"Dancing With the Stars" recaplet (7.12): The return of Sir Dancealot

 
Cloris Leachman and Cor-- Whaaa? WTF are Jeff Lewis and Ana Faris doing here?!

Okay, let me be straight with you (wah-waaaah): Were it not for this job, there is no way in hell that I would be watching Dancing With the Stars. I'm sorry, but in my book has-beens and also-rans belong behind foamcore panels with cocktails trying to match missing words with pretty dental hygienists from Santa Barbara with Charles Nelson Reilly, not hoofing it up in primetime.

But in the past few weeks I've come to understand something. And that is that I owe Dancing With the Stars an apology for not believing in it. Because this truly is the most batsh*t insane television show to ever crack the top ten ... and I love it.

Last night the bizarre-o-meter was jacked up to eleven both on and offstage. Sure, people are going to be gabbing at the water cooler today (is there even still such a thing?) about Cloris Leachman's Supergranny move (where Corky Ballas swung her around by one arm and one leg like a sack of Idaho potatoes).

But in my house the real excitement came when, during the reaction shot of the audience, we spotted actress Ana Faris (Scary Movie, The House Bunny) sitting in the front row ... next to Jeff Lewis of Flipping Out?! OMG, what in the hell did those two talk about? And what were they doing there in the first place? (You can actually see them in the pic at the top if you squint.)

But that's not all. This episode also gave us some majorly pervy vibeage from guest judge Michael Flatley ... oh, sorry, "Lord Michael Flatley", considering that he's Royalty of the Dance and all ... and a hilarious "bitch you did NOT!" double-take from Bruno when Carrie-Ann gave Susan Lucci's number a decent score. Seriously, if you have it taped, just watch his head whip around when she holds up her paddle. It's priceless.

Oh yeah, and the whole cast also did a painfully bad hip-hop number that made Lorenzo Lamas's moves in Body Rock look downright competent. And Lance and Lacey redeemed themselves in the judges' eyes with a solid routine. We'll find out tonight if he's safe, but honestly, there's no real need to worry about Team Gay anytime soon.

For now just keep your eyes on the audience. You never know who you might see!