Should Casey Anthony be on Dancing with the Stars?

I've never made a secret of my distaste for Dancing with the Stars, nor have I pretended to like Casey Anthony.  What is perhaps unthinkable to others makes perfect sense to me. Why not combine two of my least favorite people/TV programs? Yes, you read correctly.  Casey Anthony should be featured on Dancing with the Stars.

I can already hear the arguments against my proposition. the first one will probably be Casey Anthony  isn't a great dancer. That may very well be true, but chances are that she isn't noticeably worse than Kate Gosselin or Bristol Palin. Argument #2, unless it's presented as the first argument, will be that Casey Anthony isn't a star, which is the absolute truth. Then again, such logic didn't stop the network from inviting either Kate Gosselin or Bristol Palin to participate. Argument #3 -- that the American public doesn't like Casey Anthony: I once again invoke my Kate Gosselin/Bristol Palin defense.

The only drawback to inviting Casey Anthony to participate in DWTS is that the show will need to jump the shark in a big way to keep Casey Anthony from being voted or judged off right away, because she can't impact the rating if she's kicked off after the very first dance.

Just think about it. It's not quite as stupid as it sounds.

All-Stars Edition of Dancing with the Stars

I don't watch Dancing with the Stars. One night a few years ago my mom was channel-surfing in her room while attempting to pass a kidney stone while I was sitting on her bed. She paused just long enough for us to watch a very small portion of Dancing with the Stars. What we saw was Marie Osmond in a rag doll costume, doing what was easily the most hideous dance I could ever imagine. The memory continues to haunt me. My mom said she'd rather deal with another kidney stone than watch Marie Osmond's dance again. Probably the only thing that would be worse for me would be if I had seen Kate Gosselin in action on the show, or if Rumer Willis were on the show and I had the misfortune of seeing it.

Now a reprise of sorts -- an All-Star edition of Dancing with the Stars, has been announced. The "stars" slated to appear on this extra special edition of the show include Kirstie Alley (former Weight Watchers spokesperson and a Scientologist), Pamela Anderson (someone who played bimbo roles in the olden days on TV and maybe in the movies as well), Drew Lachey (former Mr. Jessica Simpson), Apollo Anton Ohno (former Olympic speed-skater), Shawn Johnson (gymnast), Joey Fatone (singer-actor),  Helio Castroneves (race car driver), Kelly Monaco (I have no idea who she is),Melissa Rycroft (no idea who she is either), Emmitt Smith (former dallas cowboy running back), and [brace yourself} BRISTOL PALIN!

You read correctly. One season of torturing the television-viewing public of America with Ms. Palin's stiff yet apoplectic movements that the network was kind or blind enough to call dancing was not enough. The experience is going to be repeated for those of us who were lucky enough to miss it the first time yet might be less discerning in terms of our television viewing for the upcoming round.

If the network is truly reflecting the wishes of the majority of viewers by re-contracting Bristol Palin for this gig, why not take it one step further and hire her mother, Sarah Palin? Virtually everyone who voted for Bristol  in her previous incarnation of DWTS was casting a de facto vote  for Sarah Palin, anyway. Were Bristol not a close relative of Sarah Palin, she wouldn't have lasted to the second round of DWTS, nor would she have been invited to be on the program in the first place.  Furthermore, while I'm not a fan of Sarah Palin either ideologically, politically, or intellectually, I saw her on Saturday Night Live. She has some rhythm and can probably dance better than the average DWTS contestant --certainly better than her daughter does.

Better still, why not just award the medal (or whatever it is the winners get) either to Helio or to the speed-skater and call it a wrap?