{"id":290827,"date":"2020-04-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1139112"},"modified":"2020-04-13T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:00:00","slug":"loni-love-dubs-this-performance-happy-days-meets-soul-train-on-the-funny-dance-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/loni-love-dubs-this-performance-happy-days-meets-soul-train-on-the-funny-dance-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Loni Love Dubs This Performance Happy Days Meets Soul Train on The Funny Dance Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202039\/rs_600x600-200409090246-the-funny-dance-show-106-ron-funches-portrait-ac.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"45.768055555556\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32.480555555556\">\n<p>Talk about a twist!<\/p>\n<p>When comedian&nbsp;<strong>Ron Funches<\/strong> takes the stage on this week&#8217;s <em>The Funny Dance Show<\/em>, you&#8217;re immediately transported to another decade. As seen in the above preview clip, Funches is sporting a letterman jacket and dancing alongside poodle skirt-clad women to &#8220;Barbara Ann&#8221; by <strong>the Beach Boys<\/strong>. However, in the blink of an eye, the <em>Grease<\/em> vibes are gone and a funkier sound takes over: &#8220;Brick House&#8221; by<strong>&nbsp;The Commodores<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Funches&#8217; attention is diverted to one of his fellow dancers&nbsp;who&#8217;s wearing a&nbsp;Pink Ladies-esque jacket, and the two spend the rest of the routine playfully getting down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As his team captain <strong>Heidi Heaslet<\/strong> put it, the performance &#8220;took a beautiful and creepy turn a little bit, but [it was] also very sexy!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The judges&nbsp;seem to absolutely love the routine, and they end up showering Funches with compliments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, I&#8217;ve always loved Ron Funches,&#8221; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/justin_martindale\">Justin Martindale<\/a><\/strong> explains. &#8220;He is just the sweetest. Like, once those locker doors opened, I was like, &#8216;Here we go!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even better,&nbsp;Martindale says that Funches managed to put the &#8220;high&#8221; in &#8220;Rydell High.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"72.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"35\">\n<p><strong>Allison Holker<\/strong>&nbsp;delivers feedback that&#8217;s much more sentimental, explaining that the performance &#8220;literally warmed&#8221; her heart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really, really super impressed with you. Because also with the story, you had dance moves\u2014but it was you,&#8221; she says. &#8220;That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re looking for&nbsp;here on the show, is just people being you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loni Love<\/strong> is equally impressed, and dubs Funches&#8217; routine as &#8220;<em>Happy Days<\/em> meets<em> Soul Train<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Man, that&#8217;s a lot of black people going to your school, huh?&#8221; Love says, prompting laughter from the audience, Funches and her fellow judges.<\/p>\n<p>She goes on to further describe the performance as &#8220;just like a party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what it was supposed to be!&#8221; Love adds. &#8220;It was funny and it was good. I&#8217;m proud of you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the entire scene in the above video!<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Wednesday&#8217;s all-new <em>The Funny Dance Show<\/em>, tune in to see Funches perform an additional dance with his team member&nbsp;<strong>Blair Socci<\/strong>. They&#8217;ll be up against <strong>Adam Ray<\/strong> and <strong>Brad Williams<\/strong>, who are on <strong>Justine Marino<\/strong>&#8216;s team.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Watch a brand new episode of <i>The Funny Dance Show<\/i> Wednesday at 11 p.m., only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1139112\/loni-love-dubs-this-performance-happy-days-meets-soul-train-on-the-funny-dance-show?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about a twist! When comedian&nbsp;Ron Funches takes the stage on this week&#8217;s The Funny Dance Show, you&#8217;re immediately transported to another decade. 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