Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders - "MJ Dance Medley" (1988) - MDA Telethon

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Check out the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders as they perform a dance routine to classic Michael Jackson songs during the 1988 MDA Labor Day Telethon! This is a cheerleader performance that will get you pumped!
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[@sukioki6983]

This older DCC style is a complete 180 from what they do today. This style is so much easier.

[@Kaysier220]

Candyce Cain that’s why everybody was making it

[@Xxxxyxfüvwhföwä]

@Jasmine Taylor it takes a lot of stamina and the thing is it needs to be perfect so your statement is simply just wrong

[@mackvlogger1023]

@@Xxxxyxfüvwhföwä right, if anything it's way more complicated

[@maxrod1247]

Mack Vlogger precision here was really off too. Not impressive compared to today’s dances.

[@Xxxxyxfüvwhföwä]

@@mackvlogger1023 lol not at all. The choreography is much more advanced today. And it needs to be equally as clean

[@katrinagrima3418]

Yes Michael Jackson 🥰

[@SuperShakirawakawaka]

Kelli Finglass looks like she’s having the time of her life performing this dance 😭😭

[@Donnaploss]

They’ve certainly raised the bar since then!

[@rcassia]

Amazing!!!

[@kerryperryman3025]

Absolutely incredible

[@lexiiesparzaa]

i can just tell from this one video that Kelli was THE DCC! it’s no wonder at all why she was asked to be their director.

[@kms1984]

I wonder what year they switched to cowboy boots?

[@xabiemora]

I love the hairstyle

[@dispensedbydenise8952]

Kelli looks so good!

[@brookejones152]

The mullet hairstyles😂

[@sofiachapstick6596]

Lol I think that’s Kelly at 1:12

[@elevatedvibes9769]

Ok MJ

[@carolejanneendoy8487]

Wow very energetic. Is this the time of the judy and kelli? They should’ve watched their performance million time before commenting negative on potential dancers that they think don’t belong and don’t dcc. 🙄

[@carolejanneendoy8487]

*don’t fit

[@cindyc3183]

Wow. There is some very thick girls dancing.

[@jurgenwind]

oh baby noooo

[@ScorpioBeauty]

😳

[@MsTam98]

The shorts look bigger back then. The girls are heavier. The poor girls now.

[@NOBODYATALLFU69]

anyone else notice that there is exactly ONE black woman in that whole group?

[@redd-iveee4400]

athena dinunzio so what

[@treesap8911]

Mmhmm I noticed that

[@jerridombrowski6017]

These are supposed "ambassadors" for the Dallas Cowboys Organization. The Dallas Cowboys football team is NOT exclusively white...... But these "athletes" are??? What exactly is that saying????? It's discriminatory. It's not based on talent and representation, but on one standard of beautiful.

[@birddog9367]

Judy London, Elizabeth Moore, Twiggy Isip... www.pompedia.com/index.php?title=Dallas_Cowboys_Cheerleaders_of_1988_-_89

[@Esellajessica]

Yeah, I was like..."ummm ok, y'all will showcase MJ's hits, but have the nerve to only put one black woman in DCC👀👀👀👀👀" Ok, maybe they were in the trailblazing phase still...🤔🤔I dont know It would've been nice if there was more.

[@GymGuy247]

I would love to see someone try out for the cheerleading team, with this exact routine and see what the coaches say about it...😂

[@missysanz9078]

Those coaches would be bad mouthing them left and right, yet if you were to put them in a tryout now, they would've been gone after the first round

[@JWX94]

@It’s a Bunnay Yess!! Same lol

[@Cleopatra12ification]

armchair quarterback

[@jashley777]

That would be awesome! They'd be laughing through the whole thing.

[@meadowmm232]

well those coaches are dancing to MJ

[@charlotteheathershaw9017]

Watching this has given me even more respect for the current cheerleaders The standards are so much higher today and their pay needs to respect that level of skill!

[@Love_Jesus_NOW]

You can really see the difference that Kelly Finglass made when she took over as the director of DCC.

