shaun3000

haha, so did we.

iggystar

That was classic. She's explaining the bed buddy like she invented the wheel and I'm thinking, aren't those already out?

My brother thought the female judge looked like Catherine O'Hara too.

This was such a train wreck of a show. Honestly, the dramatic score was the worst! Why? Are people with bad ideas and horrible judging really that gut wrenching?

I was completely confused with the judging, ideas I thought were decent were passed and items like the "cherry pit" bowl OK'd - we have one at home it's called a bag, toss bag in garbage.

Brain Stew

Well, supposedly a big part of the competition is the ability to further engineer the invention and improve it. Several borderline things (like the shovel) are practically completed and can't really be improved.

Decker

The shovel was a good idea, but as good as it is, it's not going to be a mass-production item. It's not going to be in every house in America because it's too specialized. Really it's going to appeal to less people than the guitar amp input, and they dismissed that guy. I have no problem with them bringing him forward, but they should be consistant in their reasoning.
The tizzy tent thing was a horrible idea, in my opinion. You should ignore tantrums, not encourage them. Oh and why did no one ask how are you going to go and inflate one of these things while your kid is throwing a fit? Not the most practical invention.
Nobody asked the exercise guy how much his bag weighed. That might have been useful info for a portable gym product.
Didn't really see how the tree trimmer worked or how it's different than a regular tree trimmer.
Nobody really pointed out to that kid that if his invention malfunctioned or ran out of juice, it would kill a dog. That's kind of a big deal.

That show I had the misfortune of watching in real-time (with basketball in the PIP). There must have been 4 minutes of content followed by 3 min commercial. I'm pretty sure there's a limit to how many commercials a show can air, and that HAD to have violated it. The only comparison I can think of is the final 20-30 minutes of Oprah, but this whole show had that sort of commercial density.

If that inventor judge has 18 items in my home, why won't he come clean and name even one of them

atlantamoi

I actually enjoyed the show. It's fun seeing what ideas people come up with... even though it's thrown into the AI format.

fab

I liked this show better when it was called Made in the U.S.A.

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sracer

Yeah, she bugged us too. All trixie and I could think of was Kramer's girlfriend the "heckler" from Seinfeld. "Oh that's great! That's so great! It's great, really great!"

I think that it was a result of poor post-production editing. It's the same reason why the blasting of dizzy lizzie the tizzy tube lady seemed out of place... there was stuff that was edited out.

HistoryProf

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that's not the point....the point is that they basically threatened to have her children taken away from her because she was such a horrible person. totally fucking stupid over reaction.

Ironically, that was the most "American" part of the show.

Gil Jawetz

That shovel thing would be good for bagging up piles of leaves. I can definitely see it in Home Depot and lots of people buying it. The guitar plug thing wasn't an invention unless he wants to build new guitars, which I'm sure he doesn't. He should pitch that idea to Gibson or something and maybe they'd incorporate it into their guitars but I doubt it.

Too bad the inventor judge couldn't invent some way of hiding his disgusting feet when he was wearing sandals. Blech.

echo725

Everyone give up on this already? I watched some of last night's episode, probably won't watch again til the end.

The one invention I thought was great though was the lady with the clip that keeps broken bathroom stall doors closed. Very simple, would be extremely cheap to produce and would probably sell like crazy!

iggystar

You think? When I go out I rarely encounter a stall door that's broken and if it is I'm not going to freak out. If another girl really wants to see me squatting that badly....

Plus, that's one more thing I'll have to carry in my purse. No thanks.

Goldberg74

American Idolnventor


I might catch the finale, but I won't watch it regularly.

SleepyW

My wife made me watch this last night. She told me last week how great the show was so I endured it. Blech! Horrible!

First, there are TOO many commercials and not enough time spent reviewing inventions. Seconds, half the crap isn't an invention - just a product - like the stupid Naya doll. WTF is that? ANOTHER talking doll? And it speaks Swahili? "Great idea!" WHAT?

Stupid, stupid, stupid. Those judges are idiots.

scoot95

And what is up with the red headed overdramatic crying bitch crying at every single little thing? And what was up with her way over the top reaction to the nude woman? I mean that invention never should of gone through, but she didn't have to act all mighty and prudish.

That being said, I still really like this show.

Morf

I am shocked ... shocked! ... that the latest Simon Cowell program isn't anything but of the highest quality. SHOCKED!!

ItsGreekToMe

What was the deal with that woman with the wig thing that lost all of her hair? When she went to leave, I swear there was an errant eyebrow on the back of her left hand. That's what it looked like, and I instantly thought of the character from Arrested Developement who had the same affliction and whose eyebrows were always flying everywhere.

The guys with that football thingie - The invention was lame but those guys rocked! I was laughing my ass off.

MBoyd

I watched it last night. I just couldn't get that Bullet Ball thing. Looked like something out of the Sears catalog from around 1976. I kept thinking about that guys reaction though. Felt badly for him, but today I googled it and couldn't come up with a website for it. He's been on this for 26 years, couldn't he have put up a website for Bullet Ball by now and tried to sell this thing. Anyway it looked pretty lame.

DRG

I thought the bowtie lingerie was still better than that stupid doll. How is that an "invention"? It's a Teddy Ruxpin/My Buddy/Chucky! Speaking three languages? You're just programming in phrases... they can be in any language! I'm sure some dude out there has already invented a doll that speaks English, Klingon, and Romulan, and probably Elvish for good measure. That's not an invention, it's just another use for existing technology. And frankly I'm not even sure it's even a new concept in that regard.

And Swahili? Seriously, this is an item I can imagine being in a niche catalog of mulitcultural toys but not as the "next great invention". Now if you talked into it and it translated your phrase, THAT would be some invention.

DRG

I'm still trying to figure out how he sunk 26 years of his life and his entire life savings into a round wooden table with walls on two sides. That should've taken a weekend in the garage and $500 at Home Depot at most.

Nosebleed

Agreed. And it was just air hockey on a round table...but shittier.

sinned

I absolutely hate the female judge on this show..... crying about everything especially if she doesn't get her way. Agree about the Nyla doll - what is unique about it? I can get one of those in the local Toys R Us.

MBoyd

So we agree these "inventions" basically suck?

Where are the time machines, cold fusion generators, anti-gravity boots - because you know there are guys out there working on these things.

innocentfreak

I think the big problem is everyone is expecting inventions. But the show is American Inventor. They are trying to sell us on the people and not the product. Absolute crap I say lol. Don't tell me their stories. Show me the crap you didn't pass through and you can show me the stories in the rounds when they make it through. So far I would say Made in the Usa was a better invention show. I have yet to see an invention on this one.

Tazwolff

I'm contacting the FCC and writing a complaint about this crap. Seems you have to be a retard to get on the show, then the one good part comes along and they toss up a big-ass black censorship bar. And there's too much crying...

nny

In addition to the doll itself being lame, I also didn't understand why they thought doll lady had such an amazing story, even to the point of using it to market the doll. Most of the people there have spent much of their adult life on their products. Didn't she come after the bullet ball guy too? That made her story even more boring.