Watch: The 5 Worst Homemade 'Risky Business' Dance Videos
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One of the most iconic movie images of the 1980s is that of Tom Cruise, clad only in socks, underwear, dress shirt, and sunglasses, dancing to the strains of Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll" in Risky Business. Guitar Hero recreated the scene for a series of commercials last year, which apparently put it into the heads of quite a few young people that they should do the same thing in their own homes. As the video evidence shows, this was approximately as bad an idea as it sounds like it would be. We've chosen five of the worst ones and posted them after the jump. The first is courtesy of BuzzFeed, and it's the best reminder that the film was called Risky Business for a reason. I love that even though the girl seems to be legitimately injured, they still posted it on YouTube. Why let a simple thing like a concussion keep you from Internet fame?
That one, and four other bad ones, after the jump.
For a second I was really, really worried that she was going to hit the TV. Whew.
It's cute that a dad and his little boy are working together, but their choreography and lip-syncing are waaaay off. A little more rehearsal, boys.
NO. The remote control can't start out as a microphone and then magically become a guitar. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
Two tween girls and a little boy. Somewhat adorable, sure. My only real complaint is that two of the children are named "McKenna" and "Paxton," which, I'm sorry, aren't even real names.
This one will be a favorite of viewers who enjoy seeing teenage Swedish boys in their underwear. (You know who you are.) The official title of the video: "risky business dance 'gällivare skid gymnasium.'" Purple monkey dishwasher.
And finally, the real scene from Risky Business...
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11-13-2009 @ 9:43AM
Justin Michaels said...
funny stuff. the real question is though where does the risky business bit feature in the best ever tom cruise singing scenes? - http://rossvross.com/2009/09/14/top-five-tom-cruise-singing-scenes/
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11-14-2009 @ 11:50PM
Scooter Mike said...
Yeah, I have seen them. The sad thing is that I downloaded all those onto my computer. Why? I'm going to make the biggest Risky Business Dance video with mostly all the Risky Business dance videos that could find from YouTube. It's going to be huge. I have 39 videos that I downloaded from YouTube. I'll keep you guys posted when I'm done with the video.
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