[UA] American Idol

[Peter Kisner]

>Sadly, one of the concessions of being married is that
>I am occasionally exposed to American Idol.  Also, and
>perhaps worse, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, which comes
>on in the afternoon.  (My wife wonders why I've
>stopped watching television...).  Anyway, after one of
>my rants about what God-awful shit it is, and
>specifically about how Ryan Seacrest himself is
>God-awful shit, my wife told me that there used to be
>two hosts in the first season.  Which made me think:
>
>What if Seacrest ate the other one in some sick ritual
>to catapult himself to fame?
>
>Or:
>
>What if he's a golem, literally made from God-awful
>shit?

According to the rumor I hear the answer is much less bizarre:
Supposedly during one of the try-outs (not the actual show) a contestant got 
really chewed out by the judges.  According to rumor this other host tried 
to commiserate with the contestant saying something like "at least Paula 
(Abdul) liked something about your song".

Unfortunately the popularity of the show at that point (maybe still) was not 
actually based on the dream of success, but instead based on aspiring stars 
getting reamed out, disillusioned, and crushed by the judges.  Someone 
warned the other host that colsoling the losers was not good for the show 
and the other host was later asked to leave on this account.

So probably the other host was messing with someone's charging ritual and 
got taken out of the way.

- Peter K.

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