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Fox entered the upfronts somewhat confidently this year, and, as expected, gathered advertisers responded favorably to their chosen theme, "Idol Swallowed The Olympics: What The Hell Else Do You Need To Know? Now Give Us All Your Money." Still, that doesn't mean there wasn't room for misfires, such as when new Fox sitcom star Brad Garrett decided to try out some improvised, Idol-themed insult comedy:

Noting the presence of Paula Abdul, who has seemed slightly unhinged this season on "American Idol," Garrett said: "Bellevue (Hospital Center) has a shuttle bus."

"Nice dress," he said of Abdul, a judge on the talent competition show, who wore a shiny outfit. "Maybe it's time to get back in the lamp."

To increasing groans from the audience, the 46-year-old actor then made a profane reference to "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest's sex life.

"Ooh, it's going to be a long night," said Fox Entertainment President Peter Liguori as Garrett walked off the stage.

We'll assume Garrett's ill-timed and offensive comic stylings were simply his way of saving face for slumming it in the slop-troughs of Fox comedy. Abdul and Seacrest were merely the innocent punching bag victims of an 11th hour guilt attack in which the hangdog-faced actor realized he probably didn't need any more money than the $8 gazillion he's already amassed from Everybody Loves Raymond.

UPDATE: A reader sends in Garrett's Seacrest joke. It's after the jump.

A reader sends in the Seacrest joke:

"Does anybody know if Ryan Seacrest is gay? It doesn't matter; I'm still gonna fuck him."

Sorry, Brad. Didn't you hear? Ryan's taken.