ARTICLE: ‘Live with Kelly and Mark’ Parodies AMC Theatres in ‘After the Oscars’ Episode Promo

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“Live with Kelly and Mark” will celebrate the Oscars with the annual “After the Oscars” episode, airing Monday, March 11. In celebration of the highly anticipated show, hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are seen parodying the AMC Theatres feature starring Nicole Kidman, which appears before the start of every movie shown at the movie chain.

In the clip, Ripa can be seen dressed in similar attire to what is worn by Kidman, along with a near step-by-step replication of Kidman from the hair, the dialogue and the scenery. The only difference is that instead of the AMC logo, it is a “Live” interpretation, as shown throughout. 

“We come to this place for magic. We come to LIVE theaters to laugh, to cry, to care because we need that, all of us. That indescribable feeling that we get when the lights begin to dim,” says Ripa at the start of the clip, which shows her walking through a digital copy of a movie theater similar to the one shown by Kidnman. 

In the next scene, Ripa can be seen as Barbie from “Barbie” as she drives away from Barbieland. Like in the movie, Ken (Consuelos) pops out of the back seat and sings along with her. The following scene shows the two back in the theater, where Consuelos can also be seen on the big screen playing an iteration of Zorro, and picks up where Ripa left off with her dialogue when she adds, “And we go somewhere we have never been before. Not just entertainment, but somehow reborn, together.” A sendup of “There’s Something About Mary” is shown with Ripa as the Mary character played by Cameron Diaz in the film and Consuelos playing Ben Stiller’s role as Ted.

Speaking of Consuelos, he takes over as narrator, noting, “Dazzling images, on a huge silver screen. Sound that I can view [Consuelos appears as Tom Cruise in ‘The Firm’]. Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this.”

Taking on the Sharon Stone persona from “Basic Instinct,” Ripa answers the question of whether she killed someone when she responds to the question posed to her, saying, “I’d have to be pretty stupid to write a book about killing and then kill someone the way I described it in my book. [pause for effect] I’m not stupid.”

Following those words, Consuelos and Ripa can next be seen eating popcorn from a bucket adorning the “Live with Kelly and Mark” title in a font similar to AMC Theatres as Ripa does the iconic leg toss that was shown the “Basic Instinct” film.

The final movie represented in the clip is the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing,” with Consuelos playing Patrick Swayze’s character, Johnny Castle and Ripa appearing as Jennifer Grey’s character, Baby Houseman, in a sendup of the final dance where Johnny catches Baby in the air as the song “(I’ve had) The Time Of My Life” plays them out.

The clip ends with the hosts saying, “Live with Kelly and Mark: We make the Oscars better,” a play on Kidman’s words in the AMC commercial where she says, “AMC Theatres: We make movies better.”

The “After the Oscars” episode of “Live with Kelly and Mark” airs Monday, March 11. Check local listings or visit the show’s official website for information on where and how to watch.

To watch the clip for yourself, click on the play button below.

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