television « Michael S. Pascua

10Feb/100

What’s on tonight: American Idol

Hollywood week is my favorite time on American Idol, we’ve finally gotten past the crappy singers and one wonders how well the rest do. Yesterday there were about 180 contestants, tonight is about 96 contestants all doing my favorite part (which doesn’t get enough air time): Group performances. I think both American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance should focus on this section a bit more to showcase some of the teamwork these people have. But here are the reasons why the Group Section really holds little weight:

+ Choreographed Dancing – No contestant has ever really gone on to have a fully blown dance track, so I don’t understand why all these groups insist on making big choreographed numbers.

+ The handful of Gag Contestants survive – Maybe it was just last season that was off, but I still don’t understand how Bikini girl made it through, luckily she caused so much drama during Hollywood week that it was bearable. But how did Nick Mitchell / "Norman Gentle" make it through, I will never know. Oddly, they didn’t show much of Tatiana in her group performance either (or at least I don’t remember it) so I assume she can actually work with others. I'm digressing aren't I?

+ The unnecessary drama – Lack of sleep causes stress, and then apparently everyone reverts back to their stereotypes. The gays bitch, the stereotypical Black women bitch, the bitchy blonde white chicks bitch, the Latinos bitch, and the rest just cry. Somewhere Tyra Banks is sucking up their souls.

Either way, I will definitely be watching tonight in hopes of a train wreck. There will definitely be tears.

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10Aug/090

As seen on TV

There’s something I don’t trust about things seen on TV. I did get the opportunity to watch a few episodes of Pitchmen, the show following Billy Mayes and Anthony Sullivan, during their whole Billy Mayes tribute day. It helped soften the distrust actually. The two of them continuously tested the products, turning interns and assistants into guinea pigs. They wouldn’t put their stamp of approval on just anything.

Products seen on television for me are hit and miss. First, a kind of miss. I purchased a Snuggie for Eric (I am disappointed that leopard print didn’t exist at that point, because that would have been funnier) and although the Snuggie kind of worked, it was mostly a gag gift. In all truths the Snuggie was a robe you put on backwards. And it had the worst static electricity associated with it. It could have been the fact that it hasn’t been washed yet, but fear kicked in that the item would shrink.

(Don’t even get me started on that Dog Snuggie thing.)