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Title: So I watched it...
Post by: ReBurn on January 17, 2007, 12:52:33 AM
American Idol started tonight.  People in Minnesota talk funny.  And apparently they don't sing well.  Seattle tomorrow night.  There's a dude that looks a lot like Brian Peppers in Seattle.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Infobahn on January 17, 2007, 12:53:16 AM
I love Minneapolis.  God, this pained me.
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Post by: DownSouth on January 17, 2007, 09:37:03 AM
I watched it.  It was funny as hell.  Apollo Creed cracked me up.
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Post by: Jessie on January 17, 2007, 09:43:40 AM
I watched part of it.

I also watched the video of Paula Abdul that's been getting so much attention.  She seriously seems to have some sort of palsy or something. 
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: DownSouth on January 17, 2007, 09:50:56 AM
Quote from: Jessie on January 17, 2007, 09:43:40 AM
I watched part of it.

I also watched the video of Paula Abdul that's been getting so much attention.  She seriously seems to have some sort of palsy or something. 
She had two different cities in her ear and it was getting all messed up from what I understand.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on January 17, 2007, 09:55:46 AM
Quote from: Chicken Fingerttthhhsssss on January 17, 2007, 09:50:56 AM
Quote from: Jessie on January 17, 2007, 09:43:40 AM
I watched part of it.

I also watched the video of Paula Abdul that's been getting so much attention.  She seriously seems to have some sort of palsy or something. 
She had two different cities in her ear and it was getting all messed up from what I understand.
That's what they said.  Doesn't really explain her apparent lack of control over her body, though.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Gamplayerx on January 17, 2007, 10:09:28 AM
Quote from: Jessie on January 17, 2007, 09:55:46 AM
Quote from: Chicken Fingerttthhhsssss on January 17, 2007, 09:50:56 AM
Quote from: Jessie on January 17, 2007, 09:43:40 AM
I watched part of it.

I also watched the video of Paula Abdul that's been getting so much attention.  She seriously seems to have some sort of palsy or something. 
She had two different cities in her ear and it was getting all messed up from what I understand.
That's what they said.  Doesn't really explain her apparent lack of control over her body, though.
What video is this?  Link?
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on January 17, 2007, 10:23:31 AM
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20008437,00.html
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Post by: dazie on January 17, 2007, 10:24:49 AM
Yikes.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: ReBurn on January 17, 2007, 10:30:27 AM
I don't buy it.  There was something wrong with her last night.
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Post by: Jessie on January 17, 2007, 10:34:34 AM
Someone said she did a lot of rubbing and scratching, which would indicate a pill addiction.

She's either strung out, or really sick, or both.
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Post by: Gamplayerx on January 17, 2007, 10:53:22 AM
She's something, that's for sure.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Alice on January 18, 2007, 10:30:05 AM
I get like that if I've had too much dayquil or nyquil.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: DownSouth on January 18, 2007, 10:36:17 AM
eo's new love http://www.americanidol.com/photos/view/?set=112&seq=26
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on January 18, 2007, 10:39:06 AM
Quote from: Chicken Fingerttthhhsssss on January 18, 2007, 10:36:17 AM
eo's new love http://www.americanidol.com/photos/view/?set=112&seq=26
I would like to send her a bra.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: eo000 on January 18, 2007, 10:43:50 AM
i liked her mom more.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Gamplayerx on January 18, 2007, 10:47:35 AM
Quote from: eo000 on January 18, 2007, 10:43:50 AM
i liked her mom more.
Guess that's only fair, seeing how much other people like YOUR mom.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: dazie on January 18, 2007, 10:53:41 AM
Quote from: Chicken Fingerttthhhsssss on January 18, 2007, 10:36:17 AM
eo's new love http://www.americanidol.com/photos/view/?set=112&seq=26

WTF IS THAT??
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Alice on January 18, 2007, 10:55:05 AM
Quote from: Jessie on January 18, 2007, 10:39:06 AM
Quote from: Chicken Fingerttthhhsssss on January 18, 2007, 10:36:17 AM
eo's new love http://www.americanidol.com/photos/view/?set=112&seq=26
I would like to send her a bra.
If she had a bra on, her tits would probably be up to just above the numbers on her chest.  God, she's going to have creepy old lady boobs by the time she's 35.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Gamplayerx on January 18, 2007, 10:55:25 AM
Quote from: dazie on January 18, 2007, 10:53:41 AM
Quote from: Chicken Fingerttthhhsssss on January 18, 2007, 10:36:17 AM
eo's new love http://www.americanidol.com/photos/view/?set=112&seq=26

