skating with celebrities
skating with celebrities
Joined: 12/31/69
#0skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 4:33pmi don't know about you guys, but i will be front and center for this show tonight at 9pm after american idol and BEFORE project runway on bravo!! and don't forget that the project runway team is designing a costume for sasha cohen!! i am such a TV whore and not afraid to admit it! LOL!!
camerangel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
#1re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 4:36pm
Oh the potential for injury.. **shudders** Stupid if you ask me..
"All work and no smut makes Cammy lose her edge." ~DG
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
#2re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 4:43pm
i agree with cam
they could break bones!
Less is more
Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp
"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo
"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK
Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp
"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo
"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK
#4re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 5:06pm
Awwww, I have rehersal! Thank God for TiVo 
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"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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#5re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 5:07pmAs a former skater this is such a bad idea!!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 5:16pmoh i agree 100%...this is very dangerous and they aren't just doing "the skater's waltz"! its major stuff. a couple of them DO have a skating background they just didn't go anywhere with it. it will be fun though and i will watch anything that john zimmerman is on! =)
#7re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 5:22pm
I can't believe the list of reputable skater's participating in this! The Washington Post had a write up about it.
Hey Dottie!
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Updated On: 1/18/06 at 05:22 PM
#9re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 5:40pm
zimmerMAN!
RIP glebby <3
Updated On: 1/18/06 at 05:40 PM
#10re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 5:51pmThat Zimmerman is stunnning! Wow, Wednesdays has long been a good tv night for me. I hope I get home from work in time to see most of it.
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#11re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 6:58pm
They're all crazy. Someone's definitely gonna get hurt.
But, will I be watching? Hell yes!
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#12re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 7:20pm
It'll be airing on Mondays after its premiere tonight.
I'd run you over cturtle and say Johnny is mine, but since you have Matt as your avatar, I'll play nice. (love Matt)
There's an article in People on it.
"Some of us have it worse, you know, Dana. Some of us are dating lesbian men. Okay? C'mon."
ihearttheatre
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/12/05
#13re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 7:27pm
The commercial showed various bruises and injuries that the participants would get.
I don't understand what's entertaining about watching people get hurt- same reason I always hated America's Funniest Home Videos. I just don't like it or understand why someone would. *shrug*
#14re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 7:35pmFor me, it's not that I'm hoping to see someone get hurt, but these celebrities are going to be doing something incredibly difficult and dangerous, and that, in my opinion, they have no business doing. The unpredictablility of it should make for compelling television.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 7:38pmit just looks painful. and i thought i got nasty bruises on a basketball court. heh
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#16re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 8:00pmlet me be clear as well, i am NOT watching to see anyone get hurt and if they did i wouldn't find that entertaining. i am excited to see them triumph not fall. besides..john zimmerman is on..did i mention that!? LOL!!! did anyone see him on Queer Eye..he was so cute!
#17re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:09pm
Deborah Gibson impressed me
And Dorothy Hammil has aged beautifully
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#18re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:16pm
Why is Bruce Jenner dressed as a Navy captain? Skating with Tai Babalonea, it seemed that they were Madama Butterfly and Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton.
Geeze!
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#19re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:34pmThey're all so much better than I expected.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
#20re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:37pmI agree, some of them look like they've had lots of training. Can't wait to see John Z. NEXT!
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Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#21re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:45pmWho knew it only takes 4 weeks to do back crossovers, back spirals, and waltz jumps. I've got to say I'm pretty impressed.
"Some of us have it worse, you know, Dana. Some of us are dating lesbian men. Okay? C'mon."
#22re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:53pm
Jillian just mentioned that she's been skating as a child.
I'm not watching that woman who is a combo of Dionne Warwick and a gila monster skate now.
Oh, and what was that female hostess wearing? An empire state building shirt? Gotta go watch Runway.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
Updated On: 1/18/06 at 09:53 PM
#23re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/18/06 at 11:50pmDave Coulier, Mr. You Oughta Know, played hockey for a lot of years, so he should be able to handle the ice pretty well. I think it is a little unbalanced. I didn't watch the show, though.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
CaTheatreGirl
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#24re: skating with celebrities
Posted: 1/19/06 at 3:02am
Professional skaters are strong and well in control. No one was doing anything that would put anybody in harm's way. Many elements of the programs featured simple moves that were beautifully fluffed (as Mr. Nicks would say) and quite effectively showcased what the celebrity skater was able to do. You might notice with the professionals, the male pair skaters had an advantage to do lifts safely, but the female skaters would not put themselves and their partners in danger and kept feet on the ice -- often both feet at the same time in the case of the celebrity skater! John Zimmerman is an incredibly strong skater and was lucky to have a very capable and athletic partner.
As an ice dancer of many years, I've worked with many beginners and sustained very few bruises. Experienced skaters know how to safely work with beginners. I have to say I was very skeptical of this show at first, but ended up being quite impressed with what could be accomplished in one month.
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