[@kat35lulu88]

Kelli is one piece of work. 😢

[@mjsdreamer]

OMG! By the standards, they have now, none of these girls would have made it to this level. They're timing is off, they're offbeat and by their standards chunky.

[@queeniu8843]

MJ's Dreamer I think the floor is so slippery, and they're used to dancing on grass but then again that's no excuse, one of my old dance teachers use to tell us , I need you to be able to pull this off even if your on heels, on an ice rink.

[@redd-iveee4400]

MJ's Dreamer yea I’m like none of them would’ve made the team now a days.

[@brett8460]

They're not fat, they're just shitty dancers and can't stay on beat.

[@saintcel51]

Brett F. lol no need to get angry cause you think some cheerleaders can’t dance 💀

[@brett8460]

@@saintcel51 There's more to dancing than moving your body. If your counts and timing are off, guess what? You can't dance, and no one is angry.

[@unknownshorty8699]

So odd to see the difference in women back then compared to now

[@jerridombrowski6017]

They'd never make the cut now. What exactly changed???? Hmmm...

[@Rebecca-fu5hg]

@@jerridombrowski6017 Athleticism is what has changed. The girls that are on the team now are much more muscular and athletic.

[@azugirl111]

Those are Dallas cowboys cheerleaders, not average women lmao

[@unknownshorty8699]

Who gives a fuck the point was they look different back then. Period

[@rhianna7895]

It’s the hair lol

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Shame on Jones and other owners for paying the players multi millions and never giving these girls a damn thing for all their hard work and attention they brought to the franchise.

[@whitleystone5204]

I agree 💯

[@newname3021]

They don't make a lot???

[@Lily-ov5zy]

NewName they barely make minimum wage

[@newname3021]

Lily damn that's fucking ridiculous

[@cinnamoroIIz]

Lily wow that’s bogus.

[@Rachelroberts87]

that’s a LONG ASS dance to memorize damn

[@blackberry8615]

ikr😂

[@jennifersmithen2149]

The song transitions KILL ME. hahaha. Sounds like a "mix tape" we made as kids.

[@reinacubas8486]

Best comment here.. so true!!

[@yiddena]

Exactly! I remember 1988 very well --- this is exactly what I was listening too:) 12 years old back then!

[@minarosered6699]

I see Victoria's mom, Tina on the 2nd row. Kelly in the front row. Kelly is so much more beautiful now. This dancing was hilarious. Love it!!

[@tbugtbug2112]

Agree, Kelli is much more beautiful and younger looking now (lol) and looks amazing for her age. Judy is practically perfect in every way 🙄

[@devaniehowarth7156]

Madeline S’s mother Shannon is in there too! Just discovered that 😅

[@rentme2011]

I would love to watch Kelli’s reaction to this video. Especially knowing she was front row!

[@poppinincolumbus5027]

Umm... Can we see Kelli & Judy critique this?? Hard to see how tough they are now when you see this is all they did. 😳

[@cemthm09]

PoppinInColumbus Kelli is actually front and center in this video. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Xxxxyxfüvwhföwä]

@@cemthm09 has nothing to do with the original comment but okay

[@chogan201]

Kelly is in the Video

[@chogan201]

Thats the way it was back then...Don't critisize

[@poppinincolumbus5027]

@@chogan201 Exactly. If they were looking at this like they look at girls today, they would tear themselves apart. They did not have the talent & ability of today's girls. Unrelated, but when show group performed at a game for the hockey team I worked with, all i remember is seeing the faces up close when they did autographs & it was a LOTTTT of make up & some scary faces! Would've been around 1994. I was one of the four resident "beer girls". Had never thought about doing this. Had no desire to leave my horses & education. 💁

[@donmonteiro6830]

Awww Kelli F. was right there in the front doing her thing... I loved seeing that.. 💜💜

[@ddl4374]

I love her !

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

@@ddl4374 😆 Kelli turned 56 today......grandma needs to retire !

