h/t
(Update: I wish I’d thought of some of those one-liners posted in the comments, when I titled this last night. “Shut up and sing” is a trifle meanspirited, considering that, unlike many of her equally challenged peers in show business, she at least has the good sense not to talk politics.)
Wow!
At least she didn’t tell Nathan than he spelled “Hungry” wrong.
…ah a ditzy blonde.
I’ve heard of Turkey…
My forehead hurts…
…not that one.
Perv.
Hey, she has attributes to compensate for her lack of geographical prowess.
“I thought Europe was a country”
LOL
“Women just want there opinions expressed in a deeper voice”
LOLOLOL
HeeHee
She’s some sort of famous? She’s cute but I don’t recognise her.
Seeing something like that makes me glad that I gave up watching television decades ago. Who is that person? Is she some sort of entertainer?
I think that may be my future ex wife.
Syncro
I used to answer phones in a call center for a major international shipper… ah, hell, it was FedEx. One American caller I had told me he was having trouble sending a package to Europe using the FedEx website.
“What sort of problem are you having?” I asked.
“I can’t find Europe in the country list.”
I couldn’t suppress a brief stunned silence, but then decided to play dumb along with him so he wouldn’t feel as stupid if I just corrected him (that would have been bad for my customer satisfaction scores). “Do you have any more information on where specifically in Europe you’re shipping to?”
“Uh, yeah… it says something about Spain.”
“OK,” I replied, “Do you see Spain in the country list?”
“Yeah.”
“OK, then choose that, it’ll work.”
I can’t help but wonder if he was watching this episode.
Now I don’t feel so bad that I skipped that season of Idol – I don’t think I could have taken much of her. What a ninny.
I’m still trying to figure out who learned more from this; the kid, the contestant, the “audience” or the advertisers for the show.
Then again, the entire program itself could be semi-staged reality television, what with the drama and the looming, suspense-inducing soundtrack.
You know back in the day, I would date girls like that all the time and I really didn’t care what came out of their mouths, what I was usually interested in was not the stimulating conversation that they provided, I mean hey I was 21, I wasn’t made out of stone!! Now in my thirties, conversation has to be there!! Looks or not she would last until I ordered the Chianti wine!!! She better have a talent other then being a great cashier!!!
Hah,I too never worried about what came ‘out’ of thier mouth. Britney,Tonya,and ms. mensa here,sweet dreams are made of this.
Ya gotta love America (Canada too)
You can have completely empty head and still have a great life AND be on television. You can also work for the MSM and run for office.
her name is Kelly pickler she was on American Idol
the same one Tayler HIcks was on. and even on the show she was a dizzy spinny girl but she could sing country quite well. she is even dumber then the one female in the Dixie CHicks.
That’s very embarrassing.
Watch your back, Jessica Simpson.
Holy Smokes is she stupid. She better be able to suck start a Harley or she is going to be lonely.
Magyr thirsty turkey. Southern charm is an all EXclusive specialty. = TG
I don’t know what’s worse… being that ignorant or willing to show off your ignorance to the world. I also can’t help but think there were more than a few viewers struggling along with her. Or perhaps a certain host on the View? Sherri Sheppard broadcast to the tens that watch that nobody predated Jesus and Christians. Not the Greeks, not the Romans, Jews, nobody. The same S. Sheppard that was stumped when asked if she thought the world was flat. The answer…the next day…was that she was confused by the question and yes the world was round. I think I know why the other three keep her around!
I have a nagging suspicion that the whole thing was staged. No normal person of her age, in an advanced western society, could possibly be that blank.
On the other hand, if the episode was for real, I’ll bet that she’s a Democrat.
Does anybody have Mike Clattenburg’s phone number? He could a whole season of Trailer Park Boys out of her. God, I hope Bill Clinton didn’t see that. Or actually, I hope he did… here it comes, Hillary.
Know the real joke?
The host, Jeff Foxworthy of “You May be a Redneck” fame, is richer than Jerry Seinfeld, according to Forbes.
