<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Tyler the Destroyer: Steven Announces Retirement from &#8216;American&nbsp;Idol&#8217;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Everyone is reporting on this, so we will too, even though getting emotionally invested in Steven Tyler leaving <em>American Idol</em> to focus on Aerosmith and <del>kicking ass</del> <a title="Steven Tyler Leaving American Idol" href="http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/12/steven-tyler-is-leaving-american-idol/141462/?utm_campaign=WP%20%3E%20Twitter&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank">making no sense</a> is just as silly as getting emotionally invested in Steven Tyler leaving Aerosmith to focus on <em>American Idol</em> and <del>kicking ass</del> <a title="Steven Tyler on American Idol" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN3Z4Rvm1XQ&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">making no sense</a>.  But Tyler leaves a big, scarf shaped hole to fill, and it will be hard for <em>Idol </em>to find a replacement who looks so much like our mom and dresses so much like our grandma.</p>
<p>But, more importantly, it leaves Randy, once again, without one of his dawgs.  He had so much admiration for Steven too.</p>
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<p>At this point Fox should just combine <em>Idol</em> with <a title="Kids Say the Darndest Things" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDI6GuAyo94" target="_blank"><em>Kids Say the Darndest Things</em></a> and call it a day.</p>
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