Seeing the first shimmy makes Ava blurt, 'Ohhh no. 'Hacks' acknowledges Ellen DeGeneres' broad influence by having its star comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) open her show on a lesbian cruise by dancing awkwardly to Pharrell's 'Happy.' This is uncharacteristic of Deborah, and her writing partner and protégé Ava (Hannah Einbinder) knows it.
