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It’s been [url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_en_tv/people_pastore]The linked article also mentions the special strap Heather Mills will use to secure her leg. (examines available smilies, is unable to choose one)
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Yeah cause it would totally suck if that baby went flying off and conked some audience member in the head.
Wait, no it wouldn’t. 
[QUOTE=Honey]
Yeah cause it would totally suck if that baby went flying off and conked some audience member in the head.
Wait, no it wouldn’t.
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I once saw a competitor lose a shoe during a high kick in the tango. It sailed right across the ballroom and into the crowd on the other side - I couldn’t see if it actually hit anyone, but I think I would have heard even more commotion if it had. She finished the dance with only one shoe on, then retrieved it before the next dance.
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I once saw a competitor lose a shoe during a high kick in the tango. It sailed right across the ballroom and into the crowd on the other side - I couldn’t see if it actually hit anyone, but I think I would have heard even more commotion if it had. She finished the dance with only one shoe on, then retrieved it before the next dance.
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How’d they do in the competition?
[QUOTE=twickster]
How’d they do in the competition?
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It’s been a few years - I think they made the final, but it might have been the semi. I know they progressed past the round where the lost shoe happened.
The only 2 I didn’t know were Clyde Drexler and the Miss USA chick.
I predict Vincent Pastore will be the first one voted off. He’s older and he’s very overweight (unless he’s recently lost a lot) and this will hurt him against, you know, Olympic speed skaters. He’s definitely a long shot IMO.
Even before Heather Mills dissed Sir Paul, I had a negative opinion of her. She was extremely surly in interviews and would bristle at even the most innocuous question. I cannot imagine her standing still under Nigel’s scrutiny, but it certainly will be interesting. Perhaps she has a charming side. After all, I wasn’t very fond of Jerry Springer before the show but I have to admit that he had a self-deprecating charm that was appealing.
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I predict Vincent Pastore will be the first one voted off. He’s older and he’s very overweight (unless he’s recently lost a lot) and this will hurt him against, you know, Olympic speed skaters. He’s definitely a long shot IMO.
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Well, you’re either already right or definitely wrong - Vincent has already withdrawn. His replacement will be announced “soon”, but Edyta will still be dancing.
Just in off the wire: John Ratzenberger, who played mailman Cliff Claven on Cheers, and who has voiced numerous characters in Pixar’s animated movies, will be replacing Vincent Pastore. According to the article I read, he had been asked to do the show prior to Pastore’s selection but had claimed a scheduling conflict of some sort.
He’s just got to do a turn in his mailman costume…
Oh yay, he’ll be great in the “older guy who doesn’t have a serious shot but damn he’s fun to watch” slot.
[QUOTE=twickster]
Oh yay, he’ll be great in the “older guy who doesn’t have a serious shot but damn he’s fun to watch” slot.
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John O’Hurley was suppose to have that spot in the first competition :eek: 
My mother’s going to be watching this again…cheese-a-rama or not, she can’t resist a televised dance competition. And what the heck, there was some good stuff last season. Here goes.
Laila Ali - Rick Reilly said it best: There are much, much better female boxers who deserve the hype this coattail-rider is getting. Haven’t seen any reason to expect much from her.
Billy Ray Cyrus - Easily one of the most marginal stars in this event, so he’s a big question mark. Probably looking at a middle elimination.
Clyde Drexler - Now that Michael Jordan has an absolute 100% ironclad monopoly on NBA prestige for the next 20 years or so, pretty much anyone else is a safe pick. Has tremendous dexterity and will go far, but no free ride from the audience a la Jerry Rice.
Joey Fatone - Don’t ever underestimate boy banders; they wouldn’t have had that much success unless someone really liked them. Should definitely be entertaining.
Shandi Finnessey - Dunno. It depends.
Leeza Gibbons - Dang, haven’t heard about her in a while. Could be boom or bust depending on how popular she is now.
Apolo Ohno - Much like John McEnroe, his greatest accomplishment is getting America to closely follow a sport it really didn’t give much of a damn about before. Definitely has the physical tools; if he takes this seriously, he could win this thing.
