tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5969862409254646561..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: AMERICAN IDOL: Simon's KidsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19654298930450515422007-05-02T14:44:00.000-07:002007-05-02T14:44:00.000-07:00It really bothers me to read comments from so many...It really bothers me to read comments from so many UNCHARITABLE people. If the money raised saves the life of just one child, then the 2 hours and few minutes to vote of my time was well spent!<BR/> Don't be so critical of the "means," praise the "results."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31515745064249262272007-04-26T11:34:00.000-07:002007-04-26T11:34:00.000-07:00Loved the play-by-play rundown of last night's sho...Loved the play-by-play rundown of last night's show. Particularly because I didn't have the time or energy to devote to the entire, monstrous telethon. Yes, it was for a GREAT cause but...yawn.<BR/><BR/>I have to say that I wish I understood why everyone loves Jordin quite as much as they do. I find her likeable and very talented for her age but her performances haven't moved me since week one. Melinda is it for me, dawg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43350039980424743202007-04-26T10:36:00.000-07:002007-04-26T10:36:00.000-07:00Seems most of what I see here is negative and a lo...Seems most of what I see here is negative and a lot of it very harsh. Can we never give credit to people at least trying to do something to help the world? Would you expect to be able to reach millions of people without television (who last time I checked is in business to make money like the rest of us). Too bad more people are not spending their time trying to help solve problems in the world as they do complaining about or being critical of others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11251766576549446502007-04-26T09:46:00.000-07:002007-04-26T09:46:00.000-07:00I know what you mean. But remember, this is Bono's...I know what you mean. But remember, this is Bono's effort to get this show (Idol), which reaches such a large audience, to participate in something humanitarian. My impression is that Simon was pushed into this kicking and screaming. Simon probably only agreed because he would make money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16137360526973393602007-04-26T04:12:00.000-07:002007-04-26T04:12:00.000-07:00Woah, glad i went to this link today. You are so r...Woah, glad i went to this link today. You are so right on about... everything. I will be interested in hearing myself (again) on this website in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8277566814044553742007-04-26T01:18:00.000-07:002007-04-26T01:18:00.000-07:00At the beginning of the show, they did mention goi...At the beginning of the show, they did mention going to a slum in Kenya. It wasn't clear if every time they went to Africa it was Kenya. I think one segment might have been in South Africa (the music video with Carrie Underwood?). The little Madonna clip was from Malawi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89983530409652945062007-04-25T19:04:00.000-07:002007-04-25T19:04:00.000-07:00If you really think about it American Idol is the ...If you really think about it American Idol is the most charitable show on TV. Simon Cowell is a hybrid mix of Bono, Angelina Jolie, and Mother Theresa all rolled up in one.<BR/><BR/>What other show would make household names out of the likes of Taylor “I is a” Hicks, Clay “Ass” Aiken, Reuben “I wish he” Studdard,and William “you know I’m not” Hung??<BR/><BR/>Okay, maybe Punk'd. If MTV still actually did music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81699373988756797012007-04-25T16:06:00.000-07:002007-04-25T16:06:00.000-07:00They finally voted Rosie O'Donnell off...They finally voted Rosie O'Donnell off...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20486331784859612752007-04-25T15:06:00.000-07:002007-04-25T15:06:00.000-07:00I forgot to add, but I will watch the final two mi...I forgot to add, but I will watch the final two minutes tonight, but that's all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3050745161683146872007-04-25T15:04:00.000-07:002007-04-25T15:04:00.000-07:00I'm so glad some of the posters shared some of the...I'm so glad some of the posters shared some of the absurd things said during the "Hungry Kids" segments last night since, not being a masochist, I hit the "Mute" button each time they switched to Noble Mode. I will be watching "Jericho" which, even though it puts Gerald McRainy in my living room in his non-stop Self-Righteous Mode, at least won't be trying to inspire me.<BR/><BR/>BTW, the last time I heard, Africa was a very large continent, not a country. Did Ryan ever say WHICH African countries they were visiting in those silent (On my TV) segments? It seemed like they just went to "Africa", a big generic place, white, with a blue stripe above the word "Africa". <BR/><BR/>I half expected to see Ryan & Simon getting off the Jungle Cruise in Adventureland, and talk to hungry kids in line for "Indiana Jones & the Temple of the Forbidden Eye". Let me tell you, a dime won't feed the hungry kids in Adventureland. The food prices at Disneyland are through the roof.