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COVER STORY
‘America’s’ judges reflect on good, bad and the bizarre
By Jacqueline Cutler © Zap2it
girl sings James Brown’s “This Is a Man’s World,” and when the judges don’t advance her to Las As Howie Mandel and Sharon Vegas, she begs and cries. Osbourne make their way down Two brothers, third-generation the aisle of the Hammerstein circus performers, take seven Ballroom, a once grand New York dogs through their paces, includvenue, the cheering is pretty ing back flips. A mime troupe in crazy. But when Howard Stern black costumes and white faces follows, the audience becomes just gets on people’s nerves, as rapturously, deliriously loud. mimes tend to. Finally, a drag The judges of the seventh queen named All Beef Patty wins season of “America’s Got Talent” over a hostile audience because take their seats for a day of audihow can you not love a man in tions. Not all of these acts will make it to the NBC show return- a zebra-patterned top, sequined shorts and a foot-high hot pink ing Monday, May 14, for which viewers can offer eternal thanks. beehive? After a few hours of this, the On this day, there’s an offthree judges (minus host Nick kilter marching band and a man unfamiliar with the notes custom- Cannon) sit down for their longest interview in New York. Here arily used in singing. Osbourne is a condensed version of it. advises a woman with a good Zap2it: What was the weirdest voice to smash her accordion. act you have seen? Another woman’s stand-up Howard Stern: “It was really act consists of putting on a baby voice and snorting. A 14-year-old weird when the squirrel got in
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Sudoku Client will fill Howard Stern is a judge on “America’s Got Talent,” which returns for its seventh season Monday on NBC. the pool and water-skied. I was disturbed.” Howie Mandel: “A man who makes an entire audience an instrument.” Sharon Osbourne: “It was incredible.” Howard Stern: “We had one guy who had never sung in front of anyone. It was odd and strange, but wonderful.” Howie Mandel: “A man who had stayed around home a long time and had puppets. He had a bear on his shoulder, and it didn’t do anything. I stole the puppet from his shoulder. I wore it. That puppet did nothing.” Howard Stern: “I am so annoyed by people who waste my time.” Sharon Osbourne: “He gives them advice. ‘I want you to go home and get a proper job. You are too old to be doing this.’ ” Howie Mandel: “I believe just do it! If you have the seed of a thought, I know that as a standup, I have to give some respect for that.” Howard Stern: “There are people who waste time here.”
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