IDOL RECAP: Leather Tuscadero Lives!

It was the gals' turn to crank out the '80s tunes on "American Idol" Wednesday. How did they do? Who rocked? Who tanked? Well, let's just say Amanda Overmyer can start practicing "Revolution" for next week's Beatles show.

ASIA'H EPPERSON: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody." Nice, peppy rendition. But why was she wearing Higgins' pants from "Magnum P.I."? Zeus! Apollo! Patrol!

KADY MALLOY: Kady Malloy covering Freddie Mercury is a lot like me playing the lead in a [THIS PUNCHLINE HAS BEEN EDITED FOR CONTENT. PLEASE INSERT YOUR OWN JOKE AT SEAN'S EXPENSE].

AMANDA OVERMYER: Was I the only one getting a Leather Tuscadero vibe? My badass Biker Nurse is still uncomfortable onstage, but there were great gobs of sexy in her rendition of Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You." Hot, very hot. The Fonz would approve.

CARLY SMITHSON: Not the Cyndi we expected, but Lauper nonetheless. Good, safe, fine...yawn.

KRISTY LEE COOK: Cook needs a better brand of shoe polish for her eyebrows. But hey, we finally got a little Journey. And I do mean a little.

RAMIELE MALUBAY: Now THAT's a Phil Collins song. Alas, the Polynesian Pixie gussied up "Against All Odds" instead of delivering it as a suckerpunch. You need to suffer that song. For instance, when I sing it, I like to rip out a patch of chest hair.

BROOKE WHITE: Brooke is so sensitive, so natural, so deep. Ugh. I bet she wears a big, floppy hat when she goes to the beach.

SYESHA MERCADO: Syesha's legs made me wanna pull a Costner and "Bodyguard" her out of there. Solid performance, sensational stems.

Comments

[Marissa]

Are you reading my blog again? I wrote about Suzi Quatro recently... My love of Leather Tuscadero. Why do you hurt me, Sean Daly?

[Jeff in Cuba]

This just in from Cuba...

There's a flicker of reception on our Fox channel, so I may be back in the game soon!

[Sean Daly]

Uh-oh. Are the good times over, Marissa? Is this the part in the movie when I find acid on my beige Oldsmabuick?

[Marissa]

No, the love isn't gone, Sean. It's just hard to believe you'd compare that dirty-sticky woman to my beloved leather clad hero of the 70s. It's ok. I'm already on the mend.

I do have to say it's really freaky that you mentioned two things that I've written about .. AND Joan Armatrading is on the bill for the Cyndi Lauper "True Colors" tour and I just wrote about her, too. There's some cosmic thing happening and I need to figure out what I'm supposed to do with it.

[Marissa]

"KADY MALLOY: Kady Malloy covering Freddie Mercury is a lot like me playing the lead in a [THIS PUNCHLINE HAS BEEN EDITED FOR CONTENT. PLEASE INSERT YOUR OWN JOKE AT SEAN'S EXPENSE]."

As the lead caveman in the Geico commercials? *muah*

[jane]

FWIW, I blogged earlier this week about "I Hate Myself For Loving You"... but that's not quite the same Cosmic Thing. (HA!)

And I, like Brooke, also wear a big floppy hat to the beach. Gotta keep those wrinkles at bay, baby.

[Marissa]

Jane, I have a "and then there's Maude" photo of me at the water park with my son and nephews. I burn easily. It was my first day of Summer sun exposure.

[Jeff in Cuba]

Riss,

Maybe you should blog about some Lotto numbers...

[Marissa]

Ah-ha! Brilliant idea, Jeff.
This has nothing to do with anything, but I'm watching "Groundhog Day" -- Bill Murray makes me happy.

[Jeff in Cuba]

I'm working on school photos.

When you're isolated like we are, everybody has to chip in.

[Sean Daly]

The original picture with this item was a saucy number of Fallon Carrington. (Any excuse to run a snap of PSM.) But after Overmyer, I felt the need to search frantically for Leather.

