# A couple of American Idol questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556 "2005-05-05T17:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/1 "2005-05-05T17:18:01Z")
> [@Trading Places](#): > > Eddie Murphy (as Billy Ray Valentine): Randy, that’s like Randy Jackson of the Jackson five, right? > > William Bellamy (as Randolph Duke): Yes. Yes, I suppose it is. Someone mentiioned Randy Jackson from American Idol having once been a member of the group Journey. Shall I conclude from this that the American Idol judge is _not_ one of Michael Jackson’s siblings? Or is he simply the sibling who has branched out the most? Next question: what were the circumstances surrounding Anthony Federov’s tracheotomy? I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the season, and **kaylasmom** wants to know. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/2 "2005-05-05T17:24:07Z")
No relation to the Golved One. He is related to Samuel, though. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/3 "2005-05-05T17:34:14Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Next question: what were the circumstances surrounding Anthony Federov’s tracheotomy? I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the season, and **kaylasmom** wants to know. I set out to Google this for you because you’re one of my favorite posters. But one of the first hits said: _I want to insert a Kray-Zee Straw into Anthony Federov’s tracheotomy hole and sip his sweet digestive nectars._ I’m going to walk away from the computer now. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/4 "2005-05-05T18:47:20Z")
The part of me that can breathe right now (because of the laughter) is going: “EEEWWWWW!” And thank you for the kind words. The senitment is reciprocated. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/5 "2005-05-05T18:48:45Z")
As is the _sentiment_. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/6 "2005-05-05T20:56:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Someone mentiioned Randy Jackson from American Idol having once been a member of the group Journey. Nope. Just played in Steve Perry’s band for his 1985 solo album. ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@ZeroGyro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroGyro)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/7 "2005-05-05T21:13:12Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Nope. Just played in Steve Perry’s band for his 1985 solo album. Wrong. From [here](http://www.journey-zone.com/Sections/Band/Journey/jackson.htm): > [@](#): > > Of the four musicians hired to fill the shoes of Ross Valory and Steve Smith during the recording of Raised on Radio and the subsequent tour (1986), only Randy Jackson appeared both on the album itself and live with the band, thus making him the only one who came close to being considered a full-fledged member of the band. He had also previously appeared as an additional bassist on Frontiers (1983). His membership was, of course, temporary; the band cut the tour short due to Steve Perry’s exhaustion and went on a hiatus which lasted ten years. During the hiatus, Randy maintained his friendship with Steve Perry, and helped him put together his band for the For the Love of Strange Medecine solo album (1994) and tour (1995). Following the hiatus, Smith and Valory returned to the band for Trial by Fire (1996), thus eliminating the possibility of a return to Journey for Randy Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/8 "2005-05-05T21:16:10Z")
Well I’ll be. A search of the personnel on a Jackson 5 album reveals that the lads were Michael, Jackie, Marlon, Tito, and Jermaine. Not a Randy in the bunch. Now I’m wondering what else that movie misled me about. Those are Jamie Lee Curtis’s real boobies, I hope. Anyway, does anybody have the lowdown on A-fed’s throat hole? ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@ZeroGyro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroGyro)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/9 "2005-05-05T23:32:00Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well I’ll be. A search of the personnel on a Jackson 5 album reveals that the lads were Michael, Jackie, Marlon, Tito, and Jermaine. Not a Randy in the bunch. You’re mistaken. Randy wasn’t an original Jackson 5 member. He replaced Jermaine when the band moved to CBS (Jermaine, who was married to Berry Gordy’s daughter, stayed with Motown) in 1975. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/10 "2005-05-05T23:47:45Z")
