Idolatree

My heart sunk when smaultinyb shared with us the news that the kids would be singing "hits of the 50s" this week, and that Barry Manilow was somehow involved. Is FOX's target audience my 66-year-old father? My 86-year-old grandmother? And if so, why would the older set want to watch a bunch of kids sing these so-called "hits" off-key when they can throw their Four Seasons Greatest Hits CD in the stereo?

Don't the FOX execs realize who watches their show: tweens-twentysomethings and a few aging hipsters (ahem). Why can't they come up with something more compelling than "hits of the [f***ing] 50s?" Some suggestions:

• Power Ballads of the 80s (picture Mandisa screeching Skid Row's "I Remember You")
• Indie Rock One Hit Wonders (Kellie Pickler does The Breeders' "Cannonball")
  
• Scatting Queen's Greatest Hits (Yasmine Teeth "Zee Dop Zoon Bop the Champions"

You get the idea :)