What If They Filibustered American Idol?: "I had a nightmare. I may be the only person on the planet who's never watched American Idol, which is why this is so weird.

"Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson, the regular judges on Fox's hit TV show, were replaced for one night by none other than Sens. Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and the Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada). If you think Simon is cold, you should have seen these guys.

"Only one contestant performed on the show. Even though he was a smash hit, millions in the audience were denied the right to vote on the Italian-American singer named Francis Albert Sinatra."