{"id":13138,"date":"2015-08-04T05:15:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T09:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=13138"},"modified":"2021-03-22T21:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T01:59:27","slug":"14-not-so-dirty-facts-about-dirty-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=13138","title":{"rendered":"14 Not So Dirty Facts About &#8220;Dirty Dancing&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2015\/z080415dirtydancing_trivia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"430\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Garin Pirnia<\/strong>&nbsp;and <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mental_Floss<\/strong><\/a> present <b><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/66563\/14-not-so-dirty-facts-about-dirty-dancing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14 Not So Dirty Facts About Dirty Dancing<\/a>. <\/b>&nbsp;Here are three of my favorites&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. THE FILM GAVE NEWMAN HIS FIRST BIG MOVIE ROLE.<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore starring as Stan, the resort\u2019s social director, Wayne Knight had small roles in a few TV movies, including an uncredited role in the nuclear holocaust drama <em>The Day After<\/em>. <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em> showcased his talents, which in 1992 led him to be cast as Newman on <em>Seinfeld.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10. PENNY BRIEFLY TRANSFORMED INTO A POP STAR IN THE LATE 1980s.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Cynthia Rhodes made a name for herself as dancer Tina Tech in 1983\u2019s <em>Flashdance<\/em> and starred as John Travolta\u2019s dance partner\/love interest in <em>Staying Alive<\/em> that same year. But it was her role as Johnny Castle\u2019s dancing partner, Penny, that garnered her the most notice. A couple of years after <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>, she married singer Richard Marx (they\u2019ve since divorced), and she briefly filled in as the lead singer of L.A. pop group Animotion, known for their hits \u201cRoom to Move\u201d and \u201cObsession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12. GREY PLAYED A VERSION OF HERSELF ON THE SITCOM <em>IT\u2019S LIKE, YOU KNOW&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>The short-lived ABC sitcom (1999-2000) featured Grey as a member of a <em>Seinfeld<\/em>-like gang, except the show swapped out New York City for Los Angeles. She allowed herself to be self-deprecating, even poking fun at her nose job and her <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em> celebrity. Arthur (Chris Eigeman) meets \u201cJennifer Grey\u201d and goes, \u201cOh, like the actress. <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>. You spell it the same way as her?\u201d \u201cI am Jennifer Grey,\u201d she responds, then she does a dance to prove it. \u201cYou look different,\u201d he says. \u201cNose job!\u201d She blurts. \u201cJust one?\u201d he retorts. (She had two of them.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garin Pirnia&nbsp;and Mental_Floss present 14 Not So Dirty Facts About Dirty Dancing. &nbsp;Here are three of my favorites&#8230; 3. 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