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Things got crazy in a hurry when Richard pumped up the Cyndi Lauper and started a synchronized dance.
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Hoda and Kathie Lee proved that they have the moves, even if KLG's aren't the same ones as everybody else's. If you're not in step with Richard, he will call you out on it. ("Kathie's! Not! Paying! Attention!") Hoda lost a bracelet in the ensuing shuffle, demonstrating once again that the sequined one is never to be underestimated.
Julieanne Smolinski is a TODAY.com contributor. Richard Simmons once read her aura and called her "a rebel."
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When I was a teenager, during the summertimes, my aunt and I worked out to his record (showing my age) before we did the 20-Minute Workout on TV (again, showing the 80s I lived). What fun we had! I believe that workout was why I earned the leading role in everything I encountered in the theater program at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts during high school. I definitely had the most-defined muscles! And to this day, I remember most of the moves! I just love his attitude of fun and success no matter what anybody says! I LOVE Richard Simmons! Thank you for encouraging activity!
We danced to the Oldies with Richard Simmons and I still do! (But not with him anymore)
I wore out my "Sweating to the Oldies" tape while the girls were still preschool. It was fun guessing at the dynamics of some of the people in the gym, what they were thinking or their subtle reactions to some activities.