Comments on: Dancing with the Woz: 'A Teletubby going mad'

It's a tough beginning for Steve Wozniak on "Dancing with the Stars," as his cha-cha does not get cha-charitable judgment from the experts.

[savvydude]

He is an icon and a good guy. For the first time ever, I will vote for him on DWTS.

[Randys2cents]

he did better than I thought he would = Well done Woz!!

[Seaspray0]

Better than what? Better than "a Teletubby going mad in a gay pride parade"?

[kenstech_com]

John McCain's grasp of economics? I'm sorry, I don't get it.

If you had said, "George Bush's," "Hank Paulson's," "Barack Obama's," or Tim Geithner's" grasp of economics it might have made sense (and no, I'm no McCain supporter, I supported Ron Paul) . But that gratuitous gibe at McCain went nowhere.

I know you media types are a bunch of lefties, but leave your politics out of the tech reporting.

Ken
www.kenstech.com

[aaydogan]

That's just it, McCain had (has) no grasp of economics or much of anything. He is nothing more than a broken down, rudderless, and FAKE war hero (he failed in his mission>shot down, he failed as a prisoner of war>didn't escape and confessed). The writer used the comparison so that even an intellectually inferior reader such as yourself would be able to understand it. Obviously, it went over your head.

[ckurowic]

What does McCain have to do with this article, aaydogan. It went over Kenstech_com's head?? Um, no. You are a loser plain and simple. Go troll somewhere else moron.

[sanenazok]

@Ken: I agree with you, what does the jibe against McCain have to do with this show. I think I would rather watch the fatties show rather than this prancing around, but to interject politics with a badly thought-out comparison is just intellectually lazy. Hey, isn't the Obama Messia' conferring with McCain, or is it just for show?

[ChrisMatyszczyk]

@kenstech_com,

Ron Paul is fun, isn't he?

The McCain comment was not commentary...It's something he declared himself: http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0108/McCain_has_belittled_his_own_knowledge_on_economics.html

Leftie media type? Moi? Oh, you don't know me well.....

Chris

[sanenazok]

@Kris: I don't understand why people don't read things they cite. It was like two paragraphs. Geez. McCain said that in 2005 he understood military tactics better than economics. Given his Senate role back then, that's not at all surprising, unless the Senate Armed Services committee is supposed to be setting economic policy. The line in this article was a cheap shot and I'm calling it for what it is.

[nervous_cat]

> I know you media types are a bunch of lefties, but leave your politics out of the tech reporting

Lefties as in two left feet?

[kakman1]

Nerds can dance. RMS would have been the more logical choice, he is a way better dancer (for a hefty guy)but most Americans don't know or care about Stallman and barely remember who why Woz is important.

[phylum--2008]

Except that RMS would insist that ABC GPL the episode, spend most of his time correcting his dancing partner's vernacular and pronunciation ("it's guh-noo slash Linux!!!"), and then claim that the GNU Foundation actually created all forms of dance, and therefore they should always be predicated with "GNU/" in both speech and the written word.

ESR would be more fun -- at least he'd come onto the show packing some heat, and then read some of his really bad neo-romantic poetry.

[LaurenBarghout]

~smiles

[eldernorm]

I thought he did great...... for a non dancer.

And Chris.... I am waiting to see your dance video. :-) Its easy to kibitz on the side, but lets see how you do and then we can compare. :-)

PS. Have you earned your first billion yet???? Whats keeping you. Woz seems to have done both.

Not bad Woz. Not bad at all.

Just a thought.
en

[ChrisMatyszczyk]

@eldermorm,

If you can organize the dance video and get someone to sponsor it (maybe Call of Duty?), then I'm there...:)

The Woz was great last night. Projected a really wonderful personality. Really. And it is very tough to dance out there...Please vote to keep him in and he can only get better...

thank you for commenting,

Chris

[dnrlt1]

Wow, i didn't realize my father was such a loser for getting shot down in the pacific durig world war II and spent a bit of time under the loving care of the Japenese! You undergo some genuine torture for a year or two and what you don't sign. And i'm not talking waterboarding here. ANyway, back to topic, Woz was a class act from start to finish! He may have done better on his sedgway though!!

[man_w_balls]

front page of Google News, congrats

it must've been the Teletubby tagline...

[YankeePoodle]

Oh! American media censors a lot, the whole comment was "It was like watching a Teletubby going mad in a gay pride parade.". I dont know whom you are offending by just reporting the whole frigging comment.

[b_baggins]

It is funny, isn't it? The author can take a cheap shot at McCain without any pangs of conscience, but is terrified of taking a light-hearted jab at gays.

[ChrisMatyszczyk]

@YankeePoodle,

You see, I was writing the post as quickly as I could. I rewound the TIVo three times and still couldn't make out the rest of Bruno's quote over the laughter and applause. Darned surround sound.

So thank you for letting me know. I have amended the quote and included the full version above.

So what do you say about Censors now?:)

Chris

[HeavyJim]

b-baggins, thats what you call a politically correct coward.

[BornForNaf]

I thought Burt Larr, err uh...Steve Wozniak was very painful to watch, which I did through my fingers with squinted eyes. My face & ears were on fire with embarrassment for him, I don't care how much courage The Great Oz must have given him.

[hassan_bin_sober]

...And you were wondering what happened to Steve Jobs. BURP!

[hassan_bin_sober]

Alka Seltzer

[thelemurking]

That bottom picture, he looks like a cross between Kenny Rogers and an over-sized ewok.

Was it really necessary to add your political jab at McCain? Surely you could have spent 30 more seconds to come up with a better analogy... maybe finish it off with a mention of Obama's choice of tax evasion candidates.

I refuse to watch reality shows and crap like American Idol and Dancing With The Stars, but I wish him all the best... he seems way more down to earth and likable than Steve Jobs and his turtleneck god complex.

[gpenglase]

Go The Great Woz!
I like people who don't take themselves too seriously - it shows character. Pretty funny comment.. teletubby going mad in a gay pride parade... haha that's great :-)

(gotta agree about the needlessness of a political jab - could've made it funnier with a better quote).