Today Show Halloween Continues to Fully Be Unhinged
The Today show is supposed to be relaxing, uplifting, and feel-good 364 days of the year. But on Halloween, it turns into a literal nightmare just for funsies. This year, each of the anchors dressed up as a famous dancer (a very loose term) and performed that person’s famous dance, the full versions of which are on Today. The costumes themselves are actually decent, unlike when they all dressed up as Peanuts characters and ruined millions of childhoods. What’s so ridiculous about this year’s is how hard they go. It’s a level of dedication to shtick that one could have only if they got paid millions of dollars. Please, without further ado, the hip-hopping, move-busting, potentially hip-breaking Today show dancers.
It's not unusual to see @craigmelvin and @alroker channel Fresh Prince and Carlton. #HalloweenTODAY 🎃 pic.twitter.com/XJNTX8oEro
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 31, 2019Right off the bat, a duo who stretched the theme to its limits. Saying Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is a dancer is like saying Daenerys Targaryen is a reptile enthusiast.
Kick off the Sunday shoes! @PeterAlexander is channeling Kevin Bacon in “Footloose”! #HalloweenTODAY 🎃 pic.twitter.com/AbyzQCeNkD
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 31, 2019Who are these backup dancers? Just, like, other producers? Who is running the show right now?
.@DylanDreyerNBC's got all the moves as Elaine from “Seinfeld”! #HalloweenTODAY 🎃 pic.twitter.com/CThG3vwYr7
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 31, 2019To be fair, if we saw this Elaine at a party, we would be like, “Oh, nice. Elaine.”
.@JennaBushHager and @WillieGeist are having the time of their lives as Baby and Johnny from “Dirty Dancing”! #HalloweenTODAY 🎃 pic.twitter.com/fCvdx6GmBn
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 31, 2019Instead of ditching the iconic lift, Jenna Bush Hager disappears and Willie Geist lifts … a mannequin, stiff as a board. The horror.
.@SheinelleJones is part of the rhythm nation as Janet Jackson! #HalloweenTODAY 🎃 pic.twitter.com/VFpGCXRDc1
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 31, 2019Sheinelle Jones followed the prompt! She is the Rihanna of this fever-dream Met Gala. Her dance moves were on point, and she served it right up to the camera. Anybody else’s wig missing?
Will you just watch the hair?! @hodakotb is Tony from “Saturday Night Fever”! #HalloweenTODAY 🎃 pic.twitter.com/PjTpp6lGXt
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 31, 2019How is this only slightly better than when Hoda was weird Furry Woodstock from Peanuts?
We've got chills for @SavannahGuthrie and @CarsonDaly as Sandy and Danny from “Grease”! #HalloweenTODAY 🎃 pic.twitter.com/Gqx9bKfCIQ
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 31, 2019First of all, Carson Daly’s wig could use some more grease. Or hair. Second, in the full version, they’re supposed to be lip-syncing over the track, but the mics are on so we can still hear them barely singing. It’s a sound tech’s worst fear. For that terror alone, Grease is awarded the scariest Today show costume this Halloween. Tune in next year when Al Roker may or may not cover himself in fur to become Paddington.
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