Blast from the past with the New TRON dance

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    Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

    I thought I had imagined this as I have been looking for years and not able to find it. Finally, here is the Pointer Sisters with TRON and the Main Street Electrical Parade (good times).

    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_P7F4bHDk0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...7F4bHDk0</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By Ohana

    oh that's great. i miss the Disney Sunday Movie and the Disney specials that would come on. Now all we get is Seacrest at Christmas. Barf
     
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    Originally Posted By skinnerbox

    Sorry, but this song needs to remain the purview of Beverly Hills Cop and not TRON. Seeing those dancers in the original TRON costumes suffering from some kind of disco seizure is just painful.

    If this link finds its way to the studio execs in Burbank, that will be the final nail in the TRON franchise coffin lid for sure.
     
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    Originally Posted By mawnck

    You say that like it's a bad thing ...
     
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    Originally Posted By skinnerbox

    LOL!!
     
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    Originally Posted By amazedncal2

    Looks like an old jazzercise video on fast forward.

    Thanks for the link davewasbaloo!
     
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    Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

    God that was awful! What area of DL was this filmed in? It looks like it might be in a warehouse. Or the guest parking lot.
     
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    Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

    "Sorry, but this song needs to remain the purview of Beverly Hills Cop and not TRON. Seeing those dancers in the original TRON costumes suffering from some kind of disco seizure is just painful."

    Just goes to show you that Disney's attempts at trying to be "hip" is nothing new.
     
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    Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

    Be glad I didn't post the Marie Osmond and the Hoff doing a duet of a Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes.
     
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    Originally Posted By skinnerbox

    Now he's threatening us with torture!
     
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    Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

    I won't bothering threatening. Dig this:

    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abmn_wYCf8Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...n_wYCf8Y</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

    I didn't mind that one. It was the Julian Lennon and Alabama segments that I think have held up very well though.
     
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    Originally Posted By tonyanton

    I loved this special as a kid....as someone who grew up on the East Coast and had only been to WDW, this was one of the first times I saw footage of DL (for the younger crowd this was prior to the internet and a million ways of viewing pix and video of virtually anyplace in the world).
     
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    Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

    Ya, I will never forget the opening credits with "I'm so excited" as sung by the cast of Audio Animatronics of the park. A real highlight for me. I used to watch it over and over. Because yes, I remember the days pondering the parks was soley based on the Magic Kingdom Club magazine.
     
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    Originally Posted By DlandDug

    >>Ya, I will never forget the opening credits with "I'm so excited" as sung by the cast of Audio Animatronics of the park.<<

    Including Abe Lincoln. No joke.
     
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    Originally Posted By gadzuux

    As we saw in that weird musical number during the oscars last night - with technology, anybody can 'sing' anything. Any spoken word can be instantly transformed into song. Wanna sound just like Diana Ross? No problem, just throw this little switch and their ain't no mountain high enough.
     
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    Originally Posted By TP2000

    Ain't no valley low enough, to keep me from you.
     
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    Originally Posted By friarthe

    The bit with Debbie Allen singing a sexy "Zip a Dee Doo Dah" at the Tiki Room always disturbed me as a kid. "They let her do THAT at Disneyland?"
     
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    Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

    They were trying to be "hip and edgy" long before DCA ever opened.
     
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    Originally Posted By tonyanton

    I always think about how Drew Barrymore was already drinking (and maybe more) when she hosted this special.
     

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