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Dirty Dancing pair meet Swayze on Oprah show
6:30pm Thursday 8th November 2007
Comments (25)A Wimbledon couple who shot to fame by recreating a scene from Dirty Dancing got the surprise of their lives when they met Patrick Swayze.
James and Julia Derbyshire, whose wedding video became a huge YouTube hit, were invited to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show for a special programme about the video-sharing website phenomenon.
While they were re-enacting the famous Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey routine, having hurriedly relearned the choreography, Swayze suddenly appeared from the wings to excited screams from the audience.
He tapped James on the back and asked if he could cut in, proceeding to wow Julia with his skilful dance moves.
"We were so shocked that Patrick wanted to meet us," stunned Julia, 33, said.
"Oprah told us that he loved our dance and wanted to come on the show to surprise us."
The Hollywood star has refused to give interviews about Dirty Dancing for nearly two decades, but he was so touched by the couple's video that he agreed to Oprah's request.
James, 34, said: "I love playing up to audiences. When Patrick starting dancing with Julia, I pretended to be the jealous husband.
"When they'd finished spinning around, I launched myself across the stage into his arms to do the lift. I'm not sure who regrets that moment more, me or Patrick."
Film maker James and wedding photographer Julia got married two and a half years ago, but put the video on YouTube in February to entertain their wedding guests.
It has since been watched by more than 2.6million people worldwide, and the couple have been in demand on TV stations around the world.
They are in talks about presenting TV shows about love and romance.
Patrick Swayze is coming to the UK to star in a stage revival of the musical Carousel, and plans to have dinner with James and Julia when he is here.
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thomas furber, says...
1:08pm Fri 9 Nov 07
Jock, London says...
2:06pm Fri 9 Nov 07
thomas furber wrote:How so? Where's your evidence to support this allegation?
i'm sorry jackie, but this whole sorry epsiode only serves to highlight the worst aspects of humanity.
And don't have a go at people from my home town. Go back to twitching your net curtains.
Tigs, says...
3:17pm Fri 9 Nov 07
I love the Scots!
susan, Florida USA says...
10:07pm Fri 9 Nov 07
I miss it a lot. Wish i could be back there. Good luck James and Julia.
thomas furber, says...
11:26am Mon 12 Nov 07
this pair of half wits may be from your home town, but their vomit inducing video and subsequent milking of their fifteen minutes of fame is pretty irritating. I'm not wrong, am I, my scotch cousin?
Jock, London says...
2:09am Tue 13 Nov 07
thomas furber wrote:You are wrong, actually. You have made 2 glaringly obvious mistakes.
calm down jock. this pair of half wits may be from your home town, but their vomit inducing video and subsequent milking of their fifteen minutes of fame is pretty irritating. I'm not wrong, am I, my scotch cousin?
1) I'm not from Wimbledon, I'm from Kirkintilloch, so it was Jackie I was talking about. You would have realised this if you hadn't been in such a rush to respond. And we're all laughing at you for it.
2) You have used 'Scotch' incorrectly. It is only correctly used when referring to whisky, or the savoury egg snack. The correct term for the nationality of someone from Scotland is Scottish. Again, we laugh at your ignorance.
I can see your green eyes from here, Thomas. You strike me as someone who has always yearned for fame but never quite managed to get there, so you have to berate others...Bit sad.
Jock, London says...
2:23am Tue 13 Nov 07
Tigs wrote:Aye. That's me, Tigs!! =)
Ah so you really are a Jock then!!! I love the Scots!
Living in the "Gateway to the South" now...And I am nice really =)
Tigs, says...
10:34am Tue 13 Nov 07
:)
Liam Collard, says...
11:15am Tue 13 Nov 07
Going back to the original point. That video is monstrously naff and embarrassing. The couple should be ashamed of themselves.
Thomas Furber, says...
1:12pm Tue 13 Nov 07
I must admit I'm not wholly surprised you took the bait.
Jock, London says...
1:53pm Tue 13 Nov 07
Liam Collard wrote:If you think Scotch is acceptable, let me give you a quick language lesson.
Well, I think \"Scotch\" is a perfectly appropriate shorthand form for addressing a Scot (or sorry, \"Scottish person\", if we have to be pc about it.) I think a better term would be \"slave of the Scottish Executive\". Going back to the original point. That video is monstrously naff and embarrassing. The couple should be ashamed of themselves.
Referring to my OED, the definition of 'Scotch' is this :
n. whisky distilled in Scotland.
