Can tWitch From 'So You Think You Can Dance' Make TV's Dorkiest Dances Look Cool?

Dave Nemetz
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So You Think You Can Dance all-star and new mentor Stephen “tWitch” Boss is one of the coolest guys on the planet… but is he cool enough to make the Carlton look good?

In the video above, we challenge the hip-hop dance maestro (who’ll mentor a team of young dancers in Season 12, premiering this week) to take some of TV’s least cool dances — the Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Elaine’s herky-jerky dance from Seinfeld, Conan O’Brien’s super nerdy “string dance” — and make them not look embarrassing. A tall order, indeed.

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Some, he does manage to transform into legitimate dance moves, like the various weird dances done by the kids in the Peanuts animated specials. But some, even tWitch can’t make look cool. Sorry, Elaine.

Season 12 of So You Think You Can Dance premieres Monday, June 1 at 8 p.m. on Fox.