Dancing With the Stars -- Performances & The Boot 1

Alright, I'm going to make this one super quick. Pay attention: Monday night people danced, there was some drama with some B-itches and surprise surprise, one of the B-itches made it through results night (on Tuesday), evading the red light. The old dude, Buzz, got the blue hair vote and will probably stick around for much longer than he should. Adam Corolla made some funny cracks. Pamela Anderson ended up in the bottom three, but she still got more votes than Shannen Doherty, and Shannen went home. I'm pretty sure not too many tears were shed on that departure.
The Beach Boys "sang" a medley of their greatest hits. I say "sang" because the lead singer sounded like he was about to croak. It was just SO bad; they should just pack up their mics and keep any past glory where it belongs ... in the past. Did I mention it was bad?
Until next week folks.

Dancing With the Stars -- Premiere

The 2 hour premiere of Dancing with the Stars kicked off last night with a wide array of characters. I don't understand how or why Jake "The Bachelor" Pavelka or Kate Gosselin got on the show, but whatever. One new thing about this season is host Brooke Burke. I don't know where Samantha Harris went off to, but that's alright because I liked that Brooke did not yell or shout into the microphone when talking to the performers. What a relief! The other thing that makes Brooke a good host is that she can empathize with the dancers, having gone through the process herself.
Top performances from the premiere would have to include Nicole Scherzinger (partner Derek Hough), Niecy Nash (partner Louis Van Amstel), and Erin Andrew also had a strong performance with Max.
What I don't understand is after such an awesome performance by Nicole, Len just nailed right into her. I don't know if he was watching the same performance as everyone else. Even Carrie Ann and Bruno looked at the grumpy old judge wondering what crawled up his shorts. Something was definitely prickling at his backside last night.
Kate Gosselin was so hard to watch that it just seemed like time was slowing down, dragging out the two minutes or however long the dance actually lasted. I really don't know why she signed up for the show, she a) can't dance, and b) doesn't belong there. I was surprised that Len didn't dig into her. However, that's alright, because Bruno certainly said it all. I'll give her credit for having a brave face on it though.
On a more confusing performance, Pamela Anderson did a good job in hiding her lack of rhythm with all the hair tossing and bright Barbie pink outfit. I also have to give her some credit for livening up the stage after Kate's performance.
Then there was good old Buzz Aldren. The man is 80 years old. I have to say I felt myself rooting for him somewhat. I don't expect him to go very far, but I'll say he held it together well enough. I'm not sure if his stiff movements were due to an elderly thing or lack of rhythm thing, or maybe it was a bit of both. That might work better for him with the Waltz though. What was cruel was Len giving Buzz a 4. Like I said, Buzz wasn't that great, but there have been performers who did worse and at least got a 5. Then again, if anyone is going to find a low card to pull out on any night, leave it to Len. Tom Bergeron was in good form with the comebacks to Len's "critiques" though. Where the contestant can't really say much, Tom pretty much says what the rest of us are thinking.


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The Bachelor -- The Final Rose & After the Final Rose -- 1-Mar-2010

I was wondering as the show started how many times will they shoot Jake crying? 3 maybe 4 times? As it turns out, not as many times as some of the other episodes. However, we did learn where he got the crying from: his dad. Wow. The dad just cried at the drop of a pin, not even a hat, but a pin. Tenley barely got any words out and already the guy was spurting tears. The mom seems to be able to keep it together a bit better though.

You just know that Tenley would start weeping up and talking about her divorce at some point in the episode. Sure enough, Jake's mom asked her a question and without really answering the question, Tenley brought up how painful her abandonment from he ex-husband was. Ummm, Tenley, that wasn't the question. Whatever though, because she got the mom all weepy-eyed at that point. I just thought, really? Is that how it's going to be? I mean they don't even cry that much in Disney movies. Poor Tenley. Even though it's kind of harsh, when Jake let her go, it's the first time she showed another emotion than the sugary super perky person. Yet, somehow, she still managed to make it sugary in the end. I would've just loved it if she decked him or told him to screw himself. But, no. You could hear the sad, but uplifting Disney soundtrack in the background. Ugh!

In a weird way, I'm glad Vienna ended up being Jake's choice. I mean between the two choices, Jake already has a limited personality. At least this way there's at least one person in the relationship with some life. Sure she's a bit ditsy and young, but you can't say the girl doesn't have personality. She didn't exactly have the best introduction into the family, but after grilling her for a while, they found her alright. There will probably a few eyebrow raising moments at future family functions, but Vienna might calm down a bit. Now that she doesn't have to compete with any of the other ladies, I wonder if she'll get bored of Jake or if he might take in some of Vienna's personality and use it.

As for the After the Rose where Tenley still couldn't understand what Jake meant about the physical thing? Oh girl. Come on! All I can think of is a line from Two Weeks Notice when Hugh Grant's character says "You're too perfect! Nobody wants to live with a saint!" If I'm not mistaken, I think he may have also sad "It's boring!". It would be maddening living with her after a while. The other thing I don't understand is why someone would do that to themselves. Why torture yourself? If someone said that they felt something was missing and they couldn't go on with the relationship, that's it. There's nothing you can really say or do ... that's all there is to it. Done. Finito. Fin. As if the first time hearing it wasn't enough, you feel the need to get the drill all over again? Self torture. No thanks. Maybe TLC can set up Tenley with one of the family members from 19 Kids and Counting? She might be considered risqué for that bunch and liven up the place a bit.

And that pretty much wraps it all up.