So there's no more Hoff to hassle, let's see what this week's dances can do to them...
Or what the band will do to the music.
*shudder**megatwitch*
Did you have to bring them up?
Rick's response to Len's comments: Oh, I get mistaken for Len all.the.time...Cheryl tries to get Rick to be high energy... There is a problem, however... Rick snapped the tendons in one of his feet, which ended his basketball career...
Dancing the Jive to Tush
*hangs head* I always thought that song was Touch, not Tush...That was much better than I was fearing. It was really fun and I didn't even notice the height thing.
So did I, but that's what TMZ was calling it...*shrug*
When I went on Itunes to torture myself by knowing what the songs are supposed to sound like, they called it Tush as well.
Makes sense though.
Scores: 7-7-7 for a total of 21
Very nice job. Tall guys don't always look that crisp, which he wasn't, but nicely done.Could have done without the whole foot drama. I can help you with that Rick, seriously.
Rick did better than I was expecting. The scores seemed fair.
Terrible weather, rainy fall day made me want comfort food. Riddled with carbs, sodium, fats and sugars. My favorite!Drink of the night
Apple Jack - Jack Daniels and apple cider from the farm stand this weekend
snack of the night
baked mac and cheese, brussel sprouts w/garlic butter, honey baked ham
dessert
peach cobbler
Yummy, and with all four of the major food groups!
Her flirty Cha Cha Cha showed that Mrs. Brady had a flirty side...She wants to be thought of as a contender, not as the 76 yr old who can actually walk.... but then she started Quickstep practicing... OMG!
Dancing the Quickstep to Suddenly I See
LAST EDITED ON 09-27-10 AT 08:20 PM (EST)Well, I wanted to look away at times, but a lovely effort.
eta: Love the dress, fabulous!
It was nice, nothing spectacular, but I'd take being able to do that at her age any day.
Anybody catch the scores, I missed them...
Dial Idol says the total was 19
Thanks
Not bad but she was definitely running out of steam at the end. She was slowly following Corky around.
The theme of this partnership is Brandy having fun and Maks losing hair and years off of his life? Hoo boy. They're clashing during practice...*bleep* *bleep* *bleep*
Dancing the Jive to Magic (which has been getting a lot of airplay recently...)
I dunno if it was the costumes or what, but I didn't like that very much.It was OK, but I guess I thought it should have been a lot better.
I should have enjoyed that a lot more than I did. Wardrobe was awful, that solo in the middle was awkward. Every season there is one star who just doesn't get it. Brandy is it this season.
LAST EDITED ON 09-27-10 AT 08:42 PM (EST)Fair scores. I thought they were better last week.
A bit of roasting over the coals for her tonight...Scores: 7-7-7 for a total of 21
After hearing what his song was gonna be and some of the plans that Chelsie had for him to do, he was barking and howling....However, the next day, he came with a case of laryngitis...
Dancing the Jive to Hound Dog...
Michael starts inside a dog house onstage and dog crawls his way out to start...
Man it looks like he ran out of steam at the end.
LAST EDITED ON 09-27-10 AT 08:45 PM (EST)How do you make a 60 year old man start the dance off on his knees in a dog house? Chelsie is just not the right partner for him. He was not into it at all.
Chelsie sucks.
It was entertaining somewhat... technical and musicality? NOT SO MUCH!Bruno calls it the worst Jive in 11 seasons... Len tries to defend it and gets some applause for it...
The latest Design-A-Dance dance type will be announced during the Results Show...Scores: 4-5-3 for a grand total of 12... and the audience gives them hell for it!
Tom: We have a 3 paddle?
I think I get Len's comment. That was all Chelsie's inability to work with her star. Kinda like its Brandy's inability to work with Maks. They don't speak the same language at all. Sad.Also:
Can I just say that Michael is in hella shape?!? He wore that sad little ensemble with panache.
We have a 3?
Wow that was harsh.
I agree with Bruno's evaluation, but some kindness and discretion would have been better. After all, Michael is stuck with Chelsea!
I am sure there will be words from the powers that be with Ms. Hightower.I didn't like the way she worked with Jake the Flake (I actually felt sorry for him) and I am less and less impressed with her everytime I see her.