WTF IS THAT??
That's Darwin sans her mother.  And one of eo's new loves.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Beefy on January 18, 2007, 07:17:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/KGSWDRYpyd4

This would be funnier if it wasn't so staged.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Bennyhana on January 18, 2007, 08:46:22 PM
The staged thing really bothers me.  What bothers me more is that my friends, at whose house I was (which is why I was watching this wretched steaming pile) didn't think it was staged.  They really thought that people that bad would still be going to these auditions, and somehow getting through a pre-screening process (which they must have, because you can't possibly give everyone who wants to audition in every city 5 minutes and be done in a day, not to mention how much tape you'd waste on the thousands that you didn't show.) and ending up on television.  I, for one, know it's bullshit.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: ReBurn on January 18, 2007, 11:06:09 PM
Quote from: Alice on January 18, 2007, 10:55:05 AM
Quote from: Jessie on January 18, 2007, 10:39:06 AM
Quote from: Chicken Fingerttthhhsssss on January 18, 2007, 10:36:17 AM
eo's new love http://www.americanidol.com/photos/view/?set=112&seq=26
I would like to send her a bra.
If she had a bra on, her tits would probably be up to just above the numbers on her chest.  God, she's going to have creepy old lady boobs by the time she's 35.
Going to have?
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: BigDun on January 19, 2007, 12:18:06 AM
Quote from: Beefy on January 18, 2007, 07:17:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/KGSWDRYpyd4

This would be funnier if it wasn't so staged.

Obviously this person sucked as a singer. But I am actually pretty good with what he was doing with the stick thing, and DAMN he was good. I can get going with two wands and keep the stick alive for quite a while, but to do the stuff he was doing with one wand is very impressive. Too bad he was such a dweeb.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Alice on January 19, 2007, 09:35:58 AM
I'm still not 100% convinced that it's all staged.  There are some really self delusional people out there.  I know like 5 of them, and I just live in Naperville.  I think some of them are defo staged - but I still believe a lot of them honestly think they can sing.  And yeah, they make it through the prescreens so that there's something entertaining to watch on TV. 

But really, this world is full of fucked up people who have no real grasp on reality... and I think American Idol is a hub for those people.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 09:39:24 AM
They have prescreens, and they obviously pull the really good, and the really bad.  Everyone else is just boring.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Gamplayerx on January 19, 2007, 09:40:34 AM
Quote from: BigDun on January 19, 2007, 12:18:06 AM
I can get going with two wands and keep the stick alive for quite a while
I'll just bet you can.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Beefy on January 19, 2007, 10:07:14 AM
Quote from: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 09:39:24 AM
They have prescreens, and they obviously pull the really good, and the really bad.  Everyone else is just boring.

Agreed.  The problem is that everyone in the freaking country knows what this show is like.  You know before you audition how cruel they are, you know that they are going to mock you and insult you, and, frankly, you know if you're truly one of the bad ones.  That kid knew he couldn't sing and he knew that they were gonna be dicks.  All his histrionics were just bullshiat.  It's directed and manipulated and not even a little genuine.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 10:08:57 AM
Quote from: Beefy on January 19, 2007, 10:07:14 AM
Quote from: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 09:39:24 AM
They have prescreens, and they obviously pull the really good, and the really bad.  Everyone else is just boring.

Agreed.  The problem is that everyone in the freaking country knows what this show is like.  You know before you audition how cruel they are, you know that they are going to mock you and insult you, and, frankly, you know if you're truly one of the bad ones.  That kid knew he couldn't sing and he knew that they were gonna be dicks.  All his histrionics were just bullshiat.  It's directed and manipulated and not even a little genuine.
The really bad ones know they're bad, they just want to be on tv. 
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: eo000 on January 19, 2007, 10:24:38 AM
(http://i3.tinypic.com/301exbd.jpg)
http://www.myspace.com/jonathanjayne