[@ddl4374]

@@SUGAR_XYLER 😅😷😁😄🤣😂💕💋 Woah woah woah, Bro!!! 50 is tha NEW 30 !!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🤙🤘🤪😍😅😀🤩🤣

[@carmenr3379]

@@ddl4374 thank you . I will be 50 in feb Doht feel it

[@cherisseneverson4697]

I like the slightly longer shorts. The panty ones today just aren’t sexy.

[@ddl4374]

I hate the old ones. They make them all look like they hsve flat wide swuare butts when they work si hard to ne in great shape! The performers deserve the more flattering shorys that make the most of their fit physiwues! Its subje tive, so you are right, but thats My 2 pennies on it ! Its one of the 1st things that popped out at me!

[@ddl4374]

@I Dk thats what I think! If you already have the propensity to look flat and square you deserve better than somebody to slap spongebob sQuarepants blocky briefs on it and call it done. 😅😂🤣 its like sabatogue! Making fit healthy low body fat girls look stocky shortlegged blocky and dumpier than theyve ever been or ever will be. In my neighborhoid theyd calk thatise things suicide shorts! Bc like a funhouse mirror they make something that could look sassy and cool dressed right look like - well, THAT ! Its like a makeiver in reverse ! the other cut balances that and makes the most of what curviness they Do have and they deserve that ! There are no ugly bodies just unflattering clothes ! Everyo e looks graceful in Something ! But only a lucky few look graceful in most any old thing! The rest of us have to dress to flatter our bodies to look our best !

[@Applezauxe]

tbh the way kelli hit in a routine that had no hits, did different appealing facials, gave hairography, and was sharp I DO IN FACT THINK SHE WOULDVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE ROUTINES THEY DO NOW

[@zaribelle718]

This is exactly right! She stood out!

[@jimmies327]

Time stamp please 💙

[@Applezauxe]

@@jimmies327 she's front and center the time stamp is literally any part of it

[@nailslacquer]

No lol. She was good but she'd have cut herself.

[@kaitlynmarcak3725]

@@Applezauxe they change positions throughout the entire performance, lose the attitude and simply don’t reply next time

[@micah2879]

This gives me the same feeling as... watching Olympic gymnasts in the 80s vs. gymnasts now. It's amazing to see how the standards have changed in sports over 40 years -- still cool to see!

[@kapril25]

The gymnasts before were much more prepared and better than the ones now, however with the cheerleaders it is different

[@kg9310]

Kelly cannot say anything ever again about people making faces with all the faces that she’s making!!!😂

[@superbwater78]

No kidding!!

[@jennifersmithen2149]

Y'all know that Kelli is the only cheerleader in DCC history that was asked back WITHOUT having to audition! #Fact

[@michellesouthflorida9682]

This goes to show you how good Kelli and Judy fine tuned the team once they were done cheering and took over :)

[@abel7519]

Kelli and Judy could not hang with DCC today with these moves lol🤣🤣🤣

[@catpaws1196]

It looks like they pulled some girls out of a mall and taught them this routine in 15 minutes. They don’t look like trained dancers at all. What a difference from dancers today.

[@teasis3444]

As if you would do any better.

[@catpaws1196]

tea sis I definitely could do better. lol.

[@missdanithenanny6074]

So you couldn’t see the elements of jazz and hip hop in this routine?

[@catpaws1196]

Miss Dani The Nanny Why do u ask ?

[@Flashygrrl]

The point being that the one front and center of this group would NEVER have allowed most of these girls on the team now.

[@adventureswithkat3884]

It’s funny that they wear the same clothes. Shorts now may be a bit shorter and not gogo boots.

[@alexisreyes4179]

Kitty Kat ikr. the shorts the girls wear today are odee short

[@hadihatab3126]

The shorts still the same inseam but they just sit lower now, the go go boots are now cowboy boots and the lapels have more of a western element to them.

[@hadihatab3126]

Winter Bleu Straight hair has been the norm since big hair went out in the mid 90s, it should make a comeback. Also the hairstyles nowadays DCC sport are more reminiscent of the 70s with the flipped out sides, 80s hair had the feathered bangs with wings.

