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Please answer me this

Before I started getting ready for bed this evening, I was watching the first few minutes of America's Got Talent. I was treated to a great performance by a trio called the Texas Tenors. Then as the show was going to commercial, I saw some of the things coming up, which included someone getting $100 bills stapled to his face. And a few weeks ago one of the people featured was someone who ate light bulbs.

Are we reaching the bottom of the talent barrel and have to scrape it to get anyone to showcase?

I then decided that I could better spend my time blogging then studying the inside of my eyelids.

I gotta visit some of y'all. It's your talent that I appreciate.

Comments

Ms Hen's said…
yucky shows.. stapling.. and light bulb eating.. totally skivvy.
July 14, 2009 8:35 PM
Minerva said…
I guess "talent" must be a relative word. Maybe the contestants went in the wrong door, and were competing on a show called America's Got No Sense.
July 14, 2009 8:50 PM
J. Moses said…
LOL Margaret! Good one...

I sometimes wonder if America has collectively lost our minds watching some of that stuff...and this coming from a media blogger...LOL.
July 15, 2009 3:20 AM
Busy Bee Suz said…
I find this show to be extremely dumb. The dumbing of America!!
July 15, 2009 9:16 AM
Gin said…
I guess they don't set the bar very high these days do they? I might try to get on there and show off my really great pot scrubbing talent!
July 15, 2009 10:25 AM
Pat Jenkins said…
you know though we thought the kid in school who was double jointed was pretty talented didn't we?
July 15, 2009 7:03 PM
Anonymous said…
I really enjoyed the Texas Tenors also!
July 15, 2009 7:58 PM
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