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So there were 17 acts who made it to the audience round. One act was two people and a third were triplets - "the first ever three person act" to audition. Immediately I knew that talent be damned, this novelty ensured them advancement to the next round. Each act allegedly had 3 minutes but it seemed shorter for some - in any event, too damn fast! The guest judges were someone from the show Chuck (Something Garcia or Gomes?) and French Stewart from 3rd Rock.

Of the 17, at least 10 were very solid, funny as hell and I was disappointed we only got to see like 180 seconds of their stuff. There were 3 women who were all better than any of the women I've seen on the last 4 seasons (admittedly not a hard feat) Two of the ladies moved on, and I felt bad for the one who didn't because she was just as good, and also because she was local, from Oakland. One woman who advanced was called Whitney, is brunette and told a joke about how yoga is just an hour of trying not to fart. Whe they gave her the ticket they hand out to "move on" I noticed she whispered to the Chuck-guy judge, "call me!" so maybe she knows him or summat. The other woman who got through was called Eliza, a cute young blonde that might appeal to Amy Schumer fans, seeing as how she is not only way more attractive but actually funny.

There was one guy who was really off-kilter and did this act that was unlike anyone and he completely KILLED. He was older and sort of acted like he didn't know what to do then did this lame ventriloquist thing with his sock that... well, you had to be there to see it. But he totally slayed and had the whole room rolling. Of course, he didn't advance to the next round. I have a feeling that in editing they're going to make it look like his awkward act fell flat... just a hunch.

There was a "husband and wife comedy team from Orange County" who came out in these stereotypical waspy outfits... the woman had a string of pearls and twinset on with lilly pulitzer print trousers on, and the guy had a country club attire, pullover tied over his shoulders and highball in hand, who showed promise but I really think needed more than the 3 minutes permitted to really get into their act (in fact their mike turned off before they were done.) unfortunately they didn't make it either.

One guy's shtick was being a kindergarten teacher who plays children songs on his guitar. it was mildy amusing and he had all of one joke, and I think it's unfortunate but typical that he DID in fact advance. Another guy was this black dude with an afro and big smile, he looked like the love child of Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle impersonating Eddie Murphy playing Buckwheat. he was "ok", not anywhere near as good as 10 other people, but I correctly guessed he would advance based primarily on this "look" he had.

The last act to perform was the "triplet" group, these three guys who sang Irish drinking songs in a thick brogue celebrating the irish tanning heroes. They were painfully unfunny, didn't win over the audience, were sort of a buzzkill and verging on irritating and of course they advanced. Utterly criminal.

Altogether there were maybe 7 people who moved on and I would have only picked maybe 3 of them. There were a good 5 people who got TOTALLY shafted. So it looks like the show is on track to being the same old shit.

The show is going to start airing on Thusdays at 8.30 over the summers. Based on where I was sitting there is a pretty good chance I'll end up on TV, but there's no way i'd actually point myself out to all the vultures here!

(totally unrelated) But wow...I'm a week behind in watching BBAustralia so I've stayed away from that thread so far, but I'm really surprised at louie's picks (at least what appear to be his picks based on the avatar). Not at ALL who I would've expected!