Dancing With the Stars – That is one bad Situation!

Between Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and Florence Henderson, I am in heaven watching Dancing With the Stars right now. See, what a lot of you haters of reality television are missing is the sheer nasty thrill of watching celebrities make idiots of themselves. I know — that’s mean. But as I’ve said before, they signed on for it, so they are fair game. And if I can’t be mean in the safety of my own living room, well … that’s just not the America I know and love.

Last night, the Mr. Mister and I watched, spellbound as The Situation attempted the Rhumba. At least, that’s what his partner Karina said they were doing. (And if you’re wondering how I get my husband to watch this show with me, I’ll just state here that Karina’s costumes help.) Some things were different this week, in that the women could be lifted during the dance, the floor was in the round and off the ground, and the judges were giving two sets of scores. One score being for technicality and one for performance. At first I was rather annoyed, because I hate change, but it grew on me.

Karina decided that since The Situation (the name is so ridiculous I can’t stand it) is not famous for his footwork, she would put in some fancy lifts. That way, maybe the judges and audience wouldn’t notice how terrible he is. Distractions! Brilliant! However, it really didn’t work. The “Sitch” is so lost. And stompy! I realize that’s probably not even a word, but that’s what I kept saying while watching between my fingers. Stompy! He’s like a buff Herman Munster out there. As for the lifts, they just looked awkward and scary to me. Thank goodness Karina weighs fourteen ounces, so he didn’t drop her. In short, it was fabulously awful.

The judges agreed. Len said, “It was consistent. It was bad throughout.” Heh. And Bruno called it a “terrible mess.” So there you have it. The Situation’s headed back to Jersey tomorrow night.

And one more contestant I just have to talk about is Mrs. Brady herself, Florence Henderson. Yes, I realize she’s the oldest contestant at seventy-six, and I give her mad props for even attempting this. However! Last night’s dance was so over the top that I was cringing right along with Carrie Ann Enaba. Flo … Flo. The grinding! And the constant moving of her hands up and down her body reeeaaal slow. It was just … icky. I get it that she wants to be all Cloris Leachman funny and raunchy. I understand that she’s trying to prove that seniors can still be vibrant and attractive. But … really. There’s a fine line here to Embarrassmentville, and last night she ran for mayor.

That’s my two cents. Jennifer Grey still has my vote as taking this season easily. What do you think?

Clacked by Tara Shrodes
on Oct 11, 2010 @ 23:46 EST5EDT