Last week started with my favorite appearance on Conan out of the 30 or so I’ve done. Partly because Conan, Andy and the crew were at the happy go lucky best and partly because of the other guests: a cameo and hug from the sober but sadder, world weary Mike Tyson (the man deserves a break), Cheryl Hines (my favorite) and Adam Lambert (a lot of young people’s favorite). He also seemed like a nice young man, talented but also graceful in the ways of handling his “controversial” appearance on The AMA’s. The fact that he didn’t stick to his rehearsal act got him temporarily banned from ABC, a feeling I knew one time but for a different reason. When your ex-wife is their biggest moneymaker and she makes it clear that it’s a “him or me” scenario, the network has no choice. I survived and so did Adam (The View came to his aid…nothing to do with ratings I’m sure).
I did feel sorry that The Jimmy Kimmel Live was forced to cancel him because Jimmy would’ve made it fun, especially since there was a big hint of hypocrisy. Adam smooched a girl AND a boy. Maybe they felt he hadn’t earned the Madonna-Britney right to express himself but it is rock and roll, right? They censored Elvis, too. He may ha’ve used bad judgment but I think he was braver than any of those other guys and as a sports fan, he made a hell of a smooth play to rebound after a rolling trip. Judging by the comments on the internet there are millions of young girls who haven’t allowed his “coming out” to dissuade their lust for him, making him the equivalent of lesbian porn for us old guys.
