THE BEST

Let's start the day with THE BEST THING EVER, shall we? Terry Crews, feminist, hosted this year's TV Land Awards (which will air Saturday night), and opened the show with a lipsync-and-dance montage to some classic TV show themes. Now, this would be amazing all its own, but when he got to The Golden Girls theme, he went into the audience and SANG IT TO BETTY WHITE OH MY HEART. I love this guy.


Video Description: Terry Crews, a tall, broad-shouldered, middle-aged black man wearing a grey suit and a white shirt is onstage in front of an audience of stars, flanked by eight female dancers of different ethnicities.

The Addams Family theme begins to play, with the show logo on a big screen in the background. Crews dances like a monster.

(Each time a new theme starts, the corresponding logo appears on the screen, and the dancers switch up their choreographed routine to suit the music.)

Cut to the Fresh Prince theme. Crews hip-hop dances and lipsyncs the lyrics. Cut to the Friends theme. Crews plays air-guitar and lipsyncs. Cut to The Jeffersons theme, then the Gilligan's Island theme. Crews is a terrific lipsyncer.

Cut to The Golden Girls theme. Crews walks down the steps of the stage, lipsyncing, and kneels beside Betty White, who is seated on the aisle. She smiles and leans into him as he puts his arm around her and sings to her. She blows a kiss at the camera. He points at her as he lipsyncs, "Thank you for being a friend," and she reaches to kiss him. He stops lipsyncing long enough that they can kiss each other's cheeks, and they both just look completely delighted by this adorable moment. Crews stands and takes her hand and bows, before jumping back into the performance.

Cut to the Laverne & Shirley theme, then the Good Times theme. Crews is dancing his butt off! A choir of black men and women, wearing golden choir robes, streams into the room from all directions and joins Crews onstage. Big finish! Crews falls to his knees and raises his hands in the air. Applause.

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