Dude Looks Like A Lady

Good news, bad news week on TV.

Good news is, I should have more free time this spring since I doubt I will spend much time watching American Idol this season.   As some of you know, the kids and I have watched the last three seasons.  But without Simon Cowell the show is not worth watching.

The bad news is as luminous as Jennifer Lopez looks, Steven Tyler is terrible to watch and even worse to listen to.  All he does is cackle and try to make double and triple entendres.  As Andy Richter said on Conan this week, "Was that Steven Tyler?  I thought that was a creepy old lady."

Lopez looks fantastic but has nothing to say; Randy Jackson looks weird and has even less to say.  Jackson was always the third-most interesting person on the panel, no matter the season.  

This year the entire panel mimics Jackson: third-rate judges on an equally tired show.

On the other hand, I am enjoying the new Conan show.  Some of the writing is not that great some nights, but no matter how weak the jokes are the bottom line is: Conan is just funny.  And he's funny no matter what.  

The show's secret weapon is Richter.  He never seems to miss - though he and Conan failed to follow up his 'creepy old lady' crack about Tyler by cackling 'dude look like a lady!"