Comments on: Penn and tarantella

By: hotjupiter

hotjupiter — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:41:10 +0000

Nevermind Corolla. I want to hear what Penn has to say to Priscilla Presley about Scientology, or maybe even smack Marlee Matlin for starring in “What the Bleep do We Know”. In a friendly way, of course.

By: LittleHoudini

LittleHoudini — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:48:32 +0000

Oh yah, Teller’s tall – I thought the same thing when I met him for the first time. I’m only 5’8″ and I had to look up to him… a little disappointing. And Penn, of course, can each lunch of the top of my head.

That aside, I’m not sure that even with Penn’s incredible allure, I’d watch DWTS – I’ve performed the human blockhead, but there’s some pain that even I can’t manage.

By: dannyness

dannyness — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:21:02 +0000

Sigh…dammit. One of the banes of my work day is being flanked on all sides by Dancing with the Stars recaps from my co-workers. I silently mock them. Now I’m going to gave to join in. I like Marlee Matlin, too. I loved her on the West Wing.

By: Carriep

Carriep — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:02:56 +0000

Peter B,

I don’t think Oprah is competing. I think she’s just introducing the new cast on her show.

In other dancing news, friends of mine took ballroom dancing lessons so they could tango as the first dance at their wedding reception. Very impressive- classy, old-school, and cool as hell.

By: Peter B

Peter B — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:33:38 +0000

What a shame I live in Australia – we have the same sort of show here, but I think it’ll be a while before Dr Karl gets invited onto it.

Good luck Penn. I hope you outlast Oprah at least.

And for everyone else, if you haven’t already tried dancing, give it a go! It’s great fun, great exercise, a great way to meet people, and it gives you something to do to your favourite music.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:11:40 +0000

Will Penn be reprising his crude, misogynist joke about Hillary Clinton?

By: autumn

autumn — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:06:49 +0000

Given the requirements of being a magician combined with his experience doing shows standing and moving for as many years as he’s done it, I bet he’s better than we think.

By: Rand

Rand — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:03:49 +0000

I can’t imagine Penn being very light on his feet. I mean, he’s a pretty damn big guy.

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Dancing Penn : Tinkr.net — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:50:58 +0000

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By: Chris A

Chris A — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:17:09 +0000

Man thats cool. My wife is a huge Elvis fan so we both will be watching.

By: Deepsix

Deepsix — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:53:13 +0000

Awesome. Penn and Corolla. I may actually watch the show this season. I have no idea who the other people are (besides Oprah).

By: Quiet_Desperation

Quiet_Desperation — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:45:56 +0000

Is that Adam Carolla back there? WTF?

By: Sean O'Hara

Sean O'Hara — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:47:24 +0000

So that's why he had plastic surgery. (If you haven't seen it yet, Penn has a podcast where he offers commentary on the news, and recently talked about going in to have the creases on his upper lip removed. And then he does something obscene with a silicon boob.)

By: bob

bob — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:56 +0000

Penn is 6’6″

By: SeanH

SeanH — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:14:42 +0000

@ Michelle
Carolla’s the guy hidden by the other guy. The tall bald guy is Jason Taylor who’s a defensive lineman in the NFL. I’m pretty sure Taylor’s around 6’5″ and Penn looks a bit taller than him, so that sure shows Phil’s right about him being ginormous.

By: Brown

Brown — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:14:34 +0000

You have to give credit to an older dog who is determined to learn a new trick, and is further willing to place himself at risk of looking like a complete fool on television. Although there are people who can make it look easy, Penn probably realizes that dancing isn’t easy. He may find that he acquires aches in parts of his body that usually don’t ache, and he may find himself spending more time in his patented backyard hot tub (US Pat. 5,920,923). Good luck to Penn!

By: Toast

Toast — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:08:10 +0000

I started watching DWTS last year when Clyde Drexler (one of my all-time favorite NBA stars) was on it. I have to warn you: Don't get your hopes up for Penn. Really tall people do not do very well at ballroom dancing. (On the other hand, enjoy the show. I never imagined this would happen but I am completely hooked on it now.)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:54:44 +0000

@Josh: Which one? The tall one or the guy pretty much hidden by the other guy?

By: andy

andy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:48:44 +0000

A dance involving someone getting sawn in half and set on fire, what's that, the masochism tango?

By: josh.f13

josh.f13 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:27:11 +0000

And standing right next to him is fellow atheist and bullsh!t detector, Adam Carolla.

By: Clair

Clair — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:14:54 +0000

Ooh! I think I might actually look forward to that.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:14:01 +0000

I am. So. There.

I heard that on the radio last night. But she called him “Gee let hee.” or something.

I’m never gonna watch Oprah though. Not even Penn can drag me to watch that stup… nevermind.