American Inventor
If “American Idol” is a little too beat for your taste, but you still yearn to see dreams crushed, “American Inventor” may be the show you’ve been waiting for. It’s on ABC, so naturally they have to sap it up a bit. During the two-hour show, they constantly pumped you up for the sure to be uplifting heartbreaking appearance from a 12-year-old kid. The entire show was packed full of emotions — everything from sad to… angry. Ok, so there were two emotions.
The basic premise of the show is exactly the same as “Idol.” Hundreds of people — some very talented, some just drooling morons looking to get on TV, and some very untalented — line up and wait to be judged by a panel of experts. Just replace bad singing with bad inventions and good singing with “why hasn’t anybody thought of this yet?” and you’ve got your show.
Some of the inventions were actually pretty nice. My favorite would have to be the sandbag shovel, because it’s probably the one thing I’m surprised doesn’t already exist in some form.
Check out the MAKE Blog for a full recap of the show, with lots of pictures of insane people and their inventions. You can catch the next tear-jerker episode on Thursday.
