Bruce Willis in Moonlighting-Big Man On Mulberry Street-Maddie´s Dream(dance-scenes)

[@antipatsy]

This has lived rent-free in my head since the 80s.

[@KevinAllmond]

Bruce Willis was sooooooo talented. It breaks my heart to know we'll never see him do anything again.

[@bretthrockmorton7727]

As a person who took dance classes for years and performed in numerous shows (and being dance captain for one and assistant DC in another), I'm always stunned by Bruce Willis, non-professional dancer, holding his own with a cast of obvious professionals. Doing lifts, drags, boosts and making it look so effortless.

[@HeatherQuinlan]

I just texted the same thing to my cousin! Sandahl Bergman was in Fosse shows on Broadway and in All That Jazz and Bruce totally holds his own next to her - and the fact that he's not AS good is what makes it work, he's ga-ga over her and so very un-Bruce suave yet adorable. They look like they're having so much fun.

[@steelydannnn]

Almost 30 years later its still one of the best dance routines on a tv show.

[@waymorelonesome6446]

Amazing that this was on a TV show. It's like high art.

[@teresaferrer4748]

Thank you Bruce Willis for your great talent in everything❤❤❤

[@lilamydogscruffy8842]

This was one of the best episodes of Moonlighting. Loved this show and watched it every week. Loved the song by Billy Joel. This was great television back then. :)

[@walterpaton8698]

Still watching November, 2018

[@paktype]

Moonlighting was my favorite show of the mid and later 1980s. I was in law school at the time and usually stayed in school late to study but I’d always be home for Moonlighting.

[@ajsky1066]

Where can i download it?

[@naaemhassan9714]

yes it was

[@cynthiaschiller2319]

@@paktype Missed Moonlighting. I was probably studying. I would watch the reruns.

[@williamjoshualucas6503]

Just FYI, this sequence was directed by the great Stanley Donen, director of "Singin' in the Rain," "Charade," "On the Town", "Funny Face," and the like. A legitimate Hollywood legend plying his craft here.

[@jeremygann1209]

William Joshua Lucas I had NO IDEA! I LOVED this show (it was my heart as a kid) and this sequence left me stunned... NOW I know WHY! THANK YOU!

[@qhsperson]

+William Joshua Lucas You can see the influence of Singin' in the Rain, the Cyd Charisse segment.

[@WilliamsElaine]

Wow! No wonder it's so good? Do you know the name of the female lead dancer?

[@SansMerci1013]

William Joshua Lucas thnx for sharing that!

[@patriciahernandez8231]

Elaine Williams the dancer is Sandahl Bergman

[@kylegraham9427]

RIP, Stanley Donen. I know that this isn't what you're going to be remembered for, but this completely blew my mind when I watched it on ABC back in 1986.

[@timothymarkin4481]

Didn’t know he directed this

[@JockoBarbone]

It's been decades and I STILL remember this.

[@bh5606]

Moonlighting, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice....that was a great era in tv.

[@florianlaur5300]

I couldn't get into Miami Vice at all and now have trouble selling the dvd set, but I agree on Moonlighting. I wish they'd make a movie or continue the show :(. Bruce Willis never did such great job in any movie he made, I feel his best work was and always will be as David.

[@johndoyle2429]

I would but Moonlighting with other great shows as well , like Hart to Hart , Dallas, Dynasty , knots landing, Knight rider, Miami vice and Moonlighting. Great era for U.S. T.V. in 80's.

[@Angelique24118]

I gotta say, this is the best choreography I’ve ever seen on a TV show

[@sonicrevolver2917]

With the great Sandal Bergman, a Bob Fosse ingénue

[@tommywallace8649]

Brings me so much joy of a time when I was a kid and lived for Moonlighting every week. My entire family loved this show. This sequence and song, minus the fashion, have stood the test of time. That's a testimonial to great television making. What do kids have now? The Kardashians etc, praise Jesus i was a kid in the 80s.

[@monicat.4880]

This show was my Life!!! They just do not make wonderful television like this ANYMORE. For those of you who are new to MOONLIGHTING, Please do yourself a huge entertaining favor and WATCH THIS WHOLE SERIES!!! Truly Great stuff! Cybill and Bruce were wonderfully entertaining and soo much fun to figure out the push and pull of their relationship as Maddie Hayes David Addison. Love ForeverThis.!

[@blondewriter99]

One take. Absolutely amazing. Especially for Bruce, who wasn't a dancer.