[@aliir0n]

There's one black girl in a MJ medley? Okay.

[@urmom777]

And the black girl was the only one killing it🤷🏽‍♀️

[@aliir0n]

@@urmom777 and we're not surprised tbh! 😂

[@aliir0n]

@Blob B it was solely perceived as a show for straight men to enjoy, the girls were and are very sexualized so I guess that's why they didn't include guys which is a shame.

[@aliir0n]

@Blob B oh and trans, they're still not included in so many things today, it sickens me

[@naomiking8287]

They are missing a Chinese, Indian, jewish, muslim, Japanese and Russian woman, etc They are also missing from all races, a gay man, lesbian, trans, asexual, pansexual, etc.. they are also missing multiple age groups, 30s? 40s? 50s? 60s? I mean they are breaking every rule of 2020s Haha

[@clfisher10]

Pretty sure this is where the hole in the ozone layer started

[@Pieeee1111]

Is that Kelli Finglass up front?

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

OMG, thank you for posting DCC from the 80's is like GOLD!!! Thank you

[@Lisa6964]

I love the go-go boots better than the cowboy boots....when did they change over 1999? and I notice Kelli finglasss is FROMT ROW,DEAD CENTER,AND she was the only cheerleader who was invited back,And did not have to audition....love the 80s hair...I sported this hair do 1984-1990

[@ranelgallardo7031]

She was born to dance

[@birddog9367]

1988 was the last year for the go-go boot... The western boot was adopted 1995, the current boot 2011

[@vickiecoulter3737]

Gotta Love the "feathered" mullets.

[@ericaadams2183]

That was awesome!! No wonder Kelli was a favorite.

[@jordenmercedes1394]

Erica Adams which one is she??

[@BTSHopeWrld]

2:37 wth was happening here LMAOOOOOOO

[@yellaaaayari5120]

😂😂😂😂

[@pinkkx41]

No look at 2:56... wtf is going on haha

[@Firemanfh12351]

True

[@yvonneleslie7681]

80's hair!!!

[@sharonsumnerlott]

Big and frizzy!

[@elizabethrowntree4270]

The shorts have definetly gotten smaller since then

[@jennifermontgrain6208]

I saw Kelly! Right in front! She was a great dancer!!

[@ronaldspikes5370]

@@deidremontrose4379 really

[@extra_ice_girl]

And Tina Kalina

[@TaniaMichele]

I was scrolling, hoping someone else spotted her too!

[@nashaflydivacharles]

Monica K Where?

[@didi7680]

Which one is she

[@starsaviour]

1:53 - 2:00 there she is.. gorgeous Kelly..

[@kassandratellez5257]

I can’t spot her, is she the brown head

[@alyssaooo2671]

@@kassandratellez5257 shes the blonde, at the front on the left

[@SarahMiller9]

I just keep imagining this dance with no music, just hearing their feet and such. Makes me laugh.

[@staceycarv]

Loved this! Seeing Kelly Finglass and Tina Kalina dancing was great!

[@davidmoore1057]

Love Kelly

[@eyebleached]

Kelly was ahead of her time!

[@tamara_diamonds422]

@@eyebleached 🙄🙄🙄🙄. So sick of people using that quote. Seems like everyone is always ahead of their time.

[@eyebleached]

@@tamara_diamonds422 Go somewhere else Negative Nancy.

[@tamara_diamonds422]

@@eyebleached sure thing Karen

[@zaribelle718]

You know how they talk about the girls that stand out in the group with their sharp movements and attitude? Well Kelli checks all of those boxes!!

[@blackbull84]

Her boots are gon be hard to fill when she exits the director chair

[@SusieSynth]

Get it girls!!! Michael Jackson is was and always will be king of music and dance and king of my heart.

[@mikeydavid7209]

Invincible Beauty Didn’t he touch little boys? 😐

[@mikeydavid7209]

Sphinx Money Oh 😐

[@mikeydavid7209]

Angela Cooper I’m pretty sure she wasn’t the only one.... asking your mother.

