Maurice Greene is next. Last week the judges wanted more finesse from him. In rehearsals, he's having trouble with the footwork and things are getting tense, so Cheryl takes him to do the tire run. He falls over in the background of her interview which is amaaazing, but he's an Olympic sprinter, does he really need advice on how to move his feet faster?
Don't ever let this woman babysit your kids.
They're dancing to the theme song from Happy Days. He jumps over her head in a nice bit of acrobatics. The routine looks pretty clean to me and they have a really nice energy. My favorite audience member is that woman wooing directly into a microphone.
Why are you wearing my colors? This dress is hard enough to pull off without some tramp trying to steal it's thunder!
There's more than one WalMart in town, bitch.
Carrie Ann calls him "a wild, untamed beast." She thinks he finally looks like a contender. Len thought it had great choreography and was lively. Best dance form them. Bruno thought they rocked and notes they were really fun, while still maintaining precision. The scores for Maurice and Cheryl - 8, 8, 8, for a total of 24. Their best performance by far.
Rocco was one point from the bottom last week with the judges. This week Karina wants to work on Rocco's musicality. So she puts on goofy music and makes him dance to it. He really lets loose with the techno. Rocco loves raves. From there, he lets go of his shyness and they rehearse his dance with the blindfold.
I smell freezer burn. Were you eating my pasta again?
Their performance starts with him blindfolded. OMG, they're dancing to "What's New Pussycat." I can't take anything seriously with this going on in the background. Not to mention his shirt ruffles. It looks like a shirt Celine Dion would wear. He does look like he's having more fun with the dance, even if he still looks like a goof. I think the singer messes up the lyrics at one point. God everyone sucks in this number!
Pass the blindfold.
Len comments with his cat eye glasses on and Carrie Ann cannot keep it together and be professional. Bruno thought he should have kept his blindfold on as he thinks the Waltz "should be a mousse and that was mashed potatoes." Mmmm mashed potatoes. Bruno goes on to say that while it was entertaining, Rocco's a bad dancer. Carrie Ann thought Bruno is crazy and calls Rocco the most improved this week. She just has a crush! Ew, bitch, that kitchen's mine!
Tom points out this is a popularity contest with sequins. So true. Backstage Rocco calls every minute on the dance floor a gift. Return to sender.
Dame Edna's gonna beat your ass.
Rocco gets 7, 7, 6 for a total of 20, which is way better than I thought he'd do. Apparently, Rocco was in the room when Misty got hurt so of course let's fill some time asking him about that. Rocco pities her because she looked "so cute." Yes, I only pity the pretty. Thanks for recapping that she... got hurt, Rocco. Very insightful.
All Len needs is this wig to make his transformation complete.
Up next are Warren Sapp and Kym doing a waltz. Aw, I really wanted to see him jive. He's having trouble being gentle in rehearsals. Seriously, he's like Gentle Ben in rehearsal footage. Why do they never go anywhere fun on field trips?
Crack.
Their performance is the cutest ever. He really takes on his characters well. Also, Warren and Kym look like they really enjoy dancing together. It's all twirly and just lovely. So smooth.
Bruno calls him "Big smooth and beautiful." He points out that Warren always "gets the dances" and is versatile. Carrie Ann admits to a crush on Warren. She calls him a dream come true. And said the dance was gorgeous. Len didn't think Warren could pull it of because he is crotchety, but he's pleasantly surprised.
Scores for Warren - 9, 8, 8, for a total of 25. That's Warren's best score yet. He's super psyched about the 9. Me too! It's the best thing I've seen all week, and I discovered Tina Fey's Twitter this week, so that's saying something.
And no, she doesn't mention Misty.
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Comments (7)
Why couldn't they get an old person who could at least dance a few steps? It's kind of embarrassing to see poor Cloris out there just walking around, although I admire her spirit.
They had an article in the local paper today about an 85 year old man who still swing dances! Not only that, but they have a picture of him LIFTING a woman--and sometimes he dances with TWO women. Now, that's a real man in my book.
He started in the Army and used to dance at the old Savoy ballroom. I'm sure that there aren't many like him, but there must be an 80 year old celeb who can fox trot or something.
1 of 7 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on October 9, 2008 8:04 PM
Did anyone else catch the part on the performance show where Cloris was babbling to the judges about how she just wanted 1's? I don't know if she meant she wanted a 10 - delusional much? - or whether she wanted to be scored with 1's so she could just go home or WTF that was about.
2 of 7 | Posted by wintersux | Posted on October 10, 2008 5:06 AM
Haven't watched in years - but from the recaps (and comments) sounds like Cloris is the main attraction this season.
Love the recaps!
3 of 7 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on October 10, 2008 10:25 AM
Cloris has to be getting all the old people votes because she is getting dissed big time on all these message boards. Cloris may be funny yet annoying, but I feel bad for these people who are actually trying to improve and getting kicked off while she who isn't dancing at all is still staying on.
Warren is my favorite too, I hope he wins although I know Brooke is going to win, I hope he gets second place thought.
4 of 7 | Posted by bigjr6633 | Posted on October 10, 2008 4:13 PM
I couldn't believe how many times they reminded us about Misty's injury.
We get it all ready! We got it the first time.
Also, am I the only one that gets irritated by Cloris??? I don't think she's funny.
5 of 7 | Posted by blane | Posted on October 10, 2008 5:03 PM
I think Cloris is making old people look bad, personally.
I read on AOL that Tara Reid wants to be on DWTS, but they don't think she is "family-oriented" enough. What about Corky and Cloris doing all that dry-humping every week? Doesn't really seem appropriate. Of course, that is Corky's idea, I'm assuming, to distract from the lack of actual dancing.
6 of 7 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on October 11, 2008 12:12 AM
cloris is fucking hilarious.
7 of 7 | Posted by gitgo | Posted on October 11, 2008 9:39 PM