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Call it American I-dull

Well, it wasn't dull to me. I enjoyed most of the performances and especially enjoyed seeing Paula Abdul get confused. Some weeks she seems to be on some sort of tranquilizer or other mind-numbing drug, such as alcohol. Other weeks she is lucid enough to call upon her 1,000-word vocabulary. This week she couldn't even remember that Jason had sung only one song before she launched into her critique of his second song. Obviously she had made her mind up about his future performance after seeing him rehearse. That's why live reality TV is so much more entertaining than sitcoms -- you never know what to expect. The producers don't even know for sure. My only wish is that there was a prime time variety show. Many were extremely successful back in the day, and now we have almost no venue on network TV for the best artists of the day outside a guest spot on Leno or Letterman. I'd be willing to bet the public would eat up a reincarnation of something like the Carol Burnett Show, the Glen Campbell Show, the Burt Bacharach Show, the Donny and Marie Show, etc.