[@chrisn7259]

One of the best scenes in all of eighties TV. Bruce Willis was never sexier.

[@michaelspindel9851]

and as Tony Amato on Miami Vice

[@newyorktwist]

This song blew my mind when I watched Moonlighting. And this routine and her legs are AMAZING 😻

[@moryan6447]

Bruce hangs with the pros pretty good! Mesmerizing routine, really well done...Stanley Donen!

[@dabear2438]

One of the best episodes of a show that was soooo great.... until it wasn't. I miss the first few years of Moonlighting.

[@paulino8472]

I saw Billy Joel play I'm San Antonio this past weekend and when hecplayed "Big Man on Mulberry Street" with Sting, this scene immediately came to mind. After 30 years, it is still a great moment in television history, right up there with "In The Air Tonight" on "Miami Vice" 😎

[@connie1wilson]

This scene has Cyd Charisse/Gene Kelly ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ vibes!

[@waymorelonesome6446]

It makes absolutely no godamn sense how great this show was.

[@hoisin75]

There was nothing else quite like Moonlighting. Infinitely inventive

[@wilsonr58]

Loved this song. Loved this series. The meshing of the two was magic!!! Was the inspiration for "Dancing with the Stars"

[@chriskellison3468]

Heard this for first time watching this show. Had several billy Joel LP’s already. Went out that weekend and bought the album. One of his best orchestrated pieces.

[@tardisrider25]

Damn Bruce Willis was great at everything.

[@malininvideogunlugu]

There are some directors who are always needed. In this scene, the unforgettable Stanley Donen has once again shown his mastery. I loved this scene when it was first broadcast in our country, in the mid-80s. Of course, thanks to Billy Joel. For this song he sang with his exquisite jazz tones.

[@mustangpatty51]

Ohhh gosh I didn't think I would ever see this again...Thanks so much for posting. I loved this episode soo much..Bruce is one cool dude and still is to this day...

[@naaemhassan9714]

And a Jersey boy!

[@bartford4576]

This was and is one of the greatest segment's ever done. Still amazing today and alway's !😊❤❤❤❤

[@cinderbearica9939]

Sandahl's amazing! I loved her dancing in "All That Jazz"

[@NelsonVlog66]

She was also one of the muses iñ Xanadu as well as Red Sonja.

[@madamhummingbird]

Amazing song and an amazing show. Moonlighting was one of a kind. I miss it.

[@cbcool3029]

This was the best scene from this show. I taped it at the time it was on tv, along with a lot of 80's gems which I kept all these years. I made dvd copies of all this great stuff which I watch regularly. Another video of Bruce Willis I have is his single "Respect Yourself". It also takes place in a bar and features the vocals of the late June Pointer from the Pointer Sisters. The 80's were such an awesome time for music and tv. The two made a perfect combination. Remember "Solid Gold"? The weekly music countdown show the red hot Solid Gold dancers? That was one of my favourites. Thank God for youtube. I can watch all this great classic stuff anytime. Moonlighting was great. Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd were a great combination. Cybil was absolutely gorgeous. My mom made me laugh one time when she said she was at a gas bar standing in line and the owner asked for the time. Someone said it was 10 minutes to nine p.m. He said, " I have to hurry and get home to watch "Moonlighting". A woman in line said, "You just want to see Cybil Shepherd in her nightgown!" He said, " Well I may be old but I'm not dead!" lol. It really made me laugh!

[@labodorlover]

this was one of my fav scenes and Sandahl Bergman was amazing!!! Great dancers body.

[@bobjohnson205]

Considering Glenn Gordon Caron gave Stanley Donen just two days to do this I'd say this turned out pretty good!

[@johnpeluso7050]

Stanley Donen wasn't the choreographer. Jacqui and Bill Landrum were the choreographers. I just watched the episode. The end credits don't lie.

[@bobjohnson205]

@@johnpeluso7050 I guess I need to clarify my comment from 6 years ago. I never wrote that Stanley Donen was the choreographer. Glenn Gordon Caron contacted and then hired Stanley to be the director. Having directed such musicals as 'On The Town', 'Singin' In The Rain', 'Royal Wedding', etc he was more than qualified!

[@paigeharding2988]

@@johnpeluso7050 Donen and both Landrums are all credited as choreographers for this episode on IMDb.

[@williamanthony9090]

There was a time when this show was riding high on the American airwaves... Because of episodes like this!

