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soonerbrat

1/17/2006, 01:21 PM

Tell us more.

Well, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell listen to a bunch of no-talent rock star wannabees, then pick the least offensive ones to go to Hollywood and try out for the show.

crawfish

1/17/2006, 01:23 PM

I would be watching it.

But I'm not gay.

soonerbrat

1/17/2006, 01:24 PM

I would be watching it.

But I'm not gay.

I'm not either. I tried being a lesbian once. It just didn't take.

Mjcpr

1/17/2006, 01:24 PM

Well, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell listen to a bunch of no-talent rock star wannabees, then pick the least offensive ones to go to Hollywood and try out for the show.

About the dinner plans!! :mad:

Mjcpr

1/17/2006, 01:25 PM

I'm not either. I tried being a lesbian once. It just didn't take.

Forget the dinner plans, tell us more about this story instead.

soonerbrat

1/17/2006, 01:27 PM

About the dinner plans!! :mad:

Going to dinner with 2 other girls...not much to tell!

handcrafted

1/17/2006, 01:29 PM

Nope. I've no interest in seeing the bad singers they put on TV just to exploit them for a cheap laugh. I talked to a girl who tried out for the last Idol and she told me that they go through seven rounds of auditions with the producers before they even get a chance to get in front of Paula, Simon, and Randy. At each stage, the producers will intentionally pass through a certain number of bad singers, all the while telling them that they're good, just so they can put bad singers on national TV and humiliate them. Of course, in the process, they send home thousands upon thousands of talented people who never even had a shot.

The audition process is a complete made-for-TV sham. Now, I have no reason to believe that the competition isn't legit (aside from the telephone voting problems they've had) once they get the finalists set, but up to that point, it's not.

ultimatesooner1

1/17/2006, 01:30 PM

The auditions are my favorite part. I can only hope that my cousins wife getting shot down by Simon for the 2nd time makes it on air in this season

soonerbrat

1/17/2006, 01:31 PM

I'm sure they have to sign waivers to be humiliated on national television. I have no sympathy

1stTimeCaller

1/17/2006, 01:33 PM

the whole show is a sham.

One big karaoke contest.

Learn to play the f'ing guitar or some other instrument, play in **** hole bars and road houses for a few years and then, if you have some fans, you can say that you are talented.

handcrafted

1/17/2006, 01:35 PM

I'm sure they have to sign waivers to be humiliated on national television. I have no sympathy

It's the deal about telling them that they're good and passing them through, until they get to the TV audition and the three amigos tell them they really suck and don't they know that?

That's what bothers me.

1stTimeCaller

1/17/2006, 01:36 PM

that's what they get for trying to shortcut the system

jk the sooner fan

1/17/2006, 01:36 PM

i'll be watching

OUthunder

1/17/2006, 01:36 PM

I would be watching it.

But I'm not gay.

WERD!

handcrafted

1/17/2006, 01:37 PM

oh, and also, I won't be watching because...

I'm not ghey.

soonerbrat

1/17/2006, 01:38 PM

It's the deal about telling them that they're good and passing them through, until they get to the TV audition and the three amigos tell them they really suck and don't they know that?

That's what bothers me.

do you really think they don't know they suck? I mean..surely they've heard themselves sing before. If they think they're that good, they must've videotaped themselves and watched it before.

OUthunder

1/17/2006, 01:44 PM

The only show gayer/gheyer than American Idol is The Bachelor. Unfortunately, my wife watches both, but little does she know that her Tivo season passes for the two are no more as of an hour ago. :D

soonerboomer93

1/17/2006, 01:48 PM

OUT

critical_phil

1/17/2006, 01:48 PM

1stTimeCaller

1/17/2006, 01:50 PM

One.
Big.
Karoke.
Contest.

OUthunder

1/17/2006, 01:51 PM

The only way i'd tune into American Idol is to see how "lit" up Paula is with the Vicodin and Xanax combo.

mrowl

1/17/2006, 02:47 PM

is this on the same channel as hump mountain?

soonerbrat

1/17/2006, 02:53 PM

hump mountain?

sanantoniosooner

1/17/2006, 02:55 PM

WERD!
you don't fool us.

You wife controls the remote anyway.;)

OUthunder

1/17/2006, 03:11 PM

you don't fool us.

