'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Leave, On the Doble

D'oh! Macy's Stars of Dance! You're back. This week's segment sponsored by a department store featured the cast of Le Reve, the Vegas show that Maks helped choreograph when he sat out during season 6. I mistakenly expected the tripped-out DWTS lighting department to have created an ''as seen in our warped version of reality'' depiction of water for the floor, but we got a decent idea of what goes on in Le Reve even without any special effects. Some very impressive competitive-cheerleading-esque ''throws'' in there, though I think I saw DANCMSTR whisper to Bruno that all the flips and leaps and general ''messin' about'' struck him as ''a bit much.'' It should come as no surprise that my favorite performers of this segment were the bald-save-for-a-squiggle men swathed from the ribs down in billowing red satin. I'm looking forward to these guys appearing in some of my upcoming non-sexual DWTS fantasies (my waking reves, if you will) as the once-weekly special cleaning crew. They'll emerge at midnight after the Tuesday shows and ''sweep the floor'' one full-twisting lunge at a time.

Hidden Gem of the Week When Steve-O finished his waltz and Wee Man was shown clapping, there was a Wee Girl behind him! This week's HGOTW has been brought to you by April (''I had to do a double take to make sure that was actually a kid and not maybe his 'wee girlfriend'), and was eagerly endorsed by Josh and Skinny.

But wait! The runner-up nominations were too good not to spend a half hour hunting for on ABC.com's full episode player. Behold them in all their sparkly glory!

Pictured: Bruno's ''awesome sissy moment,'' whining ''Ow!'' to DANCMSTR after smashing his fist into the desk (submitted by DC and Beatrice), Lacey ''clapping like she just did her nails'' backstage (submitted by quirkie), the magenta-tinted ''brunette woman yawning while Tom teased the results show'' (submitted by twinmom), and Tony and the costume department's sequined shout-out to Tony's homeland, Albania (submitted by Sean). I always thought ''Say It With Sequins'' was a much better modus operandi than ''Say It With Flowers.'' This show is constantly reaffirming my most important beliefs.

UPDATE: Carrie Ann's week 5 PopWatch blog is now live!

Happy with last night's elimination, DANCMSTRS, or did it annoy you as much as it annoyed LT? Comment about it!

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