Brian Dunkleman Spoofs Bad Judgement in AmericanDunkleman

Snort!

That just might have been the biggest mistake…,em>ever.

Hehehe. Awwwwww…

I forgot there were 2 hosts on Season 1.

Jeesh, he quit? That’s almost like selling Microsoft stock you got for a $1 before Windows came out, and you sold it for $1. So was he in hiding for 6 years?

lmao @ the charlie brown music

lmao @ the charlie brown music

That and the billboard above his head with Ryan’s picture saying KIIS FM pays your bills at the 1:15 mark. :laugh_tb:

Brett Hudson. Squeal!!!!!

Excuse me for dating myself about 30 years. I had a big crush on Brett Hudson as a teen-ager. He and his brothers Bill and Mark were the Hudson Brothers, a singing group with a short lived career (two minor hits) and an even shorter Saturday Morning TV show. However, I never missed the show.

None of the three really made it far. Bill had a short-term marriage with Goldie Hawn (which created Kate Hudson) and Mark was the musical director for a few months for one of the late night shows (I’m thinking Letterman, but I’m not sure). But I didn’t know what happened to Brett…until now.

Brian Dunkelman is the Wally Pipp of the entertainment industry. Poor guy.

Mark was the musical director for a few months for one of the late night shows (Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinking Letterman, but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure). But I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know what happened to Brettà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦until now.

Not Letterman…It was the Late Show with Joan Rivers on FOX back in the late 80′s.

He also worked on the X Factor in England, and was one of the judges, with Kara DioGuardi on The One.

Dunkleman assumes the show would have been as successful if he hadn’t walked away (if he did, in fact, have the option to stay). Two hosts just didn’t work. The three-judge-one-host formula was the right mix and Ryan’s supernova rise to hosting/producing stardom enhanced the show’s status. Dunkelma = dead weight.

I wonder about Kara, although her addition is good for publicity.

The little clip was kinda cute in a self-pityfied sorta way.

Funny, and pathetic. Wtf was he thinking? Oh well, I guess he knows what mean is now. That’s show biz.

nomi, you’re making an assumption that the host or any judge other than Simon Cowell had much to do with the success of American Idol. IMO, Ryan, Paula and Randy lucked out big time. I’m not a fan of Simon, though I enjoy some of his remarks and reactions, but if one were to cite a single reason for AI’s popularity, it would be him and not any of the other three.

As for the current high profile status of Ryan, Paula and Randy, there’s something to be said for being on the most popular TV show of the past 7 years. This gig made them media superstars – insta-pundits who get regularly invited onto TV and radio talk shows, whose every move is followed by TMZ, ET, Access Hollywood, etc. Would Dunkleman have been as successful as Ryan Seacrest has been? Probably not, because Ryan, love him or hate him, has a work ethic rivaled by few in the industry. But unless he didn’t do anything with his increased profile (e.g. Paula), he’d at least be as successful as Randy Jackson.

Based on the above trailer, I’d have to say Dunkleman has some decent acting ability. And if he did truly quit AI because he thought the show was “mean to kids”, I’d give him props, because I think he’s right. Much of the early auditions do trade on making fun of the kids who come out. Of course, these days, many of the auditioners (good and bad) use the show as much as the show uses them but the popularity and ratings of the audition episodes specifically caters to people’s basest nature of wanting to laugh at and ridicule that which we deem bizarre.

I’m impressed with Dunkleman as a comedian/actor – self-deprecating, wry sense of humor, deadpan delivery. He’d be perfect in a sitcom.

I actually I think IÂ ´m gonna follow this series… looks like fun…

lmao @ the charlie brown music

Love it…

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not a fan of Simon, though I enjoy some of his remarks and reactions, but if one were to cite a single reason for AIà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s popularity, it would be him and not any of the other three.

I would have to agree that Simon is probably the key element to the success of the show. I would, however, argue that had the chemistry between him and his cohort been off in anyway, had the production values been lees than keen (they are showing wear and tear now, IMO), had the hosting been sloppily handled (Ryan is, for the most part, a pro and one of the best at what he does), and had the talent failed to be relevant to today’s music market (debatable at times), we wouldn’t be here talking about it.

Sure the others “lucked out big time”, but my point is about the power of the combination. (Although, to be fair, Paula had already made her bones as far as the big time, but this was her big comeback.)

So, yes, I am making some assumptions, primarily because Simon, by himself, could not have pulled his act on this side of the pond without the balancing act of Randy, Paula, Ryan and probably, to some unseen extent, Ken, Nigel and Simon L. Other players could have been in the place of R,P or R, but I think this was the right mix. Dunkleman and 4th judge version 1.0 didn’t fit the mix.

I’m sticking to that. But I’ll give you this: if Simon goes, the show will certainly fold.

I don’t think Simon makes the show. It wouldn’t be the same without him, but I’d still watch.