Inside the American Idol Studio The weird vibe at the show's finale. By Michael Joseph Gross Posted Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 2:12 PM PT Fat Man and Little Boy: The bomb that is American Idol It was not like going to a rock concert. The Universal Amphitheatre was close to its capacity crowd of 6,189 for yesterday's broadcast of the American Idol season finale; and if the place was not, as sweet-and-sour host Ryan Seacrest joked, "jam-packed with Hollywood freeloaders," it also wasn't exactly packed with true fans. I tried to pick out people who looked like they had...