It's been awhile..........

I don't think I've ranted about American Idol yet this year, after last year chiming in on the show almost weekly. I think this is uneven because American Idol is still horrible and is all that is wrong with America. So today after Seinfeld tonight, I stayed on Fox to watch a little bit of American Idol. I figured it wouldn't take long for me to find something to rant about.

It turns out I was right. Each week there is a theme to the show and then the week prior to the show, each contestant works with a mentor who is familiar to that theme to help them. In the past they had Stephen Tylor for 80s week, Paul McCartney for70s week, and Quentin Tarentino for movie theme songs. Quentin Tarentino was a stretch, but at least he has created a movie soundtrack, and actually won an award for it. This week their theme is Rat Pack. Now, who is going to be the mento since every member of the Rat Pack has passed away? Drum roll please................... They went with Jamie Foxx. Yes you read that right, Jamie Foxx. What in god's name does he have to do with Rat Pack music. He is a B-list actor that somehow has come out with two rap CDs (both of which are processed through the computer and feature zero singing). It blows the mind. It couldn't be because Fox own the movie, the Soloist, Jamie FOxx's new movie............. No, that couldn't be the reason.

Also on the American Idol front is this story. Fox is refusing to air President Obama's speech on Wednesday because they are afraid it will run long and disrupt American Idol. Keep in mind it's not even on at the same time as American Idol, and if it does run long, couldn't they just run American Idol long, or not have as much stupid s**t during the show (most of it is stupid s**t). That is so un-American, I don't understand how they can even call themselves "American" Idol.

Stop what you're doing....

Everyone stop what you are doing....American Idol premieres tonight. We have 2 hours of it tonight and 2 more hours of it tomorrow. No one bother contacting me during this time, I have to take every fiber of my being and give full attention to every mind-blowing moment of the show.

Those of you that need something more; apparently Britney Spears wrote a suicide note before her little stand off with the police last week. Best part of the article was the line, "'The letter was very sad,' says a friend." This reminds of this classic scene from Royal Tenenbaums:
Richie: I wrote a suicide note.
Chas: You did?
Richie: Yeah, right after I regained conciousness.
Chas: Well what does it say? Is it dark?
Richie: Of course it's dark, it's a suicide note.
Chas: Can I read it?
Richie: No.
Chas: Well could you at least summarize it for us?

Not that suicide is funny...but Royal Tenenbaums gets very close to making it funny.

Thanks for playing....go home

This past Thursday I got home around 7:45 and didn't want to turn on the show I was recording and watch the ending so I decided to catch a glimpse of the American Idol voting off show. Wow, what gripping television, just kidding. The part that really amazed was what happened after the released the voting results.

First every one was in shock. I know nothing about these singers; which one is better or if one is a jerk and doesn't deserve to be there. However, the nature of the show is that people are voted off weekly, so you have to expect someone to leave each week. People were in tears and saying how great of a guy he was and didn't deserve to be voted. Of course, if he's a good singer he must be a great guy. No one that can sing would run over kittens or anything mean like that. Its not like he is going out to pasture and being shot. He is just being voted off and has to go back to his mitiful, meaningless life in Anytown, USA.

The second thing that stuck out to me was that he had to sing another song moments after being told he sucked and had to leave the show, and oh yeah America hates you and they didn't vote for you to stay. It hadn't even hit him yet and then he had to belt out a song for the same American Public that voted him off, and now these same voters were cheering and having a good time with him. It seems bizarre to make someone perform one more time after being voted off. Thats like being fired on a Monday and having to finish the work week. Telling a pilot that he's fired, but first land this plane.

If I was voted off American Idol I would proceed to sing Rape Me by Nirvana or Closer by Nine Inch Nails or College Girls are Easy by Eazy-E.