Thursday, August 6, 2009
In Again-Out Again Paula, Lorrie Morgan & A Replacement For Billy Mays
Earlier this week, she announced that she was definitely leaving Idol and would not be back for the next season. Upon making that announcement, shares in all the leading pharmaceutical companies fell sharply (alright, I made that last part up). Earlier today, word was flying around that the producers of Idol had already hired her replacement, Victoria Beckham. I guess the producers sat around and said, 'Let's see....who can we hire who is even dumber, less talented and more incoherent than Paula? I know. Victoria Beckham!! Perfect!
But wait! Just before I sat now to write this, there's still another report out saying Abdul is NOT officially out yet, and that she is talking to the producers to see if a deal can still be struck. Now, I'm starting to wonder how much of this is real and how much of it is just schtick in order to hype the new season. The ratings of Idol have been dropping steadily over the last couple of years. If you're like me, I'm sure you're not going to lose any sleep over this.Kristin Nash has been off this week, so I've been doing the Walk Down Music Row myself. Nash usually picks the stories we'll talk about, but this week, it was up to me. It gave a chance to report on one of my all-time favorites, Lorrie Morgan.
It turns out Lorrie is headed to Broadway. Producers are putting a stage version together of the 1992 film "Pure Country", which stared George Strait in the leading role. It'll be Joe Nichols handling the lead in the stage version and Lorrie will co-star. Good luck to both of them.Finally, I was watching some news video yesterday. It was President OH-bama talking to a bunch of senior citizens in D.C., trying to sell them on his health care reform bill, that apparently nobody wants. He was basically telling them that his plan will give them everything they ever wanted in health care AND save them money at the same time. Watching it, it occurred to me that if this whole "president" thing doesn't work out for him, he would make the perfect replacement for Billy Mays.
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