3.6K views Jan 2010
Watch 62-year-old General Larry Platt perform his original song “Pants on the Ground” at an American Idol audition, prompting the judges to laugh and join in.
0:01 Welcome back. We are wrapping up things in Atlanta, but before the Georgia sun sets, we've got one last audition to show you. 0:09 Hello. Your name is Larry Platt? 0:13 My name is General Larry Platt, yes. 0:15 A general? 0:15 General Larry Platt. 0:17 Ah, you're a general, OK. 0:18 I want to sing my song called Pants on the Ground. 0:22 Pants on the ground. 0:23 Pants on the ground. 0:25 OK, what's it about? 0:25 People need to put their pants up. 0:28 All right. 0:28 OK. Can I say? 0:29 Ready when you are. 0:31 Okay, ready? 0:32 One, two, three. 0:33 Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool with your pants on the ground, with the gold in your mouth, hat turned sideways, pant hit the ground, call yourself a cool cat, 0:44 looking like a fool, walking downtown with your pants on the ground, giddy up. 0:49 Hey, get your pants off the ground, looking like a fool, walking, talking with your pants on the ground. 0:54 Get it up. Hey, get your pants off the ground, looking like a fool with your pants on the ground, gold in the mouth. 1:01 Okay. 1:02 Head turn. 1:02 Okay. 1:03 Hit the ground. Call yourself a fool cat, looking like a fool, walking, talking with your pants on the ground. 1:09 Boom! 1:10 Whoa! 1:11 Pants on the ground. 1:12 Whoa. 1:12 Looking like a fool with the ground with the gold in your mouth, head turn sideways, pan hit the ground. 1:19 Larry. 1:19 Call yourself a cool cat. 1:20 Thank you. 1:22 Larry, what was that song called? 1:24 Thanks. Pants on the ground. 1:27 Are you sure? 1:28 Yes. 1:29 Positive? 1:30 Okay. 1:32 You know, I have a horrible feeling that song could be a hit. 1:35 Yeah. I'm gonna get my pants and I'm gonna buy some belts after this. 1:38 Yes. 1:39 Yeah, lot of belts. 1:40 Yes. 1:41 Larry, can I ask you a question? 1:42 Yes. 1:42 How old are you? 1:44 62 years old. 1:45 What? 1:46 62 years old. 1:47 Good for you. 1:48 Today my, uh, this year will be my birthday on the 27th. 1:51 Okay, it's only slight problem, Larry, is that you're a little bit over the, the age limit, which is 28. 1:59 But thank you. 1:59 But I don't think this is going to be the last we hear about you. 2:01 I have a feeling about you, Larry. 2:03 And we learned something today, Larry. You know what we learned? 2:06 Pants on the ground, pants on the ground. 2:08 Looking like a fool with your pants on the ground. 2:11 Right, Larry, thank you. I'm now going to buy a belt. 2:14 With our pants pulled up and our belts tightened, we say goodbye to Atlanta. 2:19 We gave out 25 golden tickets and found some amazing talent. 2:24 Plus, we learned a very important lesson. 2:27 Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, you look like a fool with your pants on the ground, with the gold in your mouth, hat turned sideways, pants hit the ground. 2:36 Consensus, Atlanta gang, how'd we do? 2:39 Hey, get your pants off the ground. 2:41 I'm going to Hollywood! 2:43 What do you think of Mary? 2:44 Very harsh. I think this show has changed you. 2:49 You know what, I think so too. 2:53 Looking like a fool, walking, talking with your pants on the ground. 2:57 With the gold in your mouth. 2:58 When your hat turns sideways. 3:00 Pan hit the ground. Walking, talking with your pants on the ground. 3:04 Is that an original? 3:06 All right. 3:14 Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood. 3:18 Hey! 3:19 Hollywood. 3:20 Hollywood, you got it. 3:22 All right, that is Atlanta. We move on. Pack the bags, roll them out, that's a wrap. 3:28 A real superstar run. 3:29 Hands on the ground. 3:31 General Airplane out. 
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