March 23, 2010

Last night was the first night of the tenth season of ABC TV's Dancing With The Stars. We watched them because there was nothing else to watch but I don't think we will be watching them again for a while.

The line up is so poor that they should be ashamed of themselves to expose both the so called celebrities and the public to such a spectacle.

In my opinion the people who agree to appear do it for one of two reasons. One is the money which I am sure is good. The other reason is to shore up a fledgling career. Publicity is good and this way they can remind the public that they are still around.

Any self respecting performer who is gainfully employed would not have the time to spend on such a ridiculous show.

And any self respecting professional would not expose himself or herself to ridicule and embarrassment as they do front of those so called professional judges.

I can see show business people to take chances on the dance floor because they never know if it might help their career.

Look at this season's new co host. Brooke Burke won the contest in season seven and now she is back in a new capacity. Not a bad career move.

But what was a former House Majority Leader was expecting to achieve by embarrassing himself?

Now, yesterday even I was embarrassed. Buzz Aldrin is an 81 year old former astronaut. He is an American icon. The second man and American who ever walked on the moon. This man achieved more than very few man was ever capable of in one lifetime, primarily the people who are now judging him.

I think this is an all time low for ABC to expose someone of such a prominence to this amount of embarrassment.

For Buzz Aldrin to except it is one thing but for ABC to even think about it is sensationalism and unforgivable and in my view straightforward un-American.

He does not need to be criticized by two non Americans one of whom is a grouchy old man who seems to be getting pleasure from degrading contestants.

Is there a lack of Americans to understand ballroom dancing? Why ABC must place outsiders into that position?

One of the other contestants is a middle aged self styled sex bomb. I don't know if anyone ever told this person that this was not a sex show and a pole dancing contest. I was really surprised to see that she had panties on under that short dress.

Too bad the dress could not hide her slightly bulging belly. But with those humongous breasts and messy hair in her face she was probably not able to see her belly.

Then there was the mother of eight. She would apparently do anything for the buck. I don't know what talents she has but it seems dancing is not one of them. I just wonder where are the eight kids while mommy is gallivanting and appearing in Hollywood.

I can see Kristi Yamaguchi appearing and then winning in season six. In 1992 she won gold in Albertville, Canada. But that was eighteen years ago. Now she is history and she needed some exposure to show the public that she was alive and well.

Evan Lysacek just won the gold medal for figure skating in the Vancouver Winter Olympics. He is hot and in great demand. If anything he dos not need the pressure and added embarrassments that come with being on the show.

All these points just add to why we and many other people will not watch this much longer. It is a shame that the producers are not able to find anything else to make the show more interesting.

Too bad, because it started as a really interesting and entertaining undertaking but just like many other shows it is slowly going down the drain.