Post #584781 by woofmutt on Wed, Apr 13, 2011 12:26 PM

My friend Sparky's wife, Cookie, watches this show and due to my having been there last night I saw the show for the second time. (The first time was when I was at their house last Tuesday night.) Despite the hype and mostly has-been "stars" it's kinda neat that what is essentially an old time variety show has such appeal. At times it seemed like Ed Sullivan could come out after a dance, thank the dancers, then introduce the next act. (A plate juggling chimpanzee would have been awesome.)

It was also cool to see a full orchestra playing on a TV show. (I guess that was a special event for the show?) Most interesting was hearing incidental music (violins playing dramatically) before a commercial break and seeing that the music was actually coming from the string section on stage.

I'm not a fan of the show (I'd really rather watch football than dancing and I friggin hate football) but I gotta admit the show can be sorta fun to watch with friends if your're allowed to openly crack jokes about the show. Stuff like Kendra Whatsit (who is famous for being part of a multiple girlfriend shack up with Hugh Hefner, has done several naked spreads in Playboy, and whose life for the past few years has literally been a reality show) crying after a bad performance and saying "I'm so embarrassed, I just want to go hide." Embarrassed, Kendra? I didn't think you had it in yuh.