Rene Schafer's Night Moves

Taped at Nino Cutraro's Metropolitan Musicafe in Farmington, Michigan, Rene Schafer's Night Moves is supposed to be a guide to "dancing to the contemporary music of the 90s." But it takes a while to figure that out. First, we have to sit through about five minutes of an extended skit in which the valet parking attendant, receptionist, and just about everyone else (including myself) doesn't recognize the host, Peter Carey. For the joke to be funny it would have helped if Mr. Carey were actually well-known. I tried to look him up in Who's Who in Entertainment and came up with zip. (I'm in there, of course, and I wouldn't have made it past the parking lot--unless I was wearing shades). Eventually, Mr. Carey tags up with Callie Northagen, and the pair trade lame one-liners for a bit before the camera finally turns to the dancers on the nightclub floor and ostensibly begins instructing. However, what we see are a bunch of twentysomethings bopping around highlighted by angled camera shots and so on and...hey! we can see this on MTV for diddly, what's the point? Finally, two dancers demonstrate the popular "running man" step, and the program closes with a hyped-up version of the Electric Slide line dance, but there's way too much farting around here. The legion of fans of Peter, Callie, and Rene (the nightclub owner) will no doubt want to have this, but everybody else can learn much more by simply watching MTV. Not recommended. (See HOW TO GIVE A GOOD DEPOSITION for availability.)