Episode Report Card Shack: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT What Shack needs now is a frickin' break!
By Shack | Season 2 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.18.2003
Most of the kids head over to the sofas after they're done so that Ryan can ask them stupid questions. Hey there, Charles. You still exist? Yes, yes he does. He says life has been crazy since he was ejected from the show. And he likes that, fame whore that he is. Kimberley Caldwell, do you still crave the love from the public that you don't get from your scary stage mom? Yes, yes she does. She's hosting a FOX sports show, even though she admits that she knows nothing about sports. Why should she be more knowledgeable than anybody else at that network? Simon burns Ryan by pointing out that Ryan hosts American Idol, even though he knows nothing about music. Ryan lacks the presence to shoot back that Simon has made millions off music even though he clearly knows nothing about it. There's nothing about sex in that sort of comeback, so Ryan doesn't think of it. Vanessa! Let's pretend Vanessa is still part of this whole program. Is she mad at Simon for what he said? No. Simon's really a sweetheart. Carmen, heaven help us, is going to "warm up" for the Dave Matthews Band in some new amphitheater in Salt Lake City. I hope "warm up" is something different from "open." And it just goes to show that Nibbler's people on Futurama were right -- the Dave Matthews Band really isn't all that cool. Those little muppets were right about everything. So, the tour. Trenyce, are you excited by the tour? Yes, she wants to -- okay, moving on to Rickey. Seriously, they cut her off, or edit her out, halfway through her response. I hate you people! Hate you! Rickey? Isn't this tour thing intense? Rickey responds, "No, idiot, it's in theaters." Geddit? Geddit? Okay, fine. I need sleep! Sleep! Rickey blathers on about there being lots of stops on their tour.
Apparently they sent Kimberley Locke backstage after the group sing, because Ryan introduces her back onstage. She joins the other non-winners on the couches. Ryan asks her how she's been these "past couple of days" and what she's been doing since she was eliminated from the competition. There are a lot of quick cuts to eliminate the audience laughing because they don't want us to know that they filmed this, like, minutes after Kimberley was ejected. Why they feel like they have to do this, I have no idea. What's the big deal if we all know this took place last Wednesday? I swear, these reality shows have gotten so caught up in manipulating the environment that they don't even stop to consider if it's even necessary anymore. She gives a non-answer about how it feels to have Ruben cry on her shoulder, and blathers away about nothing because she was ejected ten minutes ago and can't possibly answer the question. Who does Kimberley think is going to win? She thinks it could be either of them. Ryan tells us we'll talk to Clay and Ruben after the break.