You wife controls the remote anyway.;)

Only in bed. :D

Osce0la

1/17/2006, 03:20 PM

Learn to play the f'ing guitar or some other instrument, play in **** hole bars and road houses for a few years and then, if you have some fans, you can say that you are talented.

This is exactly what last year's runner up Bo Bice did. He is a very talented musician, and I have seen him play at local bars and such for several years. I wish he had some other route that wasn't American Idol to get to where he is (I believe this show will do nothing to further his career - or his music.) Ruben Studdard also played various places around Birmingham before going on AI. I personally don't like the show (my wife loves it). I watched it with her one night last year and saw Bo on there and was shocked that he had gone to audition.

Pieces Hit

1/17/2006, 03:37 PM

Carrie Underwood = Okie

= Carrie Okie.

Great fun show.
Will watch whole season with wife and discuss pros and cons of each hopeful.
Not gay to my knowledge.

Pieces Hit

1/17/2006, 03:39 PM

Might add, show has been good to half the winner$ so far.

LilSooner

1/17/2006, 04:11 PM

Ok, so I hear that our very own Patrick Fletcher is going to be on there and apparently made it to Hollywood. I also heard this on the sports animal, which are the same bastards that kept saying that Ozzy Osborne was going to be at the Hornets game. Bastards.

I'm really tempted to call his mom to find out. Pfletch does have a pretty good voice though.

Blue

1/17/2006, 05:00 PM

What else is on? I'll watch...

ultimatesooner1

1/17/2006, 05:14 PM

Pfletch is going to be on the show

soonerbrat

1/18/2006, 04:19 PM

I"m finally watching this now...i'm skeered of this guy with the sweaty armpits

Hot Rod

1/18/2006, 04:31 PM

I"m finally watching this now...i'm skeered of this guy with the sweaty armpits

Yeah, he didn't even know the song that he sang was called. Didn't the judges ask him twice.

The cop really freaked me out, because he kept singing the same phrase
"I shot the sheriff, but i didn't shoot the deputy"

soonerbrat

1/18/2006, 04:33 PM

i haven't gotten to the cop yet. i'm on the girl that keeps singing "blue moon" over and over.

Hot Rod

1/18/2006, 04:34 PM

Dude, you're gonna roll! It's too funny!!!

soonerbrat

1/18/2006, 04:37 PM

i just got past the part where simon said "do we have a bigger stage this year?"

soonerbrat

1/18/2006, 04:46 PM

haha...just saw the cop..

did he not know any more words? sheesh

KABOOKIE

1/18/2006, 04:50 PM

Yeah, he didn't even know the song that he sang was called. Didn't the judges ask him twice.

The cop really freaked me out, because he kept singing the same phrase
"I shot the sheriff, but i didn't shoot the deputy"

Wasn't his last song from Trading Places? :D

Blue

1/18/2006, 04:51 PM

haha...just saw the cop..

did he not know any more words? sheesh

I was hoping, for his sake, it was a bet he made back at his office.

If not, this comes to mind...

http://www.studentmax.co.uk/entertainment/img/40_year_old_virgin.gif

jk the sooner fan

1/18/2006, 04:55 PM

I was hoping, for his sake, it was a bet he made back at his office.

that was the thought that i had, that had to be a bet he fulfilled and cashed in on later

Soonrboy

1/18/2006, 05:04 PM

where did fletcher try out?

Beef

1/18/2006, 05:10 PM

I wish I was young enough to try out so I can bust out my epic version of "Holy Diver" for them.

Dio

1/18/2006, 05:29 PM

I wish I was young enough to try out so I can bust out my epic version of "Holy Diver" for them.

As long as I get my royalties, it's cool. ;)

Sooner Born Sooner Bred

1/18/2006, 05:35 PM

I googled Patrick Fletcher to see if he made the cut. This came up. Heh.

http://collegefootballnews.com/Big_12/2000_Previews/2000%20Oklahoma%20-%20offense.htm

SeattleOUstudent

1/18/2006, 09:48 PM

Hybl and Heupel??? Damn, we're gonna be good!

soonerbrat

1/18/2006, 10:10 PM

where did fletcher try out?

Denver, apparently

OKC-SLC

1/18/2006, 11:09 PM

I googled Patrick Fletcher to see if he made the cut. This came up. Heh.

http://collegefootballnews.com/Big_12/2000_Previews/2000%20Oklahoma%20-%20offense.htm
that team has a chance to be good--if we can go 1-2 in the stretch of TX, KSU, and NU we have a chance to go bowling.