# America's Got Talent Summer '10 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110 "2010-06-06T00:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/121 "2010-07-28T20:10:52Z")
I’ll defend Chips Cooney. I totally “get” his character and find him to be hilarious. The part about running out of ideas for illusions was simply the set-up for the stripping. It was something you wouldn’t see coming and that’s a major part of my fondness for the man–his entire act is irony, surprises, and absurdity. That makes it cool as hell. I hope the man makes it through because whatever he comes up with in the next round will definitely be great. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/122 "2010-07-28T20:33:08Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > I’ll defend Chips Cooney. I totally “get” his character and find him to be hilarious. The part about running out of ideas for illusions was simply the set-up for the stripping. It was something you wouldn’t see coming and that’s a major part of my fondness for the man–his entire act is irony, surprises, and absurdity. That makes it cool as hell. I hope the man makes it through because whatever he comes up with in the next round will definitely be great. The people who liked him liked him because of his joke magic tricks. I liked him the first time; hated his second performance, and thought, “What the hell?” about his striptease. He needs to go. I’m betting America will vote him off. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/123 "2010-07-28T20:35:22Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > > [@twickster](#): > > > > I wish they would create an age minimum for this show. I fucking hated that fucking little pseudorapper fucker. > > I hate how he puts on this awful Black inner city street accent when just speaking. When rapping, fine OK maybe that cadence works better, but when speaking to the judges? He’s a white kid from Texas. It’s so stupid. I’m guessing he’ll be one of the two the judges will choose between. He’s just keeping in character. I’m not a fan of rap, but for what he does I think he’s pretty good at it. He’s very confident and sure of himself, and that goes a long way. So he talks like he’s from the streets. Big deal. He’s talking and acting the way he thinks will make him seem cool. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/124 "2010-07-29T02:10:28Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > My predictions: > > 1. Young Beast Society > > 2. Debra Romer > > 3. Haspop > > 4. CJ Dippa or Strange Familiar. Pretty close. Those first three picked were shoe-ins. I was surprised at the last group of acts to be left tonight, though I am very glad that the vote went to Jeremy and not the belly dancers. Looking good in a bikini and waving around red fabric does not translate into talent. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/125 "2010-08-04T14:00:27Z")
Last night’s show was probably the best of them all. There will be some great acts that go home. These are my favorites and all deserve to advance. Tonight’s selection show will suck–and not just because Brett Michaels will perform. Rudi Macaggi Taylor Mathews Arcattack Doogie Horner Prince Poppycock Murray ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/126 "2010-08-04T16:56:01Z")
I kinda wish variety shows would come back to TV. I understand that in reality they would have a limited appeal but I wish there was somewhere I could see Prince Poppycock, or Acrodunk for just a few minutes. Someone could sing a pretty song, and then it’s time for the ridiculous sketch! Prince Poppycock should advance just on the strength of his costumes. In all honesty I’m not enough of an opera fan to go see a full length show of just him, but I’d love to see one song at a time in between jugglers and a comedian. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/127 "2010-08-04T19:12:26Z")
I’m thinking that the ones who will make it through will be [ul] [li]Taylor Matthews[/li][li]Arcattack[/li][li]Prince Poppycock[/li][li]Murray[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/128 "2010-08-04T20:40:10Z")
Somehow I see Prince Poppycock opening for Lady Gaga sometime in the near future. Of course, wardrobes would get confused back stage, but otherwise a perfect combo. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/129 "2010-08-04T21:40:14Z")
Arcattack Murray Bald daring guy Taylor This sucks too because the one girl that I have been looking forward to for AGES (the violinist) totally dropped the ball. It also sucks that yesterdays show had to be so good, because I think a lot of good acts are going home. Can you imagine a final between arcattack and defying gravity!!! They should forgo the “winner” and put them together in a show…it would be PERFECT for Vegas!!! ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/130 "2010-08-05T01:50:21Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Arcattack > Murray > Bald daring guy > Taylor > This sucks too because the one girl that I have been looking forward to for AGES (the violinist) totally dropped the ball. It also sucks that yesterdays show had to be so good, because I think a lot of good acts are going home. > > Can you imagine a final between arcattack and defying gravity!!! They should forgo the “winner” and put them together in a show…it would be PERFECT for Vegas!!! Tonight was a tough night, wayyyyy too many strong acts where previous weeks were a lot more of a given. Still, I gave my 30 votes to Doogie because even though he had no chance, he had me laughing hard. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/131 "2010-08-05T16:13:17Z")
