The Glass Is Always Full When You Are Informed

Cited: MSNBC

The new season of  “Dancing with the Stars” is approaching and while the show’s producers already have their own lineup of dancing hipsters ready to cut it up, many in that keep an eye on all things pop would love to see a few less than mainstream stars strut their stuff on the popular TV show. The 2012 season is already set with some familiar and some not so familiar names among the 14 new celeb contestants that will don their dancing shoes while vying for the top spot on the show. Among the new “dancing fools” are Gladys Knight, Melissa Gilbert, Jack Wagner, Gavin DeGraw, Donald Driver of the Green Bay Packers, Roshon Fegan, Katherine Jenkins, William Levy, Maria Menounos, Martina Navratilova, Sherri Sheperd, and Jaleel White.

Avid followers of Dancing with the Stars have been asking for bigger name celebs on the show but it is doubtful that they will ever be able to land Brad Pitt, John Travolta (he would be considered a ringer anyway), or Michele Obama so the producers have to do the best they can. Most of the really big stars are pretty busy and few if any of them would like to see their star fall so far that it lands on the set of Dancing with the Stars. It would be like having your career end on the Hollywood Squares and finding yourself hoping that one day you can actually unseat Paul Lind for the middle square.

On the other hand, viewers are more sensible than you might think and bearing in mind that their favorite four star celebs won’t be dancing for them, many of them have suggested that perhaps the producers might want to opt for more controversial and colorful types to add some spice to the show. Some of the names suggested for the B list for Dancing with the Stars have been Axl Rose (though he would be something of a risk on many levels), Joan Rivers (if she can keep all of her parts together for an entire season),  Courtney Love (talk about a black widow spider in capezios), Snookie (now that would be worth watching), and former President Jimmy Carter.

The producers of the show have yet to comment on the off-color list of dancing candidates but it is doubtful if they are open to suggestions that include Snookie; just in case she loses!

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M y take:

I know that people like the show and that it is indeed very popular but I just don’t get it. In fact, I don’t get it so much that I would probably only watch it if they did start to get some more “colorful” celebs out there cutting the rug. How about Gene Simmons, Alice Cooper, Ozzy, and Bill Clinton? That would be worth watching.

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