Results tagged “Dancing with the Stars” from Overlooked
As the fall progresses, I find myself glued more and more often to the television. I have to watch the news, political debates and of course this year's fall line up of ABC dramas. I must defend myself: I was not glued to the television until my wonderful freshman year, drama-addicted roommates turned me on to Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Lost. If it were not for them and their love of watching television every single hour of the day, my life may have turned out differently, but instead, I sit in front of my tiny 15" screen or plug in my laptop to watch hours upon hours of ABC. Some may say this is a gigantic waste of time--I say 'probably'--but if I hadn't spent all those dedicated hours of TV watching, I would have missed the greatest live television moments of the year.
I hope at this point you have guessed I'm talking about Dancing with the Stars contestant Cloris Leachman. If you didn't, you need to go and watch some of these clips, NOW.
If I said I watched this show just to see the dancing, I would be lying. That is like an America's Next Top Model fan saying they only watch the show to see the final pictures. LIARS! No, we watch it to see the drama, the cat fights, the mean and dirty remarks the judges make and of course to pretend that our 13 votes really count when they eliminate a dancer. (If only we had that many votes in the presidential election). But I have gotten off topic. ABC has certainly outdone itself this year with their dancing stars, in particular Cloris Leachman, 82. Now granted, in her lifetime, she has certainly been rewarded for her talent acting both on- and offscreen, but I'm starting to wonder what exactly this legendary woman is doing on Dancing with the Stars?
Of course, I am not expecting her to move her body like Toni Braxton and I certainly don't want her to show anymore skin like the other females. Furthermore, she helps combat against the show becoming too formulaic, but really, where does she come up with this stuff? Putting her leg up on the judges' table, trying to pay them to vote her to the next round, calling the interns and Samantha Harris idiots? Does she just not have a filter? I congratulate her, at her age, to attempt ballroom dancing for the first time, but is she just trying to sell herself to the audience? Are we really going to keep voting for her just to see what see what she will do next? Again, I have to say 'probably'.
This phenomenon of voting people to the next round for no good reason has happened before, and I'm not surprised it is happening again (Does anyone remember Sanjaya Malakar from American Idol season 6?). I don't want to say that is what is happening quite yet; after all, there have only been two weeks of eliminations and 3 stars have gone home. And honestly, as much as Kim Kardashian has a rockin' body, she was actually stiffer then Cloris, if that is even possible.
Tonight will be the deciding factor of Cloris' fate. If it is as awful to watch as usual, then she should probably go home; if her partner Corky Ballas pulls off a miracle, she is more than welcome to stay. I am sure, though, that after disappointing the judges because she was not funny enough, she will be back again with her almost scary antics. I just hope that poor Corky can keep her reigned in enough to finish her dance.
Ed. note: A big welcome to Katherine, our newest member of the Overlooked team!
To Kristi, who kept reaching for the stars.
At ShopWiki, there's a saying by which we all live: you're nobody until you're honored on a commemorative plate or an iron-on heat transfer. By this credo, Queen Elizabeth and the boys of 98 Degrees might be the most important people in the known galaxy, but I digress.
The point is, despite Kristi Yamaguchi's skating medals and recent perfect score with Mark Ballas on "Dancing with the Stars", she only matters to us because of this little baby at left.
No matter how much Len Goodman wants to eat her up ("It was like a buffet — a tasty morsel there, a delicious move over there. Some clever choreography, yum, yum. It was a smorgasbord of dance. I loved it.”), without a gaudy dose of gold leaf, she'd be nothing.
Thankfully for Kristi, she has indeed been immortalized in acrylic paint and glaze for all the world to enjoy. We here at the office have already bought two (they're flanking our Pete Rose collection) in preparation for her inevitable big win.
Stay strong, Kristi, we're all rooting for you (unless a Mario commemorative plate comes out between now and then, in which case we're in a bit of a pickle)!
