The title for this recap has absolutely nothing to do with this week's episode of Making the Band. I just think Brillo's name is funny. Donnie KLANG. KLANG?! That's awesome! Also, my apologies for the lateness of this recap. I had to spend the week at a little convention in Denver.
We open this week's episode staring at Diddy's chest. He's wearing a t-shirt that says "I am the Black American Dream," and I guess he wants to be extra sure that we see it. I wonder if he's going to lift up his shirt and show us his "fat" again, but he only wants to remind us that Brillo's album is in stores September 2. Are any of you going to go buy it? Hold that thought because now it's time for one of Diddy's famous family meetings to see what the groups have prepared. Historically, this is where we watch our favorite little musicians get so nervous in front of Diddy that they practically pee themselves and then Dids tells them that they all suck. Oh joy!
Now we're in the studio with Danity Kane, practicing their new song. The girls are sexily writhing around and talking about Mabelline again. We watch them dance FOREVER. I watched it for awhile and then went back to folding clothes. Aundrea tells us that they know each other well enough now that choreography has become easy. Yeah, that's right, last season we learned that they were Veterans of the Music Industry. Blah blah blah.
Shannon helps Aundrea with some moves, and it ends with Shannon doing a shocking middle split, lying on the floor. Gil, the choreographer, says that they are definitely ready. As we have learned in the past, this hyper-focus on Aundrea is probably foreshadowing that she will make an ass of herself in front of The Man, but who knows? Perhaps MTV has since found a new formula. Eh...probably not.
Brillo is also working on his moves, which are much less complex and yet still quite the struggle. Basically, he's just learning how to fancily walk around the stage. I didn't even realize that performers learned how to WALK. I figured they just kinda moved to the music however they felt inclined. Brillo's choreographer says that there's no more to learn. They'll just practice a couple more times and then should be ready to show Diddy.
In yet another studio, Day26 is busily working away with Boomcat. Things are moving along okay until Mike's leg hits Robert's leg. Gasp! This blatant intrusion is enough to make Robert completely unable to focus, and he has to stop dancing altogether to point out how he was wronged. Will tells us that with all of them learning the moves, they are bouncing around, bumping into each other, and it's not looking good. It looks so bad that Boomcat screams, "WHAT IS GOING ON?!" She tells them that just because they miss a step, she should still see some effervescence. They only have two weeks, and they look totally dead inside. But are we surprised? I have yet to really see a spark of life in any of these guys.
Uh oh! Time for "Diddy's Fit Club!" It's our very first installment, and I'm anxious to see how it turns out. Oh no, he's eating pizza. This isn't a good sign for his "gut." I put that in quotes because he is SO not fat. It's really funny because Diddy looks surprised to see us and embarrassed to be eating pizza. He says that he's been having some complications because he gained two pounds while his mission is to lose 12. He says that he's needs our help. If we see him, and he's eating carbs, then we needs to stop him. I accept this mission. Also, isn't Diddy getting funnier by the season? I used to think he was kind of an arrogant little fucker, but now I just view him as a comic genius. Now I realize that before I just wasn't in on the joke.
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Comments (3)
Loved it, Mandamo, you hit the nail(s) on the head! I absolutely adore this show (and especially Day 26) because they really do believe that getting signed to Diddy's label makes them instant superstars (they should check into the group "Dream" from 2001, they were once on Diddy's label, too).
It is so amazing to me that Day 26 have not yet learned how to NOT telegraph their mistakes (i.e. Qwanell just stopped dead in the water when the routine didn't go exactly the way they wanted). You don't stop, you keep on and on ('til the break of dawn)! They've got so many more hard lessons to pick up.
Fabulous Recap, thank you from another 'Mo! :)
love, J-Mo :)
1 of 3 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on September 2, 2008 12:32 PM
"Also, isn't Diddy getting funnier by the season? I used to think he was kind of an arrogant little fucker, but now I just view him as a comic genius. Now I realize that before I just wasn't in on the joke."
Not sure if you were being sarcastic here or not but I find him so funny and always have. Despite the fact that he's really arrogant and rich he really seems like he's in on the joke with everything and doesn't really take anything too seriously on his shows.
2 of 3 | Posted by cherin | Posted on September 3, 2008 9:33 AM
I HEART these recaps. All of my friends I used to mock MTB3 with have moved on.
OK, i just saw the DK video for "Bad Girl" and I figured out what the Maybelline song is actually about.
It is a stripper who is trying to tell her customers that she is a prostitute after hours.
So why is Diddy giving Aubs a hard time about her image? She's just trying to promote the record.
3 of 3 | Posted by amberpdidit | Posted on September 4, 2008 6:03 PM