american idol and lost finales, sluts and funny ladies

This has become a television blog. Do I really watch this much? I half-watch a lot of stuff while I'm at my computer writing or on the internet, so it seems like a lot of tv.

So, Taylor won. My thoughts:

1. Paris was strongest and most consistently good performer on the show. She probably wouldn't ever make music I'd be into, but she had the best voice on the show and she was cute, nice, not an egomaniac. I wish she'd won, but she'll have a huge career anyway. (I will say that Mandeesa was good, but she didn't always nail her songs. I'm sure she'll have a career too.)

2. Jesus Christ, I hate these shows. I was half expecting them to make it a three hour ordeal. It was two, but I wonder if eventually (I predict Idol 10) they'll go for the three. Why not? I only watched bits and pieces of the show, changing channels when it was boring or painful to watch. Meaning I watched maybe 20-30 minutes of the thing.

3. Speaking of painful: Meatloaf and Katharine's frightening display of histrionics. The two performed a dramatic and touching duet of Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back To Me Now".

3. David Hasselhoff in the audience, tearing up after Taylor is announced the winner: priceless.









4. And Kelly Pickler was the slut at your high school prom.















As for Lost, it was good. It's the only show that understands the art of the season finale. Everyone else fucks it up.

Oh, and something I forgot to say about the Grey's Anatomy finale: what self-respecting grown woman wears a big puffy pink gown? You get that out of your system at high school prom, if you absolutely must play Cinderella before you die. The whole prom thing was pretty far-reaching and stupid on the whole.

I saw a commercial tonight for Cheri Oteri's SNL "Best Of" DVD. I didn't expect her to get one, so I was surprised and delighted. She was my favorite when she was on the show (though I pretty much loved everyone during those years), and I consider many of her performances to be classics. Her memorable impressions included Barbara Walters, Kathy Lee Gifford, Debbie Reynolds, Judge Judy and Ross Pero. Her twitchy, loud characters made think "I wanna do THAT." There was the drugged up Collette Reardon, Morning Latte's Cass Van Rye, Arianna the cheerleader, and the neighborhood kids' favorite foe, Rita DelVecchio.
The DVD was released yesterday. Needless to say, I can't wait to buy it. This guy isn't quite so enthusiastic. Her hyper, loud performances were good, so why fault her for it? The inimitable Ms. Amy Sedaris, a comedy god, has much the same spirit and I don't think anyone would call it a "crutch." Different performers have different styles, and god bless 'em for it.

And I leave you with this. Behold, Tori Spelling's cavernous cleavage. That's hot?