[Jeff in Cuba]

Hey SD,

Did you get my audio gift for Kid Lulu?

[Marissa]

Sean ~ for you.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii80/younglover305/Retro%20Misc/SuziQuatro.jpg

and this:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/marissa65/suziquatro.jpg

[Sean Daly]

Seusstastic, Jeff. Thanks for that. We have all the Doc in this house. Even the P.D. Eastman stuff.

And Marissa, can you provide any Pinky Tuscadero? (Who played Pinky? And were they sisters? Twins? Opposites? Help me out here, Riss.)

[Jeff in Cuba]

Pinky was Leather's older sister and I believe she was played by Roz Kelly.

And Chester in Cuba is going through a serious "Go, Dog, Go" phase; walking around the house saying "Hello, do you like my hat?"

[Marissa]

Roz Kelly played Pinky. Leather was the ruffian, reform school younger sister who had a heart of gold.

Photos of Roz/Pinky are limited.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/marissa65/pinky.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/marissa65/pinky2.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/marissa65/pinkyandfonzie.jpg

[sarah]

Buh-bye, Kady and Kristy.

And say goodbye to Luke and Chikeze too.

[Marissa]

Sarah, I think you are right. I really had hopes for Chikezie. He coulda been a contender. He really coulda been somebody.

[Jeff in Cuba]

I'm beginning to think the quickest way to earn your bus ticket home is being bland, not being bad.

There always seem to be plenty of votes for both the talented performers on top of the heap and the running-joke train-wrecks at the bottom, but forgetable so-so's in the middle are just that: forgetable.

By that math, I'm thinking Sarah has it right: Luke-warm and Chik-Filet are done, along with Fembot #2 (Kady) and Fembot #3 (Kristy).

[Sean Daly]

You're dead-on there, Sarah. Although Kristy Lee Cook might (might...) survive this round. Is there's gonna be a shocker, it'll be in the girls' bracket.

I'll post my predictions and a picture of Pamela Sue Martin later. But I see the same dead pool as everyone else.

[Eric Deggans]

Hey dudes -- I've been keeping my noes out of Idol mostly this season -- Sean and Sharon rock the coverage so hard, I'm hardly neeeded.

But I have been watching the show,and I've reached the point where i'm about to go Virginia Tech on the judges.

Check out why on my blog:
http://blogs.tampabay.com/media/2008/03/american-idol-j.html

I know i'm probably late to this party, but does anyone else want to put randy in hip hop rehab for awhile? And shouldn't Ryan and Simon just get married and get it all over with?

[chokmo]

I think it's "see ya" for Chikezie, Luke, Kady and Amanda tonight.

[Sean Daly]

Chokmo, how could you say that? Amanda? Really? She's like a wounded bird that America wants to nurse back to health. Tweet tweet, Chokmo. Tweet tweet.

[jane]

Great post on your blog, Mr. Deggans. Spot on regarding the judges, especially Randy.

And tonight, my money's on Kady, Kristy Lee, Luke and either Chikezie or Hernandez hitting the road.

[Bassnote]

I don't care how well Chikezie sang it, any man who sings Whitney Houston needs to leave, and needs his Man Card revoked.

[DoctorDrew]

GUYS First one is easy: With the lowest total ever- I'm not sure his family could vote for that performance: Luke is going.
I believe David H. will be the other guy to go with Chikpea in the bottom three.

GIRLS- Kady and her multiple personalities will go on to Faber College and be pledgemaster at Sigma Sigma.

I think one of the non-fembots will go. The Fembot vote is solid this week. So, either Ramielle, Syesha or Asia'h will go. I'll go out on a limb and pick Ramielle. Though I think Krusty should go.

[Tricia]

Hilarious. I Google "Syesha's legs" to search for an image for my own Idol recap (AmericanIdolist.com, people!) and the first thing that pops up is my old friend's blog.

Fatherhood hasn't changed you a whit, Daly!