falls for in the first place. I love Max so.

I gave Derek the benefit of the doubt this week...everyone has an off week sometimes, plus he had a bad song and a not-great partner (sorry, Kate is semi-good vocals and not much else).

Chad and Allie: teeny bit forced, but still pretty hot. This was the first week I really liked Allie, and I've loved Chad since his first audition (Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love).

I'd be happy with Allie, Ashley or Laura for Sandy, and Chad or Max for Danny.

I liked the pairing up of contestants and I hope they do more of it. After all, Danny and Sandy MUST have chemistry.

6 of 8 | Posted by maybeimamazed02 | Posted on February 23, 2007 7:40 AM

626 :

I was really surprised by Max this week. I've always considered him the "Chicken Little" in this competition. Someone cute that all the tweens with their own phone lines are voting for but would be picked off before the serious competition begins.

But I've got to tell you, I really enjoyed his and Ashley's performance Sunday. It's almost been a week now since the episode and their's is the only performance I have no trouble remembering. They had great chemistry together. I still have a hard time seeing Max as Zuko, but it's not as far fetched as I previously thought.

7 of 8 | Posted by 626 | Posted on February 24, 2007 12:49 PM

ampiper :

I have it on good authority that they plan to cast Max as "Doody." They made an offer to a B'way actor and then when they realized that they liked Max but that he was not a "Danny," they pulled the offer from the other actor so that they couls cast Max instead. I also heard that they want Chad to win, so look for them to begin a big push on the show to make that happen.

8 of 8 | Posted by ampiper | Posted on February 24, 2007 1:07 PM

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