[@johnnowakowski4062]

One of these greatest television series. Classic 1980's...

[@rmtmiller]

Sandahl Bergman with Bruce Willis made this fabulous! And what a dancer she was!!!!

[@citygal226]

Loved the show!!! And this dance sequence & song in particular. Never heard of Sandahl Bergman before this but WOW. She's fantastic. Never forgot her name and her dancing ability.

[@julielhost]

She played Miranda, a killer in episode "from the depths of my Hart" in the show "Hart to Hart".

[@greggmoore8998]

Sandahl also played the female lead opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian and later in Red Sonja. She had a good 80s...and do I miss the 80s!

[@Bladestar7]

I remember seeing this ont he show when I was a kid. It was the coolest thing on the show. BTW guys, the red head is Sandhal Bergman. She was "Valeria" in conan the Barbarian.

[@bigtenor]

+Kent Darden and also in All That Jazz :) She's so perfect!!

[@knownpleasures]

Cheers for that ! Didn’t know who she was

[@carrieowen5895]

I didn't know she was such a talented dancer....

[@jessegarcia5386]

I had no idea..Thanks for the info.

[@nancyaiken5732]

She was sooo sexy. Without being over the top. I love this scene!!

[@ChrisSmith-hh4wq]

Really cool. Great show from my adolescence. Better than anything we've seen on Dancing with the Stars.

[@jerrodcardwell1887]

One of the best 6 minutes of TV of all time. And what it meant for the story of the characters. Directed by the great Stanley Donen who did Singin in the Rain.

[@colleensreviewsandstories5213]

For Bruce, where I first fell in love with the actor. We love ya! And always will . . . .

[@richardwashington4664]

Big Man on Mulburry Street. Classic episode!!

[@johndoyle2429]

Great era U.S. T.V. Hart to hart, Knight rider, Miami vice , Dynasty ,Dallas , knots landing and Moonlighting. Top shows of the 80's.

[@timothymarkin4481]

Billy Joel played piano on Bruce’s album Return of Bruno

[@Bladestar7]

Thats was oneof the coolest scenes from that show.

[@VUrban-yr5ch]

When T.V. shows were entertaining. I miss Bruce. So glad he was around. I loved Moon Lighting.

[@AliceStanescu]

What a dream! The music and the dance are great! And the passionate end of the dream is even greater!

[@bigtenor]

This is just the best. I watch it over and over sometimes :)

[@ongelmatapaus]

Just watched it from Tubi and had to check if it was here on KZbin. Unbelievable!

[@WilliamsElaine]

Always been a fan of Bruce Willis - thru thick and thin....watching Sunset now with him and James Garner (another favorite!). It's from 1988 but story is good, acting is good and I was entertained.

[@nancyglem]

Love the movie Sunset. Still one of my favorites

[@carolynm8421]

I remember this and the song by Billy Joel. I was just a kid then but loved this show. Will they or won't they. Then when they did it was such a big deal back then. I have red hair but was told I looked like Cybil. What a lovely compliment.

[@ymuliyanti75]

Fantastic Mr. Bruce...anything you can..good dance, good sing, good acting...awesome guy...

[@jenniferwhitus770]

Thanks for posting! I loved Moonlighting when I was a kid - I was reading an article about Bruce Willis' retirement and they devoted a hefty section to Moonlighting and its groundbreaking episodes and mentioned this extended dream sequence and I couldn't for the life of me remember it!

[@jenniferwhitus770]

Side note - I have the first two seasons on DVD and on director commentary Cybill Shepherd mentioned a few times how much pressure ABC put on her to lose weight... watching the end of this video makes me wonder what the heck was wrong with them - she looked amazing!

[@ScottGammans]

The third season of Moonlighting with the PROMINENT exception of the season finale was the best season of a broadcast romantic dramedy ever, full stop. They should have concluded the series when Bruce and Cybill finally made it to the bedroom in “I Am Curious-Maddie”. Oh well.

[@dogvom]

Gee, Maddie Hayes had some well-choreographed dreams, didn't she?

[@citygal226]

***** Who Knew???? Maddie/Cybil Shephard could act, sing, AND dance??? I think Moonlighting was a wonderful platform for her to do it all! So much more than a magazine cover girl/model.

[@brewer921]

Yes, they were choreographed by Stanley Donen

[@robynstewardson]

Not Shephard dancing... really??

[@rmtmiller]

Especially when Sandahl Bergman was so way better!!!

