6 posts and columns on DWTS

Woz Gets Hipchecked Off the Dance Floor: Big, Big Sigh…

in News on April 1, 2009 at 1:20 am PT

Oh horror of horrors–Steve Wozniak got sent home last night on the ABC celebrity hoofer-fest, “Dancing with the Stars.” Whatever will BoomTown do without the peculiar gyrations of the Apple co-founder to praise effusively and mock relentlessly at the very same time? But with a truly terrible Tango and the lowest judges’ score (12 out of 30) of the remaining 11 contestants from his Monday night outing, Woz’s only chance was the voters at home. They let Woz down.
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Woz to DWTS Judges: "I'm Still Standing" (And Still Dancing as Bad as He Can!)

in News on March 31, 2009 at 2:38 am PT

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak revved his damn-the-judges juggernaut into high gear this week with yet another low-scoring performance on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and a full-bore mangle of the Argentine tango last night. Interestingly, as the trio of judges dinged him for the fourth week in a row, they also tried to compliment Wozniak at the same time, telling him they loved his spirit. Oh, these judges know that a Silicon Valley mob riding Segways could run them down at any minute if they got too mean. “The judges have forsaken me,” said Woz, sounding more and more like a very appealing nerd cult leader. “But the geeks shall inherit the earth.”
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Woz Lives to Stumble Around, Oops, Tango, Another Day!

in News on March 25, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

Getting a foot fracture, pulling a hamstring, claiming there was a voting conspiracy, getting an abysmal score of 10 out of 30 from the judges (the lowest score ever) and, of course, dancing with as much grace as a block of cement were not enough to sink the Good Ship Wozniak last night on “Dancing With the Stars.” Instead, the people spoke loud and proud for continued goofiness by voting for the clod-hopping Apple co-founder in droves and tossing off actress and Charlie Sheen nemesis, Denise Richards. Next up: Tango Argentina! Or, most likely in Woz’s version: Mangled Argentina.
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Sam-bad: Woz Gets a 10 Out of 30 on "DWTS"

in News on March 24, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

At least Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak can pun through the pain of his foot fracture and pulled hamstring. “Hey, well, one thing I learned is that if you mix a little dancing with a little Smirnoff, you might end up in an ambulance,” he joked, riffing on the name of his partner, Karina Smirnoff. What he can’t do, of course, is dance very well, which was why he got the low, low score of 10 out of 30 last night from the judges on his third week of “Dancing with the Stars.” Oh, it was a bad samba. A very bad samba. But who cares? Vote for your right to Sam-bad!
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"DWTS" Diva Woz "Hams" It Up–Another Injury, Vote-Rigging and Teletubbies!

in News on March 23, 2009 at 6:41 am PT

Self-described Teletubby, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sure knows how to make things dramatic. For the second time, after a foot fracture, his continued appearance on the ABC celebrity show “Dancing With the Stars” appears in jeopardy, due to an apparent hamstring injury he suffered at practice on Friday. Curiously, a picture of Woz on a stretcher and an update of his injured status were taken off his Woz.org blog sometime over the weekend (I saw the picture on Saturday night on my iPhone, but it is impossible to find now). Also previously 86ed was a letter he had posted and then unposted about his contention that some vote-rigging was taking place on the show.
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Weekend Update, 3.21.09–March Madness Edition

in News on March 21, 2009 at 5:10 pm PT

Technically, the term refers to the frenzied flow of games and the intensity of the contenders for the NCAA Championship crown. But the NCAA doesn’t have a corner on “March Madness”–those descriptors work well in other instances, too. To wit:
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