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Anytime somebody bashes Philly, I am just going to show them the following video. It really doesn’t get any better than this: On Good Day Philadelphia, Jennaphr Frederick dances with the director of security and a pre-cancerous colon polyp known as Polypman. (March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.) The guy in the polyp suit is a med student who needs extra money. Oh, and they’re dancing to Sasha Baron Cohen’s cover of “I Like To Move It” from the Madagascar soundtrack. And the director of security, Harry, is doing the ‘Raj’ From What’s Happening.
A bit of backtracking: I am not positive, but I believe the first time they did this was when guys in penguins suits came on to celebrate the DVD release of Madagascar. And since then they’ve danced with a steak, a muffler that looked like a flask, a baby, the University of Delaware mascot and a griffin. It’s usually just Frederick dancing, but if we’re lucky, Kerri-Lee Halkett joins them, too.
There are so many questions: Who is their target audience? Do they really enjoy dancing? Do they get embarassed to do this? Whose idea was this in the first place? If you’re a mascot, how do you get on this show? Is there some sort of application process?
But this much is definitely known: This could not happen anywhere else. Even with all the silly things the anchors on, say, Today, do, it doesn’t hold a candle to this. Only in Philadelphia could anchors on a morning show dance like this and not be fired immediately. And for that I am grateful, because things like this are simply awesome.
That being said, it’s time to invoke the fair use laws and show the video:
Archives: Good Day Philadelphia
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