televisionwithoutpity.com - 1/29/2009
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Salt Lake City, home of David Archuleta and the clean-cut enemies of equal rights. And, I'm sure, a ton of super-nice folks. The crowds are full of that eerie Utah sameness; the music over the crowd montage is "Shiny Happy People," a song that has always made me very sad for reasons I don't ...
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televisionwithoutpity.com - 1/30/2009
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Last audition episode! One last bell to answer,
one last freak to fie-fo-fum. I am so tired,
man. I can't believe they put this crap on TV on the wrong day and we still watched it. That's so sick. On the other hand, getting through auditions means a ...
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Auditions: NYC/San Juan
televisionwithoutpity.com - 2/4/2009
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There's a twist this year before Hollywood where
they are sent to a boot camp and are
attacked by something Ryan refers to as a "Glam Squad." One young man is seen screaming that his manhood is being slowly stripped away. Then it's over to that nice ...
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Auditions: Pass The Mic
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American Idol - "Bunny! Hi, Bunny!"
iVillage - TV Cocktail —
... for a change." -- Angel]
An Osmond is up first. You can tell by the teeth and the fact that there are seven billion of them. There's archival footage of them being creepy for the last forty years, but you know what? What's important is that they are creepy as a family. The Osmond In Question talks about how his dad has MS, and then the dad cries about something. Oh, the Osmond In Question also has MS, and has been in wheelchairs on and off forever.
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