# Who Would You Like to See on DWTS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140 "2010-04-23T19:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/1 "2010-04-23T19:44:16Z")
\*Dancing with the Stars \*has had some good seasons, and some bad seasons (like the current one). They tend to have a formula for who competes that goes something like this: (example of past celebs in parentheses) Older personality (Cloris Leachman, Buzz Aldrin) Football player/ex-jock (Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice) Soap star (Susan Lucci, Aiden Turner) Former teen idol (Mario Lopez, Donny Osmond) Olympic athlete (Kristy Yamaguchi, Apollo Ohno) Pop singer (Mya, Mario) Pin-up girl (Joanna Krupa, Brooke Burke) Curvy/heavy girl (Niecy Nash, Marissa Jaret Winokur) Reality star (Kate Gosselin - boo, hiss, Kim Kardashian) Younger star (usually Disney related) (Sabrina Bryan, Aaron Carter) Business/News Celeb (Steve Wozniak, Tom Delay) Comedian/Comic Actor (Adam Carolla, John O’Hurley) Sometimes a celeb is just a celeb by proxy- like Kelly Osborne or Heather Mills - more known for whom they are connected to than who they are. **So - based on this - who would you like to see on the show?** If you are not a fan of the show, or have nothing positive to add, feel free to move along 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/2 "2010-04-23T19:54:04Z")
I’ve always wanted to see a middleweight or lightweight boxer. The smaller boxers are known for speed and agility. In his prime, Sugar Ray Leonard had amazing footwork and lightening speed. He’s 54 and kept himself in shape. I’d like to see him on DWTS. My other pick is Paige Davis from _Trading Spaces_. She’s danced in theater productions, but not ballroom. She’d be a mild ringer. DWTS always has at least one every season. Also, how about a news-person? Campbell Brown? ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/3 "2010-04-23T19:58:17Z")
Not that it’s at all likely, but I’d like to see Val Kilmer. Based on his performance in _Top Secret!_, he’s got a real sense of how to move his body, but it’s more than twenty years later now. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/4 "2010-04-23T20:09:02Z")
Thanks for starting this thread! I’ve been thinking about the same thing, given how blah the current season is. I think he’s too big a star, but I’d love to see David Hyde Pierce. I’m trying to think of a female as a change of pace for the comic slot – ignoring that whole Cloris Leachman debacle – maybe DHP’s old costar Jane Leeves? I also want to make a strict upper age limit of, say, 55. Maybe 50. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/5 "2010-04-23T20:17:36Z")
Here are some ones I was noodling with earlier: Valerie Burtinelli Rachel Ray Duane “Dog” Chapman (the bounty hunter) Sara Rue (_Less than Perfect_) Nicholas Brendan (_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_) William Shatner (He recently interviewed Jerry Springer on _Raw Nerve_ and talked about \*DWTS \*- he was fascinated by it.) Danielle Fishel - _The Dish_ and _Boy Meets World_ ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/6 "2010-04-23T21:03:12Z")
Rod Blagojevich and Sarah Palin. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/7 "2010-04-23T21:27:53Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Also, how about a news-person? Campbell Brown? They’ve already had Giselle Fernandez and Tucker Carlson. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/8 "2010-04-23T21:31:53Z")
Someone older who has the talent to get to the top 2. Seriously, the show is good for the first few episodes when they have the people who will get kicked off early (Cloris, the Woz, Jane Seymour, Jerry springer…) and then it just becomes a competition between athletes and washed up pop stars with formal dance training. I want to see Nicole Scherlizinfgjnfsdjnfsdjnfsdjk get her ass kicked by someone 50+. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/9 "2010-04-23T21:50:49Z")
As I said in a previous thread: Charo. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/10 "2010-04-23T22:38:04Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > Not that it’s at all likely, but I’d like to see Val Kilmer. Based on his performance in _Top Secret!_, he’s got a real sense of how to move his body, but it’s more than twenty years later now. He’ll never be on that show - those guys are dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/11 "2010-04-23T22:40:17Z")
I’m surprised Richard Simmons hasn’t done DWTS. He’d fit in the comic category. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/12 "2010-04-23T23:19:45Z")
Leonard Nimoy, now that he’s retiring from acting. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/13 "2010-04-24T12:49:04Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Thanks for starting this thread! I’ve been thinking about the same thing, given how blah the current season is. > > I think he’s too big a star, but I’d love to see David Hyde Pierce. I’m trying to think of a female as a change of pace for the comic slot – ignoring that whole Cloris Leachman debacle – maybe DHP’s old costar Jane Leeves? > > I also want to make a strict upper age limit of, say, 55. Maybe 50. Jane Leeves was/is a dancer, so she’d be a ringer. Actually, it would be nice, because it might allow someone older (she was born in 1961) to win. I don’t think the cut-off should be quite so low; Susan Lucci did fine (she wasn’t great, but she wasn’t bad), and she was over sixty. Nonetheless, I think sixty is a reasonable cut-off age. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/14 "2010-04-26T19:58:06Z")
I’d like to see Jay Osmond give it a shot, since he was probably the best dancer in the Osmond clan. If Jay is unavailable, then maybe youngish Jimmy could compete instead. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/15 "2010-04-26T23:34:30Z")
TV Chef Giada De Laurentiis ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/16 "2010-04-27T02:59:31Z")
I made my mom watch Star Trek: First Contact the other day and she liked seeing James Cromwell dance to the jukebox. She even mentioned that he should be on DWTS. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/17 "2010-04-27T16:51:09Z")
I forgot Mike Rowe from _Dirty Jobs_. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/18 "2010-04-27T17:21:18Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > TV Chef Giada De Laurentiis +1 ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/19 "2010-04-28T01:10:25Z")
Sam Elliott! ---
**Author:** ![fireman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fireman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fireman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140/20 "2010-04-29T00:43:41Z")
This will probably kill the thread, but I would like to see a season with all the second place dancers back again. Followed up with all the winners competing against each other. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-on-dwts/537140.md?page=2)