Lawrence Taylor and Shawn Johnson Getting Jiggy

Last night was the season debut for “Dancing with the Stars”, and two interesting athletes are a part of the cast this year. By “interesting”, I mean “former coke addict” and “girl under 5 feet tall."

Hall of Fame linebacker, Lawrence Taylor, and Olympic gold medalist, Shawn Johnson, made their first appearances on the dance floor Monday night. As you can imagine, Mr. Taylor was beyond terrible, and Ms. Johnson was actually pretty good. Make your own decisions below.

We’re still wondering how this show is considered a legitimate “competition,” when you stack up recent gold medalists against 58-year-old computer dorks.

In fact, we talked about this very subject in our very first podcast episode on Feb. 9, 2009.  Ah, nostalgia.  Self-indulgent, nostalgia.