Caution: Falling Names

I mean I can't hardly watch American Idol this season for all the name-dropping! Every time Randy Jackson opens his mouth it's a shower of celebs, and now Paula's joining in too. Um, being the assistant to the choreographer of the music video of the original artist has absolutely nothing to do with how well a song was performed by the 20-year-old farm boy in front of you. Why do you feel the need to tell us? Do you think your opinion has more weight because you taught a pop star how to step-touch while lip-syncing 20 years ago?

Randy is the WORST though. Every damn song is, "Journey, good band...I played with them," or, "That's a tough song, I worked with Whitney on that." Okay, maybe the first season when nobody knew who the hell you were, you felt like you needed to prove you actually knew something about the music industry, but at this point, what are we 7 years later, WE GET IT! Not only do we get that you've worked with some pretty major artists, we also get that every name you drop is during 80's Week, so basically, these artists haven't been relevant in 20 years! In fact, we don't hear much from Steve Perry these days because he realized he was old and rode his multi-platinum ass off into the sunset, which is exactly what you should do. But no, you spent too many years just outside the spotlight, didn't you? Now that you're recognizable you're gonna wear your ridiculous jewelry and make your asinine comments until they wheel you out on a gurney!

Randy and Paula may know all these famous folks, they may even have their numbers in they cell phones, but does anyone answer when they call? Doubtful.