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American Idol interrupted by Mexican gas commercial

April 8th, 2008 by Scott Marks

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Okay. I watch American Idol. It’s good when I can make you laugh. I actually thought I’d finish the season without letting my dirty secret out.

Settling in with a bowl of corn, I’m not allowed to savor the genius of Ryan Seacrist’s introduction before a cutaway transports me south of the border. Maybe it was part of Idol Gives Back, but that was supposed to run tomorrow night.

There were two dead giveaways that something was afoul: This guy was going on in Spanish far too long and the camera never moved. That’s not my Idol.

It appeared to be a pitch from the Mexican government to help settle the oil crisis. This was obviously a calculated move to get the attention of a large audience. It wasn’t just San Diego’s Fox channel that was being jammed. Several other English language speaking stations also simulcast the infomercial. I don’t speak Spanish, so I’m not exactly sure what was being said, but the damn guy jabbered on for 15 precious minutes.

To make matters worse, his delivery was very pitchy. To add further confusion, when the segment ended there was no booth announcer alerting the audience that “we now return to American Idol already in progress.”

Damn, dog! God damn! I missed San Diego’s own Carly Smithson’s performance. How am I going to know what number to text at 9 pm?

Jumping our border is one thing, crashing American Idol another. If you want fifteen minutes of prime time coverage, buy it legally, cavrone.

All right, since the cat’s out of the bag, what’s with Jason Castro’s crappy rendition of Over the Rainbow? Judy Garland fans goof on him. He looked like Tiny Tim with that big schnitz and his ukulele.

Go David Archuleta!!!

UPDATE 

So much for my American Idol scoop. It seems as though I am the only one who saw this Mexican informercial, probably because I am the only one in the entire free world who doesn’t get cable. The show ran in its entirety everywhere with the exception of over the airwaves. Someone was asleep at the wheel and probably pressed the wrong button.

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