My Way

The Rat Pack was the theme tonight. I have to admit I had to google this and find out all those that were part of the Rat Pack. I don't think American Idol actually mentioned all of them. Anyway to save you time on google I'm going to give you a little background. You can now spend the saved time googling, naked mud wrestlers, or whatever you are into. The Rat Pack was made up of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. The other two, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford are the forgotton ones. I wonder why? Oh yea, little or no talent. Joey Bishop had a talk show on late TV in the 60's and Peter Lawford was the brother-in-law to John F. Kennedy. Yes the President. I think that might be where the mob connection came in. But I'm just gossiping now.

I actually thought all these guys were dead, but my friend Josh, went to Las Vegas a couple weeks ago and watched their show. Only in Las Vegas do the Greats NEVER die. The Sands Hotel has revived them. At least Frank, Dean and Sammy. I guess it wasn't worth the money to pull the other two from the graves. After watching tonights show and you want to go see the Rat Pack in Vegas, you can get information and tickets on www.ratpack.biz. Biz? That's weird whatever happened to .com's?

The Rat Pack was all about attitude, they were the coolest of the cool. All the guys on American Idol should nail this tonight. Going into the show, I was a little concerned about Allison. The Rat Pack only kept women around for decoration.

A few observations on tonights show:
Jamie Foxx had to be the best coach ever on American Idol. His suggestions worked, this was definitely the most entertaining show of the year.
What in the world were those huge ugly red pointsetta's or something on Paula's breasts?

Tonights show was amazing, everyone was really good. But keeping with the Rat Pack theme "Being Cool", I rated the performances by the cool factor. In order of the coolest:

1. Danny - Come Rain or Come Shine - I loved the jazzy take on this song. Very original. WOW probably the best performance of the year.

2. Kris - The Way You Look Tonight - Remember it's about cool tonight and Kris was so cooool, he was hot! Simon said it was a little bit wet. Well OK I was totally wet after that performance.

3. Adam - Feeling Good - Very good, a little Broadway and sleazy. Kind of makes you want to take Adam back behind the building and ..... oh sorry wrong blog. This was a great performance.

4. Allison - Someone To Watch Over Me - I simply love her voice. This was so sophisiticated from someone with purple hair that just celebrated her 17th birthday! For Allison I'd go both ways and watch over her. I am disappointed however, after research on the net, I was hoping Allison would have done a funky version of "The Lady Is A Tramp".

5. Matt - My Funny Valentine - It was OK, but I hear this song every weekend at my favorite piano bar. Sorry to say Matt was only a little better than Dan. Dan is the guy at Martin's that sings this song every Friday night. Matt you were saved 2 weeks ago, and lucky last week. It's time we all told Matt goodbye.

This was the only entire hour of American Idol worth watching. This is what television is supposed to be. If Matt is gone next week, then we can expect a couple more weeks of real entertainment.

Until Next Week - Wise OUT