(http://i18.tinypic.com/2zovw5k.jpg)
http://www.myspace.com/poetofthedark

(http://i1.tinypic.com/4d3thli.jpg)
http://www.myspace.com/erock2117

(http://i3.tinypic.com/2dj17is.jpg)
http://www.myspace.com/red_dogg420

(http://i1.tinypic.com/4cm64oi.jpg)
http://jenniferchapton.starsearchcasting.com/
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Gamplayerx on January 19, 2007, 10:32:43 AM
Sometimes you scare me a little.
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Post by: Alice on January 19, 2007, 10:49:21 AM
What are all of those?  I can't get on myspace. :(
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Gamplayerx on January 19, 2007, 10:57:01 AM
Quote from: Alice on January 19, 2007, 10:49:21 AM
What are all of those?  I can't get on myspace. :(
It's each of the pictured contestants' myspace pages.  Except that last one, that's some other page.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Alice on January 19, 2007, 10:58:33 AM
Quote from: Gamplayerx on January 19, 2007, 10:57:01 AM
Quote from: Alice on January 19, 2007, 10:49:21 AM
What are all of those?  I can't get on myspace. :(
It's each of the pictured contestants' myspace pages.  Except that last one, that's some other page.
I figured that - I just didn't know if it had something amusing on it.  Or if eo000 is just creepy and found myspace pages.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Gamplayerx on January 19, 2007, 11:08:48 AM
Quote from: Alice on January 19, 2007, 10:58:33 AM
Quote from: Gamplayerx on January 19, 2007, 10:57:01 AM
Quote from: Alice on January 19, 2007, 10:49:21 AM
What are all of those?  I can't get on myspace. :(
It's each of the pictured contestants' myspace pages.  Except that last one, that's some other page.
I figured that - I just didn't know if it had something amusing on it.  Or if eo000 is just creepy and found myspace pages.
I think he's just creepy.
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Post by: DownSouth on January 19, 2007, 11:14:32 AM
Think?
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Post by: Alice on January 19, 2007, 11:16:10 AM
I wonder if people just instinctually walk to the other side of the street when they see him coming?  You know, like we do with black people.
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Post by: Alice on January 19, 2007, 11:17:33 AM
And the gays.
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Post by: DownSouth on January 19, 2007, 11:50:07 AM
One of my favorite things was how the contestants kept slamming into the locked door on their way out.
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Post by: Bennyhana on January 19, 2007, 11:59:37 AM
Quote from: Alice on January 19, 2007, 09:35:58 AM
I'm still not 100% convinced that it's all staged.  There are some really self delusional people out there.  I know like 5 of them, and I just live in Naperville.  I think some of them are defo staged - but I still believe a lot of them honestly think they can sing. And yeah, they make it through the prescreens so that there's something entertaining to watch on TV. 

Yeah.  Staged.  Honestly, though, if these people aren't actors (which I think they are), it's really a horribly cruel thing to let them through the prescreening just to get blasted on national TV by fucknuckle, tipsy, and jerkoff.

I guess I just really want to believe that they wouldn't be that cruel.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Beefy on January 19, 2007, 01:04:12 PM
Yeah.  Staged.  The guy's hissy tantrum didn't even come across as sincere, nor did his mom's attempts to placate him.  This show is directed just like The Real World.  Reality isn't compelling enough to sustain this show's ratings.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 01:46:03 PM
I am more of the thought that it's staged in that the people are acting retarded to get on tv, more than that the directors are telling them how to act retarded.

This is the Willliam Hung generation.  They want to be him.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Bennyhana on January 19, 2007, 01:49:23 PM
Quote from: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 01:46:03 PM
I am more of the thought that it's staged in that the people are acting retarded to get on tv, more than that the directors are telling them how to act retarded.

This is the Willliam Hung generation.  They want to be him.

anyone who wants to be William Hung needs to be shot on sight.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Beefy on January 19, 2007, 01:50:44 PM
Quote from: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 01:46:03 PM
I am more of the thought that it's staged in that the people are acting retarded to get on tv, more than that the directors are telling them how to act retarded.

This is the Willliam Hung generation.  They want to be him.

While I concede that is probably some of it, my small time in the industry leads me to believe that there is no way the producers of the show would rely simply upon the delusional antics of some wannabes to keep their hefty paychecks coming in.  These people know exactly what sells and they are very careful to have each episode play out in exactly the way that they want.  The wannabes may play into that on their own to some level, but I guarantee you that it would be there regardless.  This show is a manufactured product, just like any "reality" TV show, and as such it is controlled and directed.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 01:54:43 PM
Quote from: Beefy on January 19, 2007, 01:50:44 PM
Quote from: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 01:46:03 PM
I am more of the thought that it's staged in that the people are acting retarded to get on tv, more than that the directors are telling them how to act retarded.

This is the Willliam Hung generation.  They want to be him.

While I concede that is probably some of it, my small time in the industry leads me to believe that there is no way the producers of the show would rely simply upon the delusional antics of some wannabes to keep their hefty paychecks coming in.  These people know exactly what sells and they are very careful to have each episode play out in exactly the way that they want.  The wannabes may play into that on their own to some level, but I guarantee you that it would be there regardless.  This show is a manufactured product, just like any "reality" TV show, and as such it is controlled and directed.
True, true.

