"this is desperate" the winter's tale: iv, iv

This clip raises so many more questions than it answers.





- Why would the nearly geriatric members of New "Kids" on the Block subject themselves to the embarrassment of a "reunion"?

- Who thought it would be a good idea to have the New Kids on the Block reunion on the TODAY show, outdoors, in May?

- Do you think anyone told Jordan Knight that wearing sunglasses in a downpour only makes one look desperate?

- Why would the "medley" of their hits contain only the tiniest snippets of their songs -- so little of them that, in fact, identifying title phrases such as "Hangin' Tough" are never actually uttered?

- Who are these girls who have lined up in the rain to watch all of this, and, worse, scream in delight?


In the early '90s when I was a pre-teen, the sight of teen boys dancing in unison while singing in tenuous harmony left me cold, despite how it caused many of my peers to swoon. Today, the sight of grown men dancing in rickety near-unison while hoarsely shouting out snippets of poorly constructed pop songs of yesteryear is just downright embarrassing.

Seriously -- let's hope this all just blows over quietly, shall we?

Perhaps that's too much to wish for: