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Idol Thoughts with Teri Carter -- Lucky 7-Diva Week Edition

It just so happens that the day Mariah Carey debuts a new album she shows up on American Idol.  Tell me, what are the chances?  I'm not a huge Mariah fan, so I'm not familiar with all the songs, but that could be a good thing.

David A - "When You Believe" Two words.  Leather. Pants.  No-no.  Once I got past that, it was another good performance.  He hits all the right notes, but does he do enough to win?  That will be the question as the weeks go on.  You could be my only hope of foiling Mr. U-No-Who.  I'll even text for you.

Carly - "Without You" Hey, I know this song, but from the 70s.  She finally, finally covered up that arm.  The song....ok, not bad, not great.  She is losing steam fast here.

Syesha - "Vanishing" She looked good, she sang good, but I'm afraid she just doesn't have the fan base (just me) to make it to the finals.

Brooke - "Hero" I just didn't care for the unplugged version of the a song I actually recognized.  And quit talking back to the judges, por favor. And put your shoes on.  I agree with Simon, it just wasn't all there.

Kristy Lee - "Forever" I could be starting the KLC fan club.  She had the best performance from the girls this week.  She looked fab and sounded even better.  A good week for her.  Let's hope she misses the bottom 3 this time.

David C - "Always Be My Baby" Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.  Jimmy, Susan, Tricia.  You and the judges are hopelessly in love with the dude.  Wardrobe, please.  He looked like the guy from the "I'm a Pepper" commercials back in the 70s.  What can I say....not a fan this week.  Rinse, repeat, next week.

Jason - "I Don't Want to Cry"  He is falling into the pattern of singing the same song with different words every week.  We'll see if the dreads will save him from elimination.

I'm still trying to get over the loss of Michael Johns.  Moment of silence please. 

My bottom three: Jason, Brooke, Carly.

 

I say Carly goes home, but my track record ain't so great....so you tell me!

 

 

 

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The Nudge Family's brush with greatness

I've been wanting to post this for the longest time and thanks to the good guys at AV Workshop, I'm finally able to.

First, a little back story, and an admission that you may not find this quite as funny as we do in our house, and that's OK. I still felt compelled to share it on the off chance you get a giggle out of it.

About 14 years ago, as best as I can recall, Karen and I obtained tickets to a taping of "Late Night With David Letterman." A conflict at her job kept us from going, and so we sent the tickets to my mom and dad, who traveled frequently in those days.

We thought little more of it after that, and crawled into bed the night we were supposed to have been in the audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. We put in a videotape on the off chance that something weird might occur on that night's show, knowing that mom and dad were in the crowd. We had just fallen asleep when the phone rang. It was my wife's sister in Oklahoma, who yelled, "Jimmys' parents are on Letterman!" We flipped on the TV but by then it was too late. We rolled back the video and what we saw was this very brief (and funny) video

Drew Barrymore was on that night, and Megadeth, which is at least part of the reason this clip is so funny to us -- knowing that my parents, both in their 70s at the time, were in the front row for a performance by the metal band. But Letterman kicked it up a notch when dad started nudging mom (and vice versa) when they realized they were on the studio monitors and, as it turned out, national television.

Mom died just over two years ago and my dad slows down a little bit more all the time and is now 84. It's a great treat to be able to watch the video when they were younger and mingling with the stars.