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&#39;American Idol&#39; turns viewers into loons

Music show inspires fan wars, stupid signs, and endless hours of texting


  
    
      
    
  




  By Marc Hirsh



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  updated 8:08 p.m. ET, Mon., Dec. 29, 2008 


For those of us who watch &quot;American Idol,&quot; this is it: the last moment before we all lose our
minds.

That&#39;s because &quot;Idol&quot; makes us crazy. For five months, our sanity takes off for parts... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: American Idol turns viewers into Loons according to MSNBC  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Pshaw, the USA Today site has so much better articles than this rubbish from MSNBC.  The only reason that they aren&#39;t as big of a phenomenon is because
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			<description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/MisterSlippery/icons-anims/lbf.gif" alt="image"> That article is spot on.
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			<description><![CDATA[ Actually, no. It&#39;s pretty accurate. Fan wars, endless hours of texting; doesn&#39;t that sound a bit...familiar? ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ It&#39;s my new avi, Tiger!
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I think I need to Cookify it though.  Which hairstyle would work best?  <img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/MisterSlippery/icons-anims/lbf.gif">
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  <strong class="quote-title">dagny1331 wrote:</strong>
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  The Official AI8 mascot:
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  <img src="http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k71/lia1331/loon.jpg" alt="image">

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I get it now!  I love it!
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  <strong class="quote-title">suckshardcore wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  They actually had to write an article about it, I think it&#39;s pretty obvious.
  <br>
  <br>
  That said I think a lot of fandoms are hardcore crazy, their shit just isn&#39;t as widely popular as AI and therefore their craziness remains confined to
  the internet and not widely known.
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I agree...there are fan wars between non Idol artists too... britney v. Christina  BSB v. NYSNC... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ They actually had to write an article about it, I think it&#39;s pretty obvious.
<br>
<br>
That said I think a lot of fandoms are hardcore crazy, their shit just isn&#39;t as widely popular as AI and therefore their craziness remains confined to the
internet and not widely known.
<br> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ nbc doesn&#39;t have a show on that doesn&#39;t suck ass.
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			<description><![CDATA[ Nbc aka GE /Universal /Sheinhardt Wig have financial insentive to try and bash AI in articles. Fox along with CBS/ABC continue to push NBC in a distant 4th
year after year.
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			<description><![CDATA[ If loving Idol is wrong, I don&#39;t want to be right.
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			<description><![CDATA[ The article is correct. I turned from a normal, boring TV viewer into a loon while watching Idol. The turning point was seeing Ryan Starr butcher You Really
Got Me on top 8 night in the first season. She wrecked it.. and I loved every second. She was wearing one her skimpy cutoffs, and had that sexy deep voice, so
the poor vocals didn&#39;t matter. And here I am, ready for another season. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Vafan49 wrote:</strong>
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  BWAH!
  <br>
  <br>
  Love, it <strong>ILGE!</strong> We&#39;ve had our moments!
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<br>
<br>
<img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/MisterSlippery/icons-anims/lbf.gif"> indeed we have! 
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I don&#39;t think it was Idol that turned me into a loon though... I was teetering already and got pushed over the edge ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ There really should be a picture of Ken accompanying that article.
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<br>
<br> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ &quot;<span style="font-style: italic;">American Idol turns viewers into Loons according to MSNBC</span>&quot;
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Understatement of the year.
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			<description><![CDATA[ Well aren&#39;t you pretty?
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LMAO.
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