Ahhh... memories. With American Idol just around the corner, we're digging into our archives to remember some of our favorite moments since the TVgasm era began. It's hard to find anything much more hilarious than Michelle Collins' take on the Las Vegas auditions for season four, a recap that impacted at least one Idol contestant. Recently, I met fourth season semi-finalist Amanda Avila, and upon hearing that I was from TVgasm, she quickly informed me, "You guys called me a pirate whore and said that I could stick a kazoo in my ass and fart the theme to Mr. Belvedere and still get a ticket to Hollywood." Needless to say, she has Michelle's recap posted on her refrigerator to this very day.

Enjoy.

This week, American Idol wants to know if there’s a superstar in Vegas. One look at Ryan Seacrest, and the answer is no. (JK, Ryan! Call me!)

This week’s guest judge is Kenny Loggins, who Seacrest dubs the “Godfather of Soundtrack Anthems”, which his kind of like being dubbed the “Master of the Planet Hollywood Universe” or the “King of Members Only Jackets”, i.e. pretty lame. Loggins is most famous for the theme to “Footloose” – sung by one singer who literally kicks off his Sunday shoes -- although I much prefer the Top Gun anthem “Highway to the Danger Zone.” The show takes us on a journey through Loggins’ cover art, all ridiculously new age-y shlockfests that highlight the brown pubus growing out of his chin. The good news is Loggins appears to be in perfect, bloodless, animatronic health. His pubus is now a lovely grey.

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