VFC's Take on the AMAs - J-Lo Goes Over the Top

Yes, I'm commenting on the AMAs.

While 'wifey time' did mean watching (bearing) the American Music Awards, the overwhelming amount of commercials allowed me ample flip backs to the Bears-Eagles game that didn't go as VFC planned it.

Anyway, at least I was able to get a good laugh when J-Lo came storming back into the 'ring' in what was supposed to be her grand comeback.

Don't get me wrong, I thought J-Lo was great back when she was perched at the top of the charts, regardless of the fact that J-Lo has always been quite affected with how much she is into herself.

However, her AMA performance is clean evidence that J-Lo hasn't gotten the memo that 'that was then and this is now.' She's no longer on top - or even close.

Her very ordinary performance began as a boxing match - with her being the champ, of course - but the set nor the song had any relevance to boxing. The whole point was for her to show everyone that 'The Champ' was back; she even asked at one point, "Did you miss me?" No, we didn't.

Not when Shakira is rockin' the stage like she does, among many others.

It's expected that some of these superstars can't cope when they become a thing of yesterday, but it was especially funny for J-Lo because we know just how much she loves her some J-Lo. I almost had to hide my face in embarrassment for her.

If not for Janet Jackson's performance on the opening, J-Lo's would have been the worst, if not the most ordinary.

If J-Lo really still thinks that she's the champ, then I wanna see that fight - between her and Shakira - to prove once and for all who is today's best.

I'll bring the Jello.

Some other notes regarding the AMAs:

It's a good thing that the Jackson family stuck to singing, because none of them can act worth a dam.

Taylor Swift looks to be one of the most humble, clean and down to earth sensations out there - Lohan should learn a thing or two from her and Kanye should be ashamed of himself.

Who the hell is 'Gloriana????'

Adam Lambert is allowing himself to be exploited for his questionable sexuality. It's obvious that the studios just want him to make headlines - and it's also obvious that he's on board with it, no matter how pathetic it makes him look. Talk about a cry for attention. Is this the male version of Britney?

Lady Gaga is NUTS; but she makes NUTS look good. And what a great performance.

Carrie Underwood is boring; but she makes boring look good; unimpressive performance, however.

Gotta love Jay Z and Alisha Keys for their ode to New York. Nice.

And it's rare when you can say that a Shakira didn't have her shaking it enough - but when you're the real champ, you do what you do just right and that's more than enough.

So there you have it. I survived a night of watching the AMAs and I even managed to take a few notes.

Thank god this is only a once a year event.

Katie Couric, the Tough Interrogator Lobs Softballs to Andre Agassi

Katie Couric, the CBS news anchor that punted NBC's Today Show for more money, put her name back on the map when she threw fastball after fastball at Sarah Palin in a now-famous interview during the campaign season, but that Katie Couric was a far cry from the one we saw interview Andre Agassi on '60 Minutes' last Sunday night.

Agassi has been wearing himself very thin while on his 'book tour', and the CBS interview with Katie Couric pretty much ignited the tour.

But here's the thing, the 'tough as nails' Couric lobbed softballs in little girl-gone-giggly fashion at the former tennis star; to the point where VFC had to wonder whether she wanted to be sitting on Agassi's lap while she was asking him questions.

The most compelling item from Agassi's memoir is the fact that he got caught using crystal meth during the hey day of his tennis career, but Couric hardly broached the topic; in fact, she only asked Agassi about the drug use when she flew back to interview him a second time because she realized that she got scooped. Had the drug use news not been leaked before it should have, Couric would barely have had a comment for Agassi about it.

Instead, she keyed on the hairpiece. Couric smiled all giddy and waved her hands in the air as her tongue hung halfway to the floor while staring at Agassi and asked her toughest question of the interview, "So you thought your hairpiece was just going to fall off??"

VFC says whoopdy-freakin-doo, he played a match worrying about his hair falling off. Is that worth being the centerpoint of a '60 Minutes' interview? It's a good thing for us that someone sent her back to ask about the drug stuff, because left to Couric she probably would have asked Agassi if he had a six pack.

It just goes to show how 'news reporters' turn it on and off depending on who they interview. Couric portrayed the antics of a third grader while interviewing Agassi.

Her school girl act was a far cry from who we saw during the Palin interview.

It's no wonder the country has forgotten Katie Couric - she can't yet figure out who she wants to be.

VFC's Thoughts for the Day: The Ballon Kid's Dad is Getting Charged

That's the problem with reality TV - everybody thinks that they deserve a show.

Richard Heene, the clown of a dad that wanted his own reality TV Show, thought nothing of the fact that local, state and federal authorities spent over two million dollars in an attempt to save his son that he allegedly knew was hiding in the attic.

It appears that Heene thought he was entitled to a reality show based on his ability to blow up balloons in his back yard. He used that as motivation to coax his six year old kid into a big lie, a lie that it turns out was so stressful on the boy that he vomited twice when he knew that he would have to stick to the lie during live television interviews.

So what can we learn from this?

1. The 'Jon and Kate' segment of the American population is continuing on a downward spiral.

2. The thought of starring in a cheesy, pathetic reality show is enough to drive the not-so-intelligent to commit stupid acts.

3. For the 'J & K' segment, it's not about teaching kids values, it's about exploiting them.

4. For too many people, money alters all sense of reason. For this clown, the chance to have a reality show - where he'd likely earn thousands - was worth wasting millions of tax payer dollars. He needs to work for the rest of his life to pay back that debt, if he's found guilty.

5. Some people are just plain stupid.

What started as a compelling story about saving a kid in a weird drama became something bigger. The sad thing is that this story will disappear into the background until the next fool does something just as ridiculous in an attempt to get a reality TV show, like get herself pregnant with eight kids or something.

Enough is enough, America. And people say that George W gave us a bad name?

It's clowns like this that give the US a bad rap. Talk about a laughing stock.

If he's proven guilty, of course. The latest reports have the Sheriff stating that charges are pending.