I’m not going to attempt to discuss last night’s America’s Got Talent in a coherent narrative thread, and not just because I can already taste the weekend. (I’m headin’ to Texas for a wedding tomorrow morning — yee-haw!) Nope, the show is so screamingly, bizarrely random, it deserves a recap that’s just as stream-of-conscious. So without further ado…
-According to Reege, NBC is bringin’ sexy back AGT back in January. But, c’mon, isn’t this the perfect example of a strictly summer series? In other words, would you watch it if it were up against new episodes of Top Model or Battlestar or Ugly Betty? Yeah, me neither.
-If I had my druthers, I’d ignore the nasty spill by a member of Trey Knight’s Stilt World and send ‘em to the finals (c’mon, they’re good!), but I’ve got a feeling pint-sized belter Bianca Ryan’s getting the audience vote.
-Okay, am I the only one who thinks NBC fills the audience with aspiring child actors to lamely ”gasp” and ”ooh” during the not-very-gasp-worthy acts? And on that same note, did anyone else notice that random child in the crowd wearing a tiara?
-She’s a charming interview, but how many people think Rappin’ Granny is a $1 million act? (And by that, I mean, could you actually fathom dropping $15 for her debut disc?)
-Finally, I leave you with the top three observations from my husband, who was pretending to read a Spider-Man comic book from 8-10 last night, but was clearly so frickin’ hooked on the whole AGT spectacle:
3. Responding to Regis’ revelation that teenage-looking Acrodunk member Jerry is actually 42: "Based on that talent alone, he should advance to the next round."
2. Regarding Bianca Taylor’s raucous ”Piece of My Heart”: "She’s got a rough edge, that kid. The green hair band screams punk rocker."
1. And finally, on first glimpse of frat-rockers Ten 13 Concept: "What are they gonna do, swill beer?"
Any more snark from his side of the couch, and he’s writing next week’s recap. I kid you not.
She’s not Jay-Z but, hey if Moms Mabley pulled off a successful comedy career in the 60′s and 70′s then The Rappin’ Grandma can do fad-rap and make Burger King commercials. And when it wears out, she’ll have a nice lump sum to give her grandkids for their college tutition. Kudos to you grams.
The best part of this post for me is the casual mention of “your husband”. How adorable. Yay !
The Washington Supreme Court can go to hell !
Is that not a typo? Did he really mean to say husband? Was this article really written by him or by someone else and Popwatch automatically put Slezak’s name as the signature? Wow! Lance Bass and Slezak in the same week.
Whoa whoa whoa, slow it down a second. Slezak has a husband? Can we get a confirmation on this? I’m glad I’m not the only person who picked up on that. I guess Slezak is going to be turning down the proposals he’s been getting as of late.
Guess I wasn’t the only one to get mental whiplash by that casually thrown comment. Color me jealous.
Michael I thought you were eventually going to forget about this whole gay thing and we would run away together. Whatever dude. Whatever.
Um… Ok, so WHO is making a big deal about someone else being gay this time? Get a life people, so what if Michael is gay and has a husband?? It’s none of your business but his AND his husband’s.
Okay, Slezak, okay… after my six months of repeated, not-so-subtle come-ons (and one waaaay too eager fan letter that was overly wordy and under-ly clever–sorry about that), I guess I deserved that not-so-subtle, bombshell mention of your husband. I won’t pretend that I’m not a little hurt, nor jealous (for that matter, nor will I pretend to be remotely interested in “America’s Got Talent”, so I guess it’s good that we’re being so open with each other).
It is Gay Pride here in ole San Diego this weekend, so your revelation of a ball ‘n’ chain allows me to go in search of another witty, wily pop culture nut of my very own. At the very least, please promise me one thing, just one tiny promise in all of life: that Ivan will not be leaving “So You Think You Can Dance” tonight. Can you do that? Please–for me? I’d feel so much better about this whole thing in the morning.
…after, of course, that fifth of vodka tonight, with which I’ll be drinking my Slezak-sorrows away…
Bon soir, monsieur Slezak!
Fondly,
Ellipsian
Boys, this isnt the first time Slezak mentioned the husband. He called him out for objecting to some bad reality show around Christmas.
michael didn’t drop a bomb, you can search for his name all over the net and see that he is gay, and he mentioned before about a song that played at his wedding to his man. anyway, wasn’t this about AGT? i personally like rappin granny
I think this is the second time I’ve posted to this effect, but where the hell is the love for So You Think You Can Dance? It’s infiintely more watchable than AGT, and it’s huge upsurge in popularity from last season is noteworthy on its own (exec producer and resident Simon Cowell wannabe Nigel Lythgoe reminds us weekly that it is the most-watched summer-premiered show, most-tivoed summer show, and gets the most votes of any viewer-interactive show currently on). Come on! And there’s no way Brandy is more entertaining than the shrieking Mary Murphy…please throw us SYTYCD (clunky, I know) lovers a bone.
Can’t stand Reege. Can’t stand the judges. I will predict Rappin’ Granny to be the winner.
I wasnt posting about him “coming out”. We all knew he was gay (or so I thought we all did). I just liked the casual dropping of the word “husband” instead of “partner” or “boyfriend”. It is the kind of subtle things that hopefully will shifts minds or at least prepare them for what hopefully is to come in the next decades (years ?)
i didn’t get to see the performences, only the rewards show… did rappin granny do better wednesday night? Caus she was not impressive, fake, and boring when I saw her do an encore at the end of the rewards show…..
America’s Got Talent has jumped the shark, as the phrase goes. 5 out of 6 of the acts through are music acts. Personally… even though Bianca has a good voice an’ all, the magician should have gone through based on the fact that this is turning into “American Idol with a few non-musical acts in-between”. If the last semi-final puts 2 more music acts through (and the judge’s “wildcard” picks do the same), the acrobatic pair who went through in semi-final 2 better step it up if they want to win.
P.S. Rapping Granny is not worth $1 million, and no I wouldn’t buy her album. Same goes for the yodelling-chick from the first semi-final, Taylor.