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Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
So true, Hukd.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 7:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Now that I think of it..."marshmallow" is completely the wrong word. They're soft and squishy, and she's stiff as a board. Never mind and carry on.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Well, leave a marshmallow out in the cold dry air for a couple hours and see how it feels...LOL

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 7:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
To be fair, she is the only one there that isn't a performer or an athlete. That said, I wish she was better. She certainly isn't the best out there, but neither is she the worst. Personally, I thought she was better than Vince Neil, more than the scores showed.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Sort of appears that the judges know she has a good fan base and they're overcompensating so a DWTS fiasco doesn't happen. Just a wild guess

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I was surprised at Bethenny's scores. And particularly surprised by the venom in Laurieanne's comments to Bethenny. Apparently, the judges have it out for reality "stars."

I wasn't surprised to see Sean go. I was surprised that she decided to do this show, because it depends so much on the public voting for you. Sean has alienated many who would've been her fans, and no way could she have gotten the votes.

Rebecca is this show's "she already had experience" contestant. She competed at a junior level when she was very young, and you can tell she remembers (or relearned) how to skate her edges.

It was interesting to see the final combined judges' scores, before Sean's elimination. There was a very clear demarcation between the top three and the bottom three. No middle ground, really.

While I found this show much better than the first show, I have the following comments:

1. The host. He brings nothing except an accent. Which doesn't impress me.

2. The judges. Laurieanne has no business being a judge. This isn't ice dancing. Johnny Weir I'll buy since he does have the chops. Dick Button? He should've gone into retirement years ago, and stayed there.

3. The format. Really? They had to make it exactly like DWTS except on ice? Really?

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
OK I like Dick button but I have to say one of his comments to Betheney cracked me up - a whole lot of cooking references (flambe etc) that had to be pre written - I just dont believe he suddenly thought of that when she came to the judging...

the judging is horrific - Weir just has a #3 paddle -

the host is stiff as a board - he needs $5 to bend HIS knees (a reference Dick Button made to Betheney)

ITA costa the format is horrific - there just isnt any spark, all you see is real fear on their faces (falling, getting cut on a blade - etc)

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I can't watch this show at all because of Johnny Weir. Just can't stand him.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Weir is so incredibly full of himself, isn't he? But if he "likes" you, he goes so overboard with his gushing. I don't think his pouting/angry face and low scores for these amatures is going to help this show's ratings. Going from giving 3's to 8's for such similar programs and rating someone who fell THREE times better than someone who didn't, is just showing his bias. It's turning me off completely. To make ME like Dick Button, that's saying something...

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
They should have gotten Brian Boitano to be a judge. I LOVE him!

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I'm sure Brian is too smart to get involved with the likes of this show.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
You're probably right Color! Have you seen his cooking show? I can't remember the channel, but it's called What Would Brian Boitano Make? He is super fun to watch!

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I don't have cable so haven't seen the show. Know about it only from Brian's one appearance on Bonnie Hunt.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I thought Rebecca and the two men who weren't Vince did very well this week, and the whole show was a lot more enjoyable than last time.

I also thought some of the scoring was a bit random.

And I thought the viewers could vote again yesterday, and last week's (viewers+judges) and this week's (viewers+judges) would be added... seemed like the viewers got one shot but the judges got two.

Seeing as Sean's falling would only have factored into this week's judges' scores (quarter of the vote) I'm surprised Bethenny or Vince weren't lower. Guess it just again reiterates how significant the viewers' votes are.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 6:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
The judges' scores from last week were combined with the audience votes from last week as well as the judges' scores from this week.

Sean's falling... I forgot to mention... she got pretty high artistic scores for falling. Twice. The fall totally interrupted the flow of the dance (and the one fall was pretty much widespread legs in the air). That type of fall complete ruins the artistry in REAL skating competitions.

Oh wait. This is so NOT real! :-)

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 7:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Like no wonder, like Johnny Wierd, like is so, like, nasty when it comes to, like Bethenny

http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/03/johnny-weir-skating-with-the-stars-naughty-but-nice-rob/

Johnny Weir Endorses Other 'Housewife' to Do 'Skating With the Stars'

How does 'Skating With the Stars' center judge Johnny Weir describe his persona on the show? "Like Simon Cowell with a little bit of Paula Abdul underneath," he tells me on my HDNet show 'Naughty But Nice With Rob,' adding he's "gonna be sweet, but ... it's ice skating."

With that mix of naughty and nice in mind, one contestant on the ABC show, Bethenny Frankel, may have to try extra hard because I learned that his loyalty actually lies with her 'Housewives' nemesis Jill Zarin. "I'm friends with Jill," Johnny told me. "I see Jill all the time and adore her."

The Olympic skate sensation even dished on Jill's fears of doing a show like 'Skating' because of fitness concerns. "She was like, 'you know Johnny I can't skate until I'm in shape' and I was like Jill, you're like five pounds, you can skate whenever you want."

Shel
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07-27-2005

Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shel a private message Print Post    
Like, Huk... you're, like, so awesome to, like, have found this, like, great interview. I'm, like, all in, like, awe of you. Like, totally.

And I say this while wearing my peacock outfit and lime green eyeshadow. ;-)

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 10:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    


Redpen
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07-24-2003

Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Redpen a private message Print Post    
Oh no, is this vapid show going to be drawn into the Jill-Bethenny drama now?

Sammi
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03-31-2008

Monday, December 06, 2010 - 5:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sammi a private message Print Post    
That explains a lot, I thought for sure that the judges act as if they just don't like Bethany, Her scores surly have been a heckuva lot better than what she's been getting.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, December 06, 2010 - 9:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
That TOTALLY explains a lot. Lovely that Mr Weir can't separate his personal feelings when he's supposed to be an impartial judge. And knowing his bias, both Mr Weir and this show are now on the bottom rung of things I like.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Monday, December 06, 2010 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
Wow! Johhny Weir is so professional...NOT. I also can't stand the guy. He completely turned me off when during one of the Olympics he was being interviewed and the person asked if he'd like to thank his mother or something like that. His mother was there and he said, "No, why should I thank her, I did all the work.

Okie dokie...it'a all about Johnny. Can't stand him.

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Monday, December 06, 2010 - 2:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Cricket, that may have been during the 2006 winter Olympics in Turino. I don't remember the specifics of an interview I saw, but after it I was completely and forever turned off Weir. Talk about ego . . . . EGOMANIAC.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, December 06, 2010 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
They shouldn't show those peanut butter cup commercials during this show because it takes away from all the calories we burn watching the skating.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, December 06, 2010 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Oh, man, Johnny just proved his lack of professionalism in judging with his insistence it isn't personal.