"I'm here because I want to make David Hasselhoff cry!"

Judges: "Wha?"

Hee! He's already my favorite. Anyone who can bring the snark is OK by me.

It does me too. If they have to put these people on air for ratings, they should set them aside during the beginning rounds and force Simon, Paula and Randy to tromp down to the stadiums and film their schtick there. It bugs the crap outta me how far they let them advance.

I loved Paula's abject horror, though. And as much as Simon and Randy seemed to complain about the "talent pool drying up" in Birmingham, they sure did egg that last girl on.

She might as well have walked in the room and introduced herself as Kelly Pickler Jr. Only difference is she lives with her "Gran-MAW" instead of her grandpa.

I loved that Jack Osborne dude, too. Not the best voice I've heard this year, but as the fabled "complete package" I think he works.

And the 50-year-old woman dressed in yellow? I'm going to pretend that didn't happen.

I missed it, what was the deal with Sherman (the old guy's) petition? What was it for?

I think he petitioned for the producers to let him audition even though he's way past the age cut-off. I could be wrong though.

Basically, his wife of twenty-something years had been diagnosed with cancer. To keep her spirits up, he started the petition, and according to him, it made her happier during a difficult time whenever he came back with more signatures. She died two days before the auditions.

Dude, the line "I won. I'm a winner" just wrecked me.

When she peeked around the corner and they started playing the Sesame Street music I actually fell off my bed from laughing so hard. That shit is messed up.

That Sesame Street shit was hilarious! Mean, but hilarious! That lady took everything in stride anyway so I don't think it would have made her feel bad or anything.

It would've broken my heart if Sherman was a bad singer, but he croons just like my grandpa! Aw!

I was flipping back and forth between this and The Sopranos - did Olivia Newton-John say one word the entire show? I didn't see her say anything in the bits I watched.

Okay, so I just saw this on YouTube, and it totally wrecked me. He has a lovely voice and I don't think his story was fake at all and I want him to win the competition even though he's too old to compete.

I missed it. So did the old man make it to Hollywood?

I had read about Sherman on TWoP before I saw the show, and I was half-expecting something melodramatic enough to warrant some of the hatred they were spewing about him being a fake famewhore, but I was sincerely touched. He was completely polite and straightforward during every part of the audition and even afterwards. So classy.

Nope. I think he just wanted the chance to sing to his wife, though - he wasn't expecting more than that.

Here is the clip - or, at least, here it is for now. One of the other clips was already taken down.

I did find this quote about Sherman on TWOP that cracked me up.