tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post918090061712465101..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: AMERICAN IDOL: Judgment WeekBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81729538176347437552010-03-02T18:47:45.623-08:002010-03-02T18:47:45.623-08:00I totally agree with you, Ellen sucks. She is NOT...I totally agree with you, Ellen sucks. She is NOT funny nor does she know talent. I believe they know the show is going to end now that Simon is leaving and "The Dog"<br />so just just care.....thus EllenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55544274921874555962010-02-19T21:11:47.462-08:002010-02-19T21:11:47.462-08:00By the way, Fox just cancelled Past Life after thr...By the way, Fox just cancelled Past Life after three episodes aired. I knew it would tank!Dana Gabbardhttp://socata.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41842183906567836272010-02-19T16:54:00.809-08:002010-02-19T16:54:00.809-08:00I could not have said it better myself. Really. I ...I could not have said it better myself. Really. I could not have said it better myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12414269101125431132010-02-19T08:02:50.507-08:002010-02-19T08:02:50.507-08:00OH! And I happened to see where Kara went over to ...OH! And I happened to see where Kara went over to sit with some poor schmoe who was about to kicked off, stroking her and calling her "sweetie" and it was beyond disgusting. <br /><br />I hope I interpreted the hapless contestant's expression towards Kara's bizarre attempt at trying to make her feel better as, "Get your icky, smarmy hands off me before I slap your ass into last Tuesday, you bony fake attention-whore."<br /><br />Because that's what I would have said. I think. <br /><br />Well...then again, I wouldn't be on there in the first place.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372504263596883327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88877325231531324432010-02-19T07:52:18.173-08:002010-02-19T07:52:18.173-08:00I ran up both Tues and Wed night on the DVR, pause...I ran up both Tues and Wed night on the DVR, paused a few times to watch (mistake) and then deleted them. :(<br /><br />How sad is that? <br /><br />I don't think I'll watch next year.<br /><br />I don't know if I can continue to watch this year. <br /><br />And I don't like Ellen. I know, I KNOW! *Everybody else does*. The critics love her, the fans love her. I don't. *shrugs* I have nothing against Ellen, she seems to be a nice enough person. Just never thought she was very funny or witty or interesting. I hoped maybe she'd morph into somebody interesting for AI but she hasn't. Not for me.<br /><br />Oh AI, you are breaking my heart! :(Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372504263596883327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80321887603278864372010-02-17T22:40:12.837-08:002010-02-17T22:40:12.837-08:00Watching "American Idol" is like watchin...Watching "American Idol" is like watching reruns of the same show you watched last season. To recap...it's like watching the very same show as you did in the past season.Jeffrey Leonardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63377268833403342062010-02-17T18:44:51.172-08:002010-02-17T18:44:51.172-08:00I yelled back at the screen, “Because your friggin...<i>I yelled back at the screen, “Because your friggin’ name is Jessica!” Come back next year as Jess-EE-ka. Or better yet, Persephone.</i><br /><br />If she's Persephone, she'll have to spend six months of each year in Hell -- or watching compilation DVDs of Randy critiques. <br /><br />Six months of Randy sucking in air between his teeth and saying, "I dunno dawg it just didn't work for me dude it was kinda pitchy dawg dude dawg, I dunno I dunno, tssss, I dunno."<br /><br />Sign me up for Hell.<br /><br />wv-flaram = a retired sheepMary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13200574031965812522010-02-17T14:57:34.836-08:002010-02-17T14:57:34.836-08:00"YEKIMI said...