John Ratzenberger - I’m totally with twickster on this, and I hope for all the world that he sticks around for at least a while. This isn’t the friggin’ Stanley Cup, and it needs a comic personality to keep things fun more than ever. I hated it when Dan Patrick had to leave so soon, and everyone should be rooting for Ratzenberger to make this silly contest watchable.
Paulina Porizkova - Stacy Kiebler had a dancing background and plenty of physical work in the WWE and just flat-out burned up the stage (I still think she would’ve won if she hadn’t made some really horrible decisions near the end). Somehow, I’m not expecting the same here. What happens when a supermodel has to…well, move?
Ian Zeiring - And…this guy. Well-known show, but will it carry over?
Who else? Oh, right, the sacrifical lamb.
Heather Mills - For the life of me, I cannot see any reason to put her on other than to provide the obvious first elimination and give a first-round stumbler time to recover (after Dan Patrick, that’s understandable). Which could’ve been easily prevented by not having eliminations, or having a single cut at some point instead of this bleedin’ gospel one-one-one. Anyway, one and done, goodbye, blink and you missed her. (Over-under for one-leg jokes becoming completely old hat: Tuesday.)
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Heather Mills - For the life of me, I cannot see any reason to put her on other than to provide the obvious first elimination and give a first-round stumbler time to recover (after Dan Patrick, that’s understandable). Which could’ve been easily prevented by not having eliminations, or having a single cut at some point instead of this bleedin’ gospel one-one-one. Anyway, one and done, goodbye, blink and you missed her. (Over-under for one-leg jokes becoming completely old hat: Tuesday.)
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You think? I think she’s good for a week or two just out of sick curiosity. OTOH, I don’t have anyone I want to throw out there as more likely to be out immediately.
Plus they tend to have at least some dance training – remember, that’s Nick Lachey’s background. (And what’s he doing these days, BTW? I figured his win would help him get work, but I haven’t heard a peep out of him.)
Okay – the news we’ve all been waiting for – who “gets” Cheryl: Ian Ziering.
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You think? I think she’s good for a week or two just out of sick curiosity. OTOH, I don’t have anyone I want to throw out there as more likely to be out immediately.
Plus they tend to have at least some dance training – remember, that’s Nick Lachey’s background. (And what’s he doing these days, BTW? I figured his win would help him get work, but I haven’t heard a peep out of him.)
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I think you mean Drew Lachey.
Can we just agree to get rid of Heather first? Even ignoring all the Sir Paul stuff she’s just become really damned annoying. She’s really out for the publicity these days, I see her everywhere saying “Oy’ve got an ahtificial laeg” and everyone is just happily cheering her on, “you go one-legged girl!”. The show hasn’t even started yet and I can’t take the pimping anymore, I certainly don’t want to see what happens if she lasts a show or two.
I heard a rumor that there are actually other people that will dancing on the show.
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John Ratzenberger - I’m totally with twickster on this, and I hope for all the world that he sticks around for at least a while. This isn’t the friggin’ Stanley Cup, and it needs a comic personality to keep things fun more than ever. I hated it when Dan Patrick had to leave so soon, and everyone should be rooting for Ratzenberger to make this silly contest watchable.
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The ESPN guy? Was he on the first season (I didn’t see that one)? If not, do you mean Kenny Mayne?
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I think you mean Drew Lachey.
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:smack:
And I agree on her annoyingness – I’m just saying I don’t think she’s automatically the first one out.
[QUOTE=Wile E]
She’s really out for the publicity these days, I see her everywhere saying “Oy’ve got an ahtificial laeg” and everyone is just happily cheering her on, “you go one-legged girl!”. The show hasn’t even started yet and I can’t take the pimping anymore, I certainly don’t want to see what happens if she lasts a show or two.
I heard a rumor that there are actually other people that will dancing on the show.
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Guess you’re wrong – she’s not just out for publicity.
[QUOTE=twickster]
Guess you’re wrong – she’s not just out for publicity.
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Well, if she says so it must be true. She’s got an artificial leg, you know?
I’m sure she doesn’t need the big winnings they get on the show, what with the 58 mil she’s getting from Sir Paul.
Did you hear, she’s got an artificial leg?
She can one up Butters of South Park fame.