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

Kara Swisher 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.

Woz Lives to Stumble Around, Oops, Tango, Another Day!

Kara Swisher 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.

Sam-bad: Woz Gets a 10 Out of 30 on "DWTS"

Kara Swisher 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!

"DWTS" Diva Woz "Hams" It Up–Another Injury, Vote-Rigging and Teletubbies!

Kara Swisher 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.

Woz-Tastic? Well, No–But Steve Lives to Dance Another Day!

Kara Swisher in News on March 18, 2009 at 7:41 am PT

Doing the quickstep and wearing taped nerd glasses to the tune of Buddy Holly’s “Oh, Boy,” Steve Wozniak’s dance stylings on “Dancing With the Stars” this week was more like “Oh, Brother!” Nonetheless, support of geeks world-wide and an infectious spirit kept the Apple co-founder in the running on the ABC television competition, besting former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle in dance-off elimination. Woz is dancing as badly as he can with a pink boa, Silicon Valley, so get out there and make your 13 votes count!

Who Cares if He Didn't Invent the Mac or Can't Dance: Vote Early and Often for Woz on DWTS!

Kara Swisher in News on March 10, 2009 at 6:22 pm PT

Forget all the noise in the blogosphere about Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s lack of involvement in the computer company of late. And try to ignore the fact that the man has what appear to be at least seven left feet, as you will see in the video here of his first painful cha-cha-cha outing on “Dancing With the Stars” last night. Because, as DWTS judge Carrie Ann Inaba noted: Woz has some very cheerful gumption to be up there in the first place, boogeying to Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.” Oh, you definitely ain’t seen nothing like this yet, and it must continue.