Just Meaningful Plastic: A DWTS Retrospective

Accent work abounds as Chris and Katy discuss the most international DWTS cast yet! Despite struggles right out the gate with addition, we promise - we know what we’re talking about! We rank the great legs of DWTS history. Chris forces Katy to handle all the segues even if she is... horrific at them. We muse over Clyde’s height hurdles, the difficulty of Heather’s choreography, Edyta’s star status...

It’s a new season of Dancing with the Stars, and we’re feeling refreshed after that long off-season break! In an episode filled with cha-chas and foxtrots, we find ourselves gushing over a few surprising celebrities. While one contestant draws some well-deserved similarities to Master P, another falls a little short of the Stacey Kiebler legs they are expected to fill. Katy is, naturally, already...

On a Very Special JMP, journalist-TV host-overall busy woman Samantha Harris stops by for a quick chat!  She's ready to talk about her surprising history with the show, balancing her time with hosting and everything else in her life (and we mean EVERYTHING else), her camaraderie with Emmy-winner Tom Bergeron, and of course her jive.  It is a whirlwind, and also a delight.  We know y...

Chris and Katy play two games- one is great, the other one is a game that we played.  Join us as we say goodbye to season 3 of Dancing with the Stars and look ahead to magical things to come in season 4!  Is there more that can be said?  Maybe, but why not just listen? Follow us on Twitter @JMPPod or on Facebook at Just Meaningful Plastic Podcast art: Kat Fey Music: "Mister Capone"...

It has all come down to this.  Fun vs. technique.  Twinkle Toes vs. Super Mario.  It's a finale that splits our loyalties, but we can all agree that it's one of the best finals that DWTS ever produced.  Over the course of the hour, Katy elects to take the path of hatred, while Chris displays how to be a gracious loser in the face of poor sportsmanship. Follow us on Twitter @JMP...

It's the best Dancing with the Stars may have ever been, as the third season comes barreling to a close.  The final four give us a spooktacular set of Halloween dances, although one leaves us saying "Boo!"  Chris and Katy investigate how to make a dance Halloween-themed, and they're ready to give Emmitt and Cheryl notes.  Then it's time for the semi-finals, where one of the incredib...

The fabulous final five of season three go head-to-head this week, and Chris and Katy are here to break it all down. We have so much to discuss - no elimination in week 6, a group Disco, and Katy declares herself all in on a contestant (and it’s not a surprise). Mario continues to be consistently SO good. We finally get a samba roll again, and a sexy rumba prompts a game of how often a person can...

In an episode filled with shock and awe, Katy and Chris address serious issues. Get prepared as we enter into a string of absolutely fire episodes of Dancing with the Stars. We continue to petition Joey Lawrence and Edyta Sliwinska to be forever dance partners, because they are #perfection. Katy gets a little dramatic about the lack of samba rolls (to nobody’s surprise). Chris gives a free le...

This week we’re breaking all the rules! The lift police and the Bureau of Broken Holds have to go to war against the contestants who should know better. Chris and Katy struggle to critique mambos because they have no idea what they are (but at the very least, they know “Bop to the Top” is an appropriate song choice). And before we say goodbye to two expected stars, both hosts fall in love with a m...

For the first episode of DWTS's third season, Katy and Chris are back in fine form.  There is a love for the female pros (especially Cheryl, Edyta, and Kym Legs-for-Days Johnson).  There is a distaste for sob story packages, especially involving bus accidents.  There are Emmitt Smith hot taeks.  There are disappointments and surprises galore.  There is a general thirsting...

On a Very Special JMP, the dancer formerly known as A spills all the tea on P! Ashly Costa (née DelGrosso), Katy's new best friend, talks all about her wild journey on the show, detailing her many partners (including some secret ones nobody knows about), the roller coaster that was season 2, her role as a dancer and educator, and how the packages get made. There's so much more, but most of al...