You didn’t know that, did you? That’s because the east and west coast elite media can’t believe it either, so they still treat him like a hick loser. He talks funny, don’t you know??
PS: I thought that “I know Turkey is a country” was worthy of Judy Holliday.
Pickler really is that ditzy, and its cute. She can sing better than most folks too. But she probably shouldn’t be allowed to vote and stuff.
No…words…should’ve sent a poet…
That is the only woman that was ever beaten in a google fight by WK.
Documentation is maintained at Brokeback PR.
I bet you people kick kittens too! Okay, she needs a little tutoring in basic geography. And other boring, icky stuff. And i know just the man to do it…
This is the reason I encourage Americans not to vote. Actually, I think it’s a great idea to have voters pass a little test first. Just a little one. A test that asks but a few simple questions to weed out morons like this, questions like say, “where is South America in relation to North America?”
I recently took a drivers test. I studied completely so I could answer any question about stopping distances and acceptable alcohol levels. I should have known the state wasn’t serious when the instruction book was in comic book form. The test was perforce in English and so dumbed down so that the stupidest of all citizens, unable to speak English even, can be licensed to drive. It was a total joke.
Get out the youth vote? Fuggitaboutit.
Maybe she reads Steyn, in which case she’s right: Europe is a country. A backwards, third-world, backwater-in-decline country.
It has its own currency, so it must be a country, right?
Humph.
The important thing is, thanks to the priorities of the US educational system, her self-esteem is off the charts.
Niiiiice dress. Uhm, did she say something? ~:D
The odd time I need some amuzement, I listen to Alex Jones show’s online stream.
He’s a pretty radical guy but he has been harping about the “dumbing down” of America and how this has related to the last 20 years of bad government.
He constantly points to the US study that found the sample group of 18-24 year olds were passionate about either winning the war in Iraq or getting out, but 85% could not find Iraq on a map….
…. and 96% could not name the states in the union…
…45% could not point out Asia,…
…60% did not know Korea was a divided nation with Communists in the north and a democracy in the south, an has the most heavily guraded border in the world,…
…33% could not name the city Hurricane Katrina flooded…
…75% were unable to locate Israel in a map…
…70% cannot find New Jersey, 49% cannot find New York, 83% cannot find Afghanistan, 11% cannot find the United States.
There is truth to the fact that America ( and Canada to a degree) is dumbing down GenX, Y and Z…we can see the results on test scores and the general lack of literary output in these generations…but more importantly does this lack of geographical literacy translate to political and civil illiteracy? Have we created generations of unquestioning followers?
I’m so Hungry I could eat a Turkey. Before I do that I want a drink of Malta down there by the Cyprus garden.
Lessee .. is France a country?
Well, it doesn’t have its own currency, so maybe not.
Is Europe a country? It pretends to be.
The situataion is fluid and complex for us geopolitical scholars, so I can appreciate her confusion.
(Gimme a call, Kelly – we can discuss these issues in depth).
Let’s hope the people steering the 15 carrier groups around the planet have a better sense of the countries they float by, then the generations of American’s who just do not have a clue outside of 50 km (sorry 30 miles) from their place of residence. Most Americans I have met are geographically handicapped. Is this a result of the US form of federally guided public education? Or is it from a complete lack of interest and importance to the average American?
You know, jlc and lickmuffin have a point. The Eurpean Union probably has more claim to nation status than either Hungary or France.
Go to YouTube and search the show. There is one ninny who was completely bewildered by the question: how many feet in 2 1/2 yards. No kidding. Someone else bailed on the million dollar question (5th grade geography). It turns out the question was “name the European explorer who first discovered the St. Lawrence River”. It was kind of fun to listen to Jeff Foxworthy pronounce Jacques Cartier.
Tell the truth …I’ve never met a “Dumb” American.
Allways felt it was an Urban myth….but then I don’t go out looking for stupid people to mock.
