To promote his AMC show
FilmFakers (2004) he disguised himself as the "hip hop nanny" and auditioned for
American Idol (2002) in San Francisco (which aired on February
2nd, 2005) using his birth name "Christopher Scott Noll". He rapped
and
Paula Abdul really liked him, but the other judges decided to not invite him to Hollywood. VH1 named it one of the Top 40 Pranks in TV History.