*~*American Inventor*~*

Did you happen to watch American Inventor last year? Well...if you didn't, then you missed out on a INVENT-TASTIC show!!! Tonight aired the first episode of Season Two, and, compared to last year, it didn't really live up to its standards. For Pete's sake, they let a woman who "invented" the "AutoBib" - a napkin that you use when eating in your car - go through to the next round! And worse yet, they let that silly guy with the "My Therapy Buddy" go through as well. A doll? That is the best invention American can come up with?

It wasn't all bad. That British judge, Peter Jones, is still on the show, and now George Foreman has become a judge as well!!! They replaced three judges from last year, which was sad to see, but Peter and George made up for it!

The other highlight of this first episode was one great invention! It was called "Guardian Angel" and was presented by a fireman. What the invention did was protect families from Christmas tree fires. There was a present set at the bottom of the tree and from that present ran a hose to where the Angel sat at the top of the tree. It was a great idea, but the fireman didn't actually have a prototype. He only had the vision. But, thankfully, the judges let him go on!!!

So far this year hasn't measured up to last year. Last year was new, sure, but the inventions didn't seem so flat either. Last year there were so many good ones. This year it will be hard to find any good ones! But, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.