For a minute, I wasn’t sure if the latest episode of Dancing with the Stars was a tribute to Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 or a celebration of Disney’s 100th.
Looks it was a whole lot of both! Ah, the magic of product placement. It felt like an opportunity lost, though, not putting judge Bruno Tonioli in the middle of that rousing opening number to Encanto‘s “We don’t talk about Bruno.” But Tonioli still got to show off his chest hair at the end of dance, so all was not lost.
On with Disney 100 night! Actor Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch) with partner Peta Murgatroyd. When tasked with dancing jazz, Williams said he comes well prepared: He starred in a Broadway staging of Pippin back in the ’70s that was directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse.
It’s been a looong time since that memorable run in New York City; Williams lost the beat during his performance to “He’s a Tramp” and almost dropped Murgatroyd during a lift.
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