Chris did prep work, Katy gets excited about the coming attractions, and tech issues confounded the editor into making an unconventional choice. Follow us on Twitter @JMPPod or on Facebook at Just Meaningful Plastic Podcast art: Kat Fey Music: "Mister Capone" by Alex Khaskin

Unfortunately for everyone, it's a disco inferno this week as we discuss the season 2 finale of Dancing with the Stars. Unlike in the finale itself, Chris and Katy have no time to mess about and get right down to business. Katy gets what she deserves as Chris sort of comes around on Jerry Rice, only to watch her beloved Stacy Keibler crash and burn. And in the most shocking turn of events, their o...

In one corner, we have Chris, who is here to take down Jerry Rice and Katy, who he sees as the defender of the 49er.  In the other corner, we have Katy, who is not here to defend Jerry but is being forced to anyway.  It's a masterpiece of a marathon fight night, spanning episodes 6 and 7 of DWTS' second season.  Also, other things are discussed, but who's really here for Drew, Stacy...

This week we dive into episodes 4 and 5 of season 2, and go wildly off the rails. At long last, our national nightmare is over (in 2006).  But before we get to an ignoble farewell to a man who did not want to be there, we have so much to discuss. We debate who the REAL bad boy of the ballroom is, and we both continue to heavily defend Tia and Jerry against the slander of our cohost counterpar...

Remember when we had nice things to say about Master P?  What a journey it's been since then. Anyway, this week we discuss episodes 2 and 3 of season 2! There is so much shock and awe to discuss this episode- but perhaps the most shocking is that Chris... actually... likes... rumbas? Katy still hates it. We discuss the fine line couples must walk between playful banter and uncomfortable tensi...

In this episode we discuss the second season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars" in excruciating detail.  Spray-tans.  Fringe a-plenty.  Legs-for-weeks.  Oh my!  We travel back to January of 2006- the set is the same, the judges are the same, Tom is the same, but the contestants are very different.  Our first discussion on Master P is not what you'd expect, and our t...

On a Very Special JMP, the animalistic lady of the ballroom, Edyta Śliwińska, graces the show with her presence!  In this bonus podcast, Chris and Katy talk to the queen of the legwarmers about her time on DWTS, choreography, how things changed over the seasons, and so much more.  As if we didn't already, we now have no choice but to stan. Follow us on Twitter @JMPPod or on Facebook at J...

In this episode Chris and Katy debate the hot button topic of 2005 - should the Dance Off have happened? We recap season 1 as a whole to bid it adieu. We then go on to preview the cast of season 2 with America's favorite game: "Does Katy know these celebrities?" Follow us on Twitter @JMPPod or on Facebook at Just Meaningful Plastic Podcast art: Kat Fey Music: "Mister Capone" by Alex Khaskin

In this episode we wrap up season 1 of "Dancing with the Stars" and crown a (controversial?) winner.  We discuss #JusticeForRachel, and Chris and Katy come to blows over John O'Hurley. Follow us on Twitter @JMPPod or on Facebook at Just Meaningful Plastic Podcast art: Kat Fey Music: "Mister Capone" by Alex Khaskin

In this episode we discuss Season 1 Episodes 1-3 of "Dancing with the Stars".  We focus on the dances and the dancers of these first 3 episodes.  We eulogize the first two dancers to fall.  We also discuss the emerging personality of Kelly Monaco, the downfall of Joey McIntyre, praise our Lord and Savior Rachel Hunter, and appreciate the persona that John O'Hurley brings to the...

In this premiere episode, your co-hosts and judges Chris and Katy introduce themselves to the ballroom!  We discuss what led us here, our individual experiences with "Dancing with the Stars", and why we decided to form this podcast.  We introduce you to America's new favorite game: "Does Katy know these celebrities?", for which Chris prepared by doing strong research. Follow us on Twitte...

Join your hosts and judges Chris Dockum Goodman and Katy Clay Inaba as they recap and react to the original seasons of Dancing with the Stars!  They discuss the glitz, the glamour, and the overall ridculata of the ballroom, with perhaps a tangent or two.  New episodes release every Tuesday.  Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Podcast art: Kat Fey Music: "Mister Capone" by Alex Khaskin