Dancing with the Stars: Season Nine, Week One – The Men

Tom begins their Cha-Cha by trying to air guitar the opening of “Wild Thing”, which makes me think that he’s never actually seen a guitar. It’s the standard old guy dance, where the footwork is fairly simple and makes him look better than he is. (See: Jerry Springer, Wayne Newton, George Hamilton, et al.) He does get points for doing a slide, but he loses those points for a truly horrific rotation. If he weren’t partnered with Cheryl, it would have been a disaster, but she’s good at making simple routines look complicated. I could get to Week Four if I were partnered with Cheryl.