Tiny Dancer

Jack Millos took on the peacock this weekend and it’s now featherless shivering in an alley outside Central Park.

Everyone’s favourite tiny dancer continues to do his thing and Sunday he was on NBC’s Today Show in New York to dance in front of a larger audience than ever before. He was his usual charming, polite, groovetastic self as he answered questions from hosts Lester Holt and Jenna Wolfe. Then the music started, Jack’s smile vanished and it was time to roll – wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle yeah.

Here’s the video. This counts as my birthday gift to you. You’re welcome. And sorry, but I didn’t have time to wrap it.

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Before long Jack’s 15 minutes of dancing fame will be up, although you know it’s not the last we’ll hear from this superstar, who turns seven-years-old today.

Dancing Jack Millos has officially entered my Top 10 list of all-time Favourite Jacks.

10. Jack Black
9. Jack White
8. Jack Millos
7. Jack Dawson
6. Jack the Ripper
5. Jack Skellington
4. Jack Nicholson
3. Jack Sparrow
2. Jack Daniels
1. Jack Donaghy

Jack in the Big Apple

They grow up so fast.

It seems like just yesterday Jack Millos was bringing Rogers Arena to life with his dancing. Well, everyone’s favourite six-year-old, who turns seven on Monday, has a monumentally big TV appearance Sunday, as in tomorrow, a mere five days after his dancing video went viral. Jack will take a bite out of the Big Apple and strut his stuff in a Canucks jersey on NBC’s Today Show.

Yes, that Today Show. THE Today Show.

Jack, sister Teaghan, dad Ron and mom Elizabeth, received word they’d been invited to New York Friday afternoon and they were flown there today in advance of Sunday’s weekend edition of the show,  anchored by Lester Holt and Jenna Wolfe. The show is set to air at 8 a.m. EST Sunday morning, that’s 5 a.m. PST, as in crazy early, so be sure to set your PVRs so you don’t miss Jack take the world by storm.

Go, set your PVR right now. I’ll wait for you to return before I write anything else…

And we’re back.

If you’re just joining in on the phenom that is Dancing Jack, here are a few links to get you caught up.

Original video: http://youtu.be/1qYTuH1_KXg

The full story video: http://youtu.be/cTeIdNQApVg

Jack teaches a bumbling journalist (me) how to dance: http://fortnucks.nucksnation.com/2012/moves-like-jory/

6 Things on Being Jack: http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=621393

Best of luck Jack!

UPDATE: Just got an email from Elizabeth, Jack’s mom. She said all is well in New York and that Jack is Jack, he doesn’t seem nervous at all. The family is wired from all the excitement, and understandably so, but they’ll have to sleep fast with an early pick up time of 6:45 a.m. EST. Jack is then scheduled to be on air to start the Today Show with a few teasers early on, before he takes centre stage at 8:40 a.m. EST. Also, Jack was recognized at the airport heading to New York, so a lucky couple from Kelowna heading to Cabo on vacation received the first ever autographed photo of Jack. Get in line, I get the second!

Moves like Jory

By now Jack needs no introduction. If you don’t know who he is, it must be awfully warm and comfortable beneath that rock you’re under.

Six-and-a-half-year-old Jack Millos literally look Rogers Arena by storm Tuesday night when his dance moves to LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It” had the sellout crowd rolling in the aisles. Jack’s moves were contagious and I had to catch up with him post-game for a lesson.That was a good idea. That was not a good idea. Why on earth did I think I could keep up with Jumpin’ Jack Flash?

Sadly those dance moves were an improvement from how I typically shake my money maker, as you can see below. This is what my little man and I call the Happy Dance. It’s typically used as a touchdown celebration, when “Party Rock Anthem” is on, or really anytime in general actually. Clearly dancing is not my forte.

I’ll stick to what I’m good at: stacking Tupperware, using chopsticks, quoting Home Alone 1 and 2 (but never 3), raising one eyebrow like The Rock, find the TV remote after looking forever, remembering what movie that guy is from and squeezing a little bit more power of out dying batteries.