I've been seeing all this William Hung stuff floating around the net. Because I am dumb, I did not know who William Hung was, but it was clear that he was something of a net sensation...you know, teh kind of fing U C on teh intarweb mEsSaGe bOaRDs.

Then I read this. While I cannot comment on Goldstein's commentary I at least now have some semblance of an idea of who William Hung is and why he is famous. The original article Goldstein savages claims:

You certainly wouldn't see them glorify a black man who couldn't sing and dance on "American Idol." Nor would they prop up a clumsy, tone-deaf white person.

And this, urgently, imperatively, must be corrected by the immortal Mrs. Miller, as cruel a joke as was ever played on a gullible, clumsy, tone-deaf white person.

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Notes, disclaimers, etc.: my father hired Mrs. Miller in the 60s to do a number of commercials. He knew and/or met some of the people responsible for her rise. I've always understood that the joke played on Mrs. Miller was just about as cruel and intentional as you might expect...crueler than the above-linked site would have you believe...but they are fans and they want to be nice, and she deserves it, because by all accounts, she really was a wonderful lady.

I have this record.

Autographed.

Um, you forgot the = sign in the code for Mrs. Miller's web site link. It's worth it to fix it for the click through.