Doogie’s act was actually quite brilliant if you ask me. it was a very coy satire on the whole “over-the-top”-ness that the show asks of its contestants. The jokes were intentionally bad, I think. (It kind of reminded me of this wonderful [Roast of Bob Saget by Norm MacDonald](http://videogum.com/15201/norm_macdonalds_genius_roast_of_bob_saget/stand-up-comedy/)) Mary Ellen or Ellie May or whatever he name is, it is embarrasing she got this far. Violin dancing girl, awful. Arcattack, awesome. Da Maniacs, fun but …no. Prince Poppycock, wonderful. Murray, un-freaking-believable. Macaggi, fantastic. Taylor…yawn. The step group…buh-bye. The kid dancers…very good, but Vegas…really? Gospel group…yawn x 2. Last act I cannnot even remember. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/132 "2010-08-05T19:41:31Z")
Everyone who I predicted would go through did. I’m psychic! 😃 I think I’ll try out for next season. But seriously Piers made a good point about wondering how Arcattack would be able to offer something different next time. Of course on the other hand, pretty much any Vegas act will be repeating themselves daily or nightly. But I guess for the judges they’ll have to try and freshen it up somehow. Of course the same goes for Fighting Gravity. It seems there’s only so much they can do, which is fine for a Vegas act who will be constantly getting new audiences, but because of the judges they’ll need to try and change things up a little to win the contest in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/133 "2010-08-11T03:26:40Z")
Wow, kind of went downhill tonight. The magic was pretty cool, but when it gets to the point that the _judges_ are the most entertaining thing on the show… ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/134 "2010-08-11T03:30:34Z")
Well, for the first 1hr and 30 minutes tonight I was thinking what a complete bust the YouTube episode was, and how could they even come up with enough to fill the four spots? Then those final three contestants performed and wow! The pianist was great, the magician was really cool and both tricks (the bird and the string) were really well done, and then Jackie Evancho was just unbelievable. That girl has got some incredible voice! I think those three are the clear winners of the night with the fourth spot going to… uh… let’s say the male singer Cam. (I thought the pizza guy was cool though. That looked really hard!) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/135 "2010-08-11T06:24:28Z")
When I heard Jackie Evancho I kept wondering if she was lip synching. She’s incredible and the other singers have got to be worried. I liked the magician too. My wife called Howie a wuss for freaking out like that, and I loved how it made Sharron laugh uncontrollably. One thing I didn’t like, and three performers did it, is the horribly cliched start out with a soft, older, well known song, then break into hip-hop. The first singing group did it, the pizza guy did it, and one other act did it. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/136 "2010-08-11T07:04:42Z")
I remember the first season, and Sharon’s visceral reaction to the little kids singing. No ten-year-old should win a show like this. How would it feel, to know it’s all been downhill since you were about to grow up-- You just had the high point of your life allready? Everyone knows that Howie has massive OCD issues, right? Throwing a used NECK FLOSS at someone who can’t even shake hands is gonna make him jump. Sharon laughing was the best part of the whole show. I felt bad for the “Riders in the Sky” dude, and his dawg. Way out of their element, clearly not ready, but they could have been fun. Never had a chance. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/137 "2010-08-11T11:32:33Z")
I don’t usually watch this show – I did the season Terry Fator won, but otherwise not – but when the hell are they going to get to some kind of actual competition? It’s the middle of fucking August and they’re still adding contestants? WTF? ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/138 "2010-08-11T13:41:26Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I don’t usually watch this show – I did the season Terry Fator won, but otherwise not – but when the hell are they going to get to some kind of actual competition? It’s the middle of fucking August and they’re still adding contestants? WTF? They are probably still holding out for a performer worthy of a $1,000,000 dollars, they may have found her in Jackie Evancho but her age may be an issue. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/139 "2010-08-11T14:35:49Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > > [@twickster](#): > > > > I don’t usually watch this show – I did the season Terry Fator won, but otherwise not – but when the hell are they going to get to some kind of actual competition? It’s the middle of fucking August and they’re still adding contestants? WTF? > > They are probably still holding out for a performer worthy of a $1,000,000 dollars, they may have found her in Jackie Evancho but her age may be an issue. The Season One winner was an 11-year-old girl. I would make Jackie Evancho the 2-5 favorite to win the finale. I can’t see anyone beating her. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110/140 "2010-08-11T16:10:39Z")
Yeah, she’s amazing – but my question is, why are they still dicking around with picking contestants two months into the show? Why aren’t they doing competitions and eliminations? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-summer-10/542110.md?page=8)