Audrina's having a little bit of personal problems with the number of hours required to practice for DWTS... lack of seeing family/boyfriend, which is causing friction...Dancing the Quickstep to Love Machine
That was nice, but I wanted more chemistry between the two of them.
Tony said in rehearsal that if this dance didn't get triple 8s or better, he was gonna get his legs waxed...Scores: 8-8-7 for a total of 23 (pain is in Tony's future...)
Do you think they told the judges?Riiiiiiip!!!
Lively, interesting. I love Tony's "space pirate pimp" outfit.
Good job. Glad to see Tony happy this season.
Apparently, Bachelor Brad got a Mulligan...
Last October, she got some testing to see if she was healthy enough to do the show, and she ended up having 4 surgeries in her neck/spinal cord to remove cancer...
Dancing the Jive to Shake It
Egad is this going to be the story of the week, what else...That was fun.
Love the getting the judges comments on the floor thing.
LAST EDITED ON 09-27-10 AT 09:08 PM (EST)Can I get a "Hell Yeah!
Brandy should have had this nailed. Let's hear it for the 50 year old.
After the dance was over, both decided to sit/lay on the floor to get their judges' comments...Scores: 8-8-8 for a total of 24 and the current lead.
Still can't get past my dislike of Derek. And of course he gets the ringer.
I have to say, while I can see that Jennifer Grey obviously has some natural ability, she's still a 50 year old former actor. I think the current "ringer" talk is simply because of the dislike of Derek. If Derek and Maks had opposite partners, everyone would be complaining that Brandy is a ringer and its so unfair.
Good grief.Tom has found that Sarah Palin's in attendance tonight...
And more Sarah in the previews.
Well, now we know what the booing was about. Talk about a chilly reception.
Yup, and here's the story: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/09/sarah_palin_gets_booed_on_danc.html
LAST EDITED ON 09-28-10 AT 09:59 AM (EST)She's a lab specimen, isn't she? Her handlers keep her in a controlled microenvironment where absolutely no contamination from the real world can creep in -- I could say 'foreign elements', but I'm sure the commentary beat me to it -- and on the one night they take her out of the fishbowl, she gets to find out just how many people she's going to have killed once she's in power. And from looking at her expression, it doesn't seem as if she had any idea how to handle it.
At a guess, she brought her youngest daughter with her so that if anything happened, she could claim people were once again attacking her children.
No, Sarah, if they wanted to go after your offspring, they had the whole premiere and beyond. They. Hate. You.
>Well, now we know what the
>booing was about. Talk
>about a chilly reception.
I'm no Sarah Palin fan, but let's be honest here. The boo'ing was due to the 8's Jennifer received, seriously. She deserved better.The crowd also boo'd after Kurt's scores. It was just a boo'ing crowd. There was no idication that it came from Bristol lining up to dance.
It was then that Tom introduced Sarah and the crowd applauded.
Just stating facts.
And that raucous cheering in the background? That was Louis.
I figured the same thing that the audience felt it deserved better than 8s
Here's an eyewitness account:Having been an audience member on DWTS when Sarah Palin was there, people have been asking me if the audience was actually booing at Sarah. The answer is absolutely yes. It pretty much stopped though when the production assistants were encouraging the audience to cheer. But there's no doubt we were booing at her once it became clear that she was about to be interviewed by Tom Bergeron. While you can hear it before they pan the camera to Sarah Palin, they didn't capture her on television during the booing. Suffice to say, she was looking back at everyone in the audience rather incredulously (just up to the point where the camera focus goes to her and you see her shaking her head in disgust).
First of all, keep in mind, this is a Hollywood television production. I've never been to such an event before. It's not quite like what's seen on TV at all. Actually, much of the time you can't even hear what the hosts are even saying, since the mic is often tapped purely into the television feed and not the room speakers. It's most certainly a made-for-television show. The audience is actually a lot smaller than it seems on TV too, and a good 80% of them were booing, loud and clear.
I don't usually keep a blog, but I want to get the truth out there. There are some articles out there where a producer from ABC is reporting to have said that the booing was because the audience was disappointed about Jennifer Grey's score (I mean, all audience reaction is largely just encouragement from the production assistants anyway). Total TV production BS. Going to this kind of event was quite an experience, but in a way, it's actually increased my cynicism about Hollywood.