Those statistics from polls or studies that show such extreme weaknesses in what should be basic knowledge and fundamental areas of awareness have been getting scarier since the 1960’s. Thank the Progressive educators and the MSM.
This is proof that peroxide causes brain damage.
I love her! She made watching AI bearable when she was on.
She was the type we all honed in on at parties like spawning salmon returning to their birthwaters.. The gal that placed second that year was actually much more of a knockout looks wise, but you know who would have had the bigger following at a drinking party.
“Thank the Progressive educators and the MSM.”
You got it, OMMAG. And those “progressive” “educators” are zealously represented by the NEA, the National Educators Association. They can do no wrong, totally deserve bullet-proof tenure and hefty annual raises, along with their three months annual vacation.
I got into a testy conversation with one of them. I pointed out that student knowledge has declined in inverse proportion to the growth of education budgets in general and teacher salaries in particular. I concluded based on the four decades of this trend since the 60’s, the correct thing to do to reverse that trend and boost the quality of educational results was to cut budgets and teacher salaries.
I was only half joking. But the point is, he had no answer except bigger budgets and “more equitable teachers’ salaries” (aka big raises and higher taxes).
Reminds me of the Ann Coulter line, things would be so different, if only men were allowed to vote….I can think of so many things I would want to do with that ditsy blonde on the other hand
Bimbos…gotta love’em…but sure as hell keep them away from polluting the political gene pool.
Thir’s right…the ditzy peroxide type gets the sap flowing and puts the lead in yer pencil…and the more ditzy they are the deeper the urge gets….like, what the hell is that? Are we genetically programmed to mate the most reasoning-challenged females available?
Perhaps this is the only reason the left is still reproducing
This feels semi-staged to me.
She says she has never heard of Budapest then says “I know they speak french there”…mhhh… it sounds like something she added for effect…
then she says ” is France a country? ” which sounds even more like something a comedian would say…I can understand not knowing about Budapest but France? common!
I have a feeling although she might be somewhat dumb, she is also playing dumb.
sexy and dumb is an old “formula”,
Marilyn Monroe built her whole career on playing dumb in front of the cameras.
Go easy on the poor lady; after all at SDA there have been similar discussions:
“Is France a country?”
Just kidding.
I like Kelli. I remember her from American Idol. Her father was shot to death and her mom bailed on her. She was raised by her grandfather.
And while she may not be the brightest bulb, keep in mind she has a successful career going and is a tax-paying contributor to society rather than leeching from the system.
During this show, she was playing for the American Association of Retired People for a program that helps grand-parents raising their own grand-children. She ended up winning them about $50,000 I think.
A video of her singing is here http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/09/video-friday-country-music-clip/
The idea that being dumb is funny is a creation of Hollywood. Dumbing down America, one person at a time.
And while she may not be the brightest bulb, keep in mind she has a successful career going and is a tax-paying contributor to society rather than leeching from the system.
During this show, she was playing for the American Association of Retired People for a program that helps grand-parents raising their own grand-children. She ended up winning them about $50,000 I think.
If you’re kind and stupid, I’m not going to tease you for your lack of intelligence. I’ve known my fair share of well-meaning, generous, productive individuals who haven’t much going on upstairs. I have time for all of them.
But if you’re mean…well then: your brains, your looks, your clothes, your taste in music or in love, it’s all fair game.
Which is a long way of saying that I think there are lots of people out there way more deserving of our collective derision than Kelly Pickler.
“I know they speak french there”
“I thought Europe was a country”
Awesome. Funny and beautiful…I wonder if there’s a way we could meet…
I heart dumb blondes,
D
Typical American!! Duuuuuh! Where’s Saskatchewan?? Her looks do make up for a lot!! And she would look good in the back seat of a 57 Ford Crown Victoria!!
A blond walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Hey lady, wanna a hear a good blond joke?”
“Upset, she blurts out, “Look at me you ignorant hick! Can’t you see that I’m blond!”
“That’s OK” says the bartender. “I can tell it twice!”