Woolery, Shandi and DWTS

So Dancing with the Stars started again this week (and I meant to post this Monday but I've been busy...damnit!). I think DWTS follows the same rules as American Idol, except for one thing - The professional dancing chicas are smoking hot. Smoking. That chick that was paired with Emmitt Smith was unbelieveable. And they wear very little - pretty much nothing. I'm not sure how they get away with it on ABC. I guess they cancel it out by having the host be a chick with a man's voice, Samantha Harris.

Anyway, if you have to bite the bullet and choose between the two - pick this one. Yes, I know, Tom Bergeron sucks and judges are ludicrous but there's a very good reason you should watch Dancing with the Stars this season, Shandi Finnessey.

Who in the hell is Shandi Finnessey? Well, she was Miss USA 2004, is the co-host of one of my favorite game shows, Lingo, and is the host of a show on GSN that runs from 11pm - 1am CST (shown in the clip above) on weekends. On a side note, that show (they've changed the name so much) mesmorizes me - I think partially due to Shandi, but mainly due to the crappy sound effects and numbing techno music. It just lulls me into a trance....

Back to Lingo, here's a clip that showcases Shandi and the real host, Chuck Woolery (who I've written about in the past).



There are several funny things about that clip but the best two things may be: 1) Chuck in a pancho and 2) Chuck telling Shandi that she should go into "dancing." Now we all know Mr. Woolery has tagged a few "dancers" along the way, but telling you no one can get away with more shady biz (and bad haircuts) than the Chuckster.

I am easily one of Woolery's biggest fans. And I have been petitioning for Woolery to take over the PIR (Price is Right) for a while now. Don't get me wrong, I love Bob Barker, but the man is on his way out. Well, apparently, I don't have enough (or any) pull with CBS and they refuse to listen to my requests (that said, I haven't really tried to do anything other than write about it here on the Skeet Thrower).

It appears as if the stars are aligning for Woolery to take the PIR over. You see, we knew that Bob Barker was on his way out, but now we have an approximate date - it looks like he's out in June. Now, I don't know when Dancing with the Stars is ending, but I would assume that it is in late May or early June.

How do these two correlate? Well, if Shandi makes it big on Dancing with the Stars then she'll leave Lingo to become a big star. Chuck would then be left without a co-host which wouldn't work (plus the last co-host sucked) and so he would begin looking for new opportunities. And, lo and behold, what would he find? The PIR. Maybe he could just take Shandi with him - she apparently want to be in a Tag-Team with him.

This is our chance to push the Woolery for PIR campaign into the next level. Honestly, only Woolery could handle a situation like this anymore. We need to make sure Shandi wins Dancing with the Stars. So, vote for her, I guess. I don't really know how it works but I'm pretty sure we can control Dancing with the Stars just like other people control American Idol.

Plus, who doesn't want this guy to be your favorite gameshow host: