Footloose high school invites Kevin Bacon to prom, gets a yes
"I'm gonna come, I gotta come!" Bacon declared, after the high school where Footloose was shot launched an elaborate campaign to get him to come back
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As far as elaborate promposals go, this one is pretty ambitious: Students at Utah’s Payson High School—which, once upon a time, was the filming location for Kevin Bacon’s ’80s hit Footloose—have successfully wooed the star to collectively attend the school’s upcoming prom with them.
“I’m gonna come. I gotta come!” a gamely cheerful Bacon declared on Today this week, fulfilling the wishes of the Payson student body, who launched a multi-step campaign of dance videos and flash mobs to get the actor there, both to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Footloose, as well as to memorialize the original school building, which is being shut down this year as the school relocates. The savvy youths got Bacon right in a big Hollywood celebrity’s most sensitive spot, too: The charitable foundation, linking lots of their efforts to Bacon’s SixDegrees.org, which runs programs to do things like distributing “building kits” to people in need.
Bacon praised the Payson kids for their #BaconToPayson campaign in his video message to them, saying, “I have been so impressed with everything that’s been going on there with this crazy idea to get me to come back. I’ve been amazed at the work that all of you have been putting into this, with the musical and the flash mobs and the re-creations. It’s really inspirational, so thank you. Thank you. And I’m gonna come. I gotta come!”
Meanwhile, our simultaneous #LithgowToHellPayson campaign, which aims to get Bacon’s Footloose co-star, John Lithgow, to also attend the prom, shutting the whole thing down with a fire and brimstone sermon against the sinful horrors of dancing, has yet to find much traction online. Alas!
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Kevin Bacon seems like a genuinely cool dude
He does. And John Lithgow is delightful so I think he’d be a hoot if he were to come back as well.
This is adorable
I kinda enjoyed seeing him play a version of himself in the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
PHRASING
Are we not doing phrasing anymore?
Just let the man come!
brimstone sermon against the sinful horrors of dancingMy, how the world has changed/s
Kevin Bacon: You told me there’d be bacon served at this prom! Well, fuck this! *storms out*
The elementary school from ‘The Woodsman’, on the other hand, has decided not to invite Bacon to any upcoming events.
This is great, but it would have been hilarious if he went on a rant about how 9/11 was a hoax.
He doesn’t believe that, but I would have loved it.
Sounds like this campaign should be for when they tear the school down. John Lithgow could literally set it on fire.
#LithgowToHellPayson campaign, which aims to get Bacon’s Footloose co-star, John Lithgow, to also attend the prom, shutting the whole thing down with a fire and brimstone