[@urmom777]

@@mikeydavid7209 he didn't and what does him being falsely accused have to do with this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKmxdZVohbuWpa8

[@decodolly1535]

Lordy, the 80s hair! Even 30+ years later, I've now got a raw throat from the lacquer fumes.

[@kendrao9647]

3:22 girl in back row randomly falling on the floor 😂

[@lizbethleyva5615]

I didn’t even notice not until you pointed it out

[@reinacubas8486]

I wonder who that is?

[@j.seanbradshaw9347]

Dying 🤣🤣🤣

[@AtWhatRedLight]

As Kelli preaches today “ KEEP SMILING” lol. Great job DCC!!!

[@bethcooper1925]

This was quite painful to watch!! Thank goodness the standards have changed and the bad has been risen!! If Sally Sue walked in to tryouts today with THAT choreography and that pitiful excuse of execution, she would have been given the pointy toed end of a cowboy’s boots!! That was just painful and pitiful

[@bethcooper1925]

The bar has been risen ... not the bad!! ( bud oddly, that works, too! ) Lol!

[@iluvbears4861]

We all know why certain people were in certain places in these formations lol Anyways, it is interesting to see how they have progress in choreography from then.

[@deronbennett6431]

These girls would never be able to pass the audition process with the way they dance these days

[@daisyb4614]

Messy footwork galore.

[@lesmorrow226]

I'll never understand how those girls remember all those routines!

[@chocolatcats]

that's why most can't make the team!.....

[@Khloe_dancer_model]

For real....

[@SusieSynth]

Tons of hours of sweat and practice.

[@alexisreyes4179]

by practicing

[@kirstybrown1185]

How nasty and rude are people. Grow up you vile creatures 😂😂 thisbwas actually a very good standard for the time. There werent a million choreographers back then. Its actually pretty moronic to assume dance hasn't grown or evolved. Why would kelly slate it? Shes in the dance 👏👏👏 at the 2:02 mark shes at the far right of the screen and shes amazing.

[@deidremontrose4379]

If Kelly was auditioning today, the would tell her to lose weight.

[@christinam9778]

Aww Kelli in the front ❤️❤️ but yea this style looks way easier than what they do now 😬

[@smurfbythebay]

This franchised snowballed so hard in the nineties that now they have some of the best dancers in the country filling up the squad

[@claudiamccabe6627]

Cause people think they're dance experts judging them off today's standards 🤦‍♀️ this was considered excellent at the time and it has evolved to what it is today this here history just enjoy it ffs most of ye in the comments can't even dance nor are dancers so stfu 😂😂😂

[@kalterkakaozumfruhstuck1515]

💜💜 Michael Jackson and the Dallas Cowboys... My all Time Favorites 💖💖

[@clairemcquarrie8227]

Couldn't agree more! Great combination! I bet Michael would have loved dancing with any one of these ladies in one of his videos!

[@ayeshamayes4362]

Does everyone see Kelli Finglass in the front😍

[@kylehollie]

They dance way harder today then here. Wow

[@BrittanyCNAvictoria]

😂😂😂😂😂 these women would not even be able to touch the Veterans that they have today or even the rookies 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@touchdowngirl1575]

Thanxs a million 4-posting best back in the day & 2018 still the best nobody even close DCC BAD!!!

[@trippoutpost9065]

TOUCHDOWNGIRL157 j Dallas cowboy2018schuled

[@zigzag1able]

I like how they had the black girl in the center the whole entire time

[@kiakaha110]

Probably because they weren’t calling her “the black girl” and she made it there by skill :|

[@AvgJane19]

@@kiakaha110 you think very highly of them

[@kiakaha110]

AvgJane19 I’m talking by their standards. “Skill” is used lightly compared to today’s standards.

[@angelacooper8973]

Her hairs a mess but yeah sista was doing the damn thing.

[@justjameka7961]

I know this was the 80's, but this was cheesy and boring as heck!😩

[@Gabbs_0.x]

They're not as technical but at least there was a better range of women and body types back then. Now they try to have all the girls around the same size.

