American Idol: The Best and the Worst
Let me be clear: This post is not about the contestants. This post is about the plethora of signs I saw in the crowd last night. It might just be me, but when did AI become a WWE event?
Best: “Simon, you’re my 3rd favorite judge”
My feedback: Held by a little girl who can’t possibly be out of elementary school yet, I found this sign to be quite clever. Especially for a sixth-grader! Yes, it was a knock on Simon, but its subtle and non-threatening approach was refreshing. I give her high marks for its passive-aggressive nature.
Worst: “Cougars 4 Cook”
My feedback: I found this to be utterly disturbing. IMHO, it was just… creepy. Merlot’s resident Cook, Robert Cook, and I downloaded this morning about the cougar reference (BTW, “Cougars 4 Cook” was his favorite sign of the night, for obvious reasons) and I received an education into the various classifications of Cougars. And it is now my expert scientific opinion that we were dealing not with a cougar last night, but rather a coyote.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:49 am
of course “cougars 4 cook” was my favorite sign! it rocks, although not personally into cougars, it still rocks when my common last name comes in handy. i doubt you would ever see a sign that read “cougars 4 sanders perry”….oh, and just so there is no doubt as to the veracity of my last name.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am
As The Rock would say, “It doesn’t matter what your name is!” (Did you see how i brought this post full circle with my WWE reference? Brilliant.)
May 14th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
According to Joel McHale of Talk Soup, who recently addressed the cougar dilemma, cougar is on the way out. I like coyote!
May 21st, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Yo Robert… Whats up!?