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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, January 16, 2006 - 12:49 am
I saw an ad for this show. It looks pretty darn dangerous and there was lots of blood. If you are dancing (like dancing with stars) and you make a booboo you just keep dancing. If you make a mistake while swinging on ice, OUCH plus the ice will take a chunk out of you.
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Roteach
Member
06-01-2003
| Monday, January 16, 2006 - 2:38 pm
Jimmer, thank heavens it moves to Monday! I'd miss part of it coming home from choir on Wednesday. This week I am planning on taking my little battery powered TV so that I can at least hear what I am missing while I drive home.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 11:14 am
Well I know that Dave Coulier is not a stranger to ice. He has played hockey for many years, and was responsible for introducing "DJ" to her hubby Valeri Bure at one of his celebrity hockey tournaments. I believe that Dave is Canadian also, and like many of us northerners, could skate as soon as we could walk, so I'm not worried about him...but Bruce Jenner is way to old be attempting such stuff. I once had a co-worker who took his son ice skating. It was his first time and he was over 40, and he fell and broke his arm! (I just shoke my head everytime I passed him in the hall way.) My thoughts...good luck people! It's not as easy as it looks!
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 11:36 am
I don't want to watch all these people cracking themselves on the ice.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 12:30 pm
Where's Vanilla Ice?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 1:56 pm
LOL It's on up against Lost so I'll have to miss it.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 2:01 pm
looking forward for this starting tonight..I just love figureskating
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 2:27 pm
I'll just record them both. I don't want to miss either one.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 2:40 pm
I'll be recording Lost and Skating With Celebrities! Hope to get a chance to watch them both tonight. Mom kind of gives up easy and heads off to bed before we can watch all the shows on the DVR for the evening. We're getting quite a backlog of stuff on it now. LOL. When it moves to Monday it will conflict with several shows we've been keeping track of....Surface, Wife Swap and 7th Heaven. I'm moving Wife Swap upstairs to my DVR up there, since Mom can take it or leave it. Surface and Skating With Celebrities are now on priority over 7th Heaven, which has become more of a show to make fun of than to really enjoy in the last 3 years. Don't really care if I miss it or not. I've mostly just been riding it out to the end cause I watched it from the beginning!
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 8:33 pm
Well, that was fun to watch. Bruce Jenner did so much better than I expected, but it looks like Jillian is a ringer. It's kind of a shame that people like Todd Bridges and Debbie Gibson who are just learning how to stand up in ice skates and do basic moves are competing against someone with such obvious experience. What's funny about this show is that the skaters are really the celebrities. I hadn't seen Tai Babilonia skate in years, so it was nice to see her again.
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 8:35 pm
I agree curly it was great to see them--i was surprised lloyd was scored so low--i used to love watching he and isabelle skate--especially in exhibitions--dave coulier and nancy did remarkably well too 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 8:43 pm
Thoroughly enjoyed the show -- and not one of them actually wiped out! AMAZING! It does seem unfair w/the differences in skating ability, but I suppose that's true for Dancing w/the Stars, too...and the "most experienced" (Backstreet Boy who skated w/Ashley -- ACCKKKKK what was his name???) did NOT win. Maybe this will be more about artistry as they go along, too. I must admit to being relieved that there is NOT an audience participation/voting segment that affects who stays and who goes. Judge 'em and leave it at that.
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 8:52 pm
The celebrities all did a good job tonight I thought. I am definitely going to continue watching this show. Lots of great music choices and costumes! I found it very entertaining overall. I just wish that the one judge didn't sound so much like a Simon (AI) clone to me! LOL
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 9:02 pm
I caught parts and was pleased (amazed even) with what I saw. Jillian is definitely a ringer, but also highly competitive. I think I heard her say something about skating as a child up through high school. I could not believe that Dave ground off his toe pick...but then hubby would have done the same thing...you just can't take the hockey player out of the boy. Loved his hockey stops. I thought their Blues Brothers routine was imaginative and energetic. They looked like they were having fun. I will definitely try to tune in again.
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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 9:48 pm
Really enjoyed this! Was wonderful to see Tai Babilonia again; her skating is as beautiful as a delicate butterfly. Her pro partner Randy Gardner is evidently choreographing Dave and Nancy.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:38 pm
Enjoyed it a lot. Some years back, IIRC Tai went through a period of drugs and alcohol. She must have kicked it. She looks healthy and happy. Good for Tai!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 11:25 pm
It was good to see Tai again. I hope they go far in the competition. Usually in these kinds of competitions, there's a pair or two that you hope get booted first. But so far I find something to like about all the pairs! John Nicks looks like he's going to try and be the Simon of the judging panel. A bit of skating history....IIRC, He was Babalonia/Garnder's coach. As well as Meno/Sand's.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 6:09 am
This is a tricky one as far as the judging goes. You have Debbie Gibson who has never skated before competing with a hockey player and Jillian who was clearly proficient before she arrived. It is like putting Paula Abdul on Dancing with the stars. Bruce Jenner looks much older than his 55 years. I find it odd for an athelete to have aged so dramatically. I will leave his poor nose job alone, for now anyway. Alarming.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 6:37 am
I was surprised at how well they did, really entertaining show. Even though Julian was better skater I thought her routine was boring,,,I loved Todd! I would rather watch a routine like that anyday, they really seemed to have fun
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 9:00 am
It was great to see all my old favorites back on the ice, even under these circumstances. I was surprised they didnt show more of the weeks of practise--the whole show went by fast. Poor Lloyd Eisler--I'm so used to seeing him with Isobel, that his new partner looked huge and unweildy as he hefted her up for the lifts.
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Cindy
Member
09-20-2005
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 9:04 am
I loved it.. of course I am Canadian and living in the southern US I miss seeing 'winter' sports as a whole. I feel bad for the "Non pair" skaters they have to train and learn something new as well.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 9:07 am
I think as teams get emliminated, there will be more behind the scenes on the training aspects. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this show. The first team hooked me right off the bat, and then Nancy and Dave closed the deal for me. I'm going to be watching this show...
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 9:07 am
Cable, I was wondering about that. The male pairs skaters lifting their female celeb partners who probably aren't as short, small, lightweight as female pairs skaters.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 9:24 am
That jump that Jillian was trying looked like a forward takeoff - but I can't believe they would let a person with an axel compete with people who had never skated before!
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 9:52 am
That was quite a fun show. I agree with most of what everyone has said here already. I was surprised that Eisler and Swanson didn’t do a lot better, but she probably isn’t as petite as Isabelle was so he may be having problems lifting. However, as any pro wrestling aficionado knows, it’s not only the person doing the lifting that makes it happen – it is also the person being lifted. Body position, hand position, balance and jumping at the right moment make a huge difference. It’s amazing how heavy a person one can lift if the person being lifted is helping correctly. (Note: I’m not suggesting that Swanson is chunky). Jillian is really good – she is going to be hard to beat. Seeing all of the other skaters was great as well.
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