What fresh hell is this? Miss America cancels talent competition!!

[Dookus]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040730/ap_en_tv/miss_america_talent_2

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Miss America (news - web sites) pageant is pulling the plug on its talent competition, eliminating the amateurish two-minute routines that have come to feature cheesy stunts such as tractor driving and trampoline jumping.

Instead, this year's crowning Sept. 18 will showcase some of the women performing in a videotaped montage culled from talent routines staged in preliminary competition.

Just one contestant chosen by the pageant's producers will perform live, after the selection of the five finalists for Miss America 2005. ABC-TV is trimming the telecast to two hours this year.



Sonuvabitch! If I can't see an accordion-playing klompen dancer, what's the point?!

[pagerbear]

1. Oh no!

No more spirited renditions of "Don't Rain on My Parade" or "Le Jazz Hot"?!

[Dookus]

2. exactly!!!

It's the best part of the show!

[pagerbear]

6. Seriously,

...when I was a kid there was some real talent. People with musical training. Now...not so much.

[Dookus]

3. kick

this is an outrage!

I wanna see jiggly flute players!

[Archae]

4. Wahhhhhh!!!

You mean no more talents on display like I saw when I was a kid, when one contestant used a bow and arrow to shoot balloons being held by her father??!!?? :crazy:

[baldguy]

5. It's not a "pageant"

It's a "scholarship competition".

[TreasonousBastard]

7. Some of us...

appreciate the T&A aspect of it all.

[underpants]

8. Are they replacing it with the "Trophy Wife potential" competition?

AS long as the "Swimwear" competition stays I'm happy. Get the PReperation H!!!

[Dookus]

9. kick

where's the outrage?

[trof]

10. Let's go back to the good ol' days.

The one with the biggest boobs wins.
<ducks>
;-)

[bo44]

11. One of the few times to see tap dancing accordian players is no longer

Dad gummit

[Dookus]

12. I know

and how often can we see baton twirling on tv nowadays? Feh.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. Well Vanessa Williams was the only real talent they ever attracted

so no big loss.

[Dookus]

14. yes

I remember the photos. That's quite a talent!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

15. hey she can sing too...and her acting is..well...better than Bo Derek's

and yeah...she has pretty parts

[Dookus]

16. heheh

true... if ya like that kinda thing.

I think you need to go back to Christian counseling. I detect an underlying current of lesbiosity.