> [@ZeroGyro](#): > > You’re mistaken. Randy wasn’t an original Jackson 5 member. He replaced Jermaine when the band moved to CBS (Jermaine, who was married to Berry Gordy’s daughter, stayed with Motown) in 1975. Makes me feel better about Jamie Lee’s boobies. Whew! To the gist, though. Is the _AI_ judge a sibling of the Gloved One, or is he not? And did anybody here watch the early parts of the season, where A-Fed’s _Chicken Soup for the Soul_ - ready tale of Triumph Over Adversity[sup]TM[/sup] was ladled out? ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/11 "2005-05-05T23:49:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well I’ll be. A search of the personnel on a Jackson 5 album reveals that the lads were Michael, Jackie, Marlon, Tito, and Jermaine. Not a Randy in the bunch. > > Now I’m wondering what else that movie misled me about. Those are Jamie Lee Curtis’s real boobies, I hope. > > Anyway, does anybody have the lowdown on A-fed’s throat hole? All I’ve heard is that it was a surgery he had as a young child. And of course that the doctors said that he’d probably never be able to talk, let alone sing. ---
**Author:** ![DefyingGravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@DefyingGravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DefyingGravity)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/12 "2005-05-06T00:10:10Z")
> [@ZeroGyro](#): > > You’re mistaken. Randy wasn’t an original Jackson 5 member. He replaced Jermaine when the band moved to CBS (Jermaine, who was married to Berry Gordy’s daughter, stayed with Motown) in 1975. You’re mistaken as well. Actually, American Idol Randy Jackson was not in the Jackson 5, and is not related to Michael Jackson. This was another Randy Jackson who was a brother of Michael’s. However, American Idol Randy Jackson is cousins with Samuel L. Jackson. Karen ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/13 "2005-05-06T00:15:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > To the gist, though. Is the _AI_ judge a sibling of the Gloved One, or is he not? No. As was said in the first reply, he is not related to Michael Jackson, but _is_ [related to Samuel L. Jackson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193098/). [This is the Randy Jackson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413953/) who is one of the Jackson Five siblings. The entire lot are: Rebbie Jackson DOB: 29 May 1950), Jackie Jackson (4 May 1951), Tito Jackson (15 October 1953), Jermaine Jackson (11 December 1954), LaToya Jackson (29 May 1956), Marlon Jackson (12 March 1957), Michael Jackson (29 August 1958), Randy Jackson (29 October 1961) and Janet Jackson (16 May 1966). > [@](#): > > Anyway, does anybody have the lowdown on A-fed’s throat hole? He had a lump removed from his throat at age 4. [Source.](http://anthony-fedorov-american-idol.blogspot.com/2005/04/fedorov-scarred.html) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/14 "2005-05-06T00:33:49Z")
Ah. Thanks to all. And sorry about spacing on **Lute Skywtcher** ’s response. I got distracted by the image of the STRAW and the STOMACH juices and the GLAVIN…[/frink] ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@ZeroGyro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroGyro)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/15 "2005-05-06T03:06:46Z")
> [@karenow](#): > > You’re mistaken as well. Actually, American Idol Randy Jackson was not in the Jackson 5, and is not related to Michael Jackson. This was another Randy Jackson who was a brother of Michael’s. > > However, American Idol Randy Jackson is cousins with Samuel L. Jackson. > > Karen What? Did you read the thread? We already established that there are two unrelated Randy Jacksons. I commented on the other one. ---
**Author:** ![Oswald\_Bastable](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oswald_bastable/32/214_2.png) [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/16 "2005-05-06T14:29:05Z")
So was Randy Jackson in the video to Rio by Duran Duran? 😃 OB ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/17 "2005-05-06T15:07:13Z")
> [@ZeroGyro](#): > > Wrong. From [here](http://www.journey-zone.com/Sections/Band/Journey/jackson.htm): Well, damn. I owe **Liberal** and apology. I corrected him, too. :smack: Ya know, in my real life, I know everything. Here? Not so much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-american-idol-questions/302556/18 "2005-05-06T17:08:19Z")
> [@Jaade](#): > > All I’ve heard is that it was a surgery he had as a young child. And of course that the doctors said that he’d probably never be able to talk, let alone sing. That’s sad that they were right about the singing. 😃