Thank God We Have a Game

It was this week when the initial feelings came back as to why Dana and I created this game for American Idol viewing was necessary.  The last two episodes were loaded with stuff that led me to hate on the show in the first place.  Admittedly, I do look forward to the show, but after it is over I wonder why.  I would have expected to have gotten used to the inane nonsense that comes from Kara's mouth by now, but it just irritates me more each week.  I would have expected to get used to the double-standards the judges use to criticize Matt and applaud Adam.  Instead, I just get angrier each week.  Instead of becoming impervious to the crap of the show (I'll do a list in no particular order: the group song each week, the producer's agenda, the praise and rewarding of screaming, the pleas for originality only to castrate those who try something original, the fake enthusiasm, the refusal to enlighten us on the process of why they have to choose the songs they do...must stop listing before my brain vain bursts), it instead leaves me exhausted each week, and wishing I'd worked a drinking provision into the game rules.

"For me, for you...this was like studio 57...like a bunch of frat guys dared you to...Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler, and Adam Lambert..." just a few of the things I'm not supposed to make fun of on the blog this week (Dana says I'm too mean about it).  But as you can see, there was plenty to work with this week.

I am somewhat sad to see Megan go as she was the closest to the true goofiness of Norman Gentle as we were going to come.  But I did guess her before the show started, whereas Dana picked Scott then switched it.  I got 6 points, she got 3.  But since Megan is on her team and placed 8th (remember Adam does not exist in the scoring), Dana got an empty 10 points.

So, the score stands at:

The Package Artists: 25

Gentle's Giants: 18

Sorry I'm such a complainer this time...we'll all be better off when Adam gets the boot.  Best moment of the performance night was when Matt went, and Dana enjoyed it so thoroughly that she was clapping and saying "Yaaaaaaayyyyyyy!"  But on the second "yay" came an abrupt stop when they cut to Matt's dad who has some sort of an eye condition that causes them to cross...it sounded like this:

"Yaaaaaaaay!!!!  Yaaaaa- Ew!"

And don't worry, SB, she "vooooooted" this week. 

Congrats to the Tide and CATS on great hires this week.  Lynn and Ben, as my only windows into the UK fan base, I'm anxiously awaiting commentary on this.  I'm thinking it is similar to the excitement felt when this happened: