Idol Chatter (a/k/a my pocket sized time travel machine)
Ok, I’m going to try something out here. I will be “live” blogging while watching American Idol. I use the term “live” loosely because of the whole DVR thing. Here goes:
8:01 -For the love of all that is holy, how can anyone watch this “live”! Philidelphia is the city of brotherly love? Seriously? I did not know. Hundreds of thousands of people came out to audition and it’s going to be narrowed down to just one?
:04 - Randy looks thinner again. Is it the glasses? I need some of those glasses. Also, thumbs up on Joey Catalono less 204 lbs. Good start. I don’t think I can do 3 weeks of William Hung.
:10 - Enter, SexyFace. “That’s why Mr. The Bee Gees is so special to me.” (please be good, for the love of William Hung, please be good) “I wanna love a girl from the hair to the nipple.” This week’s contortionist complement (from Paula). “I love how you phonetically learned that song.”
19: James Lewis the Philly tour guide. Oy. It is at this point hit fast forward
29: All I’m sayin’, if Temptress Brown can sing, I want her to win. “Make me mad enough and I’m gonna break your bones.” (please let her be able to sing!)
31: Oh no.
51: Why yes, I’ve also enjoyed the song Allentown by…Bon Jovi. Sparkly vet student, you are so not coming anywhere near my imaginary dog. Peace, love, and chicken grease. OMG, she DID look like Willhem Dafoe!
And we’re at the 1/2 way point. It only took me about 18 minutes w/ my trusty DVR (Buckeye Cable is going to start owing me a commission).
:17 - Milo the 39 year old. “I write songs that nobody else has heard.” Great, otherwise that would be plagiarism. No worries Simon, in America we also call it creepy.
:20 - The Cage Fighting Horse Girl. Sold! You already know Simon’s going to dig her.
:28 - Anyone who walks in wearing a cape, I immediately fast foward. Crap! Not fast enough. I’m going to be seeing hairy Princess Leia in my sleep for awhile.
:40 - Chest Hair Dude, I hope it was worth it for you. And then the music changes and we meet Chris Watson who sang Uncle Cracker. It’ll be interesting to see if he can hang.
:49 - Actual Princess Leia. You know, I don’t care how old I am, if I ever tried to leave the house in that get up, my mother and sister would hunt me down hog tie me. Then, saying the eff word in front of your grandparents…classy!
:54 - The singing nanny. And you know there’s a philadelphia mom w/ twins out there who’s going to be SOL for her next hair appointment. Yep. And that’s a wrap.
It took all of 42 minutes! Bright side…it HAS to be better than last year? What did you think?
I think … this is why I avoid Idol like the plague! So Clay Aiken is in Broadway’s Spamalot as Sir Robin, until May? Didn’t like the show the first time he saw it and is in it anyway? Until three months ago, thought Monty Python was a real person?? Really, I kid you not. Sure, that Clarkson gal is good, and I like Country a bit more since Carrie Underwood … however, any real talent coming out of that show on a regular basis, I’m still waiting.
Comment by Luna Pier Cook — January 16, 2008 @ 4:50 am
Robin, I’m glad to see someone is as excited as me that AI is back on. With the writer’s strike and all the repeats, HALLEILUJAH its back!! I started watch at 9:00 because we had a game in Adrian.
I was suprised that Milo didn’t mention to Paula they were both wearing animal print—he looked like Squiggy from Laverne & Shirley–ya think?
Simon will fo sho have a “thing” for horse cage girl–hence the comment of fighting with a girl and jello in a cage!
Then it was on to Nip/Tuck—yeah that’s back!!
Comment by Cheryl Engfer — January 16, 2008 @ 7:31 am
See LPC, now you don’t HAVE to watch it!
Comment by Robin Dec — January 16, 2008 @ 8:02 am
I find it so much easier just to take 5 minutes to read who did what on MSNBC the day after. These first few weeks are stinky anyway. There was good stuff on the national geographic channel last night…
Comment by Phyllis — January 16, 2008 @ 10:40 am
not to double dip here, but I just read an article on last night’s show (5 minutes!). They had pictures of a couple of the folks you mention Robin. The princess leia dude–all I can say is what the??? where did he get the costume that size??? the other princess leia actually looked more like Maid Marian’s companion Brumhilda from Robin Hood Men in Tights. And the guy who was supposed to be the 39 year old song writer–I’m way past 39 and that dude had to be at least a decade older than me!
Wake me up for the finals!
Comment by Phyllis — January 16, 2008 @ 12:09 pm
Too funny Phyllis. truly, some of these people were better seen and not heard.
Comment by Robin Dec — January 16, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
OK, how about last night? Seriously, a guy who collects his fingernails? Yuck! The dude in the 70’s outfit (that I thought was a woman–I must need stronger reading glasses–he looked kind of like Yoko Ono to me in the little picture).
Sounds like they had a few who could sing. Maybe there’s hope!
Comment by Phyllis — January 17, 2008 @ 3:16 pm
I honestly thought about live blogging again, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I am also totally into that show on CW called “Crowned.” The one with the mothers and daughters competing in a pageant together. They are basically all awful. It’s delicious.
Comment by Robin Dec — January 17, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
oh, fer Gawd’s sake … one of the ones who has advanced is from my home town of Grand Blanc. I guess I should probably pay a little attention this time ’round …
Comment by Luna Pier Cook — January 18, 2008 @ 8:35 am
Grand Blanc? You’re from Grand Blanc? I missed that. My husband did his internship there. Lived there about a year (he did…I visited on weekends). I forget the name of the golf course where he worked. We LOVED Grand Blanc!
Comment by Robin Dec — January 18, 2008 @ 11:46 am
Probably Warwick Country Club, home to the Buick Open. Yeah, my folks still live in the house I grew up in … we’re headed up there tomorrow to finally do Christmas with them!
Comment by Luna Pier Cook — January 18, 2008 @ 2:29 pm