Prince has totally jumped the shark. He's on American Idol.

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[sendero]

1. They...

.. (AI and Prince) jumped it hand in hand :)

[JVS]

2. His name is prince, and he is funky

he can do just as he pleases, besides you don't think that the whole "artist formerly known as" thing would have been the shark jumping point if it were to happen?

[cmkramer]

20. He was actually supposed to be on the show this season

Unfortunately, it didn't work out because he didn't want to meet with the contestants and that was part of the deal. In his defense, he's notoriously shy so it probably wasn't a snob thing.

[DS1]

3. This post just jumped the shark. It's TELEVISION that jumped the shark

when American Idol came on

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

4. I never watched it until I was over my parents' house last month

and saw one episode. Elliott is from Richmond, so I started to follow it a little. It's my mind candy for the week.

[KittyWampus]

6. nothing wrong with that.

and Elliot is the best! His Mom said she voted for the Governor Ryan :D

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

12. Gov. Tim Kaine.

[KittyWampus]

18. I feel really stupid for saying Ryan.

:blush:

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

22. Don't. No biggie. Hope I didn't embarass you.

[johnnie]

5. Two words

"Cop Rock"

[DS1]

7. One word

Cancelled ;-)

[JVS]

8. Ugh, I had nearly forgotten that aesthetic holocaust!

[johnnie]

9. LOL

It's hard to forget. I think it was the worse show ever to be put on a television.

[Ava]

10. you shouldn't have post this in the thread's title

EST coast people! :shrug:

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

13. Damn! I'm sorry.

I didn't post the winner, at least.

[Ava]

14. yeah, i'm fine because i'm on central time

but some of the east coasters might be po'd.

they can be deadly when mad about spoiling something! :rofl:

were you here during the west wing finale? :scared:

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

15. I'm on the east coast.

I watched the WW finale, but don't recall if I was on DU afterwards.

[El Fuego]

11. But he sucked compared to the rest of the show.

Put that in your shark and smoke it.

[Zookeeper]

16. He probably did the show to promote his new CD...

and because he was so fine, funky, real, immediate and HOT (HOT!) he put the entire season of AI to shame. Whatever momentary lapse I had in actually taking AI seriously, abruptly ended when he performed. Even the audience sounded different, like they had just witnessed something real.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

17. And he wasn't too good, either

[kwassa]

19. You misuse the term "jump the shark"

Prince jumped the shark with some of his own strange behaviors years ago. He can't jump the shark on American Idol because the threshold is set so very very low that it can't get more ridiculous. It is impossible for the shark to be jumped on this one.

Being on American Idol is actually great for Prince and Mary J. and everyone else because it is free advertising to 32 million viewers.

And, Prince is so talented a performer, among every other talent that he has, that he makes the contestants look completely worthless. He was great, as usual. A true showman.

[JVS]

21. Yeah, being on Idol is more like hitting bottom

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

23. What I meant is he is cool, so why is he on there when he's better

than that?