When Ryan Seacrest randomly pulled an iPhone from an audience members hand on Tuesday night's American Idol broadcast it was obviously a staged promo. Seacrest demonstrated how easy it is to visit the "Idol" website, vote for a contestant or even download content directly to the device. He failed to show us all how to snap a picture of the doofus holding the iPhone to use as a screen saver. It was a certified moment of horror for any card carrying member from the cult of iPhone that may have been watching.
Ryan Seacrest sucked the swagger out of the iPhone quicker than David Archuleta managed to chew and spew "The Long And Winding Road" on live television like a seasoned bulimic. Much like Seacrest did with his "Look at me I'm an ass clown with an iPhone" plug, Archuleta mangled The Beatles music beyond recognition. Though I must admit that Amanda Overmyer took a close second with her train wreck version of "Back In The U.S.S.R." which sounded like she was desperately trying to hark up a fur ball the entire song. It made me freakin' nauseous.
To think that Paul McCartney just forked over $50 million to that "Dancing with a gold digger" chick and then had to endure this travesty of a mockery of two shams. I only wish that Heather Mills was in the Idol audience so Simon Cowell could have tore off her good leg to use as a club on those relentless Beatles hackers right after he beat her with it. It would have been American Idol meets Jerry Springer with a twist of Braveheart thrown in. Now there's a reality TV show that might actually get me voting from my iPhone.
by Ian Fawling [watch video after the jump]
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