Michael Flatley

[heavenwithagun]

I wish I could dance like that.

[tinyshoes]

Dude would kill at hackysack.

Thanks Duke. You just made me spit wine from my nose.

I had a secret crush on him back in the day. Thankfully it was fleeting. See my post in Embarrassing Crushes.

[sjankis630]

I heard that during his heyday dude pulled in about $30 Million. Crazy money. He couldn't have gone through it that fast could he ?
I think I rented "Feet of Flames" after enjoying Lord of the Dance so much on public television. (no I didn't send in any money) His newer show back then was what you would expect if Vegas took an old legend and totally ruined it with over the top effects. Really bad.

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Anyone remember the MST3K where Mike jumps out shirtless with some old shoelace tied tight around his head, arms at his sides, and starts flailing away with his feet? That was a Fall Off The Couch Moment at Castle URL. Topic? Er...did you know Michael Flatley can tap his foot like 500 times a second?

[jynni]

Er...did you know Michael Flatley can tap his foot like 500 times a second?

Yeah - I think I read that at one point he held the record for most taps per second. I'm not sure if he still has it (I thought I remembered something about Colin Dunne beating him) but at the time it was something ridiculous like 30-32/taps per second. I couldn't quite wrap my brain around how that was even humanly possible.

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"...it was something ridiculous like 30-32/taps per second. I couldn't quite wrap my brain around how that was even humanly possible..."

jynni -- Not humanly possible? Perhaps we have our answer...

[nadia]

How is that humanly possible?

I can't understand why this dildo was ever popular. Riverdancing looks fucking ridiculous.

[lefty]

"Feet of Flames"! Is that really a title? Hysterical! It sounds like something a parody of Lord of the Dance would be called.

I have the tape of Riverdance (w/ Flatley and Jean Butler), and I do enjoy it. I thought it was a well-produced, entertaining show, and the dancing was phenom. However, even then, you could see the smugness of him just bursting out. In later years I heard all sorts of stories about what an arrogant little shit he was, especially after his Oscars stint.

BTW, it's true - Jean Butler does look just like Nicole Kidman, when Nicole Kidman actually looked like herself.

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dukeofurl said:

Anyone remember the MST3K where Mike jumps out shirtless with some old shoelace tied tight around his head, arms at his sides, and starts flailing away with his feet? That was a Fall Off The Couch Moment at Castle URL.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! Good times!
Come back, MST3K!!!

[spider]

According to my connections in the Irish Dance Industry he had to leave and get his own show because "he'd already slept with everyone in Riverdance". And that's a wide chorus line people.

The original Riverdance, which was a short affair shown during the interval of the Eurovision song contest, was really very beautiful and amazing. Particularly for the Eurovision. It did not feature Mr. Flatley, needless to say.