gallimauphry musings: Alison Jiear

Showing posts with label Alison Jiear. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Alison Jiear. Show all posts

Saturday, May 30, 2009

I Just Wanna Dance Re-Edit

One of the musical numbers from Jerry Springer: the Opera, performed by Alison Jiear, says it all.

I was raised on 1950s MGM musicals--glorious technicolor and energy. No matter how many times I see these clips, I just wanna dance along.

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