I thought it was funny for the first 3 times I saw him on Idol... then it got old.

My husband is a teacher and last year mentioned William Hung to his class. They were talking about thinking for yourself.. not follow other etc. He used the example of William Hung. He asked the kids who bought the CD. About 5 of them raised their hands. He asked them, "Is it any good." they all said, no, but it was funny though. He relied, "so you spent $15 on a CD you've listened to three, maybe four times. Now its annoying, right?" They all nodded. He asked, "Why did you buy it?" None of the kids could offer a reason other than, "it looked cool"

"How," he asked "could a bad singer look cool? he's not handsome, can't dance, can't sing. There's nothing that would entice you to buy it." None of the kids could say WHY. By this point the kids who bought the CD are trying to hide under the desk because the rest of the class is laughing at them. He said, "this proves my point. If it wasn't for all of the hype, you'd have never ever bought this CD. You didn't decide for yourself whether this CD would be good. The music executives decided for you... and you followed like little sheep.. baa baa baa" Then he asked the class if they felt better having bought the CD or if they felt better knowing they didn't fall under the spell of the music execs. They all agreed that not buying the CD was better, and they hopefully got the message that its always better to think for themselves.

Either way:
I am very surprised he's still getting his 15 minutes of fame.