Thursday, May 3, 2007

An American Idol

Phillip and Anna both enjoy watching American Idol (very popular, televised singing contest in the US). Recently, Idol ran a special: "American Idol gives back". The show is very successful and draws 10s of millions of viewers every week, so this time the producers, the commercial sponsors, and the viewers joined in for a good cause - helping empoverished children in Africa and the US. During the event they raised a stunning 70m $. This even got the Presidents attention, and in between singing performances by the contestents, the President and the First Lady were teleconferenced into the show to praise the charitable effort. Phillip was waiting for the next singer, and as always, he would first ask "what's his name". - "This is President Bush". - slowly growing a little impatient with all the talking on TV: "Is he going to sing, now?"

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