"It's the best show on TV," raved a fan who braved the throngs and tight security (that required a body scan with a high-tec wand) to be up-close and personal for Tuesday night's episode of Dancing with the Stars.
Maybe, the dance lover was anxious to witness the drama in person?
After a tense week for the contestants - featuring sad teary-eyed break-downs - anything was bound to unfold on stage this evening.
Would Kate Gosselin be given the axe?
Was a former astronaut's day in the sun coming to a poignant close?
In a way, dancers exiting stage right or left, would be a blessing for me (and most journalists reporting on the show).
Let's face it - a two-hour entertainment variety show with ten couples parading by non-stop - is a tough assignment even for a writer capable of lighting speed shorthand techniques.
The ess dancers there are to keep track up, the better for moi!
I confess - occasionally - it has been tough keeping up.
For starters, the blond bimbo babes all look the same to me!
Wigs, make-up, and dazzling body-transforming outfits by wardrobe masters, have added to the challenge this end.
So, take this as a kind of disclaimer.
If you want the exact scores without any mix-ups - or are keen on being abreast of the status of each couple up-to-the-minute, cruise on over to ABC's web site.
Gosh, my occasional slip-ups may be a plus for the network, because they're bound to get an overflow of traffic bouncing off the tattler site to theirs at ABC.
What is important to me is the color - the highlightss and the devastating lows - and the spirit of the competiton.
That's the meat of "Dancing with the Stars", after all.
To be honest with y'all, two hours sensory overload, is a bit discaboobating!
An hour-and-half would be stretching it, really!
I'd be interested to take a gander at the ratings - and determine when and where the viewing audience tuned in (or out) - during the course of the upbeat exciting dance competition.
By the way, the male dancers are easier to keep track of generally - especially when they open their yaps - and end up stirring up controversy or titillating bill-of-fare.
For example, when a ompeting athlete got excited about the thought of getting down 'n dirty next week on stage with his dance partner, host Tom Bergeron quipped that next week's episode would be pay-per-view.
By the way, thought that Evan's black jacket with a dazzling spray of stardust casting rainbows in the light, was just FABULOUS darlings!
The black studs on the white dress shirt, and corectly-knotted bow tie, were tasteful stylish flourishes.
A host was inclined to dredge up the details of a "mickey" still haunting one couple.
Why did the winsome twosome break the rules in their quick-step performance?
The male cutie - Derek - confessed that he got swept away in the moment.
I hope he keeps a rubber in his wallet given his lack of self-control!
Wink! Wink!
Backstage, in an intimate moment, dancers noted that Tuesday night (eliminations) was the most stressful for everyone.
The troupe has become quite close-knit, has developed relationships, and feel like family at this juncture.
Niecy joked that she was the big mamma.
"I try to get these thin children to eat," she quipped (a bit envious of their toned bods?).
Two male dancers were spied outside of their trailers.
The spoils of their success?
I wonder if the comfy motorhomes rock from side-to=side (up & down, too) on quiet afternoons during break?
If we're to believe the gossip mongers on the night-time tabloid shows, yes!
Once dancer noted that Erin Andrews was down-to-earth and fun to be around.
In view of the death threats haunting her, not an easy row to hoe, I expect.
After alot of entetaining segments - sandwhiched in-between slick high-profile advertisements at commercial break - it was time to get down to the nitty-gritty.
Was it my imagination, or did Pamela Anderson nearly faint, when the word came down that she was saved for another round of fancy glamorous footwork?
Kate Gosselin, who many predicted would be shown the backstage door, managed to finesse her way through for a triumphant encore next episode.
In a real cliff-hanging moment, Buzz Aldrin finally got the word.
It would be his last moonwalk home in the arms of his charming wife.
But, what a send off.
The audience jumped to their feet - and clapped and stomped their feet - in recognition of the man's ballsy chutzpah!
"Why did you take on this challenge, Buzz?" the pretty hostess probed.
"I did it for the fighter pilots, the military, and an old geezer - me!
Buzz Alrin, in the final anaylsis, is a gentleman and a scholar.
Not many of us left!
See 'ya next week.
I wonder if the comfy motorhomes rock from side-to=side (up & down, too) on quiet afternoons during break?
If we're to believe the gossip mongers on the night-time tabloid shows, yes!
Once dancer noted that Erin Andrews was down-to-earth and fun to be around.
In view of the death threats haunting her, not an easy row to hoe, I expect.
After alot of entetaining segments - sandwhiched in-between slick high-profile advertisements at commercial break - it was time to get down to the nitty-gritty.
Was it my imagination, or did Pamela Anderson nearly faint, when the word came down that she was saved for another round of fancy glamorous footwork?
Kate Gosselin, who many predicted would be shown the backstage door, managed to finesse her way through for a triumphant encore next episode.
In a real cliff-hanging moment, Buzz Aldrin finally got the word.
It would be his last moonwalk home in the arms of his charming wife.
But, what a send off.
The audience jumped to their feet - and clapped and stomped their feet - in recognition of the man's ballsy chutzpah!
"Why did you take on this challenge, Buzz?" the pretty hostess probed.
"I did it for the fighter pilots, the military, and an old geezer - me!
Buzz Alrin, in the final anaylsis, is a gentleman and a scholar.
Not many of us left!
See 'ya next week.
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