[@robynstewardson]

@@citygal226 Cybill only danced at the very end. A little wooden in comparison to Sandahl Bergman (David's ex-wife in the dream dance sequence).

[@leonharrington73]

Love this!Liked watching this show.When I heard this song on Moonlighting,Went out and bought the album just to hear this one song.

[@florianlaur5300]

I hope that after I die and there's a heaven, they show neverending episodes of Moonlighting! I'm not sure what it is, but this show to me is just magical and moves me on an emotional level (and I'm saying that even though I admit, most episodes are far from perfect and so is the series as a whole).

[@walterpaton8698]

Great group of dancers. One of my forever dreams. Maybe my next lifetime.

[@Bladestar7]

That was the coolest episode fromt he entire series. I rmemeber seeing that when I was a kid. Who knew, Bruce could dance.

[@josephabreu6042]

bruce, cybill, billy, stanley, glenn: what could possibly go wrong. not an effing thing. nailed it. a complex dance number on a weekly television series, wow. but then again this is moonlighting.

[@riccardomorettini4641]

Remember watching and recording this sequence. Thinking Moonlighting has ascended to the stratosphere

[@haaree826]

always loved "moonlighting", and always loved this sequence. so great to see after all these years. thank you for posting and sharing, @Multimoviefanatic.

[@leoray1234]

Perfect Fred and Cyd inspired dancing!

[@TheMaccagirl56]

My favorite scene from my favorite episode. Good dancing and great song.

[@melissa9375]

Fantastic episode, yes.

[@paulliberti2048]

THIS was the inspiration for Susan Stroman's CONTACT on Broadway in 2000. It actually won Best Musical (??) for a dance show that had no live music. Amazing that the power of this performance transferred over to another.

[@chrisisiorho5749]

Loved the show and especially this scene in this episode...think it was back in 1989 very fond memories of that time to.

[@Sixtiesfreak]

actually 1986. :)

[@Maddey489]

That was 1986

[@jorgetapia4810]

I still remember seeing this episode and being blown away. What a beautiful and wonderful production.

[@megssmartthinking]

My favourite Moonlighting episode

[@connie1wilson]

Megs Smart Thinking - This part is the only thing I remember remember from all of Moonlighting, the music and choreography was spot on! I saw it when it originally aired and this completely made me smile!

[@mchris65]

I loved this ep so much. Thanks for uploading the memories!

[@alejandrol.6536]

according to dvd commentary Billy joel was inspired to write a fun song while watching moonlighting this became big man on mulberry street he then offered it to producers who wrote this episode to incorporate it.

[@SansMerci1013]

Alejandro L. Wow!

[@jackobrien6698]

Alejandro L. Sounds like Paul McCartney writing Live and Let Die after seeing the movie before and forcing them to use it

[@josephabreu6042]

Jack O'Brien could be jack, but it works. and not taking anything away from mr. john barry.

[@heidib816]

rents space in my head this song and video

[@hollypotthoff8965]

Kind of have to smile at this sequence after all these years. I checked into this video because of Billy Joel. Was very surprised to see it was connected to Moonlighting. Was also pleasantly surprised to see what a good dancer Bruce Willis was. Was also laughing at how bad Cybil Shepard was!

[@PJVids83]

I know what you mean, 6:00 in particular... she's so stiff that she nearly trips herself during that drag.

[@JWilliamsLangley]

Bad dancer but still...just a great dance scene that makes perfect sense for Maddie's dream. Because you know she would DEFINTELY wake herself up kissin' Addison like dat.

[@erik_griswold]

A bit hard to compare with a professional dancer.

[@francismackin4681]

I may be wrong but I think that was the point, she was supposed to be bad in comparison

[@melissa9375]

@@francismackin4681 You're right. The idea was that she was thinking (and thus dreaming) that she couldn't compete with the mystery ex-wife she had just found out about that morning at the office.

[@ValTwineDeaner]

Bruce Willis was incredibly sexy. In this dance sequence, choreographed by the superb Stanley Dolan, he was similar to Gene Kelly in his physique, I think anyway. Moonlighting is my favourite TV show ever. I was 25 when it began in 1985 - such happy times back then. The world was a much better place to be.

[@gommechops]

THIS, this is what they should have revisited at the end in the final few episodes, and followed through on. Job done, everyone then happy. Oh Maddie you could have saved him you fool! But wow that dance routine with Sandahl was smoking hot!