One of the reasons I don'...<i>"YEKIMI said... <br />One of the reasons I don't watch this show [or waste my money voting for the idiots] is that it's NOT about how fantastic they sing, it's all about looks, diva-ness, etc. If one of these kids looked like Susan Boyle or Ernest Borgnine and had a voice twice as good as hers, a voice that would make angels weep in happiness, they'd still be booted off the show faster than light speed."</i><br /><br />Clearly you have forgotten AI's second season <i><b>WINNER</b></i> Ruben Studdard, who wishes he had half the sex appeal of Ernest Borgnine.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40128412040496263182010-02-17T12:19:37.118-08:002010-02-17T12:19:37.118-08:00I hadn't watched American Idol in a couple of ...I hadn't watched American Idol in a couple of years, but did so last night. I felt dirty afterwards.<br /><br />It's the unbearable cruelty of it all. It's all set up to elicit agonized emotional outbursts from the contestants. Nothing is done efficiently, everything is done to artificially hype the tension. It's like watching someone poke lambs in the eyeballs with sharp sticks. It's overwrought music and emotion snuff porn -- without enough music or porn, but too much overwrought emotion.<br /><br />I've adopted a "no hugging" rule for all shows I watch from now on. After teasing them to the point of emotional collapse, the judges get up there with their arms spread out for the big hug to the lucky singers who move forward. It's that cringing false intimacy that just cracks my teeth.<br /><br />You know a sitcom episode sucks when it ends with a hug. You know a movie sucks when it ends with a hug. And American Idol sucks when it ends in a hug.<br /><br />Ban hugs now!John Pearley Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11759603258617203458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23024220672236246372010-02-17T09:48:31.691-08:002010-02-17T09:48:31.691-08:00Sad Fox is wasting Idol's abiklity to promote ...Sad Fox is wasting Idol's abiklity to promote programs on the mediocre Past Life. I saw the pilot at Comic Con . Or at least the version they had at that time--you never know whether they have tweaked or done extensive re-working of it since. I hope maybe they that happened based on feedback, because the show I saw was dreadful. The concept is melding CSI style crime solving with reincarnation. Yeah, past lifes bs a la Medium and Ghost Whisperer, but not even having any decent characters as those shows arguably have. Instead we have cliched duo of classic rugged guy with life issues and good looking cop chick--and lots of will he/will she crap you've seen a thousand times. The actors are decent and do the best they can with a so-so script. Bad idea poorly executed but very high production values (lots of location shooting). If what is being broadcast is anything like what I saw, avoid this dog (which I predict won't last past the third episode).Dana Gabbardhttp://socata.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36318837481889434112010-02-17T09:28:54.838-08:002010-02-17T09:28:54.838-08:00What's American Idol?What's <i>American Idol?</i>Jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58846383258421363472010-02-17T09:22:16.221-08:002010-02-17T09:22:16.221-08:00Ken's reviews are EVER so much more entertaini...Ken's reviews are EVER so much more entertaining than sitting through the show. Thank you, Ken, for your sacrifice in saving us this torturePixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06990924996424581477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25943080597862655272010-02-17T09:15:23.273-08:002010-02-17T09:15:23.273-08:00I'm glad I didn't watch it.... To summariz...I'm glad I didn't watch it.... To summarize: I'm glad I didn't watch it....Tom Quigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959628996361620134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33900969447655777502010-02-17T08:22:33.988-08:002010-02-17T08:22:33.988-08:00OMG!!!!!! I couldn't have said it better mysel...OMG!!!!!! I couldn't have said it better myself. Finally turned it off and went to sleep. Couldn't take another minute of it.crzyrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08763946756611139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87291235559265872002010-02-17T07:52:00.955-08:002010-02-17T07:52:00.955-08:00Here's a bit of trivia for you. Randy shops at...Here's a bit of trivia for you. Randy shops at my Ralph's, located on the border of Sun Valley and North Hollywood. He seems to get nervous when stared at.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26556716650578031552010-02-17T07:39:27.448-08:002010-02-17T07:39:27.448-08:00It's truly bizarre to me that so many people g...It's truly bizarre to me that so many people get so caught up in this show. I used to watch it for laughs, but lost interest at least four seasons ago. <br /><br />I'm (just barely!) old enough to remember all the hipsters sneering at the Monkees because they weren't a "real band," but just some guys cast to play pop stars on a TV show. This despite the fact that Mike Nesmith was a highly-regarded singer/songwriter here in Dallas under the name Michael Blessing, and Peter Tork played multiple instruments, and I think went to Juliard. But they were considered a joke because they were tainted by association with the commercial music machine and weren't considered genuine, independent musical artists. <br /><br />Now we have a complete reversal: people are entranced with seeing who can do the best job of molding him or herself into whatever the lowest-common-denominator pop music svengalis demand. For instance, I knew Carrie Underwood would win because she was a hot blonde with no personality or style or her own, who seemed willing to do anything from singing whatever dreck she was handed to losing 20 pounds to wearing microminiskirts, as long as she won. People now actually root for this to happen and for their favorites to do the best job of selling out. They're obviously more interested in watching the cogs of the music industry grind up people who are willing to sell their souls for success than they are in actually listening to any of the resultant "music." Just compare how many people watched and rooted for Ruben Studdard or Taylor Hicks on TV to how many actually bought their CDs. <br /><br />It's as if Americans have collectively lost their taste for sausage but have inexplicably developed a bottomless fascination with watching it be made.Pat Reedernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16988591667439046722010-02-17T07:39:24.156-08:002010-02-17T07:39:24.156-08:00That's exactly why I don't watch AI until ...That's exactly why I don't watch AI until they are at the final 12. And some seasons I don't watch until the actual Finals! Even if I watch from the DVR the singing can bore me to tears or make me cringe.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545939153999772046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62452229151663871322010-02-17T07:34:36.150-08:002010-02-17T07:34:36.150-08:00I can't wait for the mid-season clip-show post...I can't wait for the mid-season clip-show post, where we get to hear about the "startling revelations" coming from Dougie, and then read the parts of Dougie's comments that weren't quite interesting enough to make it into his comments on this episode.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351452512636422112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5772598658298398212010-02-17T07:00:17.374-08:002010-02-17T07:00:17.374-08:00This is the best AI review ever written.
