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In spite of my most earnest wishes, everybody's favorite fake dancing competition returns to the small screen soon (I should have sacrificed that goat!).
This time the "stars" include four actors, three jocks, two singers, one chef, one comedian, and two . . . uhmm, let's say, "personalities" (fans of the show wouldn't like it if I called them tramps so I won't
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I also read that Julianne Hough, who apparently sees being one of the world's great dancers as a stepping stone to becoming a mediocre singer, will return.
This season's Beauty-and-the-Beast pairing matches the winsome Kym Johnson with NFL cheap-shot artist Warren Sapp (I wonder if he's going to blindside Cloris Leachman). I hope Kym has some chalk.
Apparently, the same crew of utterly superfluous judges will be back (including Bruno "What's a heel lead?" Tonioli) along with the world's most annoying TV hosts.
Rumor has it that the band will still refuse to play a real Tango unless Miley Cyrus sings it.
Seriously, there actually is one good reason to watch the show this time: Corky Ballas will be among the pros. Unfortunately, he's paired with the 82-year old Leachman (in fact one of my favorite comic actresses) so he may not be around long. I just hope that personality-suffocating Tom Bergeron will let Corky be himself.
I guess that DWTS serves some useful purpose if it gets new folks into the dance studios, even if 95% of them won't stick around when they realize that very few dance teachers look like Alec or Karina.
Enjoy - if you can.
jj
