Tom sets the stage for the night by reminding us that three months ago, twelve stars embarked on a journey and one by one, their dreams were shattered.  Well, way to focus on the positive, there, Tom.  He also says that friendship means nothing at this stage of the competition.  […]

Last night, the “one armed bandit”, aka Cristian de la Fuente, took over the ballroom.  And, Tom reminds us, even though this is the big 100th episode extravaganza, the celebration will be over for one star tonight.  Is this on tape, Tom?  No, it’s LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE! And guess what?  My friend […]

Here we are for the 99th episode of Dancing with the Stars. That’s one episode for every Luftballon, you know. (Is it sad that I remember that song got Albert Reed and Anna eliminated last season? It’s probably a little sad.) Now that everybody’s doing two dances, I’m going to […]

Hey, it feels like two weeks since I’ve recapped one of these. Wait a minute… Marlee was eliminated? What the hell, America? Last night, things went all crazy. Cristian de la Fuente pulled a muscle and went down hard. Shannon Elizabeth and Derek went from denying their relationship to being […]

To kick off this seventh week of competition, we are reminded of Kristy’s perfect score, Marlee’s departure, and Mario’s “plunge” to the bottom two.  We are also told this is the most competitive cast ever.  I am offended on behalf of John O’Hurley and and Kelly Monanco (not really).  Each […]

First of all, thanks a ton to my friend and colleague Don for recapping last night’s extravaganza.  Sure, he called Marissa Jaret Winokur Miss Piggy, but we’ll just chalk that up to a combination of exhaustion, frustration and all her damn screaming.  All in all, it was a pretty crazy […]