Agreed. He was at least willing to look folks squarely in the eye and tell them the “cruel to be kind” truth, so that they wouldn’t waste more of their lives pursuing singing careers uselessly.
And he did it in an entertaining way.
I liked it better when it was called, “The Gong Show.”
He was about the only one in this bloody PC world that was willing to tell people the truth, and that makes him a rather unique commodity,