<BR/><BR/>Although it was the most important call I would ever make (Ken's right. Calling paramedics when my mother was deathly ill was trivial next to a dime for "Africa"!), I kept to my Never-Vote-For-an-American-Idol-Contestant policy, and just sent them a dime in the mail. <BR/><BR/>My pick to go home tonight: Nosferatu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72910108481177662212007-04-25T12:49:00.000-07:002007-04-25T12:49:00.000-07:00I'm away at a convention and didn't get to watch a...I'm away at a convention and didn't get to watch all of Idol last night. However, even if Ryan had not informed us all of how it was an immensely important night, I would have known immediately because Simon wore something other than a T-shirt.Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1252644803892486162007-04-25T11:10:00.000-07:002007-04-25T11:10:00.000-07:00lizbeth, you're damn right.lizbeth, you're damn right.?https://www.blogger.com/profile/14647785358402031920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12366148441721115032007-04-25T09:46:00.000-07:002007-04-25T09:46:00.000-07:00The low point for me came when Simon said, as he t...The low point for me came when Simon said, as he toured that food pantry, that he was stunned to find out that there were hungry people even in LA. Even in LA! I'm sure the windows in Simon's limo are tinted, but roll them down every once in a while, for God's sake. What'd he think, everybody drove drophead coupes and ate caviar?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75726360040723951132007-04-25T09:39:00.000-07:002007-04-25T09:39:00.000-07:00The runaway success of "American Idol" proves, onc...<I>The runaway success of "American Idol" proves, once and for all, we have devolved into a nation of squealing shopgirls (and their male equivalents). </I><BR/><BR/>Yes, because before AI there were never pre-fabricated pop stars that far outsold more talented individualists. <BR/><BR/>Oh, wait. <BR/><BR/><I>Sometimes I wonder if people ever listen to lyrics anymore. </I><BR/><BR/>Still better than last year, when Taylor Hicks turned Stevie Wonder's "Livin For The City" into a feel-good peppy dance number. Or when he said that he liked Elton John's "Levon" because it was about family values. <BR/><BR/>Man, I still hate Taylor Hicks.Dweezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00243249719815371873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55277962033108274382007-04-25T09:35:00.000-07:002007-04-25T09:35:00.000-07:00"If I Couls Change the World," although a good son..."If I Couls Change the World," although a good song, is really about wishing you could make somebody love you, not about saving people.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I wonder if people ever listen to lyrics anymore.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21978226710300522012007-04-25T07:33:00.000-07:002007-04-25T07:33:00.000-07:00The runaway success of "American Idol" proves, onc...The runaway success of "American Idol" proves, once and for all, we have devolved into a nation of squealing shopgirls (and their male equivalents).VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39173167804096044972007-04-25T06:32:00.000-07:002007-04-25T06:32:00.000-07:00If one of them sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" nea...If one of them sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" near the end of tonight's show, that's it for me.<BR/><BR/>(And if Fox does spin off the African kids into their own series, they'll do it on MyNetworkTV, due to the relative demographic target audiences...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14576113235369810792007-04-25T06:03:00.000-07:002007-04-25T06:03:00.000-07:00I have a problem with using starving children to a...I have a problem with using starving children to attract A-list celebrities to perform on a star-studded extravaganza so that FOX can charge 2 hours of premium advertising rates (and then pat themselves on the back for being "do-gooders").<BR/><BR/>I wrote about this at TV Squad, but a lot of people don't seem to care that FOX is hosting a fundraising drive and taking a piece of the pot for themselves.<BR/><BR/>It just seems a tad bit exploitive and self-serving to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62789606314622619162007-04-25T05:46:00.000-07:002007-04-25T05:46:00.000-07:00I can't wait for tonight's results to see who gets...I can't wait for tonight's results to see who gets voted off: Ford, Coke, AT&T or News Corp....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40892890084561576862007-04-25T00:17:00.000-07:002007-04-25T00:17:00.000-07:00At this point, Ken, the only reason I really pay a...At this point, Ken, the only reason I really pay attention to Idol is so I can appreciate your weekly analysis even more. <BR/><BR/>I'm convinced that when Al Gore was thinking about inventing the Internet, he foresaw your blog and knew that the world would benefit. <BR/><BR/>Time to read it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com