Land of Oz

America's Got Talent

At least some do. OK - in general, I hate reality shows. I don't watch Survivor, Treasure Hunters, American Idol, or anything of the like. However, I caught AGT tonight. (Don't you hate it when people take TV show titles and make them into acronyms?) Anyway, this was pretty cool. Actually, it's basically nothing more than an upbeat Gong Show with a little less gongs than the gong show.

Obviously there's some pretty crappy acts on this show. The guy with the inflatable doll and more than a couple of singers really reeked. While I think singers have enough shows on, there were a couple that really rocked. A little eleven year-old (they should give her a cuteness handicap though) and a slightly older yodeler (who learned from a book and tape!) were great. There was an old-fashioned burlesque stripper who the female judge really hated. However, the sexiest was a contortionist archer - wow! I never-ever imagined shooting a bow with your feet could be so sexy. A rhythm dace group "Player's Club" had potential, but I have to agree with the bloke - they were missing something. There was a fantastic martial arts group that had more energy that I'd seen in quite some time and a couple of bowling ball jugglers were pretty cool.

However, what really blew me away was one of the last acts - a quick-change artiste. When I first saw him walk on, I thought, what a nerd -- this is going to suck. And then, WOW!. I think I watched the entire performance with my jaw resting on my chest. His partner, a woman, changed clothes in a dramatic fashion in seconds. He made one change, but she was absolutely amazing. I think she must have done a dozen changes in a minute or so. I enjoyed several of the other acts, some quite a bit, but nothing like this one. OK, so maybe the contortionist archer was close - real close.