Britain's got talent

America's got talent is one of my favorite shows. Like most shows, it's just an import of something that worked somewhere else so we took it, put our name on it and called it our own. (most countries do this to American products, it's our way of taking it back)

Of course most have seen Paul Potts, the cell phone salesman that won with his Opera performance... this year a kid dancer won which was cool... but I love this one. Something about a Michael Jackson / Bollywood dancing team is surreal.

Chi's Sweet Home

There's a series of 3 minute anime episodes called Chi's Sweet Home. It's about a cat who lost his mom, got found by a little boy and, though enjoying the life of a stay at home cat, still wants to become re-joined with it's family.

Though this kind of show usually isn't my thing, it is my wife's. I promised I'd watch one... then another. Then I promised I'd just watch upto episode 8... which turned to 12 or 13, I don't remmeber, I lost count. Only 3 minutes long each, they go by fast.

enjoy the first episode

iYakima

So! If you if/when you have kids or whatever you'll learn that most families belong to one of two groups... Disney or Nickelodeon. One has Wiggles, PB&J, ect. The other has SpongeBob, Dora, ect. Our family is the Nickelodeon group, ourselves and on Nickelodeon there's a teen/pre-teen lineup of shows like Zoey 101, Drake n Josh and a new one called iCarly.

Without going into any more detail than all that, I'm familier with iCarly but haven't actually watched any episodes, but my sister (with a 14 year old daughter) does. Apparently they had an episode where Grandpa showed up to have her move in with him in Yakima (or YAK uh muh as they pronouced it). The episode is on YouTube is you care that much. A couple of quote from the show...

"No great town can be named Yakima. It sounds like someone threw up!"
"I can't cheer up, I'm moving to Yakima. I'm going to be a Yakimite... or Yakimanician."

Being from Yakima, born and raised, this is funny.

The English Horse

Mel Blanc was Looney Toons. I don't think he did Granny or any of the house wives, but he did Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and all the other characters... including some of the SFX. Here's a clip of him and Jack Benny (one of my idols) on Johnny Carson. The 'English Horse' thing cracks me up every time.

Every episode of American Idol

If you ever miss an episode of American Idol, here you go...

Ryan Seacrest will pronounce it "...aaah MARE ehkin Idol"

some people will sing and the audience will erupt in applause, in unison, about 45 - 55 seconds into the song.

Randy Jackson will say there were some kind'a weird pitch problems, but it was alright

Paula will well up with tears

If Simon puts it down, the audience will Buh... not Boo, but it sounds more like a "Buuuuuuh!". That'll cause Brooke to pout, David Cook to have the "oh well" look in his eyes while nodding his head, Carly to pull her lower lip up as if she was trying to get something off her teeth and David Archuleta, Syesha and Jason to softly smile. If Simon like the performance, the audience will erupt in cheers.

you'll see the remaining guys in a hokey commercial

the end.

Ken Lee?!

The week of April 15th is 'Mariah Carey' week on American Idol. In honor of this, check out this girl singing "Ken Lee" (without you)... hilarious.

Amanda Overmyer - OUT!

Amanda Overrated is officially gone from American Idol. "Why?" do you ask? There are 2 main reasons...
1.) She looks way too much like Candice Cameron America had to let her go.

2.) She wasn't Micheal Johns (who, by the way, will win the whole competition)

David Hernandez... OUT!

Ahh, man! I liked David Hernandez. He wasn't my pick to win the whole thang, but he was one of the ones I did enjoy and didn't just fast-forward my DVR through the performance of.

My favorite? It always belongs to the someone who doesn't get talked about much, always the one who just kind of stays consistant, always the one who isn't the 'sure thing'... Michael Johns. He's my pick - now don't let me know, daddio!