# American Idol 3/21 - the 1950s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270 "2006-03-21T12:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/21 "2006-03-22T01:10:46Z")
I’d like for my stars to stay relatively good looking. That picture of Eddie Van Halen at an Oscar party hurt me physically. But looking at Barry— I think I’d rather have real age than that plastic look. Oh, Mandisa looks gorgeous. That dress makes her butt look nice. Why is her tongue orange? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/22 "2006-03-22T01:10:47Z")
Is Mandisa getting fatter? The singing is meh. She has a very limited range. I don’t care what Barry Manilow says. She just has about one mid-range octave that she can belt and that’s all she ever does. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/23 "2006-03-22T01:10:39Z")
I like her curls… I like her sound… Nice voice… She did good… ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/24 "2006-03-22T01:14:24Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Oh, Mandisa looks gorgeous. That dress makes her butt look nice. Why is her tongue orange? Heh, I thought her tongue was a funny color too; that wasn’t a good time for a close-up. Mandisa did very well; that was her kind of song. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/25 "2006-03-22T01:16:59Z")
Why is Barry Manilow coaching? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/26 "2006-03-22T01:19:01Z")
I like that song, but it is not the best Bucky song… And the hair is still ugly… But they did trimmed the moustache, right? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/27 "2006-03-22T01:19:34Z")
My husband stared at Barry Manilow for a minute, then asked, “Do you remember Topo Gigio?” :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/28 "2006-03-22T01:20:06Z")
They tried to tone down Bucky’s hair to no avail. He just has babe hair. The babe hair and the growl are working for me. My boy does NOT like the growl. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/29 "2006-03-22T01:20:28Z")
Bucky sounded ok but the song choice was a little boring. I think he’ll be fine for another week. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/30 "2006-03-22T01:21:11Z")
Boring is exactly what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/31 "2006-03-22T01:26:23Z")
I think Paris is making herself a front runner again. Best of the night so far. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/32 "2006-03-22T01:27:38Z")
Paris started slow and ended big. I’m beginning to think she has range problems. Kinda like what **Dio** said about Mandisa. Only I’m right about Paris and **Dio** is wrong about Mandisa. So I have spoken. So it is. Forever and ever. Amen. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/33 "2006-03-22T01:27:53Z")
I love my Paris! She’s doing much better this past couple of weeks than the weeks before that… ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/34 "2006-03-22T01:28:32Z")
That’s the Paris we’ve been waiting for. Randy’s “check it out” is already annoying. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/35 "2006-03-22T01:30:02Z")
I am glad Bucky was able to thwart another attack of the Curling Iron People. Paris sounded great, and I love, _love, **love** _ her outfit tonight. If I vote for her, it will be as much for her outfit as it is for her singing. It is good to know that there are teenagers out there who are not afraid to dress age-appropriately. _(Yes, I know I’m an old fart.)_ ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/36 "2006-03-22T01:36:46Z")
Is this really Chris’ arrangement or is he cheating again? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/37 "2006-03-22T01:37:36Z")
Com’on Chris-- you can do better. And that goat baying is beginning to annoy me. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/38 "2006-03-22T01:38:01Z")
Wow… if Chris pulls this one, it’ll be nice… Barry Manilow scares me… he does… Chris’s beginning is great… dressed all in black… You know, I had never heard the original song… I know it doesn’t sound like the original, but I still like it… Yet, it seems as if the music is trying to drown him… Perfect, I love it… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/39 "2006-03-22T01:39:02Z")
Ed Kowalcyk of Live. _That’s_ who Chris reminds me of. I finally figured it out. BUT … I don’t like Chris’s pants. Absolutely _not_ fond of the bright white stitching. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270/40 "2006-03-22T01:39:36Z")
Chris was really good. A few crappy notes, but wow! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270.md?page=3)