I just don't see the participants as victims, unless they are of a mental status that keeps them from being aware of their actions.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Beefy on January 19, 2007, 02:00:54 PM
Quote from: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 01:54:43 PM
Quote from: Beefy on January 19, 2007, 01:50:44 PM
Quote from: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 01:46:03 PM
I am more of the thought that it's staged in that the people are acting retarded to get on tv, more than that the directors are telling them how to act retarded.

This is the Willliam Hung generation.  They want to be him.

While I concede that is probably some of it, my small time in the industry leads me to believe that there is no way the producers of the show would rely simply upon the delusional antics of some wannabes to keep their hefty paychecks coming in.  These people know exactly what sells and they are very careful to have each episode play out in exactly the way that they want.  The wannabes may play into that on their own to some level, but I guarantee you that it would be there regardless.  This show is a manufactured product, just like any "reality" TV show, and as such it is controlled and directed.
True, true.

I just don't see the participants as victims, unless they are of a mental status that keeps them from being aware of their actions.

Oh, they are most definitely not victims.  Anyone who goes on that show gets exactly what they deserve.  And are probably in on it on some level anyways.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Infobahn on January 19, 2007, 02:05:51 PM
William Hung knew he wasn't great, he truly wanted to have fun.  He is smart (UC Berkley Engineer) and has since taken his badness and made a good buck.

Heck, AI hired him this season to "warm up" the crowds at the auditions.

People want to be William Hung, but they don't understand what it takes to BE William Hung.  You have to be in on the joke.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on January 19, 2007, 03:17:00 PM
Quote from: Infobahn on January 19, 2007, 02:05:51 PM
William Hung knew he wasn't great, he truly wanted to have fun.  He is smart (UC Berkley Engineer) and has since taken his badness and made a good buck.

Heck, AI hired him this season to "warm up" the crowds at the auditions.

People want to be William Hung, but they don't understand what it takes to BE William Hung.  You have to be in on the joke.
Right.  Plus, something like that's really a one time deal.  William Hung was having a good time, not trying to be William Hung.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on January 24, 2007, 08:33:12 PM
This is so contrived.
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Post by: BigDun on January 24, 2007, 08:40:18 PM
Every city but Memphis gets two hours?
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Post by: Jessie on January 24, 2007, 09:07:20 PM
I think that girl might actually be psycho.
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Post by: eo000 on January 25, 2007, 08:11:01 AM
more idol wannabe myspaces.

http://deathbycamera.com/
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on March 06, 2007, 08:17:22 PM
WTF is up with Paula's mic?
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Post by: eo000 on March 06, 2007, 08:29:41 PM
Quote from: Jessie on March 06, 2007, 08:17:22 PM
WTF is up with Paula's mic?
why watch this, when it's pervs with computers on dateline.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Jessie on March 06, 2007, 08:35:05 PM
Quote from: eo000 on March 06, 2007, 08:29:41 PM
Quote from: Jessie on March 06, 2007, 08:17:22 PM
WTF is up with Paula's mic?
why watch this, when it's pervs with computers on dateline.
Yeah, it's a tossup.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: Alice on March 06, 2007, 09:29:29 PM
I can't watch that show.  It skeeves me out too much.  (Not American Idol, wiseass.)
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Post by: eo000 on March 07, 2007, 07:26:02 AM
yesterday they busted a cop.
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Post by: eo000 on March 26, 2007, 06:46:43 AM
http://images.ifun.ru/m/m22SGWlZ90.gif
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Post by: Gamplayerx on March 26, 2007, 09:06:07 AM
Quote from: eo000 on March 26, 2007, 06:46:43 AM
(http://images.ifun.ru/m/m22SGWlZ90.gif)
Nice red-x, dick.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: ReBurn on March 26, 2007, 09:13:20 AM
Quote from: eo000 on March 26, 2007, 06:46:43 AM
http://images.ifun.ru/m/m22SGWlZ90.gif
She totally should have made it instead of him.
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Post by: Gamplayerx on March 26, 2007, 09:14:01 AM
And now it works.
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Post by: eo000 on March 28, 2007, 06:28:07 AM
(http://i10.tinypic.com/2q9ig3k.gif)
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: BigDun on May 23, 2007, 09:08:16 PM
For anyone who cares the 2007 American Idol is:

That Jordan chick.

Mini-sized so it wouldn't spoil anyone who has it Tivoed.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: ReBurn on May 23, 2007, 09:52:00 PM
Melinda was cheated.
Title: Re: So I watched it...
Post by: eo000 on May 23, 2007, 09:54:38 PM
Quote from: ReBurn on May 23, 2007, 09:52:00 PM
Shrek was cheated.