American Idol 8: What Are They Smoking?
Once again Maria and I sat down to watch American Idol last night. This week they went to the 1-hour long show to make room for the new(er) shows on FOX. Last nights after show was “Fringe” which I liked the first episode but felt the rest was just an “X-Files” rip off. Tonight’s after show is “Lie To Me” which I think will last for about 2 weeks until people get tired of the very weak premise and the overly arrogant “We know when you’re lying BS”. Anyway, last night’s American Idol, again, was very bad. There were 
definitely some very funny parts but there were some very odd and “WTF” parts too. We’ll start off first with the crazy laughing girl with the really bad dress and very very VERY high opinion of herself. She came on and began speaking with a fairly weird voice, a little hushed but a little psycho. She seemed very uneven in the initial interview and claimed that here “psychic friend” said she would be in the top 12. She just about guaranteed victory for herself. Maria looked at me and said, “no way” and I replied, “Wouldn’t it be funny if she could sing really well and she got to Hollywood and was all crazy?” Well we just about lost it when after she sang (which honestly, wasn’t the best, but better then the worst… but still not refined enough to be on the show) and everyone, meekly, him-hawed around and eventually decided that her chops were good enough for Hollywood. I could have strangled Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson for the rest of the night.
If that wasn’t bad enough, there was a woman who came in with a folder full of “songs she wrote this year” as well as diagrams and “stuff off the internet” of various vocal chord images and structures, human anatomy and the best part about it was that she 
couldn’t pronounce a single bit of it. Her outfit was just as bad. It looked as if she came right off the street (as if she’d been living there) with her big coat, ripped jeans and the knee-high black boots which the jeans were tucked into. When interviewed by Seacrest she called the Trachea (tray-key-ah), “TRAYSHEEA”! Maria and I rolled laughing! “Oh my god, did she actually say that?” Not only did she say it, but she meant every word of it. After Seacrest corrected her, she corrected him back by once again calling it the “TRAYSHEEA”. Other nice faux pas included her referring to the Larynx (lair-inks), as the “LARNIX” and uses of the prefix “mis” in just about every word where it’s not appropriate. Overall I would say the night was pretty weak. There are many more mediocre singers and “performers” getting through. I’m not sure what this says about American Idol… I do know what it says for my prediction… SPOT ON! so far. For the folks not aware of the Larynx joke… man I hope you know why we’re making such a big deal about it… Here is some information about the Larynx:
The larynx (plural larynges), colloquially known as the voicebox, is an organ in the neck of mammals involved in protection of the trachea and sound production. The larynx houses the vocal folds, and is situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the esophagus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larynx
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