Notes from Howard's Sabbatical from Working. The name comes from a 1998 lunch conversation. Someone asked if everything man knew was on the web. I answered "no" and off the top of my head said "Fidel Castro's favorite color". About every 6-12 months I've searched for this. It doesn't show up in the first 50 Google results (this blog is finally first for that search), AskJeeves says it's: red.
I think the purpose of the shows is entirely different. Idol is about finding/creating stars. That typically means talent plus something less tangible. Britain's got Talent seems more about showcasing talent, less about finding stars. While Boyle's performance was great (and surprising) it isn't something that I would put on my ipod to listen to regularly (too old fashioned, even for an old guy). I would contrast this to Idol contestant Adam Lambert's performance of Mad World which will be downloaded many, many times.
Yeah they are different. Pop Idol is the UK equivalent of American Idol (and the original). There was an America's Got Talent but it didn't see as interesting as this woman and last year's Paul Potts.
I only watch Idol towards the end, which it's probably time to start. I can't handle all the bad auditions.
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I think the purpose of the shows is entirely different. Idol is about finding/creating stars. That typically means talent plus something less tangible. Britain's got Talent seems more about showcasing talent, less about finding stars. While Boyle's performance was great (and surprising) it isn't something that I would put on my ipod to listen to regularly (too old fashioned, even for an old guy). I would contrast this to Idol contestant Adam Lambert's performance of Mad World which will be downloaded many, many times.
Yeah they are different. Pop Idol is the UK equivalent of American Idol (and the original). There was an America's Got Talent but it didn't see as interesting as this woman and last year's Paul Potts.
I only watch Idol towards the end, which it's probably time to start. I can't handle all the bad auditions.
And oddly enough, Mad World was the only performance I caught last week. :)
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