But thank you, ABC. Sarah Palin gets to spew her nonsense on the internet and behind the safety of Fox News pundits on a daily basis with no real accountability, all the while pretending to be something that she's most certainly not. So I consider waiting in line all day to get in the audience to be the least I could do as my civic duty to show that fraud what most of the country really thinks of her. At least most of the audience felt that way.
Yay. Thanks, Karchita!
Thanks!
After the comedy portion of their dance fell flat with the judges', their were treated as Dead Dancers Walking... but they were saved by the popular vote's portion... (partially thanks to VFTW, I think...)Dancing the Jive to Dreaming
That was really cute. She's really trying.
That was a lot better than last week, VFTW will be displeased.She really did seem to enjoy herself.
Without looking at the site, I had a feeling that they might've been changing over to Michael/Chelsie for their debacle, barring an intentional tank job...
Let's hope so.
This time they played it straight, and the judges praised them for doing so, and gave more constructive critism...Scores: 6-6-6 for a total of 18
Glad she cut the comedy this time. It was a bit jerky. She would dance and stop and reset and dance some more. I thought the scores were fair.
Their Cha Cha Cha lit up the dance floor, and got Carrie Ann all hot and bothered...To help increase his endurance, they started to work him out before practice sessions, and he promised Lacey that he wouldn't eat any more junk food... (which he's not strictly doing...)
Dancing the Quickstep to I Want You To
Holy Tulle Explosion!!!Am I the only one waiting to hear what Michael Kors is going to say.
Such a wild card with this one. He'll certainly make it interesting.
Scores: 8-7-7 for a total of 22
They had fun. Thought his posture was not good. Not sure he deserved an 8.
Kurt put in some input to this dance, so hold on to your hats...Dancing the Jive to Danger Zone from Top Gun
It was fun.
Scores: 7-7-7 for a total of 21
Much better for him than last week. He looked like he was having fun tonight. Fair scores.
Wonder how Kurt would be like if there had been a little more "spice in his sauce" along the way, IYWIM. He definitely has the moves, doesn't quite know what to do with them.
Fair scores, my a$$. I thought they were too generous. To me he looked stiff as a wooden Indian.
We get a replay of Len's "You've got the Guns but no Ammo..."Karina is using multiple techniques to try to drill the proper steps into the Situation's bone head... and he's actually cancelling previous commitments to get more practice time...
Dancing the Quickstep to We No Speak Americano
A few moments were OK, but some of that was yikes.
His body reminds me of Ty Murray, who had the humility and grace that this creature lacks. Love Ty Murray, not this one.
or maybe just plain 'Americano'...
Scores: 6-6-6 for a total of 18
Not great. But an improvement over last week.
With the first performance out of the way, Bristol brought Mark home to Alaska... and to meet her mom, Sarah Palin*presses mute*
The Alaska segment ends with a somewhat awkward hug between Sarah and Bristol...
Dancing the Quickstep to You Can't Hurry Love... (I sense a theme for her songs...)
A theme, you think?Needs to work on the arms, but not bad. Not sure why she got the pimp spot.
If this continues, there might be a Madonna song or two in her future...
And alot more gloves. Mark still has his obsession with gloves.
Scores: 7-8-7 for a total of 22
LAST EDITED ON 09-27-10 AT 10:01 PM (EST)I keep telling myself she has no frame of reference or this. It shows in that everything is a little off - her makeup, wardrobe, performance. Poor thing is simply out of her element. I like her, despite her lineage, politics, values... well, you name it.
Where have I seen that dress before?Hmmm.
*snap* I got it.
Better than last week. But she did not deserve an 8.
Definitely agree that it was no way an 8. Sixes were more like it.
Didn't watch the at-home interview. Quickly watched the dance.Appearance: I thought she looked great last week, not so much this week. Agree with Karchita about the dress. It was a terrible choice. She looked 25 pounds heavier all around this week.
Dance: She is dancing much better than I thought she would. I didn't see the judges' comments yet - am really curious to see what Len thought in giving her an 8.
I don't know much about Mark. I haven't watched DWTS consistently since Drew Lachey's season. Is he normally so touchy/feely with his partners?
Samboobree, brought to life by Arkie
Here's some ice cream for your peach cobbler.
Thanks guys -- I missed it tonight so really appreciate your play by play!