[@rafcale1]

Wow!! Cause HE can dance! Cool. Smooth. Groovy... He's dancing testosterone! Even more impressive than in his Die Hard series! :D

[@dfangirl72]

" come out to the coast we'll get together have a few laughs " " now I know what a TV dinner feels like"

[@susanfanning9927]

Miss this show. Loved every minute.

[@mitchellpak1666]

Moonlighting was one of my most favorite TV series. I used to rush home from grad school on Tuesday nights to watch it. I taped many of the episodes.

[@nancyglem]

I remember watching it drinking Wine Coolers. I miss the 80's!!

[@PJVids83]

A sequence so nice I had to watch it twice.

[@michaelg-ux1mo]

The choreography has the stamp of Twyla Harp; Could THIS have been the germination in her mind for "Movin' Out" Broadway musical?

[@RetroGirl1967]

The choreographer for this is Stanley Donen who did "Singin' the Rain." It's possible that Twyla Tharp was influenced by Donen and this episode could have inspired "Movin' Out"

[@ADeCosa59]

See the movie "Singin' in the Rain". This is inspired by the Gene Kelly / Cyd Charisse dance number in that film.

[@christinelind3262]

Sandahl. My goddess.

[@carawinters3844]

So well done- they need to reboot this show

[@xaviercross917]

Nooooooooooo!!!

[@ncasti]

When Sybil walks through that door...YES.

[@mokativi3610]

The best show i ever see

[@Downcom1]

That is the cleanest bar I have ever seen!

[@fabiennebarral4495]

I like this scene. It's just incredible

[@gjm2669]

The lead dancer is Sandahl Bergman. She is incredible. I saw her in Dancin in Los Angeles. Strong with solid technique.

[@kenyattasimpson4899]

i play this scene when i work out this was incredibly hot. I miss moonlighting

[@janvierfrancisco7459]

God I love this dance number it was so great . . . . .

[@johnnowakowski4062]

The best series ever...

[@olijadu]

aah Moonlighting, the good ol days of great television. Moonlighting would be awesome on Broadway if done right, Glenn Carron should think about that.

[@Sixtiesfreak]

The last days of the age of great.....free TV. Network tv that is! Now you have to pay to see something this good. ;)

[@ajsky1066]

Even if you pay, you won't. At best, you might get some over hyped trash like Lala Land which has one tenth of the talent and purity of any of the 80s TV shows. And yet it won an Oscar. Smh

[@bigpapasmurfz6252]

This is a PERFECT scene. Maddie imagining what wild and crazy woman married David Addison. And, it turns out she is delicate, quiet, heartbreakingly sweet woman. The juxtaposition just blew my 17 year old mind. Incredibly, the shock that registered by seeing the demure ex-wife hit me harder than this sublime dream/dance sequence. As it must've been for Maddie. Great memories.

[@bigpapasmurfz6252]

@@deckard97 Does it matter? I mean, yeah, it hurt David. But, we as an audience are privileged to see unforgettable things like this dance sequence. To this day, if I say Big Man on Mulberry Street, IMMEDIATELY someone ( of an appropriate age, of course🤣🤣 ) will blurt out 'Moonlighting', instead of Billy Joel. When this show was hitting the high notes, nothing on TV was better in the 80's. This is a FOREVER scene.

[@mustangpatty51]

My all time favorite scene from Moonlighting.

[@johndipinto4084]

I remember seeing this when it was first shown on TV - I had no idea what the music was, but then I subsequently heard it on Billy Joel's "The Bridge" album and made the connection. Great song and terrific dance sequence, but is this video sped up, or did they actually speed up the song for the TV soundtrack? I thought it sounded a little odd watching this, and when I checked, sure enough It''s in Ab here, a full half-step higher than on the album, which has it in G.

[@57levity]

This scene from this episode got me to Sam Goody's the next day to get this Billy Joel album!

[@adameckstat5771]

I've been trying to buy this DVD/Blu-Ray~ My wife's fav. Memz!!!!

[@ChrisR-ne4kn]

This is the only scene I remember from the entire show. Who knew Stanley Donen directed it?? Fantastic.

[@czzz5555]

Love that Bruce!

[@frankieecanales8827]

Remember this like it was yesterday! I recorded it onto old-school vcr videotape and still have it!!

[@jessegarcia5386]

She was a bad ass dancer..wow..

[@ADeCosa59]

Actually... oh, never mind... 🤭

[@carlmanvers5009]

Back when TV was *good* TV.