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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 2:19 pm
Panda, I just saw your post about having Woz as your sub teacher. There just might be something there. Amongst all of his other accomplishments, he did teach 5th grade for a few years. Gotta love his attitude. I was hoping for Steve-O to go home. I hate to say this again this season but I really dislike Lacey on so many levels. Then add in Steve-O and my skin literally crawls with....um.....some really unpleasant sensation. I don't will Steve-O any permanent injury, but I was hoping that his stunt pulled him out of the competition.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 2:24 pm
SYTYCD Dance for your life is SHORT and unique to that dancer so not just a repeat. I really hate that so many of these shows are so bloated these days.. AI, BL, DWTS, etc.. why did they need to repeat all of the dances again in the first hour? Why do they have these Macy's dancers (yeah, I guess because that is a sponsor).. they have enough professional talent to more than entertain us if that is what the show is about. Just so much filler and then the dance off, yeah, meaning we have to see perhaps a couple of the worst dances repeated. Later it may become more competitive, though. I just watched last night's show this morning, but have deleted, but I would swear he said they took the two lowest based on the judges' scores for both dances, plus the viewer votes for both weeks (in this case) and then threw out the judges' scores and just took the viewer votes plus the judges' scores for the dance-off.. thus if someone danced remarkably better in the dance-off, they aren't dragged down by their previous scores for the week. I also had trouble.. I have two DVRs but had to record DWTS upstairs because I wanted my recording of BL to be downstairs (and still haven't even viewed that) AND wanted to watch AI almost live so I could vote. And yeah, Mentalist, Without a Trace, Deliver Me, Saving Grace.. but mainly there was a logjam with three shows at once, plus two of the networks screwing up the next hour.. one going until 10:01 and another until 10:03 AND having to wonder if AI would again slop over, so I recorded the news following that show. --- I didn't like the leg thing, either. --- I noticed that Wynonna was there last night in the audience.
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Thorandtara
Member
09-15-2008
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 6:38 pm
I'm just so glad Woz wasn't first to go! Maybe Karina can get him through a second week? I hope so!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 8:20 pm
Woz has done something I didn't think anyone could do....made Karina tolerable! LOL Woz just makes me smile, I hope he stays a few weeks
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 8:57 pm
Pamy, yep, I was thinking that Woz had really accomplished something there.. I enjoy him so much and just love his wonderful attitude and his smile.. sort of childlike joy in a way, that I sort of like Karina for helping him.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:05 pm
Couple others in the past have been kind of like Woz, but it just didn't go over so well with them. Woz, well, he is one of a kind -- a good kind. I'm happy too that Karina will be 'round some longer.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:18 pm
Was Mickey Rooney in the audience?
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:49 pm
Vsmart, yes he was. His son went over to him after the dance number.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 6:27 am
this is from realityblurred.com March 17, 2009 12:05 PM PDT Woz in ABC 'outright lie' accusation by Chris Matyszczyk Everyone says Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is a nice man. He's Polish, of course. However, in an e-mail to his Facebook Support Group, posted at 6 a.m. PST Tuesday, the Woz appears to be getting very, very ratty. And the rodent that he's smelling is the ABC production team of "Dancing with the Stars." He is suspicious that the true voting numbers, both from telephone and online voting, are never revealed. This leads him to believe that he may be forced into the two-couple dance-off, just to boost ratings. "The producers play games to get viewers and don't disclose the numbers. If they disclosed the numbers, it would be less of a game, but still suspect. If tomorrow, they claim I'm in the bottom 2 dance teams, including viewer votes, I believe that it's an outright lie," he said. He has begun to make his accusations in ABC interviews too. "I called it fake about 20 times today on camera," he said. "Each time in the same sentence as whatever comment they wanted about doing a dance-off tomorrow. That way, they couldn't edit it easily to say what they wanted. They kept trying to get me to say what I'd do if I was in the dance-off without using the word fake." He even accuses producers of getting him to say things that are simply untrue: "They will have some small video tomorrow of me saying things that I strongly told them I don't believe. They will also shoot me in a one-hour rehearsal tomorrow with my partner, but I'll keep calling the idea of my being in the bottom 2, after audience participation, a lie." Although he is not clear about all the sources of his suspicions, his accusations are extremely open: "I'm sure they want me in this dance-off to get higher Tuesday ratings, and they have preplanned it so that I win. If my leg acts up tomorrow, they will either have to announce another pair as being the lowest or send me home, and I don't think they will give me up." Well, at least he thinks he's going to win, even though his performance Monday night still didn't reach the standards he might wish for himself. Seemingly straining to be nice, he admitted that he is straining to be nice: "It's hard to get all this out politely, challenging the truthfulness of reporting of our dance team positions. But I am who I am, and I speak my mind and hate these unethical twists. I'm not after any Hollywood existence." He continued: "I have vowed to all my friends that I will not change in that way; I won't go over the line. I'm here to help others appreciate dancing. But that doesn't mean I have to compromise my ethics very much." It is heartening to see the word "ethics" being used in association with reality television. Especially on the day when a supposed "American Idol" insider declared that the top-four retinue (there are still 11 hopefuls left in the competition) has already been decided. You just can't miss "Dancing with the Stars" tonight, can you? 9 p.m. PST and EST. And 8 p.m. in the the Central Ethical Zone. What will the Woz say and do next? ___________________________ Woz apologizes for calling Dancing “a lie” and “fake” Steve Wozniak has apologized to the producers of Dancing with the Stars after calling the show “fake,” and “a lie,” and says that the show’s executive producer told Woz that Woz’s comments “injured the show and” the producer. Tuesday night, just before the live results show, a message from Woz was posted his Facebook group (by Real World Miami star Joe Patane, who has worked with Woz), in which Woz said, “I wrote that the producers were liars, simply because I truly believed in that possibility, not because I had a shred of evidence. I hurt