It was a dark and stormy American Idol night...

May 4, 2007 7:47 PM

NC gives back to American Idol
posted by konolia (25 comments total)

I spent three minutes trying to think of a clever way to say how terrible that was, all the while hoping it would get better and I wouldn't have to. By the time it ended, I was just too tired.
posted by Partial Law at 7:58 PM on May 4, 2007

So, this one time, I was in the park, and I saw these two guys kissing. That was the gayest thing I'd ever seen until I watched NC Gives Back To American Idol.
posted by davelog at 8:00 PM on May 4, 2007 [2 favorites]

This is something I'd have to watch American TV in order to understand, right?

*makes note to self: don't watch American TV for the next 15 years, either*
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:08 PM on May 4, 2007

This is actually less funny than JibJab cartoons.
posted by Zero Gravitas at 8:08 PM on May 4, 2007

wtf?

no, seriously, wtf?

I don't get it. Unless...

are we supposed to be laughing AT the creator of that?
posted by C.Batt at 8:10 PM on May 4, 2007

Agree with o-dream---
Had myelogenous leuk. as an undergrad.
Laughed lots more.
posted by Dizzy at 8:12 PM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]

I am one of the world's most fortunate people thhat has never seen American Idol.
posted by WaterSprite at 8:14 PM on May 4, 2007

I'm detecting a theme here.

;-)
posted by konolia at 8:26 PM on May 4, 2007

this sucks butt
posted by H. Roark at 8:29 PM on May 4, 2007

I have looked into the face of the void. There is no God.
posted by thirteenkiller at 8:32 PM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]

I am disappointed in the content highlighted by this post/
posted by Hicksu at 8:39 PM on May 4, 2007

Could I have those three minutes of my life back, please? I'd like to spend them doing something more enjoyable, like watching C-SPAN.
posted by cerebus19 at 8:39 PM on May 4, 2007

You and me both, liquorice. I'd prefer the Hasselhoff drunk video over this.
posted by chiababe at 8:49 PM on May 4, 2007

On behalf of the entire state of North Carolina, I would like to apologize to everyone who watched this.
posted by Rangeboy at 8:50 PM on May 4, 2007 [2 favorites]

...I'm just speechless. Oh well, at least seeing the North Carolina tag at the beginning made me remember how good Blackalicious' "First In Flight" is.

So, thanks for that at least.
posted by Cyclopsis Raptor at 8:54 PM on May 4, 2007

Rue the day when I have to see an American Idol FPP on Mefi.

That day has come.
posted by rubyeyo at 9:15 PM on May 4, 2007

Damn this!

Damn those who won't damn this!

Damn those who won't light a candle and stay up damning this!
posted by eriko at 9:21 PM on May 4, 2007

calling this clip pathetic would be a compliment.

so i'm going with "sucks balls".
posted by phaedon at 9:51 PM on May 4, 2007

It was kinda pitchy and weird
posted by philcliff at 9:54 PM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]

Ummm, I hate to say this but Sanjaya's hair follicles on a bad day are way more entertaining than that cartoon.
posted by miss lynnster at 9:55 PM on May 4, 2007

Some shows/cartoons are so terrible that they paradoxically have some redeeming value.

This cartoon isn't like that; it is precisely bad enough to be entirely worthless in every sense.
posted by Malor at 10:18 PM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]

That was really horrible. Horrible.
posted by puke & cry at 10:26 PM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]

This is something I'd have to watch American TV in order to understand, right?

Mmm, no. No, that really wouldn't help.
posted by the other side at 10:31 PM on May 4, 2007

It would be funnier if a bear mauled the judges, producers, contestants, audience members, and TV fans of this show.

Then father throw fudge at bear! Bear leaves!
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:31 PM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]

So the N&O has a message board where people are posting giddy comments about how much they love this thing, and apparently I had registered with N&O.com because I was able to sign right in and leave a nasty remark. It felt like when I found the chatroom for the Don McLean fan club and chased all the fans away with heretical remarks about “American Pie”. The last ones to flee were kind of sweet and “sensitive” and I felt like a heel for five or ten minutes.

Sort of like now...... sniff.
posted by Huplescat at 10:37 PM on May 4, 2007