{"id":269,"date":"2009-12-16T13:32:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T17:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=269"},"modified":"2009-12-16T13:32:21","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T17:32:21","slug":"television-the-sing-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/television-the-sing-off\/","title":{"rendered":"TELEVISION: THE SING-OFF"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE SING-OFF<\/em><\/h1>\n

I don\u2019t know if I ever mentioned this before, (but I know I definitely will again,) but I keep a list of my crushes. (Don\u2019t worry–Mr. X is #1 on it.) Very high up on it is Nick Lachey, whom I\u2019ve loved since the first second I saw his dimples on a long ago Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade<\/em>. (Oh, so Happy Anniversary to us, Nick! Unless that sounds kind-of stalker-esque.)<\/p>\n

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I'm so goony, I took this one off the TV! What am I--15??? And it's not even the juiciest one!<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyhow, a couple of years later, I saw him sitting a few rows in front of me on a plane back to L.A. from NY, and spent the next six hours planning my path to talk to him once we got off. (I would never bother anyone on the actual plane, then have to sit there stressing over it for the rest of the ride.) (OMG–how many parenthetical comments have I had so far???)<\/p>\n

When we got off, I kind-of ran up to him, huffing and puffing because of my heavy carry-on (I got a wheelie right after that! No lie), with absolute dry-mouth from the effort\u2026and nerves. He turned-out to be the nicest guy ever! Really adorable, too. And he laughed at absolutely everything I said! (And trust me, I said a lot.) He told me, \u201cYou\u2019re the funniest girl I\u2019ve ever met!,\u201d and I was left with a wonderful memory, and impression, of a celebrity I already loved.<\/p>\n

His hosting job on this week\u2019s unbelievably bad NBC limited series, The Sing-Off<\/em>, did nothing to dissuade me from my original assessment of him. He\u2019s as charming and gorgeous as ever. His suit<\/em>, however, on the first show, was a fashion disaster. The cut of the coat may as well have been a giant post-it note saying, \u201cHere\u2019re my family jewels!\u201d Oh lordy, lordy.<\/p>\n

The premise of The Sing-Off<\/em> is that eight a cappella groups perform and get critiqued by the celebrity judges, just like all the other American<\/em> Idol<\/em>-wannbe shows. And then they cut them down each night until they have a winner, and I would venture to guess, no viewers left. Except maybe Nick\u2019s family and me.<\/p>\n

So, I love<\/em> Nick and hate<\/em> his lamentable wardrobe. And after three critiques from the diverse music business judges, my mouth was hanging open. When the vapid Nicole Scherzinger was talking at one point, I asked Mr. X to guess what I was wishing my job was at that moment. He took a stab at \u201cSniper?\u201d That\u2019s when I had to sit down and write this.<\/p>\n

I was going for \u201cSNL<\/em> writer\u201d because all I\u2019d have to do is transcribe the judges\u2019 actual dialog. (This is copywritten, so don\u2019t think of using this idea yourself.) I don\u2019t mean these as racial<\/em> stereotypes, which SNL<\/em> would, but rather musical genre<\/em> stereotypes. Ben Folds, who helms a kind-of punk rock group, had incredibly insightful comments as to the harmonies and soprano notes and blending voices and joyousness. The exotic Nicole, who\u2019s the only Pussycat Doll anyone knows, sounded like a club chick with statements like, \u201cFirst of all, I want to say how cool is it that you can rock out to just voices?\u201d (Actual quote!) Lastly comes Shawn Stockman, of the a cappella-esque soul group Boys II Men. Though he gave some<\/em> insight, most of his contributions began with multiple \u201cWow\u201ds.<\/p>\n

Mr. X had to check-out after three performances. (He had already begged me to speed through the whole thing, but I like to give people a whole lot of chances.) And I\u2019m sad to say, even my beloved Nick Lachey couldn\u2019t save the show for me. Not even in his revealing pants. Shame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE SING-OFF I don\u2019t know if I ever mentioned this before, (but I know I definitely will again,) but I keep a list of my crushes. (Don\u2019t worry–Mr. X is #1 on it.) Very high up on it is Nick Lachey, whom I\u2019ve loved since the first second I saw his dimples on a long<\/p>\n

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