[@angelfain8040]

OMG, I just saw Kelli Finglass on the first row, with really big hair, supercool

[@singjustice]

Angel Fain where where!!

[@kdubb3898]

@@singjustice 2:07😍😉😃

[@ronaldspikes5370]

👍❤🇺🇸

[@andromedalasso]

A lot of the choreo they’re using was pulled directly from MJ music videos. 🤣 Beyoncé & Lady Gaga were lil’ babies, and being pretty was still considered an important talent. Simpler times.

[@lisser1527]

I can't deny that I'm looking for Kelli to make a mistake

[@kevinmorgan5295]

They where dancing there ass off 😁 love this routine ❤️

[@anddsheshere__]

people saying they see kelli. can someone give a time stamp if they do a close up on her 🤣 im not good with faces and shit lol

[@katerinapapageorgiou1197]

babygurl__ 1:56 - 2:11 :-)

[@WeazelNewsLucid]

She is quite featured... the first girl to run out from the right side... constantly in the front row. 1:55 however is the first sort of close up... she is on the left.. blondeish VERY curly hair. If you want to follow her from the end... she is the one on the ground in the center of the group.

[@WeazelNewsLucid]

2:05 ... and so on

[@anddsheshere__]

llekel M thanks!!

[@anddsheshere__]

Katerina Papageorgiou thanks! :)

[@lauramorgan27]

What a simpler time

[@alainabarnes7527]

If we being real I would’ve easily made the team back in the 80’s compared to if I tried to make the team today I would’ve even make it past the first round lol

[@shanksswife]

Same 😂

[@blythedill3223]

Kelli is front and center!

[@jessgobills]

Cringy

[@ForChrome1]

Mess

[@Missblaak]

I see you Kelli 🤗

[@ginamarshall7691]

I don't see Kelli

[@angeliswastaken]

Kelli carried the whole team 😆 She was popping a routine that had no pop

[@pinkkx41]

2:37 & 2:56 😂

[@fletcherdog_whiskers3826]

is it bad all i can think about is the weird al yankovic version of this song?

[@Rockamolie]

Same

[@peck404]

Kelli awe. Dancing shaking it

[@hadihatab3126]

The shorts sat higher then, now they look like underwear.

[@jerridombrowski6017]

They now wear bikinis. And all have the exact same hairstyle. Cookie cutter. Sad.

[@jerridombrowski6017]

And they are all white now, with white girl hair. Here they all look different and interesting... Now they are cookie cutter girls

[@Angelaaa1015]

Jerri Dombrowski times change 🙄🙄and they do have women of color not all women of color are super dark

[@jerridombrowski6017]

They have 1 black woman. And a bunch of white chicks. That's not what America is. Times have changed, they aren't keeping up

[@choirkitty]

@@jerridombrowski6017 hate to break it to you but arts and entertainment are not equal opportunity. If your WOC doesn't have the technique, skill, training and abilities they aren't going to make the cut. Simple as that. There are plenty of non-WOC that dont make the cut for the exact same reasons.

[@cindyc3183]

Do you think any of these girls would have made the team if they were auditioning today?

[@reannavaladez3290]

No the standards today are so much more diffcult, you have to have a certain body type and you have to be spot on with every move and these girls were offbeat and looked all over the place compared to now

[@ShannonsBibleStudy]

No.

[@courtneylangford1751]

Their shorts are twice as big as the ones today & the dancing is 1/8th as good. Kelly would cut herself if she saw this now a days.

[@FurdisandMe123]

I feel like the shorts are a tad bit longer and cover more than today’s uniform.

[@iH8MetsCowboysKnights]

Cowboys cheerleaders and the 80s…goes together like peanut butter and jelly

[@federicoestal6790]

Kelli is in the front in blonde!!! Nice!!

[@BIGBOYMATD]

The girl sharing front/ center to the right is Kelly Finglass :)

[@marjan6008]

I'm fascinated with the hairstyle, they are all the same