My second high this year? The amount of amazing comedy on TV right now. Happy Endings (A-MAHH-ZING), How I Met Your Mother (LE-GEN-, wait for it, DARY), 2 Broke Girls (a horse in the backyard?), Parks and Recreation (let's start with Tammy 1 and Tammy 2), Modern Family (what do you do when all the girls are in that time of the month?), Up All Night (Ava in the snow suit?), New Girl (LOVE LOVE LOVE a quirky girl) and I am already signed up for Don't Trust the B***** in Apt 23 (Dawson? YES please).
I watched tons of SNL last weekend and if I can send you back to a couple of skits from this season, I would say run to watch all the Quirky Girl skits. Abby Elliott plays Zooey Deschanel who is hosting a talk show with side kick Michael Cera (the kid from Juno) with special guests including Zooey Deschanel playing Mary Kate Olsen and Kristen Wiig playing Drew Barrymoore. HYSTERICAL. Also, watch the Jason Segal episode for the skit "Retirement Party" I don't have anything to say!
Okay, now onto Idol. It was weird to not watch yesterday, but like I said, had to be done.
First of all, THANK YOU AMERICA for voting off Milli Vanilli. It was the right thing to do.
And now to the Top 7:
Skylar -- "Didn't You Know How Much I Love You" by Kellie Pickler Yup, it is crazy to think this girl has become a success if you only know her from this show, but Kellie Pickler has really developed a serious country music career. And this is a good song. Skylar rocked it out. Sang the **blank** out of it with integrity and credibility. B+
Colton -- Jimmy told him to fight against Phillip Phillips. That he needs to step out of the box. Colton is singing the song that Rihanna sings in Eminem's "Love the Way you Lie" by Skylar Grey. Never knew who sang the original. Fact: Skylar sings the song with Diddy, Coming Home that was his most recent hit. Adding it to my downloads. Fantastic. His voice and his emotional touchstone. He is so cool. A-
Love this duos moment and Phillip and Elise are doing my new favorite song Goyte's Somebody I Used to Know. AMAZING. OBSESSED. It has had a big week with Glee featuring it this week and now the band will be at Coachella this weekend. Crazy how these things build up so fast. Again these two proved that they are super cool. Elise is getting better and better. Steven Tyler is also listening to it constantly. WERD!
Jessica -- "Stuttering" by Jasmine Sullivan. Never heard of it but Jimmy and (oh have I mentioned him) guest mentor Akon are obsessed with Jessica. She is wearing a jeweled mega shoulder powered top and sitting on a piano. I am always intrigued by singers who power belt while seated. I need to stand up and power it out, but these people must be better than me, so they can sit and belt it out. Okay I am obviously not that interested in this because I am writing about singing methods. Of course, she is a great singer, she is just not interesting to me. This is about my personal taste. JLo I think agrees with me because she wants her to take us on a journey like Joshua does. Well said. B
Joshua is 20 going on 75. Fantasia wished him a Happy Birthday via video -- from Fantasia to Mantasia. Kills me. "Runaway Baby" by Bruno Mars. Good for him for upping the tempo. Fantastic choice. Randy convinces JLo and Sty to stand o. Sty tells him to get the number of the dancer (umm have a feeling she isn't his type), JLo loves the dynamics. He is so sweet yet crazy talented. A
Wow Colton and Skylar duet again also. Love them allowing them to keep their same pairings. Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson -- can we say, hand us the money? Fantastic choice. But Skylar is no Kelly Clarkson, she is really good, but that is a tough comparison because Kelly sings that song effortlessly. They should sing a Sugarland song with her twang. Steven said they made love to each other singing the song, blecch. JLo knows music. Randy did not love that.
Hollie -- For the song from the last 3 years theme, Hollie chooses "Perfect" by Pink. Oh god, the ice skaters outfit? That is a bad decision. Too Broadway. Oh Hollie, stop over enunciating, put on jeans and a sparky top if you must. She is Renee Fleming trying to sing a pop song. Phenomenal voice and talent but the style is completely off. I'm done. C because she looks like the Bjork Swan costume. Judges were over it. I'm over it.
Phillip -- "Give A Little More" by Maroon 5, Jimmy and Akon hate it. Jimmy pushes the competition with him and Colton again. Uggh, smooth. But I could do without the blonde sax player. He has his own dance party. Hysterical. I don't know this song, but I was bopping, but not his best. Judges weren't into it either. B
Can we talk about how excited I am to see Zac Efron's The Lucky One?
Poor Jessica and Joshua get Hollie added to their group. They sing Kelly Clarkson's Stronger. Joshua killed it with the girls. It was awesome but I think that is just because it is a fantastic song. Thanks Kelly. You are awesome and your album helps me run a little faster.
Elise -- Jason Segal comes on the screen to tell Elise that he loves her -- really ? Awesome, I love him. Plus I saw his girlfriend Michelle Williams at Death of a Salesman last night. She came by herself to watch. I wanted to ask her if she wanted a friend to sit with because I would be that. Can we talk about Elise's funny friend who made the voting video? Elise is singing my favorite karaoke song Gaga's "You and I." Can she do it better than me? Her voice just wiggles all over the place in a good way. She did a great job making it her own. I may steal some of these inflections as my own. JLo says she is last so often because she is a closer. A-
Judges recap and love Skylar, Elise, Joshua and I agree it was nice to see them sing new songs.
Skylar B+
Colton A
Jessica B
Joshua A-
Hollie C
Phillip B
Elise A-
My top 3 were Colton, Joshua and Elise. It is time for Hollie to go home.
And so now to the results show. They open with Pink's Raise Your Glass. No, didn't cut it as much as I love the song. But funny moments seeing Phillip pump his fist -- everyone else was jumping up and down, but he refused. Elise kicked it.
Jimmy comes on screen to compare Hollie and Jessica and says Hollie has bad habits to make her sound stiff. Jessica says she has been working hard all her life (17 whole years of it). Yes, it is make a group results night. Hollie to the right, Jessica to the left.
Heavy Metal rocker James Durbin comes out to perform. He is blonde. He is really heavy metal. Nope, can't do it. FFwrd. He sounds good, but nope not my thing.
Elise and Phillip come to the center of the stage. And my DVR cut it off. Why do I need to deal with this nonsense? Well, cut to the chase.
America is retarded and Jessica, Elise and Joshua were in the bottom 3. WHAT? The judges stepped in and save Jessica before she finished singing. You know what -- they only have 2 more episodes to use this, so they should have gone for it. Huffington Post (which I had to refer to) said this proved the show's audience is racist because Jessica and Joshua can't beat Colton and Phillip. Umm, let me just say Ruben, Fantasia and Jordin. Dumb.
Luckily it all worked out, but next week, I better not regret that they saved Jessica. I don't want her to win, but I agree she shouldn't go yet. However, if she went after Hollie, I'd be okay with that. So we'll see.
Now go online and watch all my comedy suggestions. Don't be ashamed of copying my TV habits, I'm flattered.
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