If you still don't get it, pop up to Glasgow, go to Lauders bar in Sauchiehall Street and call someone 'Scotch'. You'll be hounded out of town.
Jock, London says...
1:56pm Tue 13 Nov 07
Thomas Furber wrote:It's no use trying to climb out of the hole you dug, using a cheap jibe as a ladder...
jock, jock, jock, my uppity mcfriend...the use of the word scotch was merely playful banter. I must admit I'm not wholly surprised you took the bait.
Liam Collard, says...
6:31pm Tue 13 Nov 07
p, you are of course quite right and pedantic enough to be a true Scotsman. I bow to your superior grasp of the mother English tongue. Well done, reward yourself with a Scotch egg, lorne sausage, hot toddy or an iron bru.
Is that an invite to Glasgow? I would love to come.
Jock, London says...
7:03pm Tue 13 Nov 07
Liam Collard wrote:Is that the best you can come up with in terms of a response? A childish jibe at my nationality?
Dear jocky-jocky-jockstra p, you are of course quite right and pedantic enough to be a true Scotsman. I bow to your superior grasp of the mother English tongue. Well done, reward yourself with a Scotch egg, lorne sausage, hot toddy or an iron bru. Is that an invite to Glasgow? I would love to come.
By the way, it's Irn Bru, not Iron...=P
Edith Castle, better side of the border says...
9:32am Wed 14 Nov 07
A scotch egg is just a regulation egg encased in sausage meat.
It is perfectly acceptable, Jimmy, to call the Scottish people "Scotch", provided they are encased in sausage meat at the time, which, in my experience, tends to be often.
A more interesting discussion would be: Why the Scotch demonstrably lack entrepreneurial ability and enjoy spending money but not making it?
In case anyone concludes I am against all Jimmy's, I would point out that I was a big fan the krankies' anarchic brand of humour, and I also have a lot of time for the guy who invented the reaping machine - as well as the Loch Ness monster.
Jock, London says...
12:59pm Thu 15 Nov 07
Edith Castle wrote:You must lead a really interesting life. I'd feel sad for you, but I've no time to waste...
Jimmy, A scotch egg is just a regulation egg encased in sausage meat. It is perfectly acceptable, Jimmy, to call the Scottish people "Scotch", provided they are encased in sausage meat at the time, which, in my experience, tends to be often. A more interesting discussion would be: Why the Scotch demonstrably lack entrepreneurial ability and enjoy spending money but not making it? In case anyone concludes I am against all Jimmy's, I would point out that I was a big fan the krankies' anarchic brand of humour, and I also have a lot of time for the guy who invented the reaping machine - as well as the Loch Ness monster.
As for your quip about Scottish entrepreneurs, I think you'll discover there are, and have been, far more of them than English ones. So take your little-Englander comment, and stick it in a certain body cavity.
Thomas Furber, says...
2:19pm Thu 15 Nov 07
Liam Collard, says...
2:41pm Thu 15 Nov 07
Edith Castle, says...
2:45pm Thu 15 Nov 07
I reckon I can name more English entrepreneurs than you've got friends: I can think of at least four, just in my head.
Jock, London says...
6:03am Fri 16 Nov 07
Edith Castle wrote:Don't know where the oversubsidised bit comes from. Oh, I know, it's that typical English know-nothing fact. Try gathering a few financial facts, and you'll learn something.
Jackie, my over-subsidised Scotch friend, I reckon I can name more English entrepreneurs than you've got friends: I can think of at least four, just in my head.
As for the friends, I doubt you can name 150+ English entrepreneurs.
Jock, London says...
6:08am Fri 16 Nov 07
Thomas Furber wrote:You really should take lessons in reading.
Jock, for someone with "no time to waste" you spend an awful lot of time on the internet.
I said, "I'd feel sad for you, but I've no time to waste..."
Now, if you had read it properly, you'd have notice that it implied that I had no time to waste on feeling sad for Edith.
Anyway, I'm off filming for the next 4 days, so try not to think too hard while I'm gone.
Edith Castle, says...
9:31am Tue 20 Nov 07
Thomas furber, says...
1:40pm Wed 21 Nov 07
Linda, Glasgow says...
10:30am Wed 2 Jan 08
James and Julia Derbyshire on the Oprah Winfrey Show
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jackie, says...
10:44am Fri 9 Nov 07
well done both of you.
Love Jackie. (Kirkintilloch)