The Gang Dances Their Asses Off 

After Charlie accidentally puts Paddy's Pub up for 1st prize in a local dance competition, Frank makes the gang participate in the contest. Here, they form alliances and try to cheat the ... See full summary »

Director:

Matt Shakman

Writers:

Rob McElhenney (developer), Glenn Howerton (developer)

Stars:

Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Charlie Day	...	Charlie Kelly
Glenn Howerton	...	Dennis Reynolds
Rob McElhenney	...	Mac
Kaitlin Olson	...	Dee Reynolds
Danny DeVito	...	Frank Reynolds
Mary Elizabeth Ellis	...	Waitress
David Hornsby	...	Matthew 'Rickety Cricket' Mara
Jason Sklar	...	DJ Squirrely D
Randy Sklar	...	Fat Michael
Michael Auteri	...	Homeless Larry
Jeff Meacham	...	Robert
Aja Evans	...	Gloria
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Cortese	...	Sal (as Joseph Cortese)

Storyline

After Charlie accidentally puts Paddy's Pub up for 1st prize in a local dance competition, Frank makes the gang participate in the contest. Here, they form alliances and try to cheat the other contestants, as well as themselves, out of first place.

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Plot Keywords:

dance competition | cleavage | nacho | homeless man | falling down | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Poison" by the group, Bell Biv DeVoe is the song that played during the Mac vs. Dennis dance challenge. It is off the album, Poison. "Take My Breath Away" by the band, Berlin is the song that played during the Charlie vs. Dennis dance challenge. It is off the original motion picture soundtrack for Top Gun.

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Goofs

During the middle portion of the dance contest when the sedative-laced brownies have been handed out, Dee is seen dancing with one in her left hand (15:45), then after Rickety-Cricket is wheeled out by Frank, the camera cuts back to Dee, then over Mac's right shoulder where the brownie suddenly disappears from her left hand with no explanation (16:04), then just as suddenly, a few seconds later (16:11) it reappears in her left hand while she is still dancing.

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Quotes

Matthew 'Rickety Cricket' Mara: Come on, Mac, join our crew.
Homeless Larry: Shut up, Street Rat!

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Connections

References Saved by the Bell (1989)

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Soundtracks

Jumpin' at the Juke Joint
(uncredited)
Written by Joe Lervold & Ken Mckenzie
Performed by The Joel Evans Quartet, Patrick Maier vocal
Courtesy of Position Music

User Reviews

A creative and spectacular season finale!

A light-hearted way to end the season, sort of like a roll-call to shout out all the characters including the waitress and cricket.

Nothing really special and groundbreaking here, just an enjoyable and hilarious episode!

Season 3 is arguably the best season of the whole series, but I think there are too many duds and inconsistencies to take that crown. The great episodes are truly great though.

Overall S3 rating: 8/10

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3 Full Frame