American Inventor: Ed's Group Of Three - Episode 6 Recap
Episode 6 Recap by Gayl Killough
April 21, 2006
This week on American Inventor we are treated to another two hour special. Most of the first hour is
footage that has already been shown. The second hour featured the first
group of contestants trying to reach the final four.
There was at least some new footage in the best of the best auditions
hour. When I auditioned, I noticed that large was the way to be
noticed. However, one can go really large. There is no way that a
particular guy from the Denver tryouts was able to fit his creations
into any audition room. I don't really understand the inventions, but
the judges look like they are visiting an amusement park of inventions.
They take a field trip to where he lives and everyone looks to be having
a great deal of fun. The inventions are not the type of stuff to be
sold in retail markets. Maybe the cooler thing could be sold retailed.
Really large inventions. This was also the type of footage that I was
more expecting to see in the earlier rounds of the competition, although
I knew that any show involving Simon Cowell would concentrate on making
fun of people.
Speaking of making fun of people, making kids cry for the sake of
television is a new low in my opinion. I realize that the show is not
responsible for how kids react to disappointment and being told no is
part of growing up, even for the best. Still, for the round that was
shown on television, everyone, including the kid inventors thought them
were being chosen for the Hollywood round and got their hopes up by
being selected to participate in Hollywood. The show highlights kid
inventors that showed up to audition. There is a new footage of a girl
inventor. She is ten year old Amanda Montes. They list her occupation
as student. How cute. She mentions my favorite word when it comes to
inventions, interchangeable parts. She has basically a craft kit,
although I am betting that most viewers of this show would not consider
it to be that. She has interchangeable decorations that can be used to
decorate shoes. I think she has an idea that would be enjoyed by many
girls her age and a few kids at heart as well. Her idea is more
inventive than a lot of so-called craft kits that I see packaged in craft
and department stores across the nation. It is more of a design concept
for crafts than a true invention idea. It is the start of an invention,
although I am not sure if she can take the idea much further. I love how
complete and detailed her thoughts were about each and every part of her
idea. This is the type of thinking that is necessary to create
inventions. She is the real deal of an inventor in the making. I
really want her to continue with her ideas, although I expect that her
desire to invent is as necessary as breathing for her, and that she will
have to invent new items.
Ironically, her idea reminds me the most of all, out of everyone, that I
have seen of my own idea that I auditioned with. If she starts applying
the same principle to objects that are not within the normal parameters
of crafts, she will be thinking exactly like me. I apologize, but I keep
making this show about myself, even though I am sitting at home watching
instead of participating.
My ideas start out very similar to hers, but I keep going and going
further with the idea. Then I keep going further and further beyond that
point. After it seems like there is would be no point to keep going, I
keep going and going even beyond that point further. It continues on
and on like that. Actually, I have never stopped yet on any particular
worth while idea. That is my personal road to inventions and I suspect
it is a similar experience for other inventors. Since I presented a craft
kit for this competition, I am afraid that my idea looked more like a
cute design concept for crafts instead of an invention. My invention
idea was not the craft itself, but the invention was in the solution to
provide a way for people to make crafts in new ways that currently do
not exist.
At first I was totally freaked out that a 10 year old girl inventor
reminded me the most of myself. I call myself an honorary tween, I
guess I really am. Then it dawned on me that since my target niche for
inventions is tween girls like the inventor, it makes sense. I wish
that my target niche was bigger, but I cannot change the current market,
only to try to find my place in the current market if I want to be
marketable. I have been concentrating on inventions that I hope would
appeal to girls just like her and all kids at heart. Maybe this is some
type of proof for me to realize that I am on the right path for my
target niche of tween girls. Either that or I have learned so much from
taking with tween girls that I really have become one. Here it is that I
was going to try to behave and not make this competition, all about me
while writing this recap. However, I have such empathy for the
contestants and they all seem like versions of me. People on
television usually seem more distant to me, but I relate with inventors.
I hope the girl realizes that she is on the right path, just to keep on
going and going.
There is also new footage of my audition friend. He is Jahnesta Horney
and he is only 12. I wish they would show how brilliant he truly
is. He blew me when I had the chance to talk to him. He was on the
quiet side though. His godmother Gail did most of the talking. The
host of this show would take the low blow and mention that he was
thinking in a way that no 12 year old kid should think. They don't
bother to mention that his dad is the military and that he was only
trying to help. His motives were completely pure. The video footage
that he shows was completely done by himself, no one did anything for
him or initiated anything either. I have no doubt that he will do great
things in his life.
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