Steve Wozniak comes to 'Dancing With The Stars,' universe quivers

Yes, your greatest / worst dream has come to fruition: Steve Wozniak will be featured on the next season of Dancing With the Stars. There's not much we can tell you right now about his upcoming moves, though we will be watching with bated breath, quietly hoping for a double Lindy, the Sugarfoot, and Denise Richards being dipped on a Segway.

[Thanks, Ethan]

[Timm @ Feb 9th 2009 8:45AM]

Damn he's ugly.

[Richard Lai @ Feb 9th 2009 8:57AM]

Prepare to be stoned by Apple fans.

[John @ Feb 9th 2009 9:29AM]

Puff-puff-pass, baby! It's all love in the Apple camp!

[Rocketboy @ Feb 9th 2009 9:44AM]

The song was all like beep beep beep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMt2MK67-Qw

[OneLove @ Feb 9th 2009 11:42AM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPTnxrZeCWE&feature=related

[Ethan @ Feb 9th 2009 2:58PM]

He's a beautiful mancake, and I'm not even sure if I'm joking.

[AVG @ Feb 9th 2009 8:47AM]

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes YES.

[Quix @ Feb 9th 2009 9:39AM]

Love The Woz, but his public buffoonery has to stop.

I predict major Steve Jobs forehead smack...

[ImaYam @ Feb 9th 2009 9:46AM]

This article has me saying 1 word:

Cares who?

[Marc-O @ Feb 9th 2009 8:48AM]

Nevermind Woz. Am I the only one thinking that the reflection under Belinda Carlisle's picture is, errr... Unfortunate ? Or fortunate, depending...

[Rafa @ Feb 11th 2009 2:01AM]

I was thinking about the very same thing the moment I looked at the picture and wondered why nobody else had commented about Belinda's err.. knocker reflection.

[Marc-O @ Feb 11th 2009 7:18AM]

Once you see it... You can't unsee it.

[Kevin @ Feb 9th 2009 8:52AM]

It is surprising that Woz is considered a "celebrity" in this sense. I generally just think of him as a geek celeb. If they are going to do this, I want to see Miyamoto next season!

[John P @ Feb 9th 2009 8:56AM]

Well I'm glad that we geeks now have representation on this show.

[crashcarstar @ Feb 9th 2009 8:57AM]

I don't watch the show, but wouldn't Denise Richards not be dancing with Woz? I thought they get a pro-dancer partner.

[buttabean @ Feb 9th 2009 8:59AM]

You know he's going to do the robot because that's what all nerds do right? :)

[Cedrock @ Feb 9th 2009 9:01AM]

Yes STEVE-O is on ! I wouldn't be surprised if they paired him up with Steve

[Eric Granata @ Feb 9th 2009 9:04AM]

It would not surprise me in the least if Woz secretly has a fondness for ballroom dance and totally destroyed the competition. Pimp.

[Brad H. @ Feb 9th 2009 10:01AM]

FABULATH!

[root.alt @ Feb 9th 2009 9:46AM]

CREEPY

[Zane @ Feb 9th 2009 9:17AM]

The worst line up ever.
Lil Kim is a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen.
SteveO will probably cause an earthquake on stage.

[phanbouy fan fan @ Feb 9th 2009 12:36PM]

already happened

[clarus @ Feb 10th 2009 5:37PM]

Hopefully this'll help Steve get back to a healthy weight.

[Venamous @ Feb 9th 2009 9:40AM]

I wondered what made me shiver so violently earlier this morning. Now I know.

[Zane @ Feb 10th 2009 12:27AM]

It was that orgasm you've been wanting to experience for many years.

[Will @ Feb 9th 2009 9:43AM]

This is going to be good.

Google "John Sergeant" and you'll understand exactly what I mean.

[deanb @ Feb 9th 2009 3:28PM]

This is just Strictly Come Danicng isn't it?
If so I can see Wozniak becoming their version of John Sergeant.

Brief summary so the Americans can look out for the same pattern.
John Sergeant was an appalling dancer, the judges told him so, but the public loved him and voted him in. Judges had to put up with him till he eventually quit the show for fear of winning.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01116/john-kristina-drag_1116940i.jpg - This pic sum's up his dancing abilities

If ABC wan't the viewing number's I'm sure they could incorporate a segway based dance.

[chaz @ Feb 9th 2009 9:50AM]

cant wait to see the look on his face when they tell him he cant use a segway..

[skyblaze @ Feb 9th 2009 10:03AM]

who?

[crsh @ Feb 9th 2009 2:25PM]

The funny thing is, outside of geeks and business men/women over the age of 50, nobody has any idea who Woz is.

[trakslacker @ Feb 9th 2009 10:18AM]

Agreed. I saw this last night and started laughing and made some comment about a Segway in a tuxedo.. The wife just gave me a blank stare, and dismissed me a a geek when I explained it to her.

Bring on the Woz!!!

[Michael Scrip @ Feb 9th 2009 11:29PM]

> "outside of geeks and business men/women over the age of 50, nobody has any idea who Woz is."

That's what most of the "stars" on this show are. Most are washed up old 80's TV stars or musicians who haven't had a hit in 2 decades. But then you also get recent NFL champions, and some decent people too. So, it's a crapshoot... literally!

[Ben @ Feb 9th 2009 11:18AM]

I hope by "dancing" they mean "segway-ing". Because that would be infinitely more entertaining

[adam.plante @ Feb 9th 2009 11:24AM]

My wife still has no idea who he is. Even though I have made her watch pirates of silicon valley like 20 times.

[OneLove @ Feb 9th 2009 11:43AM]

wizard of OZ?

[Adam Peacock @ Feb 9th 2009 3:41PM]

Good for him! I'm also a geek and competitive ballroom dancer - it's a ton of fun.

[crashoverride @ Feb 9th 2009 4:05PM]

AWESOME! What else do you do when you have run out of challenges as a millionaire super-geek? Celebrity Apprentice knew he would destroy those schmucks, so it was DWTS the whole way! GO WOZ! As long as that annoying comedian girlfriend of his stays far away, it will be smash-hit!

[Ken Test @ Feb 9th 2009 7:22PM]

I don't believe it. I can maybe see Woz doing a Mexican hat dance around a fried burrito, but real athletic dancing, I don't think so!!

[ken @ Feb 10th 2009 11:52AM]

I can't wait to see the first dancing with the stars dance on segways

[Rafa @ Feb 11th 2009 2:06AM]

I don't get it either... Why this guys gets to be in an entertainment competition? I understand his celebrity in the IT industry, but what credentials does he hold in the show business?

[Michael Scrip @ Feb 11th 2009 2:48AM]

Remember... this is a TV show and a business. ABC doesn't make this show to entertain people... they make it to sell advertising.

Maybe more tech-geeks will watch the show now?

[keithwwalker @ Feb 12th 2009 7:10PM]

How can he dance with a partner, he is coated with bacon grease...

[Kris White @ Feb 19th 2009 4:16PM]

You can see the Woz in all his dancing getup glory in the most recent LOST video podcast, where he responds to an endorsement from LOST Executive Producer Carlton Cuse with a challenge of his own...

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=50432878&id=90673892

http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=podcast

[GadgetRose @ Mar 9th 2009 12:20PM]

iHope iWin!

[aubrey @ Mar 9th 2009 2:40PM]

Give the Woz a bunch of money and tell him to make the world better!