a lot of honest people.” Woz wrote that those “responsible for counting audience votes and keeping them honest told me all the specific details of where their numbers came from. More than that, they explained how they can catch onto various forms of manipulation of the system by exactly the methods I had thought out in my head that would work. I was offered an opportunity to see the equipment they use also. You can tell when things are extremely on the level. You can also see why the exact totals cannot be released. That would make it harder to detect fraud.” Woz added that executive producer Conrad Green “told me how horribly what I had said injured the show and himself. You can tell when someone is speaking in a way that they can’t possibly be a liar or trying to deceive you the least bit. Conrad and the other producers are not liars. They are extremely honest people in my mind.” So what did Woz write before apologizing for writing it? The post has been deleted from Facebook, but CNET quotes the message in a story. Woz wrote that he was “challenging the truthfulness of reporting of our dance team positions. But I am who I am, and I speak my mind and hate these unethical twists. I’m not after any Hollywood existence.” “I’m sure they want me in this dance-off to get higher Tuesday ratings, and they have preplanned it so that I win. If my leg acts up tomorrow, they will either have to announce another pair as being the lowest or send me home, and I don’t think they will give me up,” he wrote. “If [producers] disclosed the numbers, it would be less of a game, but still suspect. If tomorrow, they claim I’m in the bottom 2 dance teams, including viewer votes, I believe that it’s an outright lie.” Woz also said that he was basically harassing producers with on-camera comments. “I called it fake about 20 times today on camera. Each time in the same sentence as whatever comment they wanted about doing a dance-off tomorrow. That way, they couldn’t edit it easily to say what they wanted. They kept trying to get me to say what I’d do if I was in the dance-off without using the word fake,” he wrote. “They will have some small video tomorrow of me saying things that I strongly told them I don’t believe. They will also shoot me in a one-hour rehearsal tomorrow with my partner, but I’ll keep calling the idea of my being in the bottom 2, after audience participation, a lie.”
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 10:23 am
I have always thought it was suspect that they didn't report the numbers!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:23 am
Can't he just hack into the ABC database to get the real numbers? 
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 12:14 pm
LOL
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 12:28 pm
I like the Woz, but he looked pretty bad after his "fake"-athon. Sure he has lots of fans, but the fans have got to vote, and they've got to vote at the right time - when the lines are open! I think many of his fans might have watched him but did they sit through the whole show? Did they remember to dial for him 11 times between 9 and 10pm that night (or is it 10 and 11?)? He sounded pretty arrogant. I'm glad he's (kind of) apologised.
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Shel
Member
07-27-2005
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 6:53 pm
I would like to add in here that a lot of those who voted for Woz did not watch the show, just knew the "when" for voting. They also voted a lot online. I know someone first-hand who did this from overseas using a Skype phone number which makes it a US recognized number and did online voting from 7 different email addresses that are all his... He was one of many. They were able to watch him on youtube the next day though...
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 7:33 pm
That's pretty organised!!
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 8:41 pm
I voted for the Woz, but I wasn't that well organized! I just grabbed his number off the TV and started dialing from one phone, because I wanted him to hang around for a while. I really enjoyed his spirit on Kathy Griffin and became a fan then.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 8:54 pm
He's probably doomed his chances with the judges, even if he improves. I may have to start voting..
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, March 20, 2009 - 4:49 am
from access hollywood.. LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Despite falling on his microphone pack during Monday’s dress rehearsal for “Dancing With the Stars,” Steve-O is gearing up to hit the ballroom again next week. “I’m gonna be fine,” he told Access Hollywood on Tuesday night when he was saved from elimination alongside professional partner Lacey Schwimmer. GoGo’s singer Belinda Carlisle was sent home. The “Jackass” star was unable to put in a final performance on Monday after he was taken to the hospital following his fall and was judged on his dress rehearsal. And he explained to Access what is wrong with his back. “I have a hematoma,” he said. “In laymen’s terms it means I grew a third butt cheek… A sprained vessel… I have a pinched nerve and my back is [sprained].”
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Friday, March 20, 2009 - 11:36 am
What the heck is Woz doing on Dancing with the Stars... there goes my Mac idol...
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Biginjapan
Member
07-23-2005
| Friday, March 20, 2009 - 5:45 pm
I voted for Woz also. It seems like he was getting alot of support. So cool to see someone so happy to be dancing. It did seem fishy to me that he was in the bottom two.
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Aurora
Member
11-24-2006
| Friday, March 20, 2009 - 5:57 pm
Dial Idol is tracking DWS this year and they weren't even close. But they did have Woz in 3rd place and Belinda in 7th. http://stars.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/predictions.asp
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, March 20, 2009 - 7:23 pm
I voted for Steve too. As I told my sister, I'm not going to discriminate against him because he's a billionaire. I'm going to try to forget what I read above in the thread, and keep enjoying him. It looks like he is having the most fun he has ever had. I want him to stay around for at least a couple more weeks. Heck, I'd like for him to say long enough to lose some of his belly. One of the most impressive things about this show is watching people who are out of shape, get totally slimmed down and toned. (Ummm Can somebody sign me up?) Steve O can go next, then I don't know who, then Steve W. Is the operating conspiracy theory that all of the puter literate people on the planet are voting for Steve W, just because they can? Oh...Hi everyone. This is perhaps my second or third post in more than a year.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 3:51 pm
MELISSA ON JIMMY KIMMEL
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, March 23, 2009 - 9:41 am
Steve Woz is hurt again, this time a pulled hamstring..he may not be able to dance tonight... http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/03/72065/index.html
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, March 23, 2009 - 4:13 pm
Was Denise any good? I tuned in 8 mins too late.
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