Kellie Pickler may be a crap singer, but she sure made us laugh on American Idol with her country bumpkin routine, struggling through words like "calamari" and "salmon," apologizing to Simon Cowell every time he told her how badly her performance sucked and overall making Jessica Simpson look like Madeleine Albright (while inspiring all those pickle signs in the audience). Now, the dumb bunny routine has paid off and The Pickle is getting the sitcom she deserves.
Fox is developing a half-hour show that stars the 20 year-old sixth-place Idol finisher as a naïve southern girl who discovers her long-lost father is the Governor-- who just happens to be running for President. The pitch is only a small twist on the Kellie Pickler saga that was milked shamelessly throughout the last Idol season: the real-life long-lost Daddy Pickle was locked away in a Florida prison.
Producers say they were impressed by The Pickle's comic timing during the competition, especially in the finale, when she was featured in taped comic relief segments with celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck (though her finest performance came in June when she covered the MTV Movie Awards for Jay Leno, playing off the likes of Will Ferrell and Steve Carell, and getting a comedy endorsement from Sandra Bullock.)
And speaking of her crap singing, The Pickle's first album debuted in the Billboard Top 10 this week (the Hannah Montana soundtrack is #1). The girl's making out like a Kentucky coalminer.
Comments (3)
So they let this shit through and cancel shows like arrested development...God, I hate Fox.
1 of 3 | Posted by Steve | Posted on November 9, 2006 7:58 AM
If it makes it past three episodes, I'd be surprised.
2 of 3 | Posted by murphena | Posted on November 9, 2006 1:12 PM
This concerns me. Isn't that pile of shit 'Reba' show still on the air?
3 of 3 | Posted by KatiesHole | Posted on November 9, 2006 4:02 PM