Notes from the American Idol finale

First: Congrats to Jordin. I was confident you’d take American Idol. Blake is a great performer, but you are the better singer. And getting a record-setting 74 million votes (10 of which were mine) that's awesome.
Second: Welcome back Doug E. Fresh. The highlight of last night’s finale was a beatbox battle between Blake Lewis and Doug E. Fresh. I can’t even tell you how exciting that was. I saw Doug E. Fresh (and the Get Fresh Crew) back in like 1988 and it was the coolest concert I have ever seen. Fresh was an amazing performer, as he showed last night. Of course, I think Blake schooled the old schooler a little bit, but ... wow ... what a show.
Third: Now, just about everybody knows not to call me during American Idol. Not Dave Lubach, Sheboygan Press sports reporter. He had a computer question and decided to give me a call — at 8:30 p.m. Now, I didn’t miss any of the show, and I was more than happy to help him out, but I told him I was going to mention what he did on the blog today. So here we are.
Fouth: Props to American Idol for sponsoring a monkey from the Milwaukee County Zoo. Between that and bringing Doug E. Fresh back, it was a very exciting evening.
Fifth: More props to AI for seemingly beating out TiVo. By ending the show at 9:05 p.m., millions of people who TiVoed the finale missed Jordin’s win. Nice touch.

So, see you in January. Until then, I’ll be watching my new favorite reality show, On The Lot, and reruns of The Office.


And here's my favorite moment from last night's finale