Sergio Mendes gets a black eye

I've been trying to cut down my daily TV time. I used to watch Jay Leno's Tonight Show almost every night, but not anymore. For the past two weeks, I've been checking NBC's website, and I only watch the show when interesting guests are on.

When I checked the site yesterday, the scheduled musical guest was Sergio Mendes. Hmm. I don't know too many of his songs, but the guy is a legend in the industry, so it could be interesting. But wait, it wasn't just Sergio Mendes. It was going to be "Sergio Mendes with The Black Eyed Peas"!

I've hated the Black Eyed Peas ever since they polluted the airwaves with that annoying LSS-inducing Where Is the Love song a few years ago. And now, they're doing a song with the Sergio Mendes? What the.... it's like mixing orange juice and coffee. The result can't be good.

Still, I decided to watch the show out of curiosity. And I regret it. The "song" was more Black Eyed Peas than Sergio Mendes. In other words, it sucked--sounded like elephants (elephunks?) letting out random farts.

What happened to Mr. Mendes? How do you go from Never Gonna Let You Go to this crap? I feel bad for the old man. But he did get to see Fergie shaking her booty right in front of his face, so maybe I shouldn't feel too bad for him after all.