Did Chikezie sing last night other than in the group number? He’s the one I thought was sent home the most too soon; She’s a Woman was the non Davidian highlight of the season and really had me wondering what else he could do.
Speaking of the group number, I thought that Hernandez’s mugging at the word “naked” was kind of sleazy.
And sexy. (1:38 in this video if you’re not familiar.)
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Cook on Jay Leno. (If his life was a movie this is where he’d be in a montage showing Leno, Letterman, a Muppet Show appearance, Dr. Zaius applauding him, statues being unveiled, etc.).
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This is a great interview - it really shows his poise. The best line came at about 4:56, where they’re talking about the Guitar Hero ad:
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Leno: Have you ever run around in your underpants on camera before?
Cook: Well, not for money.
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Wasn’t that a great interview? I couldn’t believe how comfortable he was. It was like he’s been in the spotlight all his life, except without the false modesty or arrogance that we usually get with people who’ve been in the spotlight all their lives. He was funny and intereseting and smart. I just love him!
Cook continues to impress. I finally caught a repeat of Idol Tonight. I looked for a YouTube clip but can’t find it – there was something about the way he said he wanted to record good music that made me think he wants to be his own man, that he won’t put out a quick crap album to please TPTB at Idol. He also said that he wasn’t interested in celebrity – he just wants to make a living with his music. I love this guy. Off to join a fan club!
My friend and I, who are reliving our teenage years through our completely immature obsession with all things David Cook, were TOTALLY bummed to hear that he went out on a date with that very LA-affected Kimberly Caldwell (2nd season contestant and TV Guide talk show host)- he asked her out on live TV, and then talked about their dinner together on Regis. It even says on her Wiki page that they’re “dating”. What-EVER!
He certainly has great admiration and respect for David Archuleta.
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My friend and I, who are reliving our teenage years through our completely immature obsession with all things David Cook, were TOTALLY bummed to hear that he went out on a date with that very LA-affected Kimberly Caldwell (2nd season contestant and TV Guide talk show host)- he asked her out on live TV, and then talked about their dinner together on Regis. It even says on her Wiki page that they’re “dating”. What-EVER!
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Oh she’s so obviously his publicist picked beard until he’s comfortable enough in his fame and fortune to admit he’s gay, come to my workplace, lift me in his arms and take me back to where I once belonged as my co-workers cheer and the relief societies send over a selection of this years Third World orphans for us to choose as our starter kids. Puh-lease!
Some cool interviews:
Archie and Cook- Arch is such a lamb in the woods. I love the following exchange in this:
David Cook on Ellen Degeneres Show
Also available on-line are the two Larry King Interviews with the Davids and the other 8 TOP TENNERS. Anyone see those? Damn… is Larry officially senile or was he always this bad?
This is a synopsis of the ENTIRE TWO HOUR INTERVIEW SEGMENTS, I kid you not:
Larry King: David Archuleta, what do you think of Brooke?
David Arch: Ah, she’s great…
Larry King: Syesha, do you agree?
Syesha: Well Lar…
Larry King: Jason Cuba
Jason: No, it’s like Jason… you know… like… Castro
Larry King: Whatever. Jason Fidel, what’s it like to sit next to Kelli Pickler there?
Kristy: I’m not Kelli Pickler I’m Kristy…
Larry King: That a fact? Kelli, what do you think about David Cook winning?
Kristi: Well…
David Cook: Actually there’s a funny story about…
Larry King: Chickadee EZ, are you the first rapper on Idol?
Chikezie: I’m not a rapper and my name is
Larry King: More when we return with the winners of Season 12 American Idol.
Archuleta: It’s season 7 actually
Larry King: He’s a Mormon. We’ll ask if his dad beats him because of his dreadlocks when we return.
While the above may be slightly exaggerated, it’s not as much as you would think. He continually bumbled the names (really did pronounce Chikezie’s name to rhyme with Chickadee, and while it’s certainly not a common name that’s why you have production staff) and generally asked everybody what they thought of everybody else as if one was going to say “The two Davids suck! This contest should have gone to that gay Filipino head waver kid!”
The only good questions came from email. Michael Johns was funny though, and the Top 10 seem to really like each other (save for Kristy Lee Cook, who seems a bit more reserved).
Does anyone who watched the show know why Michael Johns was so secretive about why he’s in Vegas? (He appeared this weekend at House of Blues there so I assumed that’s the reason.)
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This is a synopsis of the ENTIRE TWO HOUR INTERVIEW SEGMENTS, I kid you not:
Larry King: David Archuleta, what do you think of Brooke?
David Arch: Ah, she’s great…
Larry King: Syesha, do you agree?
Syesha: Well Lar…
Larry King: Jason Cuba
Jason: No, it’s like Jason… you know… like… Castro
Larry King: Whatever. Jason Fidel, what’s it like to sit next to Kelli Pickler there?
Kristy: I’m not Kelli Pickler I’m Kristy…
Larry King: That a fact? Kelli, what do you think about David Cook winning?
Kristi: Well…
David Cook: Actually there’s a funny story about…
Larry King: Chickadee EZ, are you the first rapper on Idol?
Chikezie: I’m not a rapper and my name is
Larry King: More when we return with the winners of Season 12 American Idol.
Archuleta: It’s season 7 actually
Larry King: He’s a Mormon. We’ll ask if his dad beats him because of his dreadlocks when we return.
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Very funny! 
[…wiping tears…]
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Oh she’s so obviously his publicist picked beard until he’s comfortable enough in his fame and fortune to admit he’s gay, come to my workplace, lift me in his arms and take me back to where I once belonged as my co-workers cheer and the relief societies send over a selection of this years Third World orphans for us to choose as our starter kids. Puh-lease!
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Sampiro, I would let you have him, just to get him away from her!
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Sampiro, I would let you have him, just to get him away from her!
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And because it was prophesied in The Bible, the Tao teh Ching, Nostradamus’s “Other Stuff I See”, the Upanishads, and that special unaired episode of Chico and the Man (in which Scatman Crothers in a trance also predicted 9-11, the Rubik’s Cube, and the death of Anwar Sadat) right?
xanthus & Sampiro - your comments in this thread just sum up why I love Cafe Society.
(and where else can I admit I too am an overage swooning fan of the Cookster?)
Stupid TMZ caught up with him after their “date”- ugh! I’m so mad! I could totally see her extensions though- heehee!
I prefer to think that since David is apparently attracted to her, there must be something cool about her. Something. Anything. Otherwise, all hope is lost. 
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I prefer to think that since David is apparently attracted to her, there must be something cool about her.
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Or that imperius curses are real.
Next up, David Archuleta asks out Pamela Anderson.
Or David Cook asks out David Archuleta.
Let’s think of Caldwell as Cook’s guide to LA. It’s natural (and smart) that he’d want to hang for awhile with someone who’s been around, and who knows what former Idol contestants can expect. A guide. Just a guide. He’s not hot for her. Nope. Not.
Hey, David Cook does (one assumes) have a penis after all. And we all know how powerful that can be in a man’s decision making. I doubt he’d settle down with some shallow bimbo, but let him go play for a while and enjoy it.
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Hey, David Cook does (one assumes) have a penis after all. And we all know how powerful that can be in a man’s decision making. I doubt he’d settle down with some shallow bimbo, but let him go play for a while and enjoy it.
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Ohhhhkaaaay, Opal. Fine. But we still get to make fun of him for it, right???
well duh we can make fun of him until he sees reason, but in the teantime he gets to tap some prime real estate…
eww I said that…