Remember Brian Dunkleman? Not really, right? Dunkleman was Ryan Seacrest’s “American Idol” co-host in the show’s first season, but when the show returned for Season 2, in 2003, Dunkleman was absent. Now he calls himself a “television history footnote.”

But after Fox announced that Season 15 would be the show’s last, he made an A-plus joke:

I knew American Idol would never last without me #CANCELLED

— brian dunkleman (@briandunkleman) May 11, 2015

When asked if there was a possibility of a Seacrest-Dunkleman reunion before the series ended, chairman and CEO of Fox Television Group Dana Walden said, “Where is Brian Dunkleman? If you give me his number, I will call and invite him.”

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