*jawdrop*

[jaina]

I have no words for this:

HAVE AN ICE FALL: Fox has landed — and it was a clean landing at that — Scott Hamilton to host Skating with Celebrities, a six-week contest debuting sometime this fall; fellow Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill will serve as a judge. Here are the six star-pro match-ups: Wheaties poster boy Bruce Jenner with Tai Babilonia; Full House's Dave Coulier with Nancy Kerrigan; Diff'rent Strokes/Los Angeles jail alum Todd Bridges with Jenni Meno; Dude, Where's My Car's Kristy Swanson with Lloyd Eisler; grown teen queen Deborah Gibson with Kurt Browning; and Good Day L.A. weatherbunny Jillian Barberie with John Zimmerman. Although not involved in any way, shape or form, John O'Hurley already is claiming he was robbed.

Er. Um. Wow. I have to wonder what, if any, training the celebs have gone through. Because dancing-- okay, that's one thing. At least everyone can already stand steadily on their feet and walk properly. But people who've never skated, they're starting from scratch...ah, okay, after some googling I see they looked for stars who can already skate. That's a little better. Doesn't seem to be a consensus as to whether the celebs will be doing singles, and just be coached by their skater, or skating pairs or dance with them. (I vote pairs. Yay, pairs. So many opportunities for things to go horribly wrong!)

And yes. I will watch this, as horrible as it sounds. Because I am powerless against the lure of skating, and I'm genuinely curious to see how well they can train up the celebs. And also, Scott Hamilton! Dorothy Hamill! The joy of rooting against Nancy Kerrigan! Yay!

Comments

[cj-keyz.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it super fun when the whole Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan craziness went down years ago, and even her own city of Bahston enjoyed making fun of Nancy?

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy indeed!

Christian~

[ajmeow.livejournal.com]

Does anyone else think this is a trainwreck waiting to happen.. literally? This isn't dancing on a ballroom floor here. I hope they have some serious insurance for when these people wipe out and need like 10 gazillion stitches. =P

[knitress.livejournal.com]

This is either going to be horrible cheesy fun or just horrible. And yes, I'm going to watch, at least at the beginning.

[bailunrui.livejournal.com]

Scott Hamilton!gasm *g*

[jedihealer.livejournal.com]

Oh the potential for disaster is huge! I do so like to view train wrecks. Count me in.

[julietvalcouer.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, yes, I'm watching it. Because 1) I'm a skating whore and 2) I want to see celebs fall on their butts.

Half of me (the nice half) hopes it's dance, even though it would be quite boring because you're less likely to get seriously injured, but the presence of Babilonia, Meno, Eisler, and Zimmerman, with Kerrigan and Browning being singles skaters, argues for pairs or for singles with them as coaches (everyone can jump and do the big spins.) The other half hopes for pairs because the crashes should be spectacular. Though singles has a lot of opportunities, too.

Maybe it'll be like a pro-am, they both skate separately and are scored in combination. Though that would seem odd for the pairs skaters involved. Hm.

I didn't watch "Dancing with the Stars" (though I have watched and I'm ashamed to say voted for "So You Think You Can Dance") but I'm DEFINITELY watching this one.

[dm-lunsford.livejournal.com]

Somehow I imagine the draw of this show will be very similar to that same sick allure that entices people to want to stand, transfixed, watching a horrible train wreck in process. ; )

Yeah, I'll be watching it as well. It's apt to be bad. It's also apt to be absolutely hysterical and entertaining.