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Daughtry, the album by Daughtry, the group fronted by Chris Daughtry, was the fastest-selling debut album of all time.  And all time, I remind you, encompasses 13 billion years.

All time is a lot of time!

And Daughtry is a lot of talent.  Even though Chris finished, amazingly, in fourth place whatever year it was that he was on American Idol, he's been one of their greatest success stories.  Daughtry sold over a million copies in just five weeks.  And even though the album was released nine months ago, its staying power has been amazing.  "It's Not Over," the video we're looking at this week, spent nine weeks at #1 in the Adult Top 40 charts, and "Home" has exceeded that.  Wow. 

Do you hear me?  Wow.

1 - As our video opens, the punk hero is just being released from jail.  As you'll see, he is quite the bad hombre, and, most likely, hails from the hood.

2 - Prison guard Mac, wonders:  Do we really make our own prisons?  Or just our own rhetorical questions?  These are good questions, Mac.

3 - "Yeah, honey...  I've got my prize hopping-toad, ‘The Colonel,' right here!"

4 - Fuel, lookin' "tuff."

5 - God's judgment, harsh but fair, includes drivers who obscure their view with trinkets and are killed in horrible crashes.  Really!

6 - "Here, baby - you hold the drugs."

7 - "Ohmygod, I'm in labor and a flashback, all at the same time!!  Damn the sequencing of this video!  Damn my fecundity!!"

8 - Nobody whistles "The Old Spice Theme" like Chris Daughtry whistles "The Old Spice Theme!"

9 - "Whatsoebber you do, chile, don' go throwin' Mr. McHopper into de briar patch."

10 - "With my bare hands?  Or with a ballpeen hammer??"

11 - "...almost like someone deliberately pummeled me about the head..."

12 - What happens when the Kama Sutra Store is all sold out!

13 - "So, then - it is reasonable to equate tickee with washee?"

14 - "Wait a minute, does it say ‘wanted?'  I meant "desperately needed.'"

15 - "We're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then we're going to Washington, D.C., to take back the White House! Byaaah!!!"