Song and Dance
10/18/06 09:19 PM
Emmitt/Cheryl: Should he don a lux tux or dance close to the vest?
By ED BARK
And the evictee is -- "neither of you."
Jerry Springer and Joey Lawrence were red-lighted in the bottom two, but everyone went home a winner on Wednesday's Dancing with the Stars results show. Translation: ABC just couldn't bring itself to shorten a hot, hit show by a week after country singer Sara Evans abruptly dropped out in the midst of nasty divorce proceedings.
"We think it's most fair that everyone -- everyone -- move on to the next round," said host Tom Bergeron, who may have been wearing tap dancing shoes. So the show's Final Five, including Emmitt Smith, of course, will be performing twice apiece next Tuesday, with judge and viewer votes carried over.
ABC stretched the show to an hour anyway, afflicting viewers with two songs by Lionel Richie and taped segments on the contestants' "body language" and costuming.
Emmitt said he leaves color selections to pro partner Cheryl Burke, "but the style is up to me. If you look good, you feel good, you dance good."
He began by wearing tuxes, but now is wedded to vests and bright, open-collared shirts. Enroute, the former Cowboys great has learned some "tricks of the trade." One of them is "the elastic inside the vest that ties right into the pants to keep the vest down." Pant-pant, tell us more. Well, he said, the show provides "little sweat pockets under the arms to try to keep the sweat at a minimum. Don't work on me."
OK, on to the seminar from "body language expert" Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, who actually exists. The woman is s-o-o-o-o-o observant. She noted that Joey Lawrence licks his lips a lot while standing before the show's three judges. Emmitt on the other hand "will actually clench his teeth." He'll also "touch either the side of his belt or the front of his belt, almost as if he's grounding himself."
Hope this is all worth it, Emmitt. Guess it had to make him feel pretty good, though, when Cheryl cooed, "Emmitt doesn't have to work at being a manly dancer because he has so much masculinity in him that it just comes out naturally."
Bet you a defensive tackle never told him that.