"The View" Gets On Its Knees for Clay Aiken

Clay appeared this morning on The View to promote Spamalot. You don't want to miss this clip of Clay showing the ladies at The View one of the dance routines in Spamalot... he quite literally got them on their knees:

Thanks to the Huffington Post for the video... they have a great article aup about Clay's the appearance:

Clay Aiken Brings "The View" Ladies To Their Knees
Huffington Post | January 22, 2008 01:11 PM

Clay Aiken appeared on 'The View' Tuesday to promote his run in Spamalot, which he started last Friday. The interview never had the heat of his Newsweek exchange, but he did discuss the hardships of his role. The former 'Idol' runner-up still managed to get all the ladies on their knees.

The cap is now available at ClackUnlimited.

Official Fanclub Launches New Website, Year 3 Memberships

The official fanclub today launched an exciting new website, packed with more ways for fans to communicate and interact with each other. Current year 2 members will have until next Tuesday to sign up for year 3 membership.

01/18/08 YEAR 3 OF THE CLAY AIKEN OFFICIAL FAN CLUB IS FINALLY HERE!

Welcome to an all new year of the Clay Aiken Official Fan Club, packed with new community features and an all new welcome package!

You will notice many changes to the site with the launch of Year 3. Here are some important things to note:

1) Your email address is now required to login to the fan club. You can no longer login with your username.

2) With the relaunch of Year 3 coming a bit late, several memberships were extended to prevent them from expiring before a new package was offered. Now that the Year 3 package has arrived, those memberships will be coming up for renewal. To give everyone a chance to see the new site and consider whether they would like to purchase the new Year 3 membership, we have decided to extend all memberships that are currently past their one year subscription term by one additional week. Therefore, those memberships will begin to expire on Tuesday January 29, 2008. Please login into the fan club and click on HELP from the gray navigation bar and take note of your subscription’s expiration date listed on this page.

3) Should your membership expire, you will NOT lose any content you have contributed to the site, including blog posts, comments and message board posts. You can renew at anytime and your account will be reactivated as long as you signup using the SAME EMAIL ADDRESS that you currently use to access the site.

4) Although we do not anticipate any problems, there are bound to be some questions about the new site. If you are experiencing any issues and need assistance, please contact customer support by clicking the ‘Need help?’ button from the fan club sign in page. The new site is using some of the latest in web technology, so please be sure to check the Software Requirements section listed on the help page to make sure you have the latest in supported browser technology.

Thank you to everyone for your support this last year. We hope that you all enjoy the new site and join us again for Year 3 of the Clay Aiken Official Fan Club!

Tidbits 1/22

People Magazine - Clay Aiken "getting Spammed" -

GETTING SPAMMED

Making his Broadway debut, former American Idol star Clay Aiken adds some razzle-dazzle to the cast of Monty Python's Spamalot at the Shubert Theatre in Manhattan, on Friday.

• Spamalot!
• ConnieTalk! -

  Had you any idea he had so many fans?
  
  On January 18th, Clay Aiken joined the Broadway cast of "Spamalot," the musical that dubs itself as "lovingly ripped off from the motion picture 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.'" "Spamalot" turns into a Broadway musical the 1975 fictional comedy film of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and their quest for the Holy Grail.

• AOL TMZ
  
• KTXL FOX-TV has a celeb gallery for "5th Grader". Photos from Clay's November 2007 appearance are included on the site.
  
• Modesto Bee - the "A to Z" of American Idol -

  LOSER: Which actually doesn't always mean you're a loser. Just ask Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken, not to mention contestant Daughtry -- both have enjoyed mega album sales.

• MSN TV - tips for American Idol contestants -

  As your singing skills get asserted, you can evolve into a more photogenic version of yourself (Hi, Clay Aiken. Hi, Elliott Yamin!), and the fans will rally behind you
  

• Clay on The View today:
• The Olympian - "'The View,' 10 a.m., ABC: Clay Aiken (Broadway's "Spamalot"); the stars of "The Real Hustle" on truTV."
• Vancouver Province - "The View -- Singer Clay Aiken (Broadway's "Spamalot"); the stars of "The Real Hustle" on truTV. (N) CTV, ABC 10 a.m."
• Los Angeles Times - "The View Clay Aiken (Broadway's "Spamalot"); the stars of "The Real Hustle" on truTV. 10 a.m. KABC 35174"

• Nothing here yet
  

TV ALERT: Clay on The View This Morning

Don't forget, Clay is scheduled to appear on The View this morning. The View airs at 10 AM local on most ABC stations!

Looks for photos and recaps on CDD this afternoon!

