Last Friday I found myself watching "Karaoke Battle USA", don't ask me why. It was like all the other singing shows except this time Carnie Wilson was a judge. Every time I see Carnie I think about the time Beth said she thought she was the Carnie of the sisters... that made me laugh because it was not even close to being true, except maybe it was her hair style at the time. Remember when Carnie had a short-lived talk show? So I there I was watching some really great singers and some really tacky ones, and guess who I thought should score more points? The tacky, cheesy ones. It
is karaoke after all, not American Idol.
Back to the point- I was only half watching when Terence took the stage. Carnie asked why he should be crowned the King of Karaoke and he responded, "Because I'm undeniable." I thought that was kind of funny because of the way he said it. Since I could not find the clip anywhere on youtube without having to watch the whole episode again, and I won't do that, not even for Terence, I will just have to describe him as an overly effeminate, heavy set black man. When he started singing I noticed that he was from none other than Castle Rock, Colorado and worked in Customer Service. That made me pause. Literally. I paused the TV.
Take this however you want, but there are not many black people here in Castle Rock... and it is especially rare to find a young, effeminate black man in our town. So I shuffled through my mind and then it hit me-- the Good Times drive-thru! Terence works at Good Times! Or at least he did until he made it big on the karaoke scene.
