Woz: America's answer to John Sargeant

Last night Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak made his much anticipated/dreaded debut on Dancing with the Stars. The results were, well... about what you'd expect from a portly fifty-something computer genius who prefers a Segway to actual walking.

As one of the judge's described it, Woz's performance of the cha-cha with partner Karina Smirnoff was like "a teletubby going mad at a gay pride parade".

Woz took it all in his stride with a big smile on his face. Perhaps it's because of his notoriously good sense of humor, or perhaps he realizes that his legions of geek followers are already plotting to flood the show's voting system and keep him on for as long as possible.

If that is the case, Woz would not be the first contestant to be kept bumbling along far later than the judges and show's creators would like. British journalist Jon Sargeant was so bad in the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing that he garnered a cult-like following who continuously voted him onward to the point where Sargeant had to quit the show out of fear he may actually win the entire competition.

As an aside, the event really does show why Woz has become so beloved. Whereas so many of his contemporaries sought to change the world by becoming ruthless business moguls seemingly focused on little more than corporate glory, Woz does the sort of things us regular folks like to think we'd do with a fortune; retire on your own terms, teach science to kids, grow fat and happy, and ultimately figure out a way to spend several hours each day pressed up against Karina Smirnoff.

Keep living the dream, Woz. Though maybe without the pink boa.