# Paula, Paula, Paula - American Idol '07 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764 "2007-01-12T22:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/1 "2007-01-12T22:46:14Z")
Wow – so, watch these video clips of Paula Abdul and then answer these questions: 1. What is she on? 2. Where can I get some? and 3. How many weeks before she totally implodes live on screen and has to be carried off the set? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zt5-wn3fvlw/hqdefault.jpg "Paula Abdul - What is she smokin'???") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5-wn3fvlw) [http://www.ktvu.com/video/10724570/detail.html](http://www.ktvu.com/video/10724570/detail.html) ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/2 "2007-01-12T22:51:06Z")
Yikes. :eek: Hard to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/3 "2007-01-12T23:01:12Z")
It reminds me of when my friends and I did Quaaludes. Do they still make those things? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/4 "2007-01-12T23:01:29Z")
Like Stephanie Edwards when she was doing the Rose Parade for KTLA5. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/5 "2007-01-12T23:14:26Z")
It’s hard to fathom who let her go on the air - don’t they check for that sort of thing? Like, stand on one foot and touch your nose? Or even, stand one two feet, without falling over? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/6 "2007-01-13T02:40:10Z")
She has claimed in the past to be in some sort of “pain” for which she takes medication, so I am guessing powerful painkillers of some kind. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/7 "2007-01-13T02:41:10Z")
Is it on tonight? ::runs for TV guide:: ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/8 "2007-01-13T02:51:50Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] It reminds me of when my friends and I did Quaaludes. Do they still make those things? [/QUOTE] Mmmmmm Quaaludes! ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/9 "2007-01-13T02:55:04Z")
\*…er, then actually clicks links. Sits, at computer, astounded. \* Gee, I went into the office today, still sick with the 'flu, and despite being dizzy and dozy, still managed to comport myself better than that. Okay, barely, but I did. And also, I would really like to have some of that stuff. I am sure I would feel so much better. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/10 "2007-01-13T03:00:26Z")
Didn’t you know? She suffers from a [painful, debilitating desease.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7590222/) After 12 surgeries I’m sure that the grueling AI schedule requires a certain amount of painkillers. It is my totally unprofessional and gossipy opinion that she is hepped up on goofballs. Probably very legitimately. But high on painkillers nonetheless. Can’t wait for it to start! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/11 "2007-01-13T03:10:09Z")
[QUOTE=SaintCad] Like Stephanie Edwards when she was doing the Rose Parade for KTLA5. [/QUOTE] I remember growing up watching her with Bob Eubanks and she seemed quite lucid back then, but I noticed this year that BE had a new hostess. Since it’s easily been over a decade since I’d last watched BE&SE host, what might your aside actually be referring to? Why is SE gone? ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/12 "2007-01-13T07:01:10Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] It reminds me of when my friends and I did Quaaludes. Do they still make those things? [/QUOTE] I still chuckle anytime I notice it’s 7:14. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/13 "2007-01-13T09:06:34Z")
:: DMark watches the two video clips and quickly goes back to the thread Celebrity Death Watch and makes a quick change :: ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/14 "2007-01-13T15:17:37Z")
From **Biggirl’s** link: > [@](#): > > The pain was punctuated with “a couple of car accidents” in the 1980s, her battle with bulimia, an emergency plane landing in 1992, paralysis in 1998 and years of failed treatments including prescription drugs, acupuncture and live leech therapy. :eek: Suddenly, being baked seems like the better option. “…Randy, will you help me move this little fella to the other side?” ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-paula-paula-american-idol-07/387764/15 "2007-01-13T15:38:16Z")
It’s scripted theater calculated to win market share, advertising dollars and launch the inevitable tell-all memoir.