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The actor, who confesses he had no interest in dance prior to Rinna's involvement with the ABC hit, tells us, "I'm probably doing this for different reasons than everyone else on the show. Having seen what Lisa went through and following her journey — seeing the effect that learning these dances had on her mentally and spiritually, not just physically — I wanted to take that journey myself. I saw that she had some of the same needs before doing the show that I also have; it's a way for me to face fears I have."
to dance." Speaking of Rinna's on-air partner, he adds, "I don't want to spend the rest of my life watching Lisa dance with Louis van Amstel."
What new album features the legendary Brian Wilson, Elvis Presley guitarist James Burton, punk rock icon Tommy Ramone and Flaco Jimenez, the six-time Grammy-award-winning TexMex music virtuoso? Would you believe it's SpongeBob SquarePants' "The Best Day Ever"?
"A lot of the guest musicians kind of happened in a magical harmonic convergence," recounts Tom Kenny, aka the voice of SpongeBob. "We had pie-in-the-sky ideas, but didn't have the budget to do them. You know, like, Wouldn't it be great to have a Brian Wilson-type harmony here?' "
Each artist comes with a story, of course. In the case of Wilson, it has to do with his two young daughters being SpongeBob fans. "They actually did some yelling on the album," Kenny points out.
His and partner Andy Paley's vision for the album was along the lines of TV faux bands of the past, ala The Partridge Family or The Archies. SpongeBob's cartoon buddies are prominently spotlighted on the album, of course.FIRST SIGHTING: Veteran Emmy-winning talk show host Dick Cavett recalls the first time America set eyes on pop idol Barry Manilow back in the early 70s. "Bette Davis sang They're Either Too Young or Too Old' on the second show she did with me," recalls Cavett. "And we had to get a piano player. The director said I know a guy who'd be just right for this.' So this guy came in and was so excited because he was a great Bette Davis fan. He had on a silver metallic shirt and accompanied her perfectly. As the applause was dying down I slipped her his name and she said Thank you, Barry Manilow.' It was probably the first time his name had been uttered on TV. He was still an unknown tickler of the ivories ... that's not a sex term, you understand."
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