I'm...This is the best AI review ever written. <br /><br />I'm pretty sure this is my last year watching the show unless NHP hosts. <br /><br />I can't take any more sob stories, that really are just LIFE, repeated each week. At least film them in a new location looking reflectively sad. <br /><br />AND NO STORIES ON ANYONE WHO ISN"T IN THE TOP 24!<br /><br />Oh, you're not in the 2nd day of hollywood week and I'm never going to see you again... than I don't need a 4 min clip that you had an asthma attack and required hospitalization when you were 10. <br /><br />I want more singing... less stories.. all season long.MIITBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314825238805002399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13210345641952480402010-02-17T06:36:47.942-08:002010-02-17T06:36:47.942-08:00I chose Lost over A.I. this week -- for both hours...I chose Lost over A.I. this week -- for both hours. I'd rather watch a rerun of last week's Lost episode with little pop-up messages for the memory impaired than see, well, what you described.<br /><br />Did those advancing to the next round dance badly in front of a camera? That's usually the point where I feel sick about my tv choices.<br /><br />wv: "bhanat" - suggested name for A.I. competitor; or maybe the national capital of Bhana?Charles H. Bryanhttp://www.charleshbryan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36327019918654405112010-02-17T05:45:04.319-08:002010-02-17T05:45:04.319-08:00Tommy...DRAGON'S DEN airs here on BBC America....Tommy...DRAGON'S DEN airs here on BBC America.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65733321845027377772010-02-17T05:03:49.198-08:002010-02-17T05:03:49.198-08:00Has Dragon's Den made it to air in the US? If ...<i>Has Dragon's Den made it to air in the US? If it is anything like the UK format you are in for a treat.</i><br /><br />Yes. Here it's called "Shark Tank." I've never seen it, so I don't know about the latter.Rory L. Aronskyhttp://scrapsofliteracy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63617221069481616402010-02-17T04:51:16.586-08:002010-02-17T04:51:16.586-08:00Has Dragon's Den made it to air in the US? If ...Has Dragon's Den made it to air in the US? If it is anything like the UK format you are in for a treat. Not only recaps, but a voice-over that explains every thing you just saw, 0.2 seconds ago.<br /><br /><br />VO: The contestant wants the Dragons to invest 200 grand in his new metal "bottle". Will any of them cough up?<br /><br />Dragon 1: It's a tin can! You're an idiot, I'm out.<br /><br />VO: Oh dear. Dragon 1 isn't interested.<br /><br />Dragon 2: No way.<br /><br />VO: And Dragon 2 is out as well.<br /><br />Dragon 3: No chance.<br /><br />VO: And Dragon 3 refuses to invest, too. It now all hinges on Dragon 4. Will he invest 200 grand in the contestant's metal bottle?<br /><br />Dragon 4: I'll give you 100 grand for 50% of the business.<br /><br />VO: Dragon 4 has offered him 100 grand, which is exactly half of what the contestant was hoping for, for 50% of the business. Will the contestant take it?<br /><br />Contestant: 50% is too much.<br /><br />VO: The contestant thinks 50% of the business is too much to give away.<br /><br />Contestant: How about 40%?<br /><br />VO: He's asked the dragon if he'll consider 40%.<br /><br />Dragon 4: No, I'm out. You ARE an idiot.<br /><br />VO: Oh dear. The final dragon has now said "NO"...Tommynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41011700148670959602010-02-17T04:19:34.159-08:002010-02-17T04:19:34.159-08:00Th national karaoke contest continues; Fox milks i...Th national karaoke contest continues; Fox milks it for all its worth, and idiots watch it. Oh, and it features the most annoying man to ever hold a mic: Ryan Seacrest. Did I miss something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41307053686141089672010-02-17T03:28:47.429-08:002010-02-17T03:28:47.429-08:00Dear God,
Thanks for DVR.
Amen.
Speaking of God, ...<i>Dear God,<br />Thanks for DVR.<br />Amen.</i><br /><br />Speaking of God, I mistakenly received this message, but I'm not about to correct Him. Here it is:<br /><br />"Ken,<br /><br />Me bless you! I've been watching the Winter Olympics, enthralled by some of the competition, and shaking my head at how badly Jeff Zucker has fucked up that network. It once aired Cheers, for my son's sake! Please keep this up. There may be times when I watch American Idol just to see how badly my outsourcing has affected humanity (Heaven has an economy, and it's been shaky for a few decades), but mostly, I prefer to lean on you to find out what happened. Thank you, blessed lord of comedy.<br /><br />To everyone else, I apologize for Jason Mraz.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />God<br /><br />P.S.: I know, Lira! It's better than the Bible!!"Rory L. Aronskyhttp://scrapsofliteracy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com