LINES ARE OPEN: American Idol? It's on, and, wow, it's a lot better show when they get rid of the boy-band wannabes and allow the post-pubescent to compete.

Evaluate the twelve men who competed tonight, and if you've got anything bad to say about my boy Anwar Robinson, keep it to yourself. Who should be worried?

QUIZ TIME: Which of these groups of famous folks would you define as "A-list"?:

• 1. Diane Keaton, Carlos Santana, "Million Dollar Baby" writer Paul Haggis, Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Alfre Woodard, Danny Glover and Jackson Browne.
• 2. George Clinton, Foxy Brown, Lloyd Banks. Young Buck from G-Unit, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott cast members from The Apprentice and Third Watch.
• 3. Hilary Swank, Michael Clarke Duncan, Hank Azaria, Helen Hunt, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
• 4. Britney Spears,Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Connolly, Diane Lane, Virginia Madsen, Sarah Jessica Parker and Allison Janney.
• 5. Adrien Brody, Ashley Olsen, tennis greats Andy Roddick and Mark Philippoussis, model Amber Valletta, Jay-Z , Luke Wilson, Nicole Richie, Jermaine Dupri, Vin Diesel, Eminem, Shannon Elizabeth, Frankie "Malcolm in the Middle" Muniz, Miami party girl Ingrid Casares, tennis beauty Anna Kournikova, rocker Fred Durst, Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne, Lindsay Lohan and her mother, Victoria Gotti, hip-hop star Pharrell Williams, rock heiress Bijou Phillips, lip-syncher Ashlee Simpson, heir Brandon Davis, singer Blu Cantrell, "Boston Legal" actress Rhona Mitra, singer Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas, actress Peta Wilson, Leelee Sobieski, Cher's son Elijah Blue Allman, Yoko Ono flack Elliot Mintz, criminal defense attorney Robert Shapiro, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the daughter of Pocket Fisherman inventor Ron Popeil, the son of director Ivan Reitman, rap and fashion entrepreneur Russell Simmons, rocker Matt Sorum of Velvet Revolver, the daughter of Rod and Alana Stewart, Anders Eisner (son of Disney chief Michael), Warner Music's Lyor Cohen, actor Kevin Connolly from "Entourage," Las Vegas hotelier George Maloof, Super Dave Osbourne, and Mark Cuban.

The answer is: Groups 1 (signers of ad advocating immigrants drivers licenses), 2 (attendees at 50 Cent's housewarming party), 3 (an acting coach's clients), and 4 (a dress designer's clients) are defined as "A-list" according to various news sources, while group 5 (Paris Hilton's address book from her hacked Blackberry) is strictly "B-list" according to Fox News' Roger Friedman.

AIR FORCED NEXT TO ONE: You've settled comfortably into that aisle seat, praying that no one will come on the plane and take that middle seat so you can spread your legs and ride in comfort when at the last moment here comes a passenger and its none other than one of the presidents of the United States. So, the question is, which president past or present do you want to sit next to on the non-stop from O'Hare to Logan? Well, when asked this very question, some 27% said they wanted Bill Clinton to be their seatmate. Clinton topped the list of presidential travel partners, followed by 19% who wanted to sit with JFK, 18% with George W. Bush, 17% with Reagan, 10% with Carter, 8% with FDR, and just 1% with Nixon. (Note that these seven were the only choices in the survey, denying people from choosing Garfield or Tyler.)

In other Presidents' Day list news, two recent surveys asked people to list the greatest president (presumedly they were allowed to pick from the entire list). Lincoln came up No. 1 on one list, while Reagan topped the other.

And since the First Lady is hiring a new cook for the White House mess, here's a list of past White House Chefs.

LEVITICUS COMES ALIVE: Most rams, of course, are clean and kosher.

Just not the ones in St. Louis, Missouri, where an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infections spread among the St. Louis Rams in 2003 through rough play and shared towels, whirlpools, and weights.

Mike Martz: bad with fundamental game strategy, bad with fundamental hygiene.

IF AMERICA EVER CRASHES, IT WILL BE IN A TWO-TONE CONVERTIBLE : Hunter S. Thompson, 67, died Sunday night of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I hope he has found the peace which -- by both accident and design -- seemed to elude him.

LOOK AT ME, I'M SANDRA DEE: Made this year's Necrology.

PIMP MY....TALMUD? The Jewish half of the "God Squad" takes a moment to proclaim the spiritual value of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and "Pimp My Ride." No word on whether "Wife Swap" or "The Swan" has spiritual value, however.