Dockers Free Pants

Dockers Free Pants

You might think there were way too many men without pants in last nights Super Bowl commercials. Very true, but one commercial is really making an impact, the Dockers Free Pants commercial. They are giving away free pants in a raffle where you go to the website, enter in some info and you see if you won. Even if you don't get a free pair, you'll still get a 15% off coupon.

Why won't reality stars go away?

This one caught my eye earlier today. Melissa Rycroft, who was the woman basically dumped at the last second on The Bachelor, got a gig as a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. She's also been doing some work for Good Morning America. So you're wondering what kind of skill set does Melissa Rycroft have to be a reporter for these shows? The correct answer is none! Absolutely zero, which is painfully obvious if you watch her. The only thing she has ever done was appear on The Bachelor and garner some symphathy because she was dumped...which shouldn't be that big of an issue as she was dating someone herself while on the show. Oh, excuse me, she said they "broke up" beforehand but are now back together and are going to get married. The moral here. Let's stop giving jobs to undeserving people. Melissa Rycroft has done absolutely nothing to merit these gigs. Certainly being a reporter on ET isn't difficult as all you do is cover the latest installment of Twlight, but hiring her to be a reporter is on the same level as casting Ashlee Simpson in a tv show. Let's start having some standards and remember being on a reality show doesn't mean you have talent.

So today was the day Michael Jackson's doctor was to be charged with involuntary manslaughter. Didn't happen but look for it to happen soon. I'm all for celebrity doctors being penalized for basically peddling drugs but we don't want to overlook the bigger issue here. Dr. Conrad Murray did not force MJ to inject huge doses of drugs. Matter of fact if Dr. Murray didn't give drugs to MJ, some other doctor would. We need to stop giving these celebrities who die of drug overdoses free passes. It was not the doctor's fault, it was their fault! From Heath Ledger, to Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Jackson and Brittney Murphy...the celebrities need to be held accountable, not the doctors. What we need to do is stop putting these celebs on pedestals where we believe they can do no wrong. Remember when YOU were ultimately responsible for YOUR own actions??? I guess that's still case, UNLESS you a celeb who happens to overdose on drugs.

Just a quick thought on Beyonce winning way too many Grammys this past weekend. First of all we all know the best song of 2009 was the Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling". Hands down, no questions asked. Second, she won some sort of songwriting Grammy when it is well known in the music industry that her writing music is the biggest fraud since the Gyllenhall's being considered good actors. Her manager (daddy) pays the legit songwriters to include her name on the songwriting credits. She receives extra money (like she needs it) and receives accolades she doesn't deserve. I just hope in 2010 she doesn't have a song as annoying as "Single Ladies".

American Idol: Event TV versus Pop Superstar Creator

I feel like I always needs to preface things by saying "I"m not a fan of such and such". Well, I'm not a fan of American Idol and firmly believe if any of the contestants on the show had any talent, they wouldn't need a game show to get a record deal. Blink 182, which is beyond awful, earned a record deal the old fashioned way and you're telling me Kelly Clarkson can't? Regardless, since the Carrie Underwood season, we've seen AI produce a crop of winners that couldn't sell out a concert in a phone booth.

It used to be with American Idol you had a chance to actually create the next pop superstar. But since 2005, American Idol is just event television and that's it. Sure it gets huge ratings but it does absolutely nothing to create a superstar that we care about once the finale airs. It's now become a television show and that's it. Nothing more, nothing less. We love the drama of the competition, we love the drama between the judges, but once the winner is announced, we could care less.

Let's look at this season. We are 4 weeks in and it's painfully obvious at this point that whoever wins has absolutely no chance of selling any albums. Is there any buzz about any of the contestants? Nope! The only buzz is about Pants on the Ground. Too bad "General" Larry Platt can't teach the current crop of contestants about charisma, talent and stage presence.

So what is American Idol in 2010? It's a show we still watch but it's a show we have no emotional investment in once the season wraps up. The days of AI creating the next pop superstar are over. And you wonder why Simon is leaving? He is well aware of this as he's typically ahead of the curve. He knew this years ago.