Jesus Mary and Joseph, I’ve had enough. :mad:
I can’t honestly be the only person left alive that actually remembers when MTV showed videos. And don’t give me that MTV2 bullshit, because there isn’t a cable system in the free fucking world that carries it. I didn’t get it in Chicago, and I damn sure aren’t getting it here in Phoenix.
I was sitting here thinking about how VH-1 used to show easy-listening, old-timer music like Mike Bolton and Whitney Houston, and the more “subversive” tunes were on MTV. Now, if you catch them on the right night, you can actually catch a “Metallica: Behind the Music” special on VH-1.
And it’s not even the fact that I can’t flip on the channel without being annoyed by the proliferation of boy bands and hiphop fodder. It’s the fact that the shows they put on NOW can’t even capture the mental capacity of “Singled Out,” not notoriously the most intelligence-ridden program ever. What the fuck is the deal with the show “Tailgaters,” for example? I used to go out looking for a date so I wouldn’t HAVE to hang out so much with my loser fucko friends. Now they have a whole show where you can invite them to watch on closed-circuit television and make suggestions accordingly. First of all, most of my friends are less qualified than I am to make ANY sort of dating decisions, much less to give me the Roman yay-or-nay at date’s end on my romantic future.
And Jimmy Fallon’s right–Carson Daly IS a huge tool. The guy’s got the emotional range of a Slurpee machine. You just wanna go up and grab the little bastard by the shoulders and shake him: “WHAT THE HELL’S THE MATTER WITH YOU!? CRACK A FUCKING SMILE! THERE ARE 4,000 SCREAMING TEENAGE GIRLS WAITING TO SLOBBER YOUR KNOB AFTER THE TAPING! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SO UNHAPPY ABOUT???”
The Real World is SO over. So’s Road Rules, or the Real World/Road Rules/Watch Has-Beens Piss and Moan About Each Other Show or whatever the hell they’re calling it these days.
Cribs has become such a parody of itself it’s not even funny. I swear, some of these people are going out and buying new furniture and entire cases of Cristal before the cameramen show up.
And don’t even get me started on “The Osbournes.” If I have to see his teenage son’s slightly-awkward face one more time, I swear I’m going to commit hari kari. And of course, since it’s only marginally innovative and contains shitloads of cursing (oooh! subversive!) MTV feels the need to show the fucking shit every other hour on the hour. And PLEASE, can someone tell Kelly that she’s only been allowed to put out a goddamn cover of “Papa Don’t Preach” because of the show? I’d hate for her to think for one flat second she’s got any sort of musical talent to back up the album sales, which I can only imagine must be a direct result of subliminal advertising. Fuck.
I’m 26 years old and MTV makes me feel like I’m 50. Glad to see my demographic has absolutely no coverage whatsoever anymore.
On further review, apparently I’m old. My wife said so.