Lon, TV Show, America's Got Talent

mattkain · Post by **mattkain** » 22 Jun 2006 17:14

I have this terrible feeling of deja vu:

http://list.footbag.org/majordomo/get/a ... ounce.0211
http://list.footbag.org/majordomo/lette ... 2.32%5D%3E

sniper4life · Post by **sniper4life** » 22 Jun 2006 17:19

So, will Lon be on eventually or should I stop watching?

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 23 Jun 2006 05:19

Regis wrote:(paraphrase) This episode shows the acts from California and the western US

Regis wrote:Since there was not enough time to show all acts, watch this montage of the following who also advanced to the next round

Lon won't be on. It was fun to see him in the audience though. I can't say that I'm surprised Lon's show didn't get aired, but I'm dissapointed by the fact that there weren't any footbag clips in any of the little 'backstage' highlight reels that went on. I guess they only wanted to show acts that would eventually be on air.

Nice work Lon!

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 24 Jun 2006 14:46

ShredOnLawn wrote:fYeah, don't blame me if you were NOT practicing footbag or studying for tests while you were watching. C'Mon people. Atleast stretch while you watch.

i got 100% on my test, so.. you're lucky this time mr. smith... but i'm watching you!

on tv.

ShredOnLawn · Post by **ShredOnLawn** » 24 Jun 2006 18:53

Yeah, Footbag is pretty boring to watch.

America's Got Entertainment would be a better name.

If you didn't like the show, don't keep watching it.

I probably won't be on. I'm kinda releived because I'm such a dufus that they could have made me look real bad. Like they did to many of the acts. Only 1 or 2 of the acts were shown in full. If I were to have been on the show they probably would have shown me drop it and then cut to the mean Brit Judge dissin' me. They even Cut Off Rappin' Granny's Best Verse!!!!!!!!!! How stupid is that?! She was badass but barely seemed impressive after they cut off her best verse.

Bull Dropings

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 24 Jun 2006 19:12

ShredOnLawn wrote:They even Cut Off Rappin' Granny's Best Verse!!!!!!!!!! How stupid is that?! She was badass but barely seemed impressive after they cut off her best verse.

Bull Dropings

Ya, wtf!

I saw the whole clip on the internet and was disappointed when they didn't play it on the show.

"and ya know that i'm down wit that gangsta lean!~"

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 24 Jun 2006 22:54

What bothered me was how much they pushed the OMG PRIZE MONEYS aspect. Like, the fucking balloon artist? "You guys will see me and think, 'that guy deserves a million dollars,' I'm that talented."

I'd say that the coolest 90% of the acts had motivation similar to Lon's - just wanting exposure for whatever whacked out hobby they have. Of course, the most successful 10% will be the acts who are motivated by fame and fortune.

Tripp · Post by **Tripp** » 27 Jun 2006 16:22

It's double standards, man! I bet if Lon were a 10 year old girl, or a 76 year old man, they would've passed him through...

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 27 Jun 2006 16:24

but lon is a 10 year old girl.
just kidding lon

Anexthesis · Post by **Anexthesis** » 29 Jun 2006 20:44

I have to say as soon as I saw a commercial for this show I thought the same thing as many of you have said "oh man such an opportunity for a great footbagger to showcase some of the sport". It's extremely disappointing that Lon was never shown. In my opinion (biased though it obviously is) footbag is one of THE most impressive things to watch even if you lack the trained eyes necessary to understand just what he would be doing. It's not like I expected some stupid reality TV show to suddenly break footbag into the mainstream, but having it blantantly shunned from the competition is disheartening as best.

This event truely makes me never want to watch TV. That and David Hasselhoff can eat shit and die.

ninjo · Post by **ninjo** » 29 Jun 2006 21:07

Yeah Hasselhoff,SUCK IT!

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 29 Jun 2006 22:38

Turbo Boost!

gripperm · Post by **gripperm** » 30 Jun 2006 18:51

shredzilla wrote:Eh, the show blew ass. It's just another lame ass reality show, except in this one a lot of the people actually DO have talent. And they're judged by Moesha, Baywatch dude, and some wanna be Simon Cowl(sp).

After seeing how bad it was, I'm almost kinda glad I didn't see Lon up there getting dissed by people who don't have any talent except for reading lines from a page.

You can tell that it is producded by Simon Cowell because it is so close to American Idol its not even funny. It reminds me of a mix of Let's Make A Deal, American Idol, and The Gong Show

gripperm · Post by **gripperm** » 30 Jun 2006 18:52

Lazytowner wrote:I gave up reality television years ago. I'll stick to my Scrubs and The Office.

The Office is ok but the original one is the best!