To promote his AMC show FilmFakers (2004) he disguised himself as the "hip hop nanny" and auditioned for American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (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.
