American Idol, Wednesday 1/19/2011

We learned one thing last night on the first episode of American Idol. Steven Bleeping Tyler is not someone we want to invite to our next marshmallow roast with friends and family. Could he be more inappropriate? Mr. Mallow thinks not! The things he wants to do with ducks and his opinions on the skirt length of sixteen-year-old girls are best left to discussions among inmates at the county jail, not on the supposedly family-oriented American Idol show.

Comparing this first show to previous years' first shows, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they kept the lame, no-talent acts to a token minimum and focused on people who could sing, or at least were not totally without talent. Sure, they had to throw in the one or two contestants who were obviously going to get the boot, but I did not have to fast-forward through my DVR recording of the show as much as in years past.

I don't look forward to the cliches and stereotypes from N'awlins. But, could they be any worse than those we heard from the crowd in Joisey? Fuhgeddaboudit! I got ya stereotype right hee-ah.

Bottom line:
Did we see the next American Idol the first night? No. Were there too many sixteen and seventeen-year-old contestants? Yes. Is Steven Bleeping Tyler a dirty old man with a potty mouth? Obviously.

Predictions:
Steven Bleeping Tyler will eventually be told to tone it down (and will). Jennifer Lopez will get more comfortable saying no to the talentless and will turn out to be one of the better judges we've seen. Randy Jackson will bring it, Dawg, as always! And Ryan Seacrest will continue to smile all the way to the bank until the gig is up.

I'll understand if you don't watch until we get down to the final 20 in February. I'll provide my voting sheets before then so we can all follow along like last year.

Jerry Grinstead
President & Director of Social Media
National Marshmallow Roasters Institute
http://www.NMRInstitute.com