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So I was up at 3 am (mountain standard time), bored out of my mind after a long night of work (I got off at 11, but whateva) and flipping through channels. Then I stopped on my favorite of all television networks, and I smiled as though Carmen Electra had knocked on my door with a six-pack. Then I changed it from Adult Swim. Damn commercials. Anyway....I found myself on MTV looking at an ad for The Longest Yard. Oh, that wacky Adam Sandler. He's wacktastic. Needless to say, I was looking for some sort of entertainment, and I hadn't found it. Then the strangest thing happened.
You know when you're a kid how you say something is so hot its cold? (Or vice versa). Well the next commercial that came on was the same way (just replace "cold" with "entertaining" and "hot" with "Completely Fucking Retarded.")
The ad was for the "Sunday Stew", MTV's gift to the (apparent) legions of 15 to 18 year-old drones who spend their days cocking their hats as they bump Eminem in their Ford Contours while their moms tell them to take the trash out, ayyit. I don't think I have ever been up in arms as much as I was for this ad....
(Now comes the serious portion of our show).
....seriously, I could come up with better ideas on a bottle of Jack Daniels mixed with Cough Syrup. These shows are completely mindless, pointless, and apparently thrown together without a shred of thought or human decency. The main offender was "The Andy Milonakis Show", some new show that stars some fat white kid. Now, I can already see the plot: Andy says funny things to old people\midgets\black old people\black midgets\old black midgets\mexicans; Andy listens to rap music and is "mad fly, yo" and all them cats is like "whassup, andy" and hes all like "nuttin dawg"; Andy....you know, I don't care.
Why is it crap like this gets good billing when you have shows with actual funny ideas (i.e., most of Adult Swim, Trigger Happy TV, or even older shows like Mr. Show with Bob and David) get pushed to late-night syndication?
And dont get me started on The Real World, Road Rules, Real World\Road Rules Challenge, Real World\Road Rules Uber Mud Wrestling 3000, and all that pseudo-dramatic whiny bullshit. This has about as much to do with reality as MTV has to do with intelligent, powerful programming.
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Wiegraf said:
ayyit.
a'ight.
I hate MTV...and Viacom in general (whose only saving grace is Comedy Central...and that's only for The Daily Show and the upcoming Colbert Report)
However...I saw something deliciously grand on MTV 2 for once.
Wonder Showzen.
Mein Gott, it's so disturbing, and hilarious....intentionally so. Think of a very twisted Sesame Street. It's a great show for people like me who still miss T.V. Funhouse.
That still won't make me forgive MTV2 for going from all music all the time to an actual spinoff of current MTV. |
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Wiegraf said:
Rant over. Comments?
Wiegraf said:
So I was up at 3 am (mountain standard time), bored out of my mind after a long night of work (I got off at 11, but whateva) and flipping through channels. Then I stopped on my favorite of all television networks, and I smiled as though Carmen Electra had knocked on my door with a six-pack. Then I changed it from Adult Swim. Damn commercials. Anyway....I found myself on MTV looking at an ad for The Longest Yard. Oh, that wacky Adam Sandler. He's wacktastic. Needless to say, I was looking for some sort of entertainment, and I hadn't found it. Then the strangest thing happened.
Wiegraf said:
The ad was for the "Sunday Stew", MTV's gift to the (apparent) legions of 15 to 18 year-old drones who spend their days cocking their hats as they bump Eminem in their Ford Contours while their moms tell them to take the trash out, ayyit. I don't think I have ever been up in arms as much as I was for this ad....
(Now comes the serious portion of our show).
....seriously, I could come up with better ideas on a bottle of Jack Daniels mixed with Cough Syrup. These shows are completely mindless, pointless, and apparently thrown together without a shred of thought or human decency. The main offender was "The Andy Milonakis Show", some new show that stars some fat white kid. Now, I can already see the plot: Andy says funny things to old people\midgets\black old people\black midgets\old black midgets\mexicans; Andy listens to rap music and is "mad fly, yo" and all them cats is like "whassup, andy" and hes all like "nuttin dawg"; Andy....you know, I don't care.
I think you need to get laid. |
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Rahul said:
I think you need to get laid.
:D
Couldn't hurt. |
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MTV is just trying to hard to reel in an audience that doesn't even want them to participate. How can MTV even call itself 'Music Television' without actually playing any music? |
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Because it's not music television anymore; that's just the brandname, sort of like IBM isn't just International Business Machines (Corp). I tend to look at MTV and other comparable channels (VH1, the Box, etc) as modern youth culture tailored channels that focus explicitly on exploiting that. This genre of channels also immediately took full advantage of the capabilities of "real-life" drama, SMS "chatting", selling ringtones, etc. In a way, it's respectable that they adapt to new technologies and concepts so fast. On the other hand, the way they've incorporated them isn't exactly the way I'd do it. But they do push television as a whole forward, much like youth in general tend to be progressive. |
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As I was saying... |
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Rahul said:
As I was saying...
hmm... what were you saying? |
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you see, this is why I havent watched MTV since 1997 |
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MTV has been sucking for years, its no suprise that they would come up with such awful ideas. Of course, they still probably get ratings so I doubt that they care too much. |
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i like VH1 although their countdowns are getting a little annoying... |
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I opt for the option of shooting the television screen as opposed to watching it. It's so much more gratifying, especially when it comes to watching rap 'music.'
And as a sidenote... Vapid Buttmunch is sooo not going to work. |
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Well is there a title you would prefer?
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Something that demands respect and praise from the regality of the title.
I suppose Lord Buttmunch would work. B) |
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Done. ^_^ |
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Ahaha.
Ehehehe.
MWAHAHAHA!
Behold all ye heathens, for hell has surely frozen over! I now hold the sceptor as Lord of all Buttmunchery!
(This title doesn't imply anything about rim jobs, does it? Ewww.)
Lick my booties. :angry:
And now that I have imminent access to dynamite, I'll explode the TV instead. |
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I'm not licking your booties, for one thing, I've no idea where they've been. |
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Did you know television screen shards and used kittty litter make a great rug to wipe your feet on? :) |
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I do now! |
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FUCK MTV AND FUCK BET!!! |
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Bob said:
FUCK MTV AND FUCK BET!!!
Dude I think you and 50 Cent mind have a mad beef, yo.
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Yes, because McDonald's has Mad Cow's Disease, you know. -_- |
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Viva la Bam? Viva la Bam!
Yeah. The one show I watch MTV for. Of course, I've been a fan of the CKY bunch since, well, CKY. 2 to be exact. That was the first one I saw. |
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50 cent never went to prison! He went to JV or some such workcamp rehab wilderness crappp.
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CKY is disgusting, retarded humour... jackass and viva la bam or whatever tht show is called, have raped it dry and made millions off 15 yr old pot head boys across this country... i hate mtv |
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