One, watched the first "Castle" show, mainly because Nathan Fillion -- spectacular in Firefly and Serenity, scary in Buffy, cute in Waitress, good actor who can deliver a line better than anybody -- is in it. Fun show, generic mystery, "Moonlighting" type dialog and character interplay/interaction. At the start of the show, we saw a cute blonde Leslie Bibbish type -- had to use IMDb to track her down -- 'twas Monet Mazur. Worth a second look; see below. Decent career and a nice baby bounce-back, it appears.
Two, "Dancing with the Stars" Week 1. Curious who they were going to replace Jewel and Nancy O'Dell with; turned out to be Holly Madison (no longer a Girl Next Door or Criss Angel's angel) and Bachelor jiltee Melissa Rycroft. More on that in a moment. Now why do I watch this show, one asks? Testosterone -- gets pumping when Julianne Hough and Kym Johnson are in motion. And a few of the other pro women are plenty fetching as well. (I really appreciate a woman with abs -- check previous post on mommy magnificent Samantha Harris).
Regarding Rycroft: with two days practice, she nailed the routine (sorry Shawn) and got a high score. She's got dance background, clearly -- ballet, and Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. So she may, er, she does have an advantage. Despite the "drama" of who's staying and who's going, the eventual winners and finalists have been body, and particularly legwork and footwork, skillful. First year Kelly Monaco was a swimmer and lifeguard (and nude model -- there's a lot of necessary body consciousness in that line of work), and proved her coordinative aptitude when she nearly got re-exposed due to a costume calamity. Then (not inclusive) we have Emmitt Smith winning and Jerry Rice and Warren Sapp going far -- football players do huge numbers of footwork repetitions; Apolo Anton Ohno and Kristi Yamaguchi obviously have to have great, precise control of the body and particularly legs and feet; boxer Laila Ali is no surprise, boxers also are footwork champions; Helio Castroneves has to have split-second coordination between feet, hands and eyes; even Brooke Burke is a model (see Kelly Monaco) who has to be aware of what all parts of that amazing body are doing. SOOOO... body consciousness and athleticism are pretty important. That said, I'll therefore predict that Rycroft and Shawn Johnson will go deep into the competition. I think the real question-mark will be Lil' Kim. I can't tell which of the men will go farthest, but I predict Julianne's sweetie and partner won't get the team past week 4.
Final on Rycroft, speaking of body-consciousness:
I really like beach shots like that.
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