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Podcast: Old Roommates
Episode: Ep 97: "Lionel Richie Videos" Revisited
Description: Singer. Ceiling dancer. Inappropriate college professor? Lionel Richie broke the music videomold with “Hello” and “Dancing on the Ceiling” in the mid-1980s. The songs remain classics, butwhat about the videos? From pursuing a female student to wearing red to a black & whiteparty, Richie’s faux pas are on full display. Can his charisma have us see past his stalking of avision-impaired woman? Can Rodney Dangerfield’s humor still find a home in a dance number?And, can the Old Roommates stop laughing at their own jokes long enough to get through this...