A Few Bus, Stage Door Pictures

I was lucky enough to be able to go to both the Friday and Saturday night opening weekend performances of Spamalot. I'm still working on my review, but it will be on CDD hopefully by tomorrow.

Meanwhile, just thought I'd share a few pictures with all of you. The first few were taken of a city bus we happened upon with Clay's picture and the Spamalot ad plastered across the whole side of the bus! We had been looking for the Spamalot ad on other buses, and then we saw this bus ahead. I said, "Hey maybe that bus has the ad on it." So as we got closer, we were looking and then it was, "AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!! It does!!" We grabbed our cameras and just started snapping pictures, hoping a few of them would come out halfway decent!! We chased that bus through the streets of NY snapping our cameras all along the way! And if you've been in New York traffic, you know that this was taking our lives in our own hands!! It was amazing to think that this HUGE picture of Clay in a Spamalot ad was being seen all over NY!!

The next group of pictures are of Clay at the stage door. Now, these pictures are nowhere near as good and clear as some I've seen on the various boards. In fact they are quite blurry. But, blurry or not, they are still Clay, so I thought I'd share them with you anyway. Unfortunately I was not able to get anywhere near the front where Clay was signing programs. I can tell you this, there were some excited people gathered around that door both nights. And, judging from what I saw of Clay, a very happy thankful Clay for having so many wonderful fans!

Great Conversation With Three Spamalot Fans About Clay

This interesting conversation with three men, all non-Clay fans, all Spamalot fans, showed up on my home fan site, Aiken Breakin Broads. I don't know where it originated. If anyone does, please let CDD know so we can give credit to that person or site.

This conversation, however, is a great way to show that not only do Clay's own fans love his performance in Spamalot, but non-fans are enjoying it as well!!

Conversation with 3 Spammers. (Three men 30 - 40ish)

After the show I went up to these three men and asked them what they thought? They told me they have been to six Spamalot shows (big Python fans) before and this audience was the best ever! Asked me Who are you people? So I told him about Clay Nation etc. The one man said usually the audience was boring but this was so much fun. I asked if our ...enthusiasm for Clay bothered them? They said NO not at all... They told me,Clay was really good in the play. Explained that we love him and we just can't help ourselves sometimes. But we know the talent and appreciate everyone in the show. (Had a discussion about the other actors)I told them for me personally to see Clay up there with that caliber of actors, holding his own, just makes me so proud and I got a little emotional. They said they had so much fun. At other shows it was rare if they participated at all, they hardly ever stood up or sang, and they were standing and singing.

So this will sum up their conversation and feelings..
THEY ASKED ME??????? WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK HERE ..... WE WANT TO COME AND SEE SPAMALOT AGAIN WITH CLAY NATION! YOU GUYS ARE A RIOT!!

Then they said maybe our wives will come now?? And laughed.. I hugged them goodbye and felt such a warm glow inside.

If anyone else has a non-Clay fan experience such as this, please let us here at Clay's Daily Double know about it. We'd love to include it in our Spamalot news!

Tidbits 1/21

• ABC News - starts get opinionated on Britney Spears & the media

  "American Idol" alum Clay Aiken echoed 2007's oft-viewed YouTube plea of die-hard Spears fan Chris Crocker: "We have a presidential election going on, and for whatever reason, this is what people are interested in," he told "Entertainment Tonight," Thursday. "I think that is probably the saddest thing. Leave her alone, just leave her alone."

• The Online Rocket - "unknowns" transformed into household names by reality TV -

  Lauren Conrad. Kimora Lee Simmons. Clay Aiken. These people were once unknowns. With the help of reality television, however, these names are becoming more and more popular as episodes continue to be aired and new ideas for shows are constantly being drawn up.

• Cleveland Plain Dealer - AI2 finalist Charles Grigsby adapting back to normal life -

  In 2005, Grigsby released an album, but apparently his 15 minutes were over. A Web site that charts "American Idol" album sales puts Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Clay Aiken at the top of the list -- and Grigsby's self-titled CD near the bottom, ranking 38th out of 41.

• Something That Really Happened - New AP interviews with Clay
  

Clay on The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet January 24

Playbill.com and TVGuide.com are reporting that Clay will appear on The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet on January 24. Now that Clay's in New York, it looks like he'll be dropping by a few of these morning shows to promote Spamalot. Clay stops by The View tomorrow morning, so be sure to tune in or set up your TiVO/VCR for that!

This will be Clay's second time on Mike & Juliet. He appeared to guest host in 2007.

The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet airs at 9 AM on most FOX affiliates.

Spamalot - Opening Night from Broadway World

Although a tad late to the game, Broadway World has an absolutely phenomenal page covering Clay's opening night on Broadway, this past Friday. Here is a selection of the MANY photo you will find at BroadwayWorld.com: