Without a doubt!

I'm super talentless but I'm pretty sure I can do better than some of these people.

Yeah, first act made it thru too.

what was the first act? I do not normally get to watch, DH is out of town. i just saw Ryan Somebody sing, he was awesome. The other stuff is a joke, so far.

I hate it when they put silly acts on - I want to see real talent, not waste time on that weird "fun" stuff! LOL

I think they aim for a wide variety of different types of acts the program certinly wont be boring!!

The parrot sure was cute! I wasn't crazy about a lot of the other acts though.

That "un-talent" should not have even got into the show.

Oh boy was Howey upset!! If I had his phobia I would have walked off. It was funny but very disrespectful to Howey.

I hope it gets better For me it was too bright too dark too noisy

the junk stuff they let get through is simply a waste of time and should not be there, good talent could be in the place of those losers and they are not even funny.
the guy that fell off the stage should never have made it though that far.

The bald guy that played piano and sang was great, he was really the only one I thought had real talent.
The Florida dance group was good too and I did like the glow in the dark dance group.

Howie didn't seem as upset as I believe he should/would have given his OCD. I believe it was not a surprise, but totally scripted and he knew about it.

I was totally creeped out by a number of the "talents", especially the old men in diapers. Wha? Ewww.

Poor Howie, I felt his discomfort and wanted it to be over.

Loved the guy and piano. Amazing vocals. They called him a diamond in the rough but I thought he was good just the way he is. Something a rough diamond is far more interesting than a clean and polished one.

Piers, baffles me. Absolutely baffles me as to what he likes and what he doesn't. Such an odd bird he is.

Jodi-

Call me a cynic, but I think that the Howie germaphobe thing is bunk. He won't shake hands but will do a fist bump, then touches chairs, tables, pens. If he doesn't mind being fist bumped, why would he mind being touched on the head. Doesn't make sense to me. JMHO

I remember Howie playing in the Celebrity Poker tournaments, he played with purple surgical gloves on. I thought that was a hoot.

I only watched about half of the show, but found it pretty entertaining. Even the stupid acts were fairly funny.

I do think Howie has OCD. See the link below for an interview he did a couple years ago.

Here is a link that might be useful: Howie OCD

Yes, I believe Howie has OCD. I recently read his book, "Here's the Deal - Don't Touch Me". It was hilarious and a bit sad. But there are different types of OCD and much difference in severity. I still think he was a willing participant in that first act.

I agree that he was a willing participant and am sticking to my theory. I think he works it for all it's worth. It's his gimmick.