Episode Report Card Kim: B | 102 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT The "Stars" Go Dancing
By Kim | Season 11 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2010.09.20
Jennifer Grey (yes, that's really her after much surgery) is fifty. FIFTY! God, I'm old. They find out that they will be dancing to "These Arms of Mine," and seriously, how many women my age had their sexual awakening to that scene in Dirty Dancing? I got chills when they started playing it. Seriously. Goosebumps. Plus, Otis Redding rules. When she hears the song again, Jennifer gets really emotional, thinking about Patrick Swayze, and can you blame her? I'm kind of emotional and I didn't even know the dude. But I loved that movie. I remember seeing it in the theater and people stood up and cheered during the ending when she does the lift. Anyway.
Derek's no dummy, and he evokes the movie through their opening pose and Jennifer's dress. And guess what? She's fabulous. Not fabulous for a fifty-year-old. Just great. Graceful and beautiful and great footwork. I hope this gets her a career resurgence. Bruno tells her that it was great and she should be proud. Carrie Ann tearfully tells her that she was profound and she just gets better with age. Len loved it but thought the dance suited her, so he wants to see how she does with the jive next week. Me too. I hope Derek remembers that she's not the twenty-something Nicole and doesn't throw her around. God, Brooke Burke is the worst. Derek is trying to lighten things up, since everyone is crying, and she tries to bring everyone back down. Scores: Carrie Ann 8, Len 8, and Bruno 8 for a total of 24.
The final dancer is David Hasselhoff. I kind of can't stand him. He acts like he's in on the joke, but he's kind of not, and seeing that video of him eating the burger just made me sad for his children. Maybe he will win me over. But not if he keeps wearing those leather pants. Hoff admits that his heart is in the right place, but his body is old, and can't keep